The Stars haven’t won a Stanley Cup this century. Could that change in 2023?
Dallas is in the 2023 Western Conference Final, one of four teams remaining in the hunt for the Cup. The Stars took out the Kraken in Game 7 of their second-round series to set a date with the Golden Knights in the conference finals.
This marks the second time in four years that the Stars are one round away from the Stanley Cup Final. In fact, this year’s Western Conference Final is a rematch of the same one we saw in 2020.
The last time the Stanley Cup was brought back to Dallas, stars Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen weren’t even born yet, while goaltender Jake Oettinger was a few months old.
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The Sporting News takes a look at the last time the Stars won the Stanley Cup and their complete playoff history.
When was the last time the Stars won the Stanley Cup?
The last time a Stars team hoisted the Stanley Cup was in 1999.
Dallas faced off against Buffalo in one of the great goaltending duels. The Stars’ Ed Belfour went head-to-head in the crease against the Sabres’ Dominik Hasek, and neither disappointed.
The Stars defeated the Sabres in six games to win the Stanley Cup. After Buffalo scored three goals in Game 1 and Dallas had four goals in Game 2, no team scored more than two goals in any game the rest of the series.
The low-scoring matchup ended in controversy. In Game 6, the two sides were knotted at 1-1 after regulation. The game required triple overtime, where Brett Hull eventually scored the Cup-clinching goal. However, a new change to the NHL rulebook that season caused Buffalo to protest the goal.
Hull’s skate was in the crease for the game-winning goal, which was against the rules at the time. The recent rule change stated that a goal would be disallowed if a player was in the crease prior to the puck entering the area.
Despite the rule, the NHL confirmed the goal call and the Stars hoisted the Stanley Cup. The play goes down as one of the most controversial calls in NHL playoff history, and is known among Sabres fans and hockey diehards simply as “No Goal.”
How many Stanley Cups have the Stars won?
The Stars’ win in 1999 is the only Stanley Cup won by the franchise, including when the team was the Minnesota North Stars before relocated to Dallas.
In addition to appearing in the 1999 Stanley Cup Final, the Stars have played in the championship series two other times. The year after hoisting the Cup, Dallas threatened to go back-to-back but lost to New Jersey in the 2000 Stanley Cup Final.
The Stars also made it to the Stanley Cup Final in 2020, losing to the Lightning.
Stars playoff history
While the Stars have been back to the championship round twice since last hoisting the Cup in 1999, they haven’t been able to cash in.
Their most recent Cup loss in 2020 gave the fans hope that a championship season could be near.
2021 didn’t go as planned and 2022 saw a quick playoff exit.
Here’s the Stars’ recent playoff history.
| Season | Result |
| 2022-23 | TBD |
| 2021-22 | Lost in First Round |
| 2020-21 | Did not qualify |
| 2019-20 | Lost in Stanley Cup Final |
| 2018-19 | Lost in Second Round |
| 2017-18 | Did not qualify |
| 2016-17 | Did not qualify |
| 2015-16 | Lost in Second Round |
| 2014-15 | Did not qualify |
| 2013-14 | Lost in First Round |
| 2012-13 | Did not qualify |
| 2011-12 | Did not qualify |
| 2010-11 | Did not qualify |
| 2009-10 | Did not qualify |
| 2008-09 | Did not qualify |
| 2007-08 | Lost in Western Conference Final |
| 2006-07 | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals |
| 2005-06 | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals |
| 2004-05 | Season canceled due to lockout |
| 2003-04 | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals |
| 2002-03 | Lost in Conference Semifinals |
| 2001-02 | Did not qualify |
| 2000-01 | Lost in Conference Semifinals |
| 1999-00 | Lost in Stanley Cup Final |
| 1998-99 | Won Stanley Cup |
| 1997-98 | Lost in Western Conference Final |
| 1996-97 | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals |
| 1995-96 | Did not qualify |
| 1994-95 | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals |
| 1993-94 | Lost in Conference Semifinals |