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Dallas Stars Top 100 Players of All-Time: 20-1

By Tom Dorsa

Apr 16, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; The Dallas Stars take the ice to face the Minnesota Wild during the first period of game two of the first round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 16, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; The Dallas Stars take the ice to face the Minnesota Wild during the first period of game two of the first round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 7, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; The Dallas Stars celebrate the win over the Winnipeg Jets at the American Airlines Center. The Stars defeat the Jets 2-1 in the overtime shootout. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

#6 – FORWARD, JOE NIEUWENDYK

As part of the NHL 100, Joe Nieuwendyk’s legacy in the League has been set in stone. What he did as a Star deserves just as much recognition.

With the Calgary Flames, the team that drafted the Oshawa, Ontario native with the 27th pick in 1985, Joe Nieuwendyk racked up 314 goals and 302 assists in 577 games, becoming an NHL All-Star three times and capturing the 1988 Calder Trophy. Nieuwendyk notched 10 playoff goals to assist the Flames in winning the 1989 Stanley Cup.

Despite being their captain and a folk legend in Calgary, the former Cornell University star was unhappy with his contact status with the Flames. On December 19th, 1995 Calgary dealt their franchise center Nieuwendyk to the Dallas Stars for Corey Millen and the Stars’ 11th overall pick in 1995, future 600-goal-scorer Jarome Iginla.

As the second-line center on the Stars, Nieuwendyk excelled in combining his veteran presence to establish Dallas’s place in Cup contention, and in what he does best, put the puck in the back of the net. The 6’1″ Canadian reached 15 or more goals in each of his six full seasons with Dallas, including a 39-goal campaign in 1998-99.

The Hockey Hall of Famer’s incredible 1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs can be recalled best by Stars fans. Six of Neidwendyk’s 11 postseason goals were game-winners, leading the Stars in both categories on his way to a Conn Smythe Trophy selection as Dallas defeated Buffalo for the Stanley Cup.

Joe eventually lifted the Cup once more in 2003 with New Jersey, after Dallas traded the 1995 King Clancy Award winner to the Devils for Jason Arnott. After a stint with Toronto and Florida, Nieuwendyk retired citing back pains. The two-time Olympian was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011.

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