Mike Modano

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Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Dallas Stars Minnesota North Stars
Nationality	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born	June 7, 1970, Livonia, MI, USA
NHL Draft	1st overall, 1988 Minnesota North Stars
Pro Career	1989 – present

</div></div> Michael Thomas Modano, Jr. (born June 7 1970, in Livonia, Michigan, United States) is a professional ice hockey player for the Dallas Stars. Modano is of Italian descent.

1 Playing career
2 Awards
3 Records
4 Career Statistics
5 International play
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Playing career

Modano has played all 15 of his NHL seasons with the Stars franchise (the first 5 spent with the Minnesota North Stars). He was the first overall draft pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, an honor shared by only 4 other Americans: Brian Lawton (1983), Bryan Berard (1995), Rick DiPietro (2000), and Erik Johnson (2006).

Modano won the Stanley Cup in 1999 with the Stars, putting together consecutive seasons of over twenty playoff points in 1999 and 2000. He has also played in the 1991 and 2000 championship finals. Modano has also been a finalist for the Calder Trophy (1990), Selke Trophy (2001), and Lady Byng Trophy (2003). His best statistical seasons were in 1992-93 and 1993-94, when he had 93 points each. The longtime face of the Dallas franchise, he has recorded over 1000 NHL points and became the captain of the Stars in 2003. On August 5, 2005, he signed a 5-year contract with Dallas. On September 29, 2006, he was replaced as the Stars team captain by Brenden Morrow, and is now the alternate captain.

Modano is also the only remaining Minnesota North Stars player currently with the Dallas Stars. Jere Lehtinen, who was drafted in 1992 when the franchise was still in the Twin Cities, never played an NHL game until the 1995-96 season, more than two years after the move.

He made a cameo appearance in the movie The Mighty Ducks.

[edit] Awards

East First All-Star Team (WHL) - 1989
NHL All-Rookie Team - 1990
Played in 7 NHL All-Star Games - 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 - captaining the victorious Western Conference team in 2003

[edit] Records

(as of last completed NHL season)

Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career games played (1179)
Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career goals (485)
Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career assists (698)
Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career points (1183)
Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career playoff games (149)
Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career playoff goals (52)
Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career playoff assists (79)
Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career playoff points (139)
Entered 2006-07 season 2nd all-time in U.S. born players for goals and points (485) (1183)

[edit] Career Statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985-86	Detroit	MNHL	69	66	65	131	32	--	--	--	--	--
1986-87	Prince Albert	WHL	70	32	30	62	96	8	1	4	5	4
1987-88	Prince Albert	WHL	65	47	80	127	80	9	7	11	18	18
1988-89	Prince Albert	WHL	41	39	66	105	74	--	--	--	--	--
1988-89	Minnesota	NHL	--	--	--	--	--	2	0	0	0	0
1989-90	Minnesota	NHL	80	29	46	75	63	7	1	1	2	12
1990-91	Minnesota	NHL	79	28	36	64	65	23	8	12	20	6
1991-92	Minnesota	NHL	76	33	44	77	46	7	3	2	5	4
1992-93	Minnesota	NHL	82	33	60	93	83	--	--	--	--	--
1993-94	Dallas	NHL	76	50	43	93	54	9	7	3	10	16
1994-95	Dallas	NHL	30	12	17	29	8	--	--	--	--	--
1995-96	Dallas	NHL	78	36	45	81	63	--	--	--	--	--
1996-97	Dallas	NHL	80	35	48	83	42	7	4	1	5	0
1997-98	Dallas	NHL	52	21	38	59	32	17	4	10	14	12
1998-99	Dallas	NHL	77	34	47	81	44	23	5	18	23	16
1999-00	Dallas	NHL	77	38	43	81	48	23	10	13	23	10
2000-01	Dallas	NHL	81	33	51	84	52	9	3	4	7	0
2001-02	Dallas	NHL	78	34	43	77	38	--	--	--	--	--
2002-03	Dallas	NHL	79	28	57	85	30	12	5	10	15	4
2003-04	Dallas	NHL	76	14	30	44	46	5	1	2	3	8
2005-06	Dallas	NHL	78	27	50	77	58	5	1	3	4	4
WHL Totals			176	118	176	294	250	17	8	15	23	22
NHL Totals			1179	485	698	1183	772	149	52	79	131	102

[edit] International play

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	Ice hockey

Played for the United States in:

International statistics

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988	USA	WJC	7	4	1	5	8
1989	USA	WJC	7	6	9	15	12
1990	USA	WC	8	3	3	6	2
1991	USA	CC	8	2	7	9	2
1993	USA	WC	6	0	0	0	2
1996	USA	WCH	7	2	4	6	4
1998	USA	Oly	4	2	0	2	0
2002	USA	Oly	6	0	6	6	4
2004	USA	WCH	5	0	6	6	0
2005	USA	WC	7	3	1	4	4
2006	USA	Oly
Senior Int'l Totals			51	12	27	39	18

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Preceded by: Pierre Turgeon	NHL First Overall Draft Pick 1988	Succeeded by: Mats Sundin
Preceded by: Derian Hatcher	Dallas Stars captains 2003-06	Succeeded by: Brenden Morrow