Mike Modano

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Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg)
NHL Team	Dallas Stars
Nationality	United States
Born	June 7, 1970 (age 36), Livonia, Michigan
NHL Draft	1st overall, 1988 Minnesota North Stars
Pro Career	1989 – present

Michael Thomas Modano, Jr. (born June 7, 1970, in Livonia, Michigan) is a professional hockey player for the Dallas Stars, and is widely considered one of the best American-born hockey players of all time. He is the all-time goal scoring leader amongst American-born players.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Trivia 3 Individual and Team Awards 4 Records 5 Career Statistics 6 International play 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] Playing career

Modano has played all 17 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 at the age of 17, 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 Memorial Trophy (1990), the Frank J. Selke Trophy (2001), and the Lady Byng Trophy (2003). His best statistical seasons were in 1992-93 and 1993-94, when he had 93 points each. During the 1993-94 season, the franchise's first in Dallas, Modano recorded a personal-best 50 goals. The long-time face of the Dallas franchise, he has recorded over 1,000 NHL points and became the captain of the Stars in 2003. On August 5, 2005, he signed a 5-year contract extension with Dallas. On September 29, 2006, he was replaced as the Stars' team captain by Brenden Morrow, and is now an alternate captain, a role in which has had served since 1995.

Modano is also the only remaining 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.

On January 21, 2007, the NHL announced Modano as the Special Ambassador to the 2007 NHL All-Star Celebration, thanks to his numerous contributions towards bringing the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game to Dallas and also for his contributions to Dallas hockey as a whole. Modano, the Stars' all-time leader in several statistical categories and a member of the franchise for the entirety of his 17-year career, appeared at selected All-Star events and dropped the puck in a ceremonial face-off prior the game on January 24, 2007.

Modano scored his 500th career regular-season goal on March 13, 2007 with 10:24 left in the 3rd period in a regulation win against Antero Niittymaki of the Philadelphia Flyers with assists by Antti Miettinen and Jon Klemm. He is only the 14th goal scorer to score 500 goals with a single team and the 39th player to reach 500 goals overall.

On March 17, 2007 in an away game versus the Nashville Predators, Modano scored his 502th and 503rd career regular-season goals, thus passing Joe Mullen's NHL record (502) for most goals scored by an American-born player.

[edit] Trivia

During the Thanksgiving of 2006, Modano proposed to his on and off girlfriend of 4 years, Willa Ford. The two are set to marry April 2007.

Modano also made a small cameo appearance alongside North Stars teammate Basil McRae in the 1992 film The Mighty Ducks.

In Westland, Michigan, an ice arena was named in his honour.

[edit] Individual and Team Awards

• East First All-Star Team (WHL) - 1989
• NHL All-Rookie Team - 1990
• NHL 2nd All-Star Team 1999-2000
• Participated in 7 NHL All-Star Games - 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 (as the Western Conference team captain), 2004, 2007 (as the Special Ambassador)

• Stanley Cup Champion - 1999 (Dallas Stars)
• Conference Champion - 1991 (Minnesota North Stars), 1999, 2000 (Dallas Stars)
• President's Trophy Winner - 1998, 1999 (Dallas Stars)
• Division Champion - 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006 (Dallas Stars)

[edit] Records

(as of last completed NHL season)

• Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career games played (1228)
• Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career goals (503)
• Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career assists (715)
• Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career points (1218)
• 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 (131)
• Became the NHL record holder for most goals scored by an American-born player during the 2006-07 season (503)

[edit] Career Statistics

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

• 1988 World Junior Championships
• 1989 World Junior Championships
• 1990 World Championships
• 1991 Canada Cup (silver medal)
• 1993 World Championships
• 1996 World Cup of Hockey (gold medal)
• 1998 Winter Olympics
• 2002 Winter Olympics (silver medal)
• 2004 World Cup of Hockey
• 2005 World Championships
• 2006 Winter Olympics

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		6	2	0	2	6
Senior Int'l Totals				57	14	27	41	24

[edit] See also

• List of NHL statistical leaders
• List of NHL players with 1000 points
• List of NHL players with 500 goals

[edit] External links

• Mike Modano on Internet Hockey Database
• Official web site
• Mike Modano at ESPN.com
• Mike Modano at DallasStars.com
• Mike Modano's U.S. Olympic Team bio

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