The Dallas Stars will honor two people with connections to the 1999 Stanley Cup team during the Dallas Stars Hall of Fame Weekend.
Former player and general manager Joe Nieuwendyk and former broadcaster Ralph Strangis are this year’s inductees into the Hall of Fame and will be honored Saturday during the Stars’ home game against the Philadelphia Flyers and Sunday during the Hall of Fame induction gala.
Here is what to know about the two inductees and how to attend this weekend’s festivities:
About the Stars’ Hall of Fame
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The Stars created the team’s Hall of Fame in 2022. Each year, a selection committee of team staff and media selects one player (skater/goaltender) and one builder (executive level staff/coach) to be inducted.
Any player who had his number retired by the Stars received immediate inclusion into the Dallas Stars Hall of Fame. Similarly, all owners of the club received automatic induction as builders.
Nieuwendyk, this year’s player honoree, and Strangis, this year’s builder honoree, make up the fourth class of the Stars’ Hall of Fame. Previous classes included Brenden Morrow and Jim Lites in 2024, Ed Belfour and Ken Hitchcock in 2023, and Derian Hatcher and Bob Gainey in 2022.
Beginning with this year’s class, no player or builder currently employed by the team full-time may be nominated.
About Joe Nieuwendyk
Nieuwendyk spent seven seasons in Dallas from 1995-2002 and is most well-known for winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in the Stars’ 1999 run to the Stanley Cup title. He recorded 11 goals and 10 assists in the 1999 playoff run, and six of his playoff goals were game-winners.
Nieuwendyk played more than 1,200 NHL games for five teams, totaling 1,126 points. He recorded 340 points in 442 regular-season games for the Stars, helping elevate the team to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Former Dallas Stars goalie Ed Belfour stands by a plaque with former teammates Joe Nieuwendyk (center) and Brett Hull during a special presentation for Belfour before a Dallas Stars game against the Minnesota Wild at American Airlines Center in Dallas, on February 4, 2012. The ceremony honored Belfour and his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The centerman was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011, and in 2017, he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players of all time.
He went on to become the team’s general manager in the early 2010s, when he and his staff were responsible for the team’s resurgence by bringing in players such as John Klingberg, Jamie Oleksiak, Radek Faksa and Esa Lindell.
About Ralph Strangis
Strangis spent 25 years with the Stars organization (22 in Dallas and three in Minnesota before the team relocated) as the longest tenured play-by-play broadcaster in team history.
He is the voice of many iconic calls in franchise history, including the 1999 Stanley Cup victory, Mike Modano’s U.S.-born goals record and Brenden Morrow’s “Cinco De Morrow” goal in the fourth overtime to beat the Sharks.
He and color commentator Daryl “Razor” Reaugh formed one of the top broadcasting duos in the sport.
Strangis won seven Lone Star Emmy Awards while calling more than 2,200 NHL games.
How to attend
Nieuwendyk and Strangis will be honored at Saturday’s home game against the Flyers, which begins at 7 p.m. Early arriving fans will receive a commemorative poster.
Limited tickets are also available for Sunday’s induction gala at Gilley’s Dallas beginning at 6 p.m.
The gala will feature a concert performance by Shane Smith & the Saints, and all proceeds will benefit the Dallas Stars Foundation.
Tickets are available here.
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