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The arena was the home of the junior ice hockey team the Illiana Blackbirds of the USPHL Midwest until 2016. [1] It is currently home to another team with the same nickname, the Midwest Blackbirds. The ice arena is also the home of local high school hockey teams and recreational teams. Current seating capacity for spectators is 1,500.
The team was made up from minor league ice hockey players. [3] Training camp was held in the spring/summer of 1999 at Slapshot Inline Hockey arena in Arlington, Texas. The team attempted to make a splash by drafting Central Hockey League legend Doug Lawrence. Lawrence reportedly refused to play unless he was paid additional money "under the table".
After the Black Hawks folded, Dallas did not see another professional hockey club until the Dallas Freeze was established following the revival of the Central Hockey League for the 1992–93 season. The Freeze, in turn, were followed by the arrival of the NHL's Minnesota North Stars, which relocated and became the Dallas Stars in 1993. The ...
An NHL franchise Dallas was an experiment for the league, as at that time the Stars would be one of the three southernmost teams in the league along with two recently created expansion teams in the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers as the league's first real ventures into southern non-traditional hockey markets.
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Jonathan Sim (born September 29, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the third round (70th overall) of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Jon Sim With the New York Islanders in 2010
Gary Lee Suter (born June 24, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1985 and 2002. He was a ninth round selection of the Calgary Flames , 180th overall, at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft and played with Calgary for nine years.
Kevin John Hatcher (born September 9, 1966) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 17 seasons between 1984 and 2001 for the Washington Capitals, Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes.