The franchise known as the Dallas Stars began in Minnesota as the North Stars. The team moved to Dallas in 1993 and dropped the "North" in their name and in their history in both places, they have had eighteen captains. The first captain in the team's existence in 1967 was Bob Woytowich. The next two seasons were followed by Elmer Vasko and Claude Larose, who held the role for a season each. Ted Harris followed, and was captain from 1970 through 1974, making him the first player in team history to have the captaincy for more than a season. Bill Goldsworthy took over in 1974, and had the C until 1976. The next three seasons saw three different captains: Bill Hogaboam, Nick Beverley, and J.P. Parise. Those three had one season each as captain before Paul Shmyr held it for two seasons from 1979 through 1981. Tim Young had one year as captain before giving way to the team's second longest tenured captain Craig Hartsburg. His reign lasted from 1982 through 1989. In that time, Brian Bellows also held the C in 1984 when Hartsburg was out due to injury. From 1989 to 1991, Curt Giles had the C, which included a trip to the Stanley Cup finals in 1991. The last captain in Minnesota was Mark Tinordi, whose reign began in 1991. He would go on to be the first captain in Dallas, holding that role until a trade to Washington in 1995. The beginning of the lockout shortened season would see Neal Broten be captain until his trade to eventual Stanley Cup champions New Jersey Devils that same season. Derian Hatcher was named captain and would hold the captaincy in the team's best years. Eventually, he would be relieved of the captain duties in 2003, when he signed with Philadelphia in the offseason. The face of the franchise in Dallas Mike Modano would hold the captain's C from 2003 through 2006, when Brenden Morrow would take over. Currently, Morrow is the the team captain.
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