Heritage Sports Art

Some History

Looking to repeat as Stanley Cup Champions the Stars remained one of the top teams in the West posting a solid 43-29-10-6 record for their 4th straight division title. In the playoffs the Stars would roll through the first 2 rounds needing just 5 games in each series to knock of the Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks to reach the Western Conference Finals. In a rematch with the Colorado Avalanche the Stars found themselves in another Game 7, which they won 3-2 surviving a late flurry by the Avalanche.  In the Stanley Cup Finals the Stars would get off to a rocky start as they were blown out by the Devils in New Jersey 7-3. After taking Game 2 on a late 3rd period goal by Brett Hull the Stars were unable to do anything at home scoring just 2 goals the Devils grabbed a 3-1 series lead. Facing elimination in Game 5 the Stars continued to struggle, as they were unable to get the puck past Devils goalie Martin Brodeur. However, Eddie Belfour was able to blank the Devils and the game went into a 3rd overtime where Mike Modano broke the scoreless dead lock to give the Stars some hope. Back home for Game 6 the Stars and Devils continued to play tight defensive hockey as they game went into overtime tied at 1. However, midway through the 2nd overtime Jason Arnott of the Devils beat Belfour on a one timer to end the Stars Stanley Cup reign.

As mentioned in the previous year the jersey with the built in star design became so popular they adopted it as their regular road jersey. Well its popularity was great that the team used the design as the basis for their new home togs. This jersey also has an intricate design as the star pattern is built into it. The pattern on this white jersey is outlined by gold and black trim and comes about the way down the front of the jersey, the bottom of the jersey is green. The teams alternate logo, the state of Texas patch, is on the shoulders and there are to NHL patches on the right shoulder. One patch is the NHL 2000 patch celebrating the year 2000 and the other is a Stanley cup patch that is worn by the two teams that meet in the Stanley Cup Final.