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He's seen as the grinch who stole hockey from the Twin Cities, but Norm Green fought to keep North Stars in Minnesota

Milton Hinnant - Staff

Press conference announcing the sale of the Dallas Stars. (Left) Norm Green shakes hands with the new owner Thomas O. Hicks.

Louis Deluca/The Dallas Morning News

DALLAS STARS OWNER NORM GREEN (LEFT) AND PRESIDENT JIM LITES (RIGHT) SHARE A LIGHT MOMENT DURING AN INTERVIEW AT THE TEAM'S OFFICES AT 901 MAIN IN DALLAS.

Norm Green is still hated in Minnesota, 23 years later.

As the Stars and Minnesota Wild prepare for their first playoff meeting, Green is among the subplots. As the owner who moved the Minnesota North Stars to Dallas in 1993, Green is seen in the Twin Cities as a grinch who stole hockey from the people who deserved it most.