It’s not easy being a hockey team from Texas. The Dallas Stars know that, and so do their fans.
It’s difficult trying to muster up a significant following of a hockey team in the deep south. This struggle doesn’t get any easier when the team has made the playoffs twice in the past decade and is seemingly just now returning to prominence around the league.
There are a lot of barriers and stereotypes that “Stars nation” must overcome when proving themselves to the NHL as a dominant and passionate fanbase. They know it, the league knows it, and as we recently saw, FanSided knows it, too.