However, the current men’s pro teams pale in comparison with the success of the Minnesota Lynx and two teams that have long since departed the state: the Lakers, who moved to Los Angeles in 1960, and the North Stars, who left in 1993 to become the Dallas Stars.
Playoff success, while elusive for the men’s teams, has not been a problem for Minnesota’s women’s teams. The WNBA’s Lynx, with four titles during a seven-year stretch from 2011 to 2017, are a local dynasty along the lines of the Minneapolis Lakers, who won five Basketball Association of America (BBA) or NBA titles in six seasons in the late 1940s and early 1950s. And the Minnesota Frost, who won the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League title, repeated as PWHL champions this year.