The Oklahoma City Stars were a minor league

Minor league

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 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 team in the Central Hockey League from 1978 to 1982. They were affiliated with the Minnesota North Stars

Minnesota North Stars

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 of the National Hockey League

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The team was run by head coach

Head coach

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/general manager

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 Ted Hampson

Ted Hampson

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, except for their final season when Tom McVie

Tom McVie

Tom McVie was a coach in the National Hockey League. He coached the Washington Capitals from the 1975–76 season to the middle of the 1978–79 season. He moved to the Winnipeg Jets, then in the World Hockey Association, and coached the team with Bill Sutherland in its first two NHL seasons, 1979–80...

was the coach. The team made it to the league playoffs in their final two years, but lost both in the first round.

Season results

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for	Goals against
1978-79	76	34	41	1	69	277	311
1979-80	80	33	44	3	69	261	268
1980-81	79	39	38	2	80	312	328
1981-82	80	25	54	1	51	300	397