Editing Mike Modano (section)

==Post-playing career==
On September 23, 2011, after 21 seasons in the NHL, Modano officially announced his retirement from hockey at a press conference in Dallas.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Emotional Mike Modano leaves NHL after 21 seasons |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/stars/story/2011-09-23/mike-modano-retires-dallas-stars/50531216/1 |access-date=May 15, 2024 |date=September 23, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925084709/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/stars/story/2011-09-23/mike-modano-retires-dallas-stars/50531216/1 |archivedate=September 25, 2011}}</ref> Modano was the last active player to have played in the 1980s, along with [[Mark Recchi]], as well as the last active player to have played for the [[Minnesota North Stars]]. The Stars signed Modano to a one-day contract to allow Modano to retire as a Dallas Star.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Kevin |title=Mike Modano to sign one-day contract, retire as a Star |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/stars/story/2011-09-22/modano-to-retire-as-a-star/50515454/1 |access-date=May 15, 2024 |date=September 22, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923143047/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/stars/story/2011-09-22/modano-to-retire-as-a-star/50515454/1 |archivedate=September 23, 2011}}</ref> In January 2013, Modano became an alternate governor and executive advisor for the Stars' office.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mike Heika |title=Stars add Mike Modano to front office, Marty Turco to broadcasts |publisher=Dallasnews.com |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/dallas-stars/headlines/20130117-stars-add-mike-modano-to-front-office-marty-turco-to-broadcasts.ece |access-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530082624/http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/dallas-stars/headlines/20130117-stars-add-mike-modano-to-front-office-marty-turco-to-broadcasts.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref> He described his role as regarding the "business side of the organization", attracting the involvement of local businesses to the team, as well as getting more fans to Stars games.<ref name="tapped">{{Cite web |title=Tapped In: Modano looks back at legacy |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/tapped-in-modano-looks-back-at-legacy/c-708392 |website=NHL.com |date=March 8, 2014 |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307191709/https://www.nhl.com/news/tapped-in-modano-looks-back-at-legacy/c-708392 |archivedate=March 7, 2016}}</ref>

In May 2019, Modano was hired by the Minnesota Wild to serve as an executive advisor in the front office.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Wild add former North Stars legend Mike Modano to front office |newspaper=Twin Cities |url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/05/23/wild-add-former-north-stars-legend-mike-modano-to-front-office/ |date=May 23, 2019}}</ref>

Modano is the founder and current Vice President of the Mike Modano Foundation, Inc., which raises awareness and funding for organizations offering education and assistance to children and families affected by [[child abuse]], acts with [[Animal rescue group|canine rescue]] and has also united with the [[Wounded Warrior Project]].<ref name="tapped" /> Moreover, since the start of his NHL career, Modano has affiliated many times with both [[charitable organizations]] and the Texas community in general. He has also had his own clothing line during the 1990s.<ref name="lone" />

Modano was one of a number of sportsmen to feature in a series of [[Sketch comedy|vignettes]] for [[WWE|WWF]] superstar [[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]], with Perfect playing as a [[goaltender]] saving every shot including Modano's.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Video: In honor of his retirement, it's Mike Modano vs. Mr. Perfect |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/video-honor-retirement-mike-modano-vs-mr-perfect-044611576.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Yahoo Sports |date=2011-09-22}}</ref>

Modano made a brief cameo appearance alongside then-teammate [[Basil McRae]] in the 1992 film ''[[The Mighty Ducks (film)|The Mighty Ducks]]''. Modano received a membership voucher to the [[Screen Actors Guild]] for the role.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shapiro |first=Sean |title=Mike Modano, Basil McRae and 'The Mighty Ducks': How two North Stars became movie stars |url=https://theathletic.com/2470353/2021/03/25/mike-modano-basil-mcrae-and-the-mighty-ducks-how-two-north-stars-became-movie-stars/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=The Athletic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What Stars legend Mike Modano really said in 'The Mighty Ducks' |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/other/what-stars-legend-mike-modano-really-said-in-the-mighty-ducks |website=Fox Sports |date=April 16, 2014}}</ref>

Modano is an avid [[golf]]er, having met his second wife on a golf course, and playing in some tournaments after retirement.<ref name="tapped" /> On Mike Modano Tribute Night, both the [[Dallas Stars]] and [[Anaheim Ducks]] organizations presented him with golf packages, one of which was for the course at [[The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]] in [[Scotland]]. His golf partner is often former Stars teammate Brett Hull. In the 2nd round of the 2021 American Century Celebrity Golf Championship on the 18th hole, Modano hit a double eagle (albatross) for the first time in the history of the event.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krajewski |first=Jim |title=Celebrity Golf: Modano makes first albatross in tournament history, co-leader with Smoltz |url=https://www.rgj.com/story/sports/2021/07/10/celebrity-golf-modano-makes-first-albatross-tournament-history-co-leader-smoltz/7918886002/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Reno Gazette Journal}}</ref> The result of his shot going in gave him a tie for lead with [[John Smoltz]] going into the 3rd and final round.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stars legend Mike Modano ties John Smoltz with closing albatross at American Century Championship |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/golf/2021/07/10/stars-legend-mike-modano-ties-john-smoltz-with-closing-albatross-at-american-century-championship/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Dallas News |date=2021-07-10}}</ref>

Hull and Modano ran a Dallas restaurant, Hully & Mo Restaurant and Tap Room, from 2008 to 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sports grill ready to break the ice - Dallas Business Journal |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/12/01/story8.html?b=1228107600%5e1740418 |access-date=December 27, 2013 |publisher=Bizjournals.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Nancy |title=Hully & Mo Restaurant and Tap Room in Uptown is Closed |url=http://sidedish.dmagazine.com/2012/06/19/hully-mo-restaurant-and-tap-room-in-uptown-is-closed/ |access-date=December 27, 2013 |publisher=Sidedish.dmagazine.com}}</ref> In 2003, the town of Westland, where Modano lived during his minor hockey career and his parents still reside, renamed their ice rink as Mike Modano Ice Arena.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Westland honors Red Wing and native son Mike Modano |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101110/OPINION03/11100328 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227093453/http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20101110%2FOPINION03%2F11100328 |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |access-date=December 27, 2013 |work=The Detroit News |date=November 10, 2010}}</ref>