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23-39-18 (64 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Smythe Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 240 goals, Allowed 310 goals, SRS: -0.88 (15th of 18)
Coached by Ted Harris (23-39-18)
Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-0) versus Buffalo Sabres
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 23 | 39 | 18 | 64 | .400 | 240 | 310 | -0.88 | 6.88 | 59 | 339 | 17.40 | 57 | 211 | 72.99 | 9 | 11 |
| League Average | 80 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 80 | .500 | 266 | 266 | 0.00 | 6.64 | 53 | 265 | 19.83 | 53 | 265 | 80.17 | 8 | 8 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Young | C | 6-1 | 190 | 21 | 80 | 29 | 66 | 95 | -32 | 58 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 223 | 13.0 | 115 | 49 | 98 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Roland Eriksson | C | 6-3 | 190 | 22 | 80 | 25 | 44 | 69 | -29 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 249 | 10.0 | 101 | 46 | 85 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Glen Sharpley | C | 6-0 | 190 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 32 | 57 | -21 | 48 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 206 | 12.1 | 67 | 13 | 93 | 18 | ||
| 4 | Ernie Hicke | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | 77 | 30 | 20 | 50 | -32 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 186 | 16.1 | 79 | 31 | 80 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Dean Talafous | RW | 6-4 | 180 | 23 | 80 | 22 | 27 | 49 | -29 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 185 | 11.9 | 87 | 44 | 72 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Steve Jensen | LW | 6-2 | 190 | 21 | 78 | 22 | 23 | 45 | -6 | 62 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 160 | 13.8 | 72 | 11 | 81 | 14 | ||
| 7 | Alex Pirus | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 79 | 20 | 17 | 37 | -20 | 47 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 15.6 | 45 | 4 | 61 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Bill Fairbairn | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 30 | 51 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 10.8 | 55 | 6 | 66 | 16 | ||
| 9 | Bill Hogaboam | C | 5-11 | 170 | 27 | 73 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -17 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 8.3 | 39 | 3 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Dennis O'Brien | D | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | 75 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -35 | 114 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 8.1 | 74 | 5 | 116 | 12 | ||
| 11 | Lou Nanne | D/RW | 6-1 | 185 | 35 | 68 | 2 | 20 | 22 | -24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 | 74 | 27 | 82 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Pierre Jarry | LW | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 15.4 | 26 | 12 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Jim Roberts | LW | 6-1 | 198 | 20 | 53 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 15.1 | 33 | 3 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Doug Hicks | D | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | 79 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -31 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 6.0 | 74 | 14 | 121 | 30 | ||
| 15 | Nick Beverley | D | 6-2 | 185 | 29 | 52 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3.4 | 62 | 2 | 77 | 17 | ||
| 16 | Tom Younghans | RW | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | 78 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 14.8 | 21 | 1 | 70 | 39 | ||
| 17 | Dwight Bialowas | D | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Fred Barrett | D | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | 60 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -31 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1.9 | 42 | 4 | 86 | 17 | ||
| 19 | Jerry Engele | D | 6-0 | 197 | 26 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 2.8 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Tom Reid | D | 6-1 | 200 | 30 | 65 | 0 | 8 | 8 | -16 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0.0 | 56 | 4 | 101 | 33 | ||
| 21 | Bill Goldsworthy | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 10 | ||
| 22 | Rich Nantais | LW | 5-11 | 188 | 22 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Blake Dunlop | C | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Pete LoPresti | G | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 25 | Chris Ahrens | D | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Paul Harrison | G | 6-1 | 196 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 27 | Gary Smith | G | 6-4 | 215 | 32 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 240 | 400 | 640 | -367 | 764 | 172 | 59 | 9 | 23 | 2231 | 10.8 | 1188 | 293 | 1484 | 222 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete LoPresti | G | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | 44 | 2590 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 156 | 3.61 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Gary Smith | G | 6-4 | 215 | 32 | 36 | 2090 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 139 | 3.99 | 1 | |||
| 3 | Paul Harrison | G | 6-1 | 196 | 21 | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 23 | 39 | 18 | 306 | 3.83 | 2 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Young | C | 6-1 | 190 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Roland Eriksson | C | 6-3 | 190 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | Ernie Hicke | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Jerry Engele | D | 6-0 | 197 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | Bill Fairbairn | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Steve Jensen | LW | 6-2 | 190 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Alex Pirus | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | Fred Barrett | D | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Doug Hicks | D | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | Bill Hogaboam | C | 5-11 | 170 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Pete LoPresti | G | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Lou Nanne | D/RW | 6-1 | 185 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Dennis O'Brien | D | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Tom Reid | D | 6-1 | 200 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | Jim Roberts | LW | 6-1 | 198 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Glen Sharpley | C | 6-0 | 190 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | Gary Smith | G | 6-4 | 215 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | Dean Talafous | RW | 6-4 | 180 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | Tom Younghans | RW | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete LoPresti | G | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | 2 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4.68 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Gary Smith | G | 6-4 | 215 | 32 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.58 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 |