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1976-77 Minnesota North Stars

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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) to Buffalo Sabres

1976-77 Statistics / Games

Team Statistics

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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

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Tim Young C 6-1 190 21 80 29 66 95 1.19 34 0.43 115 49 98 0 -32 58 19 10 0 2 223 2.79 13.0
2 Roland Eriksson C 6-3 190 22 80 25 44 69 0.86 26 0.32 101 46 85 1 -29 10 15 10 0 1 249 3.11 10.0
3 Glen Sharpley C 6-0 190 20 80 25 32 57 0.71 22 0.28 67 13 93 18 -21 48 22 2 1 6 206 2.58 12.1
4 Ernie Hicke LW 5-11 185 29 77 30 20 50 0.65 21 0.27 79 31 80 0 -32 41 20 10 0 5 186 2.42 16.1
5 Dean Talafous RW 6-4 180 23 80 22 27 49 0.61 19 0.24 87 44 72 0 -29 10 13 9 0 2 185 2.31 11.9
6 Steve Jensen LW 6-2 190 21 78 22 23 45 0.58 18 0.23 72 11 81 14 -6 62 16 4 2 1 160 2.05 13.8
7 Alex Pirus RW 6-1 205 22 79 20 17 37 0.47 15 0.19 45 4 61 0 -20 47 19 1 0 1 128 1.62 15.6
8 Bill Fairbairn RW 5-10 170 30 51 9 20 29 0.57 11 0.21 55 6 66 16 -1 2 7 0 2 2 83 1.63 10.8
9 Bill Hogaboam C 5-11 170 27 73 10 15 25 0.34 10 0.13 39 3 53 0 -17 16 10 0 0 0 120 1.64 8.3
10 Dennis O'Brien D 6-0 195 27 75 6 18 24 0.32 8 0.11 74 5 116 12 -35 114 4 2 0 1 74 0.99 8.1
11 Lou Nanne D/RW 6-1 185 35 68 2 20 22 0.32 7 0.10 74 27 82 11 -24 12 0 2 0 0 69 1.01 2.9
12 Pierre Jarry LW 5-11 190 27 21 8 13 21 1.00 8 0.38 26 12 21 1 -6 2 4 4 0 1 52 2.48 15.4
13 Doug Hicks D 6-0 185 21 79 5 14 19 0.24 7 0.08 74 14 121 30 -31 68 3 1 1 0 83 1.05 6.0
14 Nick Beverley D 6-2 185 29 52 2 17 19 0.37 6 0.12 62 2 77 17 0 6 2 0 0 0 59 1.13 3.4
15 Jim Roberts LW 6-1 198 20 53 11 8 19 0.36 8 0.15 33 3 39 0 -9 14 10 1 0 0 73 1.38 15.1
16 Tom Younghans RW 5-11 175 24 78 8 6 14 0.18 6 0.07 21 1 70 39 -11 35 4 1 3 0 54 0.69 14.8
17 Dwight Bialowas D 6-0 185 24 18 1 9 10 0.56 3 0.18 18 12 9 0 -3 0 0 1 0 0 21 1.17 4.8
18 Fred Barrett D 5-11 195 27 60 1 8 9 0.15 3 0.05 42 4 86 17 -31 46 1 0 0 0 54 0.90 1.9
19 Tom Reid D 6-1 200 30 65 0 8 8 0.12 2 0.04 56 4 101 33 -16 52 0 0 0 0 45 0.69 0.0
20 Jerry Engele D 6-0 197 26 31 1 7 8 0.26 3 0.08 29 0 29 3 3 41 1 0 0 1 36 1.16 2.8
21 Bill Goldsworthy RW 6-0 190 32 16 2 3 5 0.31 2 0.12 8 1 25 10 -8 6 1 1 0 0 39 2.44 5.1
22 Rich Nantais LW 5-11 188 22 40 1 3 4 0.10 1 0.04 9 1 16 0 -8 53 1 0 0 0 23 0.58 4.3
23 Blake Dunlop C 5-10 170 23 3 0 1 1 0.33 0 0.10 1 0 3 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.67 0.0
24 Chris Ahrens D 6-0 185 24 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.50 0.0
Team Total 80 240 400 640 8.00 240 3.00 240 59 310 57 -72 764 172 59 9 23 2231 27.89 10.8

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Pete LoPresti G 6-1 195 22 44 2590 13 20 10 36 .419 1 156 3.61 0 1 1 4
2 Gary Smith G 6-4 215 32 36 2090 10 17 8 28 .400 1 139 3.99 0 0 0 12
3 Paul Harrison G 6-1 196 21 2 120 0 2 0 0 .000 0 11 5.50 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 4800 23 39 18 2 306 3.83

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Tim Young C 6-1 190 21 2 1 1 2 1.00 2 1 0 0 0
2 Steve Jensen LW 6-2 190 21 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ernie Hicke LW 5-11 185 29 2 1 0 1 0.50 0 1 0 0 0
4 Bill Fairbairn RW 5-10 170 30 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0 0 0 0
5 Roland Eriksson C 6-3 190 22 2 1 0 1 0.50 0 1 0 0 0
6 Jerry Engele D 6-0 197 26 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0 0 0 0
7 Alex Pirus RW 6-1 205 22 2 0 1 1 0.50 2 0 0 0 0
8 Dean Talafous RW 6-4 180 23 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
9 Glen Sharpley C 6-0 190 20 2 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0
10 Jim Roberts LW 6-1 198 20 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tom Reid D 6-1 200 30 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
12 Dennis O'Brien D 6-0 195 27 2 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0
13 Lou Nanne D/RW 6-1 185 35 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
14 Bill Hogaboam C 5-11 170 27 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
15 Doug Hicks D 6-0 185 21 2 0 0 0 0.00 7 0 0 0 0
16 Fred Barrett D 5-11 195 27 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
17 Tom Younghans RW 5-11 175 24 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 2 3 5 8 4.00 25 3 0 0 0

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Pete LoPresti G 6-1 195 22 2 77 0 2 0 .000 0 6 4.68 0 0 0 0
2 Gary Smith G 6-4 215 32 1 43 0 0 0 0 4 5.58 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 120 0 2 0 10 5.00