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1977-78 Minnesota North Stars Roster and Statistics

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Record: 18-53-9 (45 points), Finished 5th in NHL Smythe Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ted Harris (5-12-2), Andre Beaulieu (6-23-3), Lou Nanne (7-18-4)

Goals For: 218 (16th of 18), Goals Against: 325 (17th of 18)
SRS: -1.31 (16th of 18), SOS: 0.03 (6th of 18)

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Minnesota North Stars 80 18 53 9 45 .281 218 325 -1.31 0.03 6.79 49 328 14.94 61 218 72.02 3 10
League Average 80 33 33 15 80 .500 264 264 0.00 0.00 6.59 54 255 21.15 54 255 78.85 6 6

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
2 Chris Ahrens D 25 6-0 185 R/- 4 July 31, 1952 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
8 Kent-Erik Andersson RW 26 6-2 185 -/- R May 24, 1951 15 G, 18 A, 33 P
3 Fred Barrett D 28 5-11 195 L/- 6 January 26, 1950 0 G, 15 A, 15 P
11 Harvey Bennett C 25 6-4 215 L/- 3 August 9, 1952 11 G, 10 A, 21 P
26 Nick Beverley D 30 6-2 185 R/- 8 April 21, 1947 7 G, 14 A, 21 P
28 Jim Boo D 23 6-1 200 R/- R November 12, 1954 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
14 Per-Olov Brasar LW 27 5-8 172 L/- R September 30, 1950 20 G, 37 A, 57 P
2 Bill Butters D 27 5-10 185 R/- R January 10, 1951 1 G, 0 A, 1 P
4 Jerry Engele D 27 6-0 197 L/- 2 November 26, 1950 1 G, 5 A, 6 P
22 Roland Eriksson C 23 6-3 190 L/- 1 March 1, 1954 21 G, 39 A, 60 P
11 Bill Fairbairn LW 31 5-10 170 R/- 9 January 7, 1947 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
18 Jamie Gallimore RW 20 6-0 180 R/- R November 28, 1957 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
35 Paul Harrison G 22 6-1 196 -/L 2 February 11, 1955 6-16-2, 3.82 GAA
6 Doug Hicks D 22 6-0 185 L/- 3 May 28, 1955 2 G, 9 A, 11 P
21 Bill Hogaboam C 28 5-11 170 R/- 5 September 5, 1949 1 G, 2 A, 3 P
32 Don Jackson D 21 6-3 210 L/- R September 2, 1956 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
16 Pierre Jarry LW 28 5-11 190 L/- 6 March 30, 1949 9 G, 17 A, 26 P
12 Steve Jensen LW 22 6-2 190 L/- 2 April 14, 1955 13 G, 17 A, 30 P
1 Pete LoPresti G 23 6-1 195 -/L 3 May 23, 1954 12-35-6, 4.23 GAA
16 Dean Magee LW 22 6-2 210 L/- R April 29, 1955 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
5 Brad Maxwell D 20 6-2 195 R/- R July 8, 1957 18 G, 29 A, 47 P
24 Bryan Maxwell D 22 6-2 200 L/- R September 7, 1955 2 G, 5 A, 7 P
23 Lou Nanne D 36 6-1 185 R/- 10 June 2, 1941 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
5 Dennis O'Brien D 28 6-0 195 L/- 7 June 10, 1949 0 G, 2 A, 2 P
10 Alex Pirus RW 23 6-1 205 R/- 1 January 12, 1955 9 G, 6 A, 15 P
20 Tom Reid D 31 6-1 200 L/- 10 June 24, 1946 1 G, 6 A, 7 P
27 Jim Roberts LW 21 6-1 198 L/- 1 June 8, 1956 4 G, 14 A, 18 P
7 Glen Sharpley C 21 6-0 190 R/- 1 September 6, 1956 22 G, 33 A, 55 P
30 Gary Smith G 33 6-4 215 -/L 12 February 4, 1944 0-2-1, 3.00 GAA
15 Dean Talafous RW 24 6-4 180 R/- 3 August 25, 1953 13 G, 16 A, 29 P
17 Tim Young C 22 6-1 190 R/- 2 February 22, 1955 23 G, 35 A, 58 P
29 Tom Younghans RW 25 5-11 175 R/- 1 January 22, 1953 10 G, 8 A, 18 P
9 Ron Zanussi RW 21 5-11 180 R/- R August 31, 1956 15 G, 17 A, 32 P

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Roland Eriksson C 23 78 21 39 60 22 -29 12 18 3 0 1 22 0 17 257 8.2 3.5 0.5 4.0
2 Tim Young C 22 78 23 35 58 22 -37 64 18 5 0 2 26 0 9 217 10.6 3.5 0.2 3.8
3 Per-Olov Brasar LW 27 77 20 37 57 21 -7 6 11 7 2 2 23 1 13 170 11.8 3.2 1.2 4.4
4 Glen Sharpley C 21 79 22 33 55 21 -33 42 16 6 0 3 26 2 5 215 10.2 3.1 0.4 3.5
5 Brad Maxwell D 20 75 18 29 47 18 -57 100 6 12 0 0 15 0 14 209 8.6 3.8 0.7 4.5
6 Kent-Erik Andersson RW 26 73 15 18 33 13 -17 4 12 3 0 1 13 1 4 121 12.4 1.0 0.8 1.8
7 Ron Zanussi RW 21 68 15 17 32 13 -20 89 11 4 0 2 12 0 5 97 15.5 1.1 0.6 1.7
8 Steve Jensen LW 22 74 13 17 30 12 -30 73 11 2 0 1 16 0 1 132 9.8 0.5 0.4 0.9
9 Dean Talafous RW 24 75 13 16 29 12 -16 25 11 2 0 2 13 0 3 80 16.3 0.4 0.8 1.2
10 Pierre Jarry LW 28 35 9 17 26 10 -9 2 8 1 0 1 12 0 5 77 11.7 1.5 0.3 1.8
11 Harvey Bennett C 25 64 11 10 21 9 -32 91 10 1 0 0 10 0 0 67 16.4 0.0 0.2 0.2
12 Nick Beverley D 30 57 7 14 21 8 -1 18 7 0 0 1 10 0 4 87 8.0 1.1 3.2 4.3
13 Tom Younghans RW 25 72 10 8 18 8 -10 100 9 1 0 0 6 0 2 71 14.1 -0.6 1.0 0.3
14 Jim Roberts LW 21 42 4 14 18 6 -14 19 4 0 0 0 9 0 5 75 5.3 0.1 0.3 0.4
15 Alex Pirus RW 23 61 9 6 15 7 -25 38 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 89 10.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.2
16 Fred Barrett D 28 79 0 15 15 4 -35 59 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 87 0.0 -0.5 2.3 1.9
17 Doug Hicks D 22 61 2 9 11 4 -28 51 2 0 0 0 7 0 2 81 2.5 -0.2 1.7 1.5
18 Bryan Maxwell D 22 18 2 5 7 2 2 41 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 33 6.1 0.4 1.1 1.5
19 Tom Reid D 31 36 1 6 7 2 -26 21 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 26 3.8 -0.1 0.4 0.3
20 Jerry Engele D 27 52 1 5 6 2 -10 105 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 44 2.3 -0.5 2.3 1.8
21 Bill Hogaboam C 28 8 1 2 3 1 -5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
22 Pete LoPresti G 23 53 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4.1
23 Dennis O'Brien D 28 13 0 2 2 1 -5 32 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0.0 -0.1 0.4 0.3
24 Bill Butters D 27 23 1 0 1 1 -3 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5.6 -0.3 1.1 0.8
25 Bill Fairbairn LW 31 6 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
26 Lou Nanne D 36 26 0 1 1 0 -14 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 0.0 -0.5 0.6 0.1
27 Chris Ahrens D 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.0
28 Jim Boo D 23 6 0 0 0 0 -6 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.2
29 Jamie Gallimore RW 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 0.0
30 Paul Harrison G 22 27 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3.0
31 Don Jackson D 21 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
32 Dean Magee LW 22 7 0 0 0 0 -3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3
33 Gary Smith G 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.6
Team Total 80 218 358 576 -470 1078 166 49 3 18 2305 9.5 19.1 21.5 48.2

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Pete LoPresti G 23 53 12 35 6 216 4.23 2 3065 4.1
2 Paul Harrison G 22 27 6 16 2 99 3.82 1 1555 3.0
3 Gary Smith G 33 3 0 2 1 9 3.00 0 180 0.6
Team Total 80 18 53 9 324 4.05 3 4800 7.6