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1978-79 Minnesota North Stars Statistics

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28-40-12 (68 points), Finished 4th in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 257 goals, Allowed 289 goals, SRS: -0.40 (11th of 17)
Coached by Harry Howell (3-6-2), Glen Sonmor (25-34-10)

1978-79 Minnesota North Stars:

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 28 40 12 68 .425 257 289 -0.40 6.83 63 289 21.80 48 232 79.31 4 9
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Player Statistics

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Scoring Regular Season

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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 Bobby Smith C 6-4 210 20 80 30 44 74 -8 39 21 9 0 4 244 12.3 92 30 71 1
2 Al MacAdam RW 6-0 180 26 69 24 34 58 0 30 18 6 0 4 135 17.8 89 27 66 4
3 Tim Young C 6-1 190 23 73 24 32 56 -12 46 16 8 0 5 147 16.3 78 31 61 2
4 Glen Sharpley C 6-0 190 22 80 19 34 53 -18 30 14 5 0 1 162 11.7 81 18 88 7
5 Mike Fidler LW 5-11 195 22 59 23 26 49 -25 42 19 4 0 3 158 14.6 56 15 66 0
6 Gary Sargent D 5-10 210 24 79 12 32 44 -10 39 4 8 0 1 182 6.6 145 43 135 23
7 Steve Payne LW 6-2 210 20 70 23 17 40 -5 29 20 3 0 2 165 13.9 63 11 57 0
8 Brad Maxwell D 6-2 195 21 70 9 28 37 -13 145 4 5 0 0 200 4.5 88 25 89 13
9 Kris Manery C/RW 6-0 185 24 60 17 19 36 -13 16 14 3 0 1 126 13.5 58 17 59 5
10 Per-Olov Brasar LW 5-8 172 28 68 6 28 34 -4 6 4 2 0 0 126 4.8 60 20 58 14
11 Greg Smith D 6-0 195 23 80 5 27 32 -21 147 4 1 0 1 193 2.6 99 14 127 21
12 Ron Zanussi RW 5-11 180 22 63 14 16 30 5 82 11 3 0 0 98 14.3 56 12 43 4
13 J.P. Parise LW 5-9 175 37 57 13 9 22 -12 45 12 1 0 0 73 17.8 47 21 39 1
14 Jean Potvin D 5-11 188 29 64 5 16 21 -10 65 1 2 2 1 89 5.6 67 11 73 7
15 Tom Younghans RW 5-11 175 26 76 8 10 18 -23 50 8 0 0 1 70 11.4 25 0 69 21
16 Mike Polich C/LW 5-8 170 26 73 6 10 16 -13 18 6 0 0 0 66 9.1 28 1 59 19
17 Kent-Erik Andersson RW 6-2 185 27 41 9 4 13 -6 4 5 2 2 4 59 15.3 20 4 30 8
18 Fred Barrett D 5-11 195 29 45 1 9 10 -4 48 1 0 0 0 36 2.8 44 2 57 11
19 Bryan Maxwell D 6-2 200 23 25 1 6 7 -13 46 1 0 0 0 32 3.1 15 0 32 4
20 Alex Pirus RW 6-1 205 24 15 1 3 4 -8 9 1 0 0 0 14 7.1 8 1 15 0
21 Bill Butters D 5-10 185 28 49 0 4 4 -12 47 0 0 0 0 17 0.0 22 0 46 12
22 Jack Carlson LW 6-3 205 24 16 3 0 3 2 40 3 0 0 0 18 16.7 9 0 7 0
23 Jim Roberts LW 6-1 198 22 11 2 1 3 -5 0 2 0 0 0 8 25.0 5 1 9 0
24 Bill Hogaboam C 5-11 170 29 10 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 0 0 6 16.7 4 0 7 2
25 Jim McKenny D 5-11 192 32 10 1 1 2 -3 2 0 1 0 0 8 12.5 5 2 7 1
26 John Baby D 6-0 195 21 2 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 1 0 4 1
27 Gary Edwards G 5-9 165 31 25 0 1 1 0 26 0 0 0 0 0
28 Gilles Meloche G 5-9 185 28 53 0 1 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0
29 Chuck Arnason RW 5-10 183 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
30 Dan Chicoine RW 5-11 192 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Mike Eaves C 5-10 180 22 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 0 0 3 2
32 Don Jackson D 6-3 210 22 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 2 0 4 1
33 Pete LoPresti G 6-1 195 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Dennis Maruk C 5-8 175 23 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 1 0
Team Total 80 257 414 671 -237 1078 190 63 4 28 2451 10.5 1267 306 1383 185

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Gilles Meloche G 5-9 185 28 53 3118 20 25 7 173 3.33 2
2 Gary Edwards G 5-9 165 31 25 1337 6 11 5 83 3.72 0
3 Pete LoPresti G 6-1 195 24 7 345 2 4 0 28 4.87 0
Team Total 80 4800 28 40 12 284 3.55 2