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1978-79 Minnesota North Stars

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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)

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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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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 Bobby Smith C 6-4 210 20 80 30 44 74 0.93 29 0.36 92 30 71 1 -8 39 21 9 0 4 244 3.05 12.3
2 Al MacAdam RW 6-0 180 26 69 24 34 58 0.84 23 0.33 89 27 66 4 0 30 18 6 0 4 135 1.96 17.8
3 Tim Young C 6-1 190 23 73 24 32 56 0.77 22 0.30 78 31 61 2 -12 46 16 8 0 5 147 2.01 16.3
4 Glen Sharpley C 6-0 190 22 80 19 34 53 0.66 20 0.25 81 18 88 7 -18 30 14 5 0 1 162 2.03 11.7
5 Mike Fidler LW 5-11 195 22 59 23 26 49 0.83 20 0.33 56 15 66 0 -25 42 19 4 0 3 158 2.68 14.6
6 Gary Sargent D 5-10 210 24 79 12 32 44 0.56 16 0.20 145 43 135 23 -10 39 4 8 0 1 182 2.30 6.6
7 Steve Payne LW 6-2 210 20 70 23 17 40 0.57 17 0.24 63 11 57 0 -5 29 20 3 0 2 165 2.36 13.9
8 Brad Maxwell D 6-2 195 21 70 9 28 37 0.53 13 0.19 88 25 89 13 -13 145 4 5 0 0 200 2.86 4.5
9 Kris Manery C/RW 6-0 185 24 60 17 19 36 0.60 14 0.24 58 17 59 5 -13 16 14 3 0 1 126 2.10 13.5
10 Per-Olov Brasar LW 5-8 172 28 68 6 28 34 0.50 12 0.17 60 20 58 14 -4 6 4 2 0 0 126 1.85 4.8
11 Greg Smith D 6-0 195 23 80 5 27 32 0.40 11 0.14 99 14 127 21 -21 147 4 1 0 1 193 2.41 2.6
12 Ron Zanussi RW 5-11 180 22 63 14 16 30 0.48 12 0.19 56 12 43 4 5 82 11 3 0 0 98 1.56 14.3
13 J.P. Parise LW 5-9 175 37 57 13 9 22 0.39 9 0.16 47 21 39 1 -12 45 12 1 0 0 73 1.28 17.8
14 Jean Potvin D 5-11 188 29 64 5 16 21 0.33 7 0.12 67 11 73 7 -10 65 1 2 2 1 89 1.39 5.6
15 Tom Younghans RW 5-11 175 26 76 8 10 18 0.24 7 0.09 25 0 69 21 -23 50 8 0 0 1 70 0.92 11.4
16 Mike Polich C/LW 5-8 170 26 73 6 10 16 0.22 6 0.08 28 1 59 19 -13 18 6 0 0 0 66 0.90 9.1
17 Kent-Erik Andersson RW 6-2 185 27 41 9 4 13 0.32 6 0.14 20 4 30 8 -6 4 5 2 2 4 59 1.44 15.3
18 Fred Barrett D 5-11 195 29 45 1 9 10 0.22 3 0.07 44 2 57 11 -4 48 1 0 0 0 36 0.80 2.8
19 Bryan Maxwell D 6-2 200 23 25 1 6 7 0.28 2 0.09 15 0 32 4 -13 46 1 0 0 0 32 1.28 3.1
20 Bill Butters D 5-10 185 28 49 0 4 4 0.08 1 0.03 22 0 46 12 -12 47 0 0 0 0 17 0.35 0.0
21 Alex Pirus RW 6-1 205 24 15 1 3 4 0.27 1 0.10 8 1 15 0 -8 9 1 0 0 0 14 0.93 7.1
22 Jim Roberts LW 6-1 198 22 11 2 1 3 0.27 1 0.12 5 1 9 0 -5 0 2 0 0 0 8 0.73 25.0
23 Jack Carlson LW 6-3 205 24 16 3 0 3 0.19 2 0.09 9 0 7 0 2 40 3 0 0 0 18 1.13 16.7
24 Jim McKenny D 5-11 192 32 10 1 1 2 0.20 1 0.08 5 2 7 1 -3 2 0 1 0 0 8 0.80 12.5
25 Bill Hogaboam C 5-11 170 29 10 1 1 2 0.20 1 0.08 4 0 7 2 -1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.60 16.7
26 John Baby D 6-0 195 21 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0.16 1 0 4 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.00 0.0
27 Dennis Maruk C 5-8 175 23 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.00 0.0
28 Don Jackson D 6-3 210 22 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 4 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0 6 1.20 0.0
29 Chuck Arnason RW 5-10 183 27 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
30 Mike Eaves C 5-10 180 22 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.67 0.0
31 Dan Chicoine RW 5-11 192 21 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 80 257 414 671 8.39 257 3.21 257 63 289 48 -47 1078 190 63 4 28 2451 30.64 10.5

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 Gilles Meloche G 5-9 185 28 53 3118 20 25 7 47 .452 2 173 3.33 0 1 1 25
2 Gary Edwards G 5-9 165 31 25 1337 6 11 5 17 .386 0 83 3.72 0 1 1 26
3 Pete LoPresti G 6-1 195 24 7 345 2 4 0 4 .333 0 28 4.87 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 4800 28 40 12 2 284 3.55