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1979-80 Minnesota North Stars

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36-28-16 (88 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 311 goals, Allowed 253 goals, SRS: 0.69 (5th of 21)
Coached by Glen Sonmor (36-28-16)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-1) to Philadelphia Flyers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Montreal Canadiens
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) over Toronto Maple Leafs

1979-80 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 36 28 16 88 .550 311 253 0.69 7.05 75 316 23.73 43 240 82.08 4 7
League Average 80 33 33 14 80 .500 281 281 0.00 7.03 61 280 21.86 61 280 78.14 6 6

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 Al MacAdam RW 6-0 180 27 80 42 51 93 1.16 37 0.46 139 47 60 4 36 24 29 13 0 2 170 2.13 24.7
2 Steve Payne LW 6-2 210 21 80 42 43 85 1.06 34 0.43 138 47 55 1 37 40 26 16 0 2 233 2.91 18.0
3 Bobby Smith C 6-4 210 21 61 27 56 83 1.36 31 0.51 107 35 56 0 16 24 18 9 0 3 223 3.66 12.1
4 Tim Young C 6-1 190 24 77 31 43 74 0.96 29 0.38 101 25 73 11 14 24 24 5 2 5 220 2.86 14.1
5 Glen Sharpley C 6-0 190 23 51 20 27 47 0.92 18 0.36 62 16 49 2 -1 38 14 6 0 0 109 2.14 18.3
6 Mike Eaves C 5-10 180 23 56 18 28 46 0.82 18 0.32 62 26 36 3 3 11 9 9 0 3 80 1.43 22.5
7 Ron Zanussi RW 5-11 180 23 72 14 31 45 0.63 17 0.23 76 15 57 0 4 93 12 2 0 3 129 1.79 10.9
8 Craig Hartsburg D 6-1 200 20 79 14 30 44 0.56 16 0.21 140 45 116 19 -2 81 7 7 0 2 202 2.56 6.9
9 Brad Maxwell D 6-2 195 22 58 7 30 37 0.64 13 0.22 109 27 82 9 9 126 7 0 0 0 135 2.33 5.2
10 Tom McCarthy LW 6-2 200 19 68 16 20 36 0.53 14 0.21 64 15 56 0 -7 39 15 1 0 5 101 1.49 15.8
11 Gary Sargent D 5-10 210 25 52 13 21 34 0.65 13 0.25 91 32 54 7 12 22 10 3 0 1 129 2.48 10.1
12 Mike Polich C/LW 5-8 170 27 78 10 14 24 0.31 9 0.12 34 0 61 27 0 20 10 0 0 1 94 1.21 10.6
13 Fred Barrett D 5-11 195 30 80 8 14 22 0.28 8 0.10 80 1 88 26 17 71 8 0 0 0 85 1.06 9.4
14 Kent-Erik Andersson RW 6-2 185 28 61 9 10 19 0.31 8 0.12 37 2 45 7 -3 8 8 1 0 3 87 1.43 10.3
15 Greg Smith D 6-0 195 24 55 5 13 18 0.33 7 0.12 63 10 62 8 -1 103 3 1 1 1 91 1.65 5.5
16 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 34 63 3 15 18 0.29 6 0.10 72 1 56 10 25 84 3 0 0 1 82 1.30 3.7
17 Tom Younghans RW 5-11 175 27 79 10 6 16 0.20 7 0.09 30 0 57 24 -3 92 9 0 1 0 79 1.00 12.7
18 Steve Christoff C 6-1 180 22 20 8 7 15 0.75 6 0.31 22 5 14 0 3 19 8 0 0 1 34 1.70 23.5
19 Per-Olov Brasar LW 5-8 172 29 22 1 14 15 0.68 5 0.22 20 7 13 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 38 1.73 2.6
20 Mike Fidler LW 5-11 195 23 24 5 4 9 0.38 4 0.16 18 4 12 1 3 13 4 1 0 0 38 1.58 13.2
21 Curt Giles D 5-8 175 21 37 2 7 9 0.24 3 0.09 35 11 37 4 -9 31 1 1 0 1 48 1.30 4.2
22 Kris Manery C/RW 6-0 185 25 28 3 4 7 0.25 3 0.10 17 1 22 1 -5 16 3 0 0 0 40 1.43 7.5
23 Rob Flockhart LW 6-0 185 23 10 1 3 4 0.40 1 0.14 7 2 9 0 -4 2 1 0 0 1 10 1.00 10.0
24 Don Jackson D 6-3 210 23 10 0 4 4 0.40 1 0.13 9 0 8 3 4 18 0 0 0 0 8 0.80 0.0
25 Dan Chicoine RW 5-11 192 22 24 1 2 3 0.13 1 0.05 8 0 18 0 -10 12 1 0 0 0 25 1.04 4.0
26 Dave Hanson D 6-0 190 25 22 1 1 2 0.09 1 0.04 2 0 7 0 -5 39 1 0 0 0 11 0.50 9.1
27 Tony White LW 5-10 175 25 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 4 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 10 1.67 0.0
28 Jim Dobson RW 6-1 195 19 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
29 Jon Fontas C 5-10 185 24 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
30 Robbie Laird LW 5-9 165 25 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 80 311 499 810 10.13 311 3.89 311 75 253 43 26 1058 232 75 4 36 2511 31.39 12.4

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 29 54 3141 27 20 5 59 .567 1 160 3.06 0 1 1 4
2 Gary Edwards G 5-9 165 32 26 1539 9 7 10 28 .538 0 82 3.20 0 0 0 0
3 Jean-Louis Levasseur G 5-10 160 30 1 60 0 1 0 0 .000 0 7 7.00 0 0 0 0
4 Steve Janaszak G 6-1 210 23 1 60 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 2.00 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 4800 36 28 16 1 251 3.14

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 Al MacAdam RW 6-0 180 27 15 7 9 16 1.07 4 6 1 0 2
2 Steve Payne LW 6-2 210 21 15 7 7 14 0.93 9 4 3 0 3
3 Bobby Smith C 6-4 210 21 15 1 13 14 0.93 9 0 1 0 0
4 Steve Christoff C 6-1 180 22 14 8 4 12 0.86 7 6 2 0 0
5 Tom McCarthy LW 6-2 200 19 15 5 6 11 0.73 20 2 3 0 0
6 Brad Maxwell D 6-2 195 22 11 0 8 8 0.73 20 0 0 0 0
7 Glen Sharpley C 6-0 190 23 9 1 6 7 0.78 4 1 0 0 0
8 Tim Young C 6-1 190 24 15 2 5 7 0.47 4 0 1 1 0
9 Mike Eaves C 5-10 180 23 15 2 5 7 0.47 4 2 0 0 0
10 Kent-Erik Andersson RW 6-2 185 28 13 2 4 6 0.46 2 2 0 0 1
11 Curt Giles D 5-8 175 21 12 2 4 6 0.50 10 0 2 0 0
12 Ron Zanussi RW 5-11 180 23 14 0 4 4 0.29 17 0 0 0 0
13 Craig Hartsburg D 6-1 200 20 15 3 1 4 0.27 17 1 2 0 0
14 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 34 14 2 1 3 0.21 23 1 1 0 1
15 Mike Polich C/LW 5-8 170 27 15 2 1 3 0.20 2 2 0 0 0
16 Gary Sargent D 5-10 210 25 4 2 1 3 0.75 2 1 1 0 1
17 Tom Younghans RW 5-11 175 27 15 2 1 3 0.20 17 0 0 2 0
18 Rob Flockhart LW 6-0 185 23 1 1 0 1 1.00 2 1 0 0 0
19 Greg Smith D 6-0 195 24 12 0 1 1 0.08 9 0 0 0 0
20 Fred Barrett D 5-11 195 30 14 0 0 0 0.00 22 0 0 0 0
21 Don Jackson D 6-3 210 23 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
22 Dan Chicoine RW 5-11 192 22 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 15 49 81 130 8.67 206 29 17 3 8

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 Gilles Meloche G 5-9 185 29 11 564 5 4 10 .556 1 34 3.62 0 0 0 0
2 Gary Edwards G 5-9 165 32 7 337 3 3 6 .500 0 22 3.92 0 0 0 2
Team Total 80 901 8 7 1 56 3.73