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1980-81 Minnesota North Stars Statistics

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35-28-17 (87 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 291 goals, Allowed 263 goals, SRS: 0.33 (9th of 21)
Coached by Glen Sonmor (35-28-17)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-1) versus New York Islanders
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Calgary Flames
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Buffalo Sabres
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) versus Boston Bruins

1980-81 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 35 28 17 87 .544 291 263 0.33 6.93 88 408 21.57 64 304 78.95 7 13
League Average 80 32 32 16 80 .500 307 307 0.00 7.69 77 340 22.53 77 340 77.47 10 10

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 22 78 29 64 93 1 73 16 13 0 7 242 12.0 125 56 68 0
2 Tim Young C 6-1 190 25 74 25 41 66 6 40 15 10 0 4 214 11.7 107 53 63 15
3 Al MacAdam RW 6-0 180 28 78 21 39 60 -6 94 15 6 0 7 145 14.5 103 47 64 2
4 Steve Payne LW 6-2 210 22 76 30 28 58 14 88 19 11 0 2 243 12.3 105 49 42 0
5 Tom McCarthy LW 6-2 200 20 62 23 25 48 3 62 19 4 0 2 147 15.6 75 24 51 3
6 Craig Hartsburg D 6-1 200 21 74 13 30 43 -9 124 5 8 0 2 207 6.3 109 48 86 16
7 Kent-Erik Andersson RW 6-2 185 29 77 17 24 41 8 22 12 1 4 2 127 13.4 56 3 63 18
8 Steve Christoff C 6-1 180 23 56 26 13 39 -9 58 17 9 0 2 132 19.7 63 20 56 4
9 Gordie Roberts D 6-1 195 23 50 6 31 37 2 94 3 3 0 0 83 7.2 73 21 66 16
10 Mike Eaves C 5-10 180 24 48 10 24 34 1 18 8 1 1 1 104 9.6 53 13 42 3
11 Dino Ciccarelli RW 5-10 185 20 32 18 12 30 2 29 10 8 0 0 126 14.3 45 15 28 0
12 Curt Giles D 5-8 175 22 67 5 22 27 9 56 4 1 0 1 82 6.1 79 20 67 17
13 Greg Smith D 6-0 195 25 74 5 21 26 7 126 4 1 0 1 99 5.1 83 8 96 28
14 Glen Sharpley C 6-0 190 24 28 12 12 24 -4 18 6 6 0 0 52 23.1 32 11 25 0
15 Ron Zanussi RW 5-11 180 24 41 6 11 17 3 89 6 0 0 0 43 14.0 31 3 25 0
16 Mike Fidler LW 5-11 195 24 20 5 12 17 5 6 5 0 0 0 42 11.9 25 10 11 1
17 Brad Maxwell D 6-2 195 23 27 3 13 16 -1 98 0 3 0 1 71 4.2 43 15 35 6
18 Mike Polich C/LW 5-8 170 28 74 8 5 13 -2 19 7 0 1 0 58 13.8 19 1 59 39
19 Fred Barrett D 5-11 195 31 62 4 8 12 1 72 4 0 0 1 73 5.5 56 2 74 21
20 Gary Sargent D 5-10 210 26 23 4 7 11 -1 36 2 2 0 0 42 9.5 31 11 24 3
21 Tom Younghans RW 5-11 175 28 74 4 6 10 -8 79 2 1 1 2 55 7.3 18 1 60 35
22 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 35 61 1 9 10 4 79 1 0 0 0 62 1.6 49 2 63 20
23 Jack Carlson LW 6-3 205 26 43 7 2 9 -5 108 7 0 0 0 24 29.2 18 0 23 0
24 Brad Palmer LW 6-0 185 19 23 4 4 8 -6 22 4 0 0 0 59 6.8 17 2 22 1
25 Ken Solheim LW 6-3 210 19 5 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 9 22.2 4 0 1 0
26 Don Jackson D 6-3 210 24 10 0 3 3 3 19 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 8 0 8 3
27 Kevin Maxwell C 5-9 165 20 6 0 3 3 -1 7 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 4 0 5 0
28 Neal Broten C 5-9 175 21 3 2 0 2 1 12 2 0 0 0 6 33.3 3 0 2 0
29 Ron Friest LW 5-11 185 22 4 1 0 1 -2 10 1 0 0 0 6 16.7 1 0 3 0
30 Don Beaupre G 5-10 172 19 44 0 1 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0
31 Murray Brumwell D 6-2 190 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
32 Joe Contini C 5-10 178 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Jim Dobson RW 6-1 195 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Rob Flockhart LW 6-0 185 24 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 2 0
35 Jon Fontas C 5-10 185 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Roger Melin LW 6-4 195 24 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
37 Gilles Meloche G 5-9 185 30 38 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 291 471 762 17 1580 196 88 7 35 2578 11.3 1436 435 1235 251

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 Don Beaupre G 5-10 172 19 44 2585 18 14 11 138 3.20 0
2 Gilles Meloche G 5-9 185 30 38 2215 17 14 6 120 3.25 2
Team Total 80 4800 35 28 17 258 3.23 2

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Steve Payne LW 6-2 210 22 19 17 12 29 6 11 6 0 4
2 Bobby Smith C 6-4 210 22 19 8 17 25 13 6 2 0 0
3 Dino Ciccarelli RW 5-10 185 20 19 14 7 21 25 9 5 0 3
4 Al MacAdam RW 6-0 180 28 19 9 10 19 4 7 1 1 1
5 Tim Young C 6-1 190 25 12 3 14 17 9 3 0 0 1
6 Steve Christoff C 6-1 180 23 18 8 8 16 16 3 5 0 1
7 Craig Hartsburg D 6-1 200 21 19 3 12 15 16 0 3 0 0
8 Brad Maxwell D 6-2 195 23 18 3 11 14 35 2 1 0 0
9 Brad Palmer LW 6-0 185 19 19 8 5 13 4 5 1 2 1
10 Neal Broten C 5-9 175 21 19 1 7 8 9 1 0 0 1
11 Kevin Maxwell C 5-9 165 20 16 3 4 7 24 2 0 1 0
12 Kent-Erik Andersson RW 6-2 185 29 19 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 0
13 Gordie Roberts D 6-1 195 23 19 1 5 6 17 0 0 1 0
14 Greg Smith D 6-0 195 25 19 1 5 6 39 0 0 1 0
15 Curt Giles D 5-8 175 22 19 1 4 5 14 1 0 0 0
16 Jack Carlson LW 6-3 205 26 15 1 2 3 50 1 0 0 0
17 Tom McCarthy LW 6-2 200 20 8 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0
18 Ken Solheim LW 6-3 210 19 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
19 Fred Barrett D 5-11 195 31 14 0 1 1 16 0 0 0 0
20 Don Beaupre G 5-10 172 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Gilles Meloche G 5-9 185 30 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
22 Mike Polich C/LW 5-8 170 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 35 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
24 Tom Younghans RW 5-11 175 28 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Team Total 19 84 131 215 317 54 24 6 12

Goalies Playoffs

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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 30 13 802 8 5 47 3.52 0
2 Don Beaupre G 5-10 172 19 6 360 4 2 26 4.33 0
Team Total 19 1162 12 7 73 3.77 0