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1980-81 Minnesota North Stars

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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) to New York Islanders
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) over Calgary Flames
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Buffalo Sabres
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) over Boston Bruins

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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 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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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 22 78 29 64 93 1.19 34 0.44 125 56 68 0 1 73 16 13 0 7 242 3.10 12.0
2 Tim Young C 6-1 190 25 74 25 41 66 0.89 25 0.34 107 53 63 15 6 40 15 10 0 4 214 2.89 11.7
3 Al MacAdam RW 6-0 180 28 78 21 39 60 0.77 23 0.29 103 47 64 2 -6 94 15 6 0 7 145 1.86 14.5
4 Steve Payne LW 6-2 210 22 76 30 28 58 0.76 24 0.31 105 49 42 0 14 88 19 11 0 2 243 3.20 12.3
5 Tom McCarthy LW 6-2 200 20 62 23 25 48 0.77 19 0.31 75 24 51 3 3 62 19 4 0 2 147 2.37 15.6
6 Craig Hartsburg D 6-1 200 21 74 13 30 43 0.58 16 0.21 109 48 86 16 -9 124 5 8 0 2 207 2.80 6.3
7 Kent-Erik Andersson RW 6-2 185 29 77 17 24 41 0.53 16 0.21 56 3 63 18 8 22 12 1 4 2 127 1.65 13.4
8 Steve Christoff C 6-1 180 23 56 26 13 39 0.70 17 0.30 63 20 56 4 -9 58 17 9 0 2 132 2.36 19.7
9 Gordie Roberts D 6-1 195 23 50 6 31 37 0.74 13 0.25 73 21 66 16 2 94 3 3 0 0 83 1.66 7.2
10 Mike Eaves C 5-10 180 24 48 10 24 34 0.71 12 0.26 53 13 42 3 1 18 8 1 1 1 104 2.17 9.6
11 Dino Ciccarelli RW 5-10 185 20 32 18 12 30 0.94 13 0.40 45 15 28 0 2 29 10 8 0 0 126 3.94 14.3
12 Curt Giles D 5-8 175 22 67 5 22 27 0.40 9 0.14 79 20 67 17 9 56 4 1 0 1 82 1.22 6.1
13 Greg Smith D 6-0 195 25 74 5 21 26 0.35 9 0.12 83 8 96 28 7 126 4 1 0 1 99 1.34 5.1
14 Glen Sharpley C 6-0 190 24 28 12 12 24 0.86 10 0.35 32 11 25 0 -4 18 6 6 0 0 52 1.86 23.1
15 Mike Fidler LW 5-11 195 24 20 5 12 17 0.85 6 0.31 25 10 11 1 5 6 5 0 0 0 42 2.10 11.9
16 Ron Zanussi RW 5-11 180 24 41 6 11 17 0.41 6 0.16 31 3 25 0 3 89 6 0 0 0 43 1.05 14.0
17 Brad Maxwell D 6-2 195 23 27 3 13 16 0.59 6 0.20 43 15 35 6 -1 98 0 3 0 1 71 2.63 4.2
18 Mike Polich C/LW 5-8 170 28 74 8 5 13 0.18 6 0.07 19 1 59 39 -2 19 7 0 1 0 58 0.78 13.8
19 Fred Barrett D 5-11 195 31 62 4 8 12 0.19 4 0.07 56 2 74 21 1 72 4 0 0 1 73 1.18 5.5
20 Gary Sargent D 5-10 210 26 23 4 7 11 0.48 4 0.18 31 11 24 3 -1 36 2 2 0 0 42 1.83 9.5
21 Tom Younghans RW 5-11 175 28 74 4 6 10 0.14 4 0.05 18 1 60 35 -8 79 2 1 1 2 55 0.74 7.3
22 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 35 61 1 9 10 0.16 3 0.05 49 2 63 20 4 79 1 0 0 0 62 1.02 1.6
23 Jack Carlson LW 6-3 205 26 43 7 2 9 0.21 4 0.10 18 0 23 0 -5 108 7 0 0 0 24 0.56 29.2
24 Brad Palmer LW 6-0 185 19 23 4 4 8 0.35 3 0.14 17 2 22 1 -6 22 4 0 0 0 59 2.57 6.8
25 Kevin Maxwell C 5-9 165 20 6 0 3 3 0.50 1 0.16 4 0 5 0 -1 7 0 0 0 0 9 1.50 0.0
26 Don Jackson D 6-3 210 24 10 0 3 3 0.30 1 0.09 8 0 8 3 3 19 0 0 0 0 14 1.40 0.0
27 Ken Solheim LW 6-3 210 19 5 2 1 3 0.60 1 0.26 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 9 1.80 22.2
28 Neal Broten C 5-9 175 21 3 2 0 2 0.67 1 0.33 3 0 2 0 1 12 2 0 0 0 6 2.00 33.3
29 Ron Friest LW 5-11 185 22 4 1 0 1 0.25 1 0.13 1 0 3 0 -2 10 1 0 0 0 6 1.50 16.7
30 Murray Brumwell D 6-2 190 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
31 Joe Contini C 5-10 178 24 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
32 Roger Melin LW 6-4 195 24 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
33 Jim Dobson RW 6-1 195 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
34 Rob Flockhart LW 6-0 185 24 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.50 0.0
35 Jon Fontas C 5-10 185 25 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 80 291 471 762 9.53 291 3.64 291 88 263 64 4 1580 196 88 7 35 2578 32.23 11.3

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 Don Beaupre G 5-10 172 19 44 2585 18 14 11 47 .547 0 138 3.20 0 1 1 20
2 Gilles Meloche G 5-9 185 30 38 2215 17 14 6 40 .541 2 120 3.25 0 0 0 2
Team Total 80 4800 35 28 17 2 258 3.23

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 Steve Payne LW 6-2 210 22 19 17 12 29 1.53 6 11 6 0 4
2 Bobby Smith C 6-4 210 22 19 8 17 25 1.32 13 6 2 0 0
3 Dino Ciccarelli RW 5-10 185 20 19 14 7 21 1.11 25 9 5 0 3
4 Al MacAdam RW 6-0 180 28 19 9 10 19 1.00 4 7 1 1 1
5 Tim Young C 6-1 190 25 12 3 14 17 1.42 9 3 0 0 1
6 Steve Christoff C 6-1 180 23 18 8 8 16 0.89 16 3 5 0 1
7 Craig Hartsburg D 6-1 200 21 19 3 12 15 0.79 16 0 3 0 0
8 Brad Maxwell D 6-2 195 23 18 3 11 14 0.78 35 2 1 0 0
9 Brad Palmer LW 6-0 185 19 19 8 5 13 0.68 4 5 1 2 1
10 Neal Broten C 5-9 175 21 19 1 7 8 0.42 9 1 0 0 1
11 Kevin Maxwell C 5-9 165 20 16 3 4 7 0.44 24 2 0 1 0
12 Gordie Roberts D 6-1 195 23 19 1 5 6 0.32 17 0 0 1 0
13 Greg Smith D 6-0 195 25 19 1 5 6 0.32 39 0 0 1 0
14 Kent-Erik Andersson RW 6-2 185 29 19 2 4 6 0.32 2 2 0 0 0
15 Curt Giles D 5-8 175 22 19 1 4 5 0.26 14 1 0 0 0
16 Tom McCarthy LW 6-2 200 20 8 0 3 3 0.38 6 0 0 0 0
17 Jack Carlson LW 6-3 205 26 15 1 2 3 0.20 50 1 0 0 0
18 Ken Solheim LW 6-3 210 19 2 1 0 1 0.50 0 1 0 0 0
19 Fred Barrett D 5-11 195 31 14 0 1 1 0.07 16 0 0 0 0
20 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 35 3 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0
21 Mike Polich C/LW 5-8 170 28 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
22 Tom Younghans RW 5-11 175 28 5 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0
Team Total 19 84 131 215 11.32 317 54 24 6 12

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 30 13 802 8 5 16 .615 0 47 3.52 0 0 0 4
2 Don Beaupre G 5-10 172 19 6 360 4 2 8 .667 0 26 4.33 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 1162 12 7 0 73 3.77