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40-24-16 (96 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 321 goals, Allowed 290 goals, SRS: 0.31 (8th of 21)
Coached by Glen Sonmor (22-12-9), Murray Oliver (18-12-7)
Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-1) versus Chicago Black Hawks
Won Division Semi-Finals (3-1) versus Toronto Maple Leafs
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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 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 96 | .600 | 321 | 290 | 0.31 | 7.64 | 91 | 345 | 26.38 | 67 | 347 | 80.69 | 17 | 20 |
| League Average | 80 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 80 | .500 | 309 | 309 | 0.00 | 7.73 | 71 | 310 | 22.92 | 71 | 310 | 77.08 | 9 | 9 |
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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 | Neal Broten | C | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | 79 | 32 | 45 | 77 | 24 | 43 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 165 | 19.4 | 115 | 37 | 62 | 8 | ||
| 2 | Bobby Smith | C | 6-4 | 210 | 24 | 77 | 24 | 53 | 77 | -20 | 81 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 190 | 12.6 | 107 | 50 | 78 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Tom McCarthy | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 80 | 28 | 48 | 76 | 18 | 59 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 171 | 16.4 | 109 | 37 | 60 | 6 | ||
| 4 | Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 77 | 37 | 38 | 75 | 16 | 94 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 210 | 17.6 | 111 | 38 | 57 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Steve Payne | LW | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | 80 | 30 | 39 | 69 | -9 | 53 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 199 | 15.1 | 112 | 48 | 75 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Brian Bellows | LW | 5-11 | 210 | 18 | 78 | 35 | 30 | 65 | -12 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 184 | 19.0 | 99 | 44 | 74 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Craig Hartsburg | D | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | 78 | 12 | 50 | 62 | 7 | 109 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 200 | 6.0 | 143 | 43 | 121 | 28 | ||
| 8 | Tim Young | C | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 70 | 18 | 35 | 53 | -1 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 152 | 11.8 | 76 | 33 | 71 | 27 | ||
| 9 | Gordie Roberts | D | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 80 | 3 | 41 | 44 | 18 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 2.4 | 135 | 35 | 108 | 26 | ||
| 10 | Willi Plett | RW | 6-3 | 205 | 27 | 71 | 25 | 14 | 39 | -12 | 170 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 125 | 20.0 | 72 | 27 | 57 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Brad Maxwell | D | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | 77 | 11 | 28 | 39 | -1 | 157 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 6.8 | 113 | 31 | 108 | 25 | ||
| 12 | Al MacAdam | RW | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | 73 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 3 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 93 | 11.8 | 51 | 5 | 68 | 25 | ||
| 13 | Mike Eaves | C | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 75 | 16 | 16 | 32 | -3 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 143 | 11.2 | 42 | 2 | 68 | 25 | ||
| 14 | Jordy Douglas | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | 68 | 13 | 14 | 27 | -7 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 14.6 | 39 | 6 | 45 | 5 | ||
| 15 | Curt Giles | D | 5-8 | 175 | 24 | 76 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 2.6 | 87 | 6 | 94 | 24 | ||
| 16 | George Ferguson | C | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | 65 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 9.8 | 33 | 3 | 52 | 21 | ||
| 17 | Ron Friest | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 150 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 13.6 | 18 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Gary Sargent | D | 5-10 | 210 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 5 | ||
| 19 | Dan Mandich | D | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | 67 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 169 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 6.1 | 48 | 1 | 57 | 10 | ||
| 20 | Ken Solheim | LW | 6-3 | 210 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5.9 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Fred Barrett | D | 5-11 | 195 | 33 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 | 25 | 0 | 48 | 13 | ||
| 22 | Warren Young | C | 6-3 | 195 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Don Beaupre | G | 5-10 | 172 | 21 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 24 | Gilles Meloche | G | 5-9 | 185 | 32 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 25 | Bob Bergloff | D | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Anders Hakansson | LW | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 27 | Wes Jarvis | C | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Markus Mattsson | G | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 29 | Dave Richter | D | 6-5 | 225 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Randy Velischek | D | 6-0 | 200 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 321 | 534 | 855 | 17 | 1504 | 213 | 91 | 17 | 40 | 2571 | 12.5 | 1583 | 454 | 1377 | 265 |
| 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 | 32 | 47 | 2689 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 160 | 3.57 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Don Beaupre | G | 5-10 | 172 | 21 | 36 | 2011 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 120 | 3.58 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Markus Mattsson | G | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.60 | 1 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 286 | 3.57 | 2 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brad Maxwell | D | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Craig Hartsburg | D | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | Bobby Smith | C | 6-4 | 210 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Brian Bellows | LW | 5-11 | 210 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Steve Payne | LW | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Neal Broten | C | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | Tom McCarthy | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Gordie Roberts | D | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | Willi Plett | RW | 6-3 | 205 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Al MacAdam | RW | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | George Ferguson | C | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Curt Giles | D | 5-8 | 175 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Gary Sargent | D | 5-10 | 210 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | Tim Young | C | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Ron Friest | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | Fred Barrett | D | 5-11 | 195 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | Don Beaupre | G | 5-10 | 172 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | Jordy Douglas | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | Mike Eaves | C | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | Dan Mandich | D | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | Gilles Meloche | G | 5-9 | 185 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | Randy Velischek | D | 6-0 | 200 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 9 | 34 | 62 | 96 | 188 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 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 | 21 | 4 | 245 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 4.90 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Gilles Meloche | G | 5-9 | 185 | 32 | 5 | 319 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 3.39 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 9 | 564 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 4.04 | 0 |