1975-76 Minnesota North Stars Roster and Statistics

Record: 20-53-7 (47 points), Finished 4th in NHL Smythe Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ted Harris (20-53-7)

Primary Arena: Metropolitan Sports Center

Goals For: 195 (17th of 18), Goals Against: 303 (14th of 18)
SRS: -1.32 (16th of 18), SOS: 0.03 (7th of 18)

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Minnesota North Stars	80	20	53	7	47	.294	195	303	-1.32	0.03	2.44	3.79	49	331	14.80	82	309	73.46	2	15	1954	10.0	2655	.886		3
League Average	80	34	34	13	80	.500	273	273					66	321	20.58	66	321	79.46	8	8	2448	11.1	2448	.889		4

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Minnesota North Stars
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
4	Chris Ahrens	us US	D	23	6-0	185	R/-	2	July 31, 1952
24-29	Mike Antonovich	us US	C	24	5-8	165	L/-	R	October 18, 1951
3	Fred Barrett	ca CA	D	26	5-11	195	L/-	4	January 26, 1950
2	Dwight Bialowas	ca CA	D	23	6-0	185	R/-	2	September 8, 1952
28	Craig Cameron	ca CA	RW	30	6-0	200	R/-	8	July 19, 1945
7	Dave Cressman	ca CA	LW	26	6-1	180	L/-	1	January 2, 1950
9	Blake Dunlop	ca CA	C	22	5-10	170	R/-	2	April 4, 1953
4	Jerry Engele	ca CA	D	25	6-0	197	L/-	R	November 26, 1950
27	John Flesch	ca CA	LW	22	6-2	200	L/-	1	July 15, 1953
8	Bill Goldsworthy (C)	ca CA	RW	31	6-0	190	R/-	11	August 24, 1944
11	Norm Gratton	ca CA	LW	25	5-11	165	L/-	4	December 22, 1950
35	Paul Harrison	ca CA	G	20	6-1	196	-/L	R	February 11, 1955
18	Bryan Hextall	ca CA	C	34	5-11	185	L/-	7	May 23, 1941
22	Dennis Hextall	ca CA	C	32	5-11	175	L/-	7	April 17, 1943
14	Ernie Hicke	ca CA	LW	28	5-11	185	L/-	5	November 7, 1947
6	Doug Hicks	ca CA	D	20	6-0	185	L/-	1	May 28, 1955
21	Bill Hogaboam	ca CA	C	26	5-11	170	R/-	3	September 5, 1949
16	Pierre Jarry	ca CA	C/LW	26	5-11	190	L/-	4	March 30, 1949
12	Steve Jensen	us US	LW	20	6-2	190	L/-	R	April 14, 1955
1	Pete LoPresti	us US	G	21	6-1	195	-/L	1	May 23, 1954
30	Cesare Maniago	ca CA	G	37	6-3	195	-/L	12	January 13, 1939
23	Lou Nanne	ca CA	RW	34	6-1	185	R/-	8	June 2, 1941
12	Rich Nantais	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	188	L/-	1	October 27, 1954
5	Dennis O'Brien	ca CA	D	26	6-0	195	L/-	5	June 10, 1949
21	Bill Plager	ca CA	D	30	5-9	175	R/-	8	July 6, 1945
20	Tom Reid	ca CA	D	29	6-1	200	L/-	8	June 24, 1946
12-21	Doug Rombough	ca CA	C	25	6-3	215	L/-	3	July 8, 1950
10-16	Glen Sather	ca CA	LW	32	5-11	180	L/-	9	September 2, 1943
15	Dean Talafous	us US	RW	22	6-4	180	R/-	1	August 25, 1953
17	Tim Young	ca CA	C	20	6-1	190	R/-	R	February 22, 1955

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Tim Young	20	C	63	18	33	51	-11	71	12	6	0	2	24	9	0	127	14.2			2.8	0.9	3.7
2	Dean Talafous	22	RW	79	18	30	48	-12	18	13	4	1	2	20	10	0	137	13.1			1.9	1.1	3.0
3	Bill Goldsworthy	31	RW	68	24	22	46	-19	47	18	6	0	3	17	5	0	174	13.8			2.7	0.7	3.4
4	Dennis Hextall	32	C	59	11	35	46	-29	93	9	2	0	0	22	13	0	93	11.8			2.0	0.2	2.3
5	Ernie Hicke	28	LW	80	23	19	42	-31	77	17	6	0	4	11	8	0	185	12.4			1.7	0.6	2.3
6	Pierre Jarry	26	C	59	21	18	39	-8	32	18	3	0	0	14	4	0	143	14.7			2.2	0.9	3.1
7	Bryan Hextall	34	C	58	8	20	28	-16	84	4	3	1	1	13	7	0	89	9.0			0.4	0.6	1.0
8	Dwight Bialowas	23	D	58	5	18	23	-9	22	0	5	0	1	10	8	0	87	5.7			1.1	3.1	4.1
9	Blake Dunlop	22	C	33	9	11	20	-9	8	8	1	0	1	9	2	0	55	16.4			0.9	0.4	1.2
10	Glen Sather*	32	LW	72	9	10	19	-8	94	8	1	0	1	9	1	0	73	12.3			-0.9	1.1	0.2
11	Craig Cameron	30	RW	78	8	10	18	-27	34	7	1	0	0	8	2	0	73	11.0			-1.3	0.7	-0.6
12	Doug Hicks	20	D	80	5	13	18	-17	54	2	3	0	1	8	4	1	102	4.9			0.2	3.9	4.2
13	Lou Nanne	34	RW	79	3	14	17	-34	45	1	2	0	0	10	3	1	83	3.6			-1.8	0.5	-1.3
14	Dennis O'Brien	26	D	78	1	14	15	-27	187	1	0	0	0	12	2	0	72	1.4			-0.3	3.2	3.0
15	Tom Reid	29	D	69	0	15	15	-24	52	0	0	0	0	9	6	0	90	0.0			-0.2	2.8	2.7
16	Bill Hogaboam	26	C	18	7	7	14	-4	6	6	1	0	0	7	0	0	44	15.9			0.9	0.2	1.1
17	Steve Jensen	20	LW	19	7	6	13	-4	6	6	1	0	1	4	2	0	49	14.3			0.8	0.2	1.0
18	Dave Cressman	26	LW	80	4	8	12	-4	33	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	72	5.6			-2.2	1.4	-0.8
19	Fred Barrett	26	D	79	2	9	11	-26	66	2	0	0	1	8	1	0	70	2.9			-0.5	3.3	2.8
20	Norm Gratton	25	LW	32	7	3	10	-12	14	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	51	13.7			0.0	0.2	0.2
21	John Flesch	22	LW	33	3	2	5	-8	47	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	26	11.5			-0.8	0.4	-0.4
22	Doug Rombough	25	C	19	2	2	4	-5	6	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	9	22.2			-0.3	0.2	-0.1
23	Bill Plager	30	D	20	0	3	3	-5	21	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	0.0			-0.2	0.9	0.8
24	Mike Antonovich	24	C	12	0	2	2	-4	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	0.0			-0.4	0.1	-0.3
25	Jerry Engele	25	D	17	0	1	1	-12	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	0.0			-0.3	0.3	0.1
26	Chris Ahrens	23	D	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.0
27	Paul Harrison	20	G	6	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		307	51:08	0.0	0.0	-0.1
28	Pete LoPresti	21	G	34	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		1784	52:28	0.0	0.0	3.0
29	Cesare Maniago	37	G	47	0	0	0	0	11				0	0			0		2699	57:25	0.0	0.0	7.5
30	Rich Nantais	21	LW	5	0	0	0	-1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.2	0.1	-0.2
	Team Total			80	195	325	520	-367	1173	144	49	2	20	233	90	2	1954	10.0			8.3	28.2	46.9

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Cesare Maniago	37	47		13	27	5	151	1521	1370	.901	3.36	2	2699				90	16.5	3.00	7.5
2	Pete LoPresti	21	34		7	22	1	123	962	839	.872	4.14	1	1784				116	-17.1	3.70	3.0
3	Paul Harrison	20	6		0	4	1	28	171	143	.836	5.48	0	307						4.89	-0.1
	Team Total				20	53	7	302	2654	2352	.886	3.78	3	4790				103	-9.8	3.38	10.4