1976-77 Minnesota North Stars Roster and Statistics

Record: 23-39-18 (64 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Smythe Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ted Harris (23-39-18)

Primary Arena: Metropolitan Sports Center

Goals For: 240 (10th of 18), Goals Against: 310 (17th of 18)
SRS: -0.88 (15th of 18), SOS: -0.01 (10th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-0) to Buffalo Sabres

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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	23	39	18	64	.400	240	310	-0.88	-0.01	3.00	3.88	59	339	17.40	57	211	72.99	9	11	2231	10.8	2549	.878		2
League Average	80	34	34	13	80	.500	266	266					53	265	19.83	53	265	80.17	8	8	2401	11.1	2401	.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
2	Chris Ahrens	us US	D	24	6-0	185	R/-	3	July 31, 1952
3	Fred Barrett	ca CA	D	27	5-11	195	L/-	5	January 26, 1950
26	Nick Beverley	ca CA	D	29	6-2	185	R/-	7	April 21, 1947
2	Dwight Bialowas	ca CA	D	24	6-0	185	R/-	3	September 8, 1952
9	Blake Dunlop	ca CA	C	23	5-10	170	R/-	3	April 4, 1953
4	Jerry Engele	ca CA	D	26	6-0	197	L/-	1	November 26, 1950
22	Roland Eriksson	se SE	C	22	6-3	190	L/-	R	March 1, 1954
11	Bill Fairbairn	ca CA	RW	30	5-10	170	R/-	8	January 7, 1947
8	Bill Goldsworthy	ca CA	RW	32	6-0	190	R/-	12	August 24, 1944
35	Paul Harrison	ca CA	G	21	6-1	196	-/L	1	February 11, 1955
14	Ernie Hicke	ca CA	LW	29	5-11	185	L/-	6	November 7, 1947
6	Doug Hicks	ca CA	D	21	6-0	185	L/-	2	May 28, 1955
21	Bill Hogaboam (C)	ca CA	C	27	5-11	170	R/-	4	September 5, 1949
16	Pierre Jarry	ca CA	LW	27	5-11	190	L/-	5	March 30, 1949
12	Steve Jensen	us US	LW	21	6-2	190	L/-	1	April 14, 1955
1	Pete LoPresti	us US	G	22	6-1	195	-/L	2	May 23, 1954
23	Lou Nanne	ca CA	D	35	6-1	185	R/-	9	June 2, 1941
25	Rich Nantais	ca CA	LW	22	5-11	188	L/-	2	October 27, 1954
5	Dennis O'Brien	ca CA	D	27	6-0	195	L/-	6	June 10, 1949
10	Alex Pirus	ca CA	RW	22	6-1	205	R/-	R	January 12, 1955
20	Tom Reid	ca CA	D	30	6-1	200	L/-	9	June 24, 1946
27	Jim Roberts	ca CA	LW	20	6-1	198	L/-	R	June 8, 1956
7	Glen Sharpley	ca CA	C	20	6-0	190	R/-	R	September 6, 1956
30-35	Gary Smith	ca CA	G	32	6-4	215	-/L	11	February 4, 1944
15	Dean Talafous	us US	RW	23	6-4	180	R/-	2	August 25, 1953
17	Tim Young	ca CA	C	21	6-1	190	R/-	1	February 22, 1955
29	Tom Younghans	us US	RW	24	5-11	175	R/-	R	January 22, 1953

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	21	C	80	29	66	95	-31	58	19	10	0	2	42	24	0	223	13.0			6.9	0.4	7.3
2	Roland Eriksson	22	C	80	25	44	69	-29	10	15	10	0	1	25	18	1	253	9.9			4.4	0.5	4.9
3	Glen Sharpley	20	C	80	25	32	57	-22	48	22	2	1	6	25	7	0	206	12.1			3.4	0.7	4.1
4	Ernie Hicke	29	LW	77	30	20	50	-32	41	20	10	0	5	12	8	0	188	16.0			3.4	0.4	3.7
5	Dean Talafous	23	RW	80	22	27	49	-30	10	13	9	0	2	13	14	0	185	11.9			2.5	0.5	3.0
6	Steve Jensen	21	LW	78	22	23	45	-7	62	16	4	2	1	20	2	1	159	13.8			2.3	1.1	3.4
7	Alex Pirus	22	RW	79	20	17	37	-19	47	19	1	0	1	14	3	0	131	15.3			1.4	0.8	2.2
8	Bill Fairbairn	30	RW	51	9	20	29	0	2	7	0	2	2	16	3	1	83	10.8			1.0	0.9	1.9
9	Bill Hogaboam	27	C	73	10	15	25	-17	16	10	0	0	0	15	0	0	115	8.7			-0.2	0.8	0.6
10	Dennis O'Brien	27	D	75	6	18	24	-36	114	4	2	0	1	15	2	1	73	8.2			0.9	2.0	2.9
11	Lou Nanne	35	D	68	2	20	22	-24	12	0	2	0	0	9	11	0	68	2.9			0.5	2.4	2.9
12	Pierre Jarry	27	LW	21	8	13	21	-6	2	4	4	0	1	9	4	0	52	15.4			1.5	0.2	1.7
13	Jim Roberts	20	LW	53	11	8	19	-9	14	10	1	0	0	8	0	0	74	14.9			0.3	0.7	0.9
14	Doug Hicks	21	D	79	5	14	19	-32	68	3	1	1	0	11	3	0	83	6.0			0.3	2.5	2.8
15	Nick Beverley	29	D	52	2	17	19	0	6	2	0	0	0	14	2	1	58	3.4			0.6	2.9	3.6
16	Tom Younghans	24	RW	78	8	6	14	-12	35	4	1	3	0	5	0	1	54	14.8			-1.4	1.0	-0.4
17	Dwight Bialowas	24	D	18	1	9	10	-3	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	0	22	4.5			0.5	0.8	1.4
18	Fred Barrett	27	D	60	1	8	9	-29	46	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	54	1.9			-0.4	1.6	1.2
19	Jerry Engele	26	D	31	1	7	8	3	41	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	36	2.8			0.1	1.9	2.0
20	Tom Reid	30	D	65	0	8	8	-16	52	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	47	0.0			-0.7	2.7	2.0
21	Bill Goldsworthy	32	RW	16	2	3	5	-7	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	39	5.1			-0.1	0.1	0.0
22	Rich Nantais	22	LW	40	1	3	4	-8	53	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	23	4.3			-1.3	0.5	-0.8
23	Blake Dunlop	23	C	3	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
24	Pete LoPresti	22	G	44	0	1	1	0	4				0	1			0		2588	58:49	0.0	0.0	5.9
25	Chris Ahrens	24	D	2	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.2	0.1
26	Paul Harrison	21	G	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		120	60:00	0.0	0.0	-0.1
27	Gary Smith	32	G	36	0	0	0	0	12				0	0			0		2086	57:57	0.0	0.0	3.6
	Team Total			80	240	400	640	-367	764	172	59	9	23	283	109	8	2232	10.8			25.8	25.6	60.7

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	Pete LoPresti	22	44		13	20	10	156	1325	1169	.882	3.62	1	2588				108	-11.1	3.32	5.9
2	Gary Smith	32	36		10	17	8	139	1171	1032	.881	4.00	1	2086				109	-10.9	3.68	3.6
3	Paul Harrison	21	2		0	2	0	11	49	38	.776	5.50	0	120						5.00	-0.1
	Team Total				23	39	18	306	2545	2239	.880	3.83	2	4794				110	-27.7	3.52	9.4