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1978-79 Minnesota North Stars Roster and Statistics

Record: 28-40-12 (68 points), Finished 4th in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Harry Howell (3-6-2), Glen Sonmor (25-34-10)

Primary Arena: Metropolitan Sports Center

Goals For: 257 (12th of 17), Goals Against: 289 (11th of 17)
SRS: -0.40 (11th of 17), SOS: 0.00 (9th of 17)

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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	28	40	12	68	.425	257	289	-0.40	0.00	3.21	3.61	63	289	21.80	48	232	79.31	4	9	2448	10.5	2284	.873		2
League Average	80	33	33	13	80	.500	280	280					61	271	22.70	61	271	77.30	7	7	2351	11.9	2351	.881		3

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
8	Kent-Erik Andersson	se SE	RW	27	6-2	185	-/-	1	May 24, 1951
19	Chuck Arnason	ca CA	RW	27	5-10	183	R/-	7	July 15, 1951
2	John Baby	ca CA	D	21	6-0	195	R/-	1	May 18, 1957
3	Fred Barrett	ca CA	D	29	5-11	195	L/-	7	January 26, 1950
14	Per-Olov Brasar	se SE	LW	28	5-8	172	L/-	1	September 30, 1950
2	Bill Butters	us US	D	28	5-10	185	R/-	1	January 10, 1951
21	Jack Carlson	us US	LW	24	6-3	205	L/-	R	August 23, 1954
12	Dan Chicoine	ca CA	RW	21	5-11	192	R/-	1	November 30, 1957
18	Mike Eaves	us US	C	22	5-10	180	R/-	R	June 10, 1956
35	Gary Edwards	ca CA	G	31	5-9	165	-/L	9	October 5, 1947
12	Mike Fidler	us US	LW	22	5-11	195	L/-	2	August 19, 1956
21	Bill Hogaboam	ca CA	C	29	5-11	170	R/-	6	September 5, 1949
32	Don Jackson	us US	D	22	6-3	210	L/-	1	September 2, 1956
1	Pete LoPresti	us US	G	24	6-1	195	-/L	4	May 23, 1954
25	Al MacAdam	ca CA	LW	26	6-0	180	L/-	5	March 16, 1952
24	Kris Manery	ca CA	C	24	6-0	185	R/-	1	September 24, 1954
21	Dennis Maruk	ca CA	C	23	5-8	175	L/-	3	November 17, 1955
5	Brad Maxwell	ca CA	D	21	6-2	195	R/-	1	July 8, 1957
20	Bryan Maxwell	ca CA	D	23	6-2	200	L/-	1	September 7, 1955
18	Jim McKenny	ca CA	RW	32	5-11	192	R/-	13	December 1, 1946
27	Gilles Meloche	ca CA	G	28	5-10	185	-/L	8	July 12, 1950
11	J.P. Parisé (C)	ca CA	LW	37	5-9	175	L/-	13	December 11, 1941
26	Steve Payne	ca CA	LW	20	6-2	210	L/-	R	August 16, 1958
10	Alex Pirus	ca CA	RW	24	6-1	205	R/-	2	January 12, 1955
16	Mike Polich	us US	C	26	5-8	170	L/-	1	December 19, 1952
4	Jean Potvin	ca CA	D	29	5-11	188	R/-	8	March 25, 1949
28	Jim Roberts	ca CA	LW	22	6-1	198	L/-	2	June 8, 1956
22	Gary Sargent	us US	D	24	5-10	210	L/-	3	February 8, 1954
7	Glen Sharpley	ca CA	C	22	6-0	190	R/-	2	September 6, 1956
15	Bobby Smith	ca CA	C	20	6-4	210	L/-	R	February 12, 1958
23	Greg Smith	ca CA	D	23	6-0	195	L/-	3	July 8, 1955
17	Tim Young	ca CA	C	23	6-1	190	R/-	3	February 22, 1955
29	Tom Younghans	us US	RW	26	5-11	175	R/-	2	January 22, 1953
9	Ron Zanussi	ca CA	RW	22	5-11	180	R/-	1	August 31, 1956

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	Bobby Smith	20	C	80	30	44	74	-8	39	21	9	0	4	31	13	0	244	12.3			5.0	1.2	6.1
2	Al MacAdam	26	LW	69	24	34	58	0	30	18	6	0	4	25	9	0	135	17.8			3.7	1.2	4.9
3	Tim Young	23	C	73	24	32	56	-12	46	16	8	0	5	19	12	1	147	16.3			3.3	0.9	4.3
4	Glen Sharpley	22	C	80	19	34	53	-19	30	14	5	0	1	30	4	0	162	11.7			2.4	0.8	3.3
5	Mike Fidler	22	LW	59	23	26	49	-25	42	19	4	0	3	17	9	0	158	14.6			3.3	0.3	3.6
6	Gary Sargent	24	D	79	12	32	44	-12	39	4	8	0	1	21	11	0	182	6.6			2.7	4.3	7.0
7	Steve Payne	20	LW	70	23	17	40	-5	29	20	3	0	2	15	2	0	165	13.9			2.1	1.1	3.2
8	Brad Maxwell	21	D	71	9	28	37	-12	145	4	5	0	0	14	14	0	201	4.5			2.1	3.8	5.9
9	Kris Manery	24	C	60	17	19	36	-13	16	14	3	0	1	13	6	0	126	13.5			1.7	0.7	2.4
10	Per-Olov Brasar	28	LW	68	6	28	34	-3	6	4	2	0	0	18	10	0	126	4.8			0.4	1.1	1.5
11	Greg Smith	23	D	80	5	27	32	-20	147	4	1	0	1	22	5	0	193	2.6			1.2	3.9	5.0
12	Ron Zanussi	22	RW	63	14	16	30	4	82	11	3	0	0	12	4	0	98	14.3			0.9	1.2	2.1
13	J.P. Parisé	37	LW	57	13	9	22	-12	45	12	1	0	0	6	3	0	73	17.8			0.4	0.6	1.1
14	Jean Potvin	29	D	64	5	16	21	-10	65	1	2	2	1	11	5	0	89	5.6			0.7	3.4	4.1
15	Tom Younghans	26	RW	76	8	10	18	-23	50	8	0	0	1	10	0	0	67	11.9			-1.1	0.6	-0.4
16	Mike Polich	26	C	73	6	10	16	-13	18	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	66	9.1			-1.3	0.9	-0.4
17	Kent-Erik Andersson	27	RW	41	9	4	13	-5	4	5	2	2	4	3	0	1	59	15.3			0.1	0.6	0.6
18	Fred Barrett	29	D	45	1	9	10	-4	48	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	36	2.8			-0.1	2.6	2.5
19	Bryan Maxwell	23	D	24	1	6	7	-13	46	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	31	3.2			0.1	0.7	0.9
20	Alex Pirus	24	RW	15	1	3	4	-8	9	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	14	7.1			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
21	Bill Butters	28	D	49	0	4	4	-13	47	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	17	0.0			-0.7	2.3	1.6
22	Jack Carlson	24	LW	16	3	0	3	2	40	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	16.7			-0.2	0.3	0.2
23	Jim Roberts	22	LW	11	2	1	3	-5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	25.0			-0.1	0.0	0.0
24	Bill Hogaboam	29	C	10	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	16.7			-0.2	0.1	0.0
25	Jim McKenny	32	RW	10	1	1	2	-3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	12.5			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
26	John Baby	21	D	2	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Gary Edwards	31	G	25	0	1	1	0	26				0	1			0		1333	53:19	0.0	0.0	3.1
28	Gilles Meloche	28	G	53	0	1	1	0	23				0	1			0		3113	58:44	0.0	0.0	9.0
29	Chuck Arnason	27	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Dan Chicoine	21	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
31	Mike Eaves	22	C	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
32	Don Jackson	22	D	5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0			-0.1	0.3	0.1
33	Pete LoPresti	24	G	7	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		344	49:09	0.0	0.0	0.3
34	Dennis Maruk	23	C	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			80	257	414	671	-238	1076	190	63	4	28	302	109	3	2448	10.5			25.7	33.1	71.2

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	Gilles Meloche	28	53		20	25	7	173	1498	1325	.885	3.33	2	3113				98	2.9	2.89	9.0
2	Gary Edwards	31	25		6	11	5	83	625	542	.867	3.74	0	1333				113	-9.6	3.24	3.1
3	Pete LoPresti	24	7		2	4	0	28	157	129	.822	4.88	0	344						4.19	0.3
	Team Total				28	40	12	284	2280	1996	.875	3.56	2	4790				106	-16.3	3.08	12.4