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1980-81 Minnesota North Stars Roster and Statistics

Record: 35-28-17 (87 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Glen Sonmor (35-28-17)

Primary Arena: Metropolitan Sports Center

Goals For: 291 (16th of 21), Goals Against: 263 (5th of 21)
SRS: 0.33 (9th of 21), SOS: -0.02 (13th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (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

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	35	28	17	87	.544	291	263	0.33	-0.02	3.64	3.29	88	408	21.57	64	304	78.95	7	13	2578	11.3	2390	.890		2
League Average	80	32	32	16	80	.500	307	307					77	340	22.54	77	340	77.46	10	10	2441	12.6	2441	.874		2

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	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
8	Kent-Erik Andersson	se	RW	29	6-2	185	-/-	3	May 24, 1951
3	Fred Barrett	ca	D	31	5-11	195	L/-	9	January 26, 1950
33	Don Beaupre	ca	G	19	5-10	172	-/L	R	September 19, 1961
7	Neal Broten	us	C	21	5-9	175	L/-	R	November 29, 1959
24	Murray Brumwell	ca	D	20	6-2	190	L/-	R	March 31, 1960
21	Jack Carlson	us	LW	26	6-3	205	L/-	1	August 23, 1954
28	Steve Christoff	us	C	23	6-1	180	R/-	1	January 23, 1958
20	Dino Ciccarelli	ca	RW	20	5-10	185	R/-	R	February 8, 1960
24	Joe Contini	ca	C	24	5-10	178	L/-	2	January 29, 1957
24	Jim Dobson	ca	RW	20	6-1	195	R/-	1	February 29, 1960
18	Mike Eaves	us	C	24	5-10	180	R/-	2	June 10, 1956
12	Mike Fidler	us	LW	24	5-11	195	L/-	4	August 19, 1956
20	Rob Flockhart	ca	RW	24	6-0	185	L/-	4	February 6, 1956
24	Jon Fontas	us	C	25	5-10	185	R/-	1	April 16, 1955
31	Ron Friest	ca	LW	22	5-11	185	L/-	R	November 4, 1958
2	Curt Giles	ca	D	22	5-8	175	L/-	1	November 30, 1958
4	Craig Hartsburg	ca	D	21	6-1	200	L/-	1	June 29, 1959
32	Don Jackson	us	D	24	6-3	210	L/-	3	September 2, 1956
25	Al MacAdam	ca	RW	28	6-0	180	L/-	7	March 16, 1952
5	Brad Maxwell	ca	D	23	6-2	195	R/-	3	July 8, 1957
9	Kevin Maxwell	ca	C	20	5-9	165	R/-	R	March 30, 1960
11	Tom McCarthy	ca	LW	20	6-2	200	L/-	1	July 31, 1960
24	Roger Melin	se	LW	24	6-4	195	L/-	R	April 25, 1956
27	Gilles Meloche	ca	G	30	5-10	185	-/L	10	July 12, 1950
14	Brad Palmer	ca	LW	19	6-0	185	L/-	R	September 14, 1961
26	Steve Payne	ca	LW	22	6-2	210	L/-	2	August 16, 1958
16	Mike Polich	us	LW	28	5-8	170	L/-	3	December 19, 1952
10	Gordie Roberts	us	D	23	6-1	195	L/-	1	October 2, 1957
22	Gary Sargent	us	D	26	5-10	210	L/-	5	February 8, 1954
7	Glen Sharpley	ca	C	24	6-0	190	R/-	4	September 6, 1956
6	Paul Shmyr (C)	ca	D	35	5-11	170	L/-	5	January 28, 1946
15	Bobby Smith	ca	C	22	6-4	210	L/-	2	February 12, 1958
23	Greg Smith	ca	D	25	6-0	195	L/-	5	July 8, 1955
31	Ken Solheim	ca	LW	19	6-3	210	L/-	R	March 27, 1961
17	Tim Young	ca	C	25	6-1	190	R/-	5	February 22, 1955
29	Tom Younghans	us	RW	28	5-11	175	R/-	4	January 22, 1953
9	Ron Zanussi	ca	RW	24	5-11	180	R/-	3	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	22	C	78	29	64	93	1	73	16	13	0	7	33	31	0	242	12.0			5.6	1.3	6.9
2	Tim Young	25	C	74	25	41	66	6	40	15	10	0	4	20	19	2	214	11.7			3.5	1.4	4.9
3	Al MacAdam	28	RW	78	21	39	60	-6	94	15	6	0	7	16	23	0	145	14.5			2.6	1.1	3.7
4	Steve Payne	22	LW	76	30	28	58	14	88	19	11	0	2	18	10	0	243	12.3			3.2	1.6	4.8
5	Tom McCarthy	20	LW	62	23	25	48	3	62	19	4	0	2	21	4	0	147	15.6			2.5	1.1	3.6
6	Craig Hartsburg	21	D	74	13	30	43	-9	124	5	8	0	2	10	19	1	207	6.3			2.5	4.3	6.7
7	Kent-Erik Andersson	29	RW	77	17	24	41	8	22	12	1	4	2	23	1	0	127	13.4			1.0	1.5	2.5
8	Steve Christoff	23	C	56	26	13	39	-9	58	17	9	0	2	10	3	0	132	19.7			2.4	0.7	3.0
9	Gordie Roberts	23	D	50	6	31	37	1	94	3	3	0	0	22	9	0	83	7.2			2.0	3.3	5.3
10	Mike Eaves	24	C	48	10	24	34	1	18	8	1	1	1	19	4	1	104	9.6			1.2	0.8	2.0
11	Dino Ciccarelli*	20	RW	32	18	12	30	2	29	10	8	0	0	10	2	0	126	14.3			2.1	0.6	2.7
12	Curt Giles	22	D	67	5	22	27	8	56	4	1	0	1	8	13	1	82	6.1			0.9	4.7	5.6
13	Greg Smith	25	D	74	5	21	26	7	126	4	1	0	1	17	4	0	99	5.1			0.7	5.1	5.8
14	Glen Sharpley	24	C	28	12	12	24	-4	18	6	6	0	0	10	2	0	52	23.1			1.4	0.4	1.8
15	Ron Zanussi	24	RW	41	6	11	17	3	89	6	0	0	0	10	1	0	43	14.0			0.0	0.8	0.7
16	Mike Fidler	24	LW	20	5	12	17	5	6	5	0	0	0	7	5	0	42	11.9			0.8	0.5	1.2
17	Brad Maxwell	23	D	27	3	13	16	-1	98	0	3	0	1	6	7	0	71	4.2			0.8	1.7	2.5
18	Mike Polich	28	LW	74	8	5	13	-3	19	7	0	1	0	4	1	0	58	13.8			-1.5	1.1	-0.4
19	Fred Barrett	31	D	62	4	8	12	0	72	4	0	0	1	7	1	0	73	5.5			-0.2	4.0	3.8
20	Gary Sargent	26	D	23	4	7	11	-1	36	2	2	0	0	5	2	0	42	9.5			0.6	1.4	2.0
21	Tom Younghans	28	RW	74	4	6	10	-10	79	2	1	1	2	6	0	0	55	7.3			-2.0	1.0	-1.1
22	Paul Shmyr	35	D	61	1	9	10	4	79	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	62	1.6			-0.5	4.1	3.6
23	Jack Carlson	26	LW	43	7	2	9	-5	108	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	29.2			-0.6	0.6	0.0
24	Brad Palmer	19	LW	23	4	4	8	-5	22	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	59	6.8			-0.1	0.2	0.2
25	Ken Solheim	19	LW	5	2	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	22.2			0.2	0.2	0.3
26	Don Jackson	24	D	10	0	3	3	3	19	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	0.0			0.0	0.8	0.8
27	Kevin Maxwell	20	C	6	0	3	3	-1	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.0
28	Neal Broten	21	C	3	2	0	2	1	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3			0.2	0.1	0.2
29	Ron Friest	22	LW	4	1	0	1	-2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7			0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Don Beaupre	19	G	44	0	1	1	0	20				0	1			0		2580	58:38	0.0	0.0	8.9
31	Murray Brumwell	20	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.1	0.1
32	Joe Contini	24	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Jim Dobson	20	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Rob Flockhart	24	RW	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
35	Jon Fontas	25	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Roger Melin	24	LW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
37	Gilles Meloche	30	G	38	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		2211	58:11	0.0	0.0	7.5
	Team Total			80	291	471	762	12	1580	196	88	7	35	303	162	6	2578	11.3			28.8	44.5	89.6

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	Don Beaupre	19	44		18	14	11	138	1309	1171	.895	3.21	0	2580				85	24.1	2.54	8.9
2	Gilles Meloche	30	38		17	14	6	120	1076	956	.888	3.26	2	2211				90	13.3	2.58	7.5
	Team Total				35	28	17	258	2385	2127	.892	3.23	2	4791				87	37.4	2.56	16.3