1969-1970 Minnesota North Stars team stats

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1969-1970 Minnesota North Stars: 19-35-22
Next Season Home record: 11-16-11 (120 goals scored, 131 allowed) Road record: 8-19-11 (104 goals scored, 126 allowed) Head Coaches: Wren Blair (9-13-10), Charlie Burns (10-22-12) Power Play: 57/274 (20.8%) Penalty Killing: 219/284 (77.1%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 10-7 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 157-185 224 goals scored (6th of 12 teams), 257 goals allowed (11th), 1008 PIM (4th) NHL Averages: 2.90 goals/game (220.8 goals/team), 958.8 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
LW    11  J.P. Parise          5'9   175   28   74   24   48   72   72   6   1  104   31   82    6  168  14.3   -3
RW    12  Tommy Williams       5'11  180   29   75   15   52   67   18   2   0   90   33   77    1  165   9.1  -19
RW     8  Bill Goldsworthy     6'0   190   25   75   36   29   65   89  11   0   82   22   69    0  230  15.7   -9
RW    21  Danny Grant          5'10  188   23   76   29   28   57   23  14   0   86   48   51    0  247  11.7  -13
RW    16  Claude Larose        6'0   180   27   75   24   23   47  109   6   1   77   34   67    7  262   9.2  -17
C     10  Ray Cullen           5'11  180   28   74   17   28   45    8   3   0   70    1   50    0  143  11.9  +19
RW    18  Bill Collins         6'1   178   26   74   29    9   38   48   2   6   49    3   89   47  186  15.6   +4
C      7  Danny O'Shea         6'1   190   24   75   10   24   34   82   4   0   61   24   54   13  136   7.4   -4
LW    14  Bob Barlow           5'10  165   34   70   16   17   33   10   6   1   54   18   40    1  157  10.2   -3
D/RW  23  Lou Nanne            6'1   185   28   74    3   20   23   75   1   0   66   13   75   14   96   3.1   -8
RW    15  Danny Lawson         5'11  180   22   45    9    8   17   19   0   0   22    1   24    0   58  15.5   -3
C      9  Charlie Burns        5'11  170   33   50    3   13   16   10   0   1   25    1   67   39   61   4.9   -4
D      2  Barry Gibbs          5'11  195   21   56    3   13   16  182   1   0   75    7  101   21  100   3.0  -12
D      5  Leo Boivin           5'8   183   37   69    3   12   15   30   0   0   70    1  111   40   95   3.2   -2
D     20  Tom Reid             6'1   200   23   66    1    7    8   51   0   0   63    2   86   15   89   1.1  -10
D      3  John Miszuk          6'1   192   29   50    0    6    6   51   0   0   37    3   62   25   34   0.0   -3
D      4  Marshall Johnston    5'11  175   28   28    0    5    5   14   0   0   31    5   37   12   48   0.0   +1
C     22  Walt McKechnie       6'2   195   22   20    1    3    4   21   0   0    4    0   10    1   16   6.2   -5
C/LW  26  Bill Orban           6'0   185   25    9    0    2    2    7   0   0    2    0    7    3    3   0.0   -2
D     24  Tom Polanic          6'3   205   26   16    0    2    2   53   0   0    5    0   10    0    4   0.0   -5
D     25  Darryl Sly           5'11  185   30   29    1    0    1    6   0   0   15    2   25    7   20   5.0   -5
D      6  Dick Redmond         5'11  178   20    7    0    1    1    4   0   0    2    1    2    0   10   0.0   -1
G      1  Gilles Gilbert       6'1   175   20    1    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C     26  Bob Whitlock         5'10  175   20    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    0    0    3   0.0   +1
D      4  Elmer Vasko          6'2   200   34    3    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    3    1    3   0.0   -1
LW    15  Grant Erickson       5'9   165   22    4    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    4    0    4   0.0   -3
G     26  Ken Broderick        5'10  178   27    6    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G      1  Gump Worsley         5'7   180   40    8    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     35  Fern Rivard          5'9   160   23   14    0    0    0    6  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     30  Cesare Maniago       6'3   195   30   50    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G    1  Gump Worsley         40    8   453   20  2.65   5   1   1  292   .932   0   1
G   35  Fern Rivard          23   14   800   42  3.15   3   5   5  471   .911   0   1
G   30  Cesare Maniago       30   50  2887  163  3.39   9  24  16 1768   .908   0   2
G   26  Ken Broderick        27    7   360   26  4.33   2   4   0  217   .880   0   0
G    1  Gilles Gilbert       20    1    60    6  6.00   0   1   0   39   .846   0   0

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1969 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    5  D    Dick Redmond             771          St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)     [pick acquired from LA via MON]
  2   14  D    Dennis O'Brien           592          St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)   
  3   25  G    Gilles Gilbert           416          London Nationals (OHA)             
  4   37  RW   Fred O'Donnell           115    155   Oshawa Generals (OHA)              
  5   49  LW   Pierre Jutras                         Shawinigan (QJHL)                  
  6   61  C    Rob Walton                      150   Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)         
  7   72  D    Rick Thompson                         Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)         
  8   78  RW   Cal Russell                           Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)           

Traded draft picks:

#1 to BOS (Don Tannahill)


Transactions

06-06-1969	claimed Darryl Sly from Vancouver (WHL) in inter-league draft
06-10-1969	purchased Bob Barlow from Flyers
06-11-1969	claimed Charlie Burns from Penguins in intra-league draft
06-11-1969	claimed Dick Sentes from Canadiens in intra-league draft
06-11-1969	claimed Grant Erickson from Bruins in intra-league draft
06-12-1969	Vancouver (WHL) claimed Garry Bauman in reverse draft
06-12-1969	Denver (WHL) claimed Doug Shelton in reverse draft
09-1969	sold Andre Pronovost to Canadiens
10-02-1969	signed Bob Whitlock as a free agent
02-27-1970	purchased Gump Worsley from Canadiens
05-22-1970	traded Terry O'Malley and the rights to Brian Conacher to Maple Leafs for Murray Oliver
06-09-1970	claimed Ted Harris from Canadiens in intra-league draft
06-09-1970	sold Norm Beaudin to Canadiens
06-09-1970	Canadiens claimed Bob McCord in intra-league draft
06-09-1970	claimed Jean-Guy Legace from Penguins in intra-league draft
06-10-1970	traded Claude Larose and Bill Collins to Canadiens for Bobby Rousseau and Jude Drouin
07-1970	Elmer Vasko retired
07-1970	sold John Miszuk to San Diego (WHL)
08-1970	purchased Bob McCord from Canadiens
08-10-1970	sold Bob McCord to Blues

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/08/1970   at St. Louis Blues           L   2-6 
04/09/1970   at St. Louis Blues           L   1-2 
04/11/1970   vs St. Louis Blues           W   4-2 
04/12/1970   vs St. Louis Blues           W   4-0 
04/14/1970   at St. Louis Blues           L   3-6 
04/16/1970   vs St. Louis Blues           L   2-4

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- RW 8 Bill Goldsworthy 6'0 190 25 6 4 3 7 6 3 0 RW 12 Tommy Williams 5'11 180 29 6 1 5 6 0 0 0 C 10 Ray Cullen 5'11 180 28 6 1 4 5 0 0 0 LW 11 J.P. Parise 5'9 175 28 6 3 2 5 2 2 0 LW 14 Bob Barlow 5'10 165 34 6 2 2 4 6 1 0 D/RW 23 Lou Nanne 6'1 185 28 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 D 24 Tom Polanic 6'3 205 26 5 1 1 2 4 0 0 RW 21 Danny Grant 5'10 188 23 6 0 2 2 4 0 0 RW 16 Claude Larose 6'0 180 27 6 1 1 2 25 0 0 C 9 Charlie Burns 5'11 170 33 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 RW 18 Bill Collins 6'1 178 26 6 0 1 1 8 0 0 D 2 Barry Gibbs 5'11 195 21 6 1 0 1 7 1 0 RW 15 Danny Lawson 5'11 180 22 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 C 7 Danny O'Shea 6'1 190 24 6 1 0 1 8 0 0 D 20 Tom Reid 6'1 200 23 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 D 5 Leo Boivin 5'8 183 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 30 Cesare Maniago 6'3 195 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 1 Gump Worsley 5'7 180 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 4 Marshall Johnston 5'11 175 28 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 G 26 Ken Broderick 5'10 178 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 15 Grant Erickson 5'9 165 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 22 Walt McKechnie 6'2 195 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 3 John Miszuk 6'1 192 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C/LW 26 Bill Orban 6'0 185 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 Dick Redmond 5'11 178 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 35 Fern Rivard 5'9 160 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 25 Darryl Sly 5'11 185 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 Elmer Vasko 6'2 200 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 26 Bob Whitlock 5'10 175 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 30 Cesare Maniago 30 3 180 6 2.00 1 2 101 .941 0 1 G 1 Gump Worsley 40 3 180 14 4.67 1 2 117 .880 0 0

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/11/1969 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 4-0 1-0-0 10/15/1969 at New York Rangers L 3-4 1-1-0 10/16/1969 at Detroit Red Wings W 3-2 2-1-0 10/18/1969 at St. Louis Blues L 2-4 2-2-0 10/19/1969 at Chicago Black Hawks W 4-1 3-2-0 10/22/1969 vs Boston Bruins L 2-3 3-3-0 10/25/1969 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 1-4 3-4-0 10/29/1969 vs Montreal Canadiens W 4-1 4-4-0 11/01/1969 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-6 4-5-0 11/02/1969 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-6 4-6-0 11/05/1969 at Montreal Canadiens T 2-2 4-6-1 11/08/1969 vs St. Louis Blues W 5-2 5-6-1 11/12/1969 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 4-2 6-6-1 11/15/1969 vs Detroit Red Wings T 2-2 6-6-2 11/19/1969 vs Oakland Seals L 2-4 6-7-2 11/20/1969 at St. Louis Blues L 1-3 6-8-2 11/22/1969 vs Los Angeles Kings W 4-1 7-8-2 11/26/1969 vs Pittsburgh Penguins T 4-4 7-8-3 11/29/1969 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-5 7-9-3 11/30/1969 at New York Rangers T 2-2 7-9-4 12/03/1969 vs Toronto Maple Leafs T 5-5 7-9-5 12/06/1969 at Montreal Canadiens W 4-3 8-9-5 12/07/1969 at Boston Bruins T 2-2 8-9-6 12/10/1969 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 8-5 9-9-6 12/11/1969 at Detroit Red Wings T 2-2 9-9-7 12/13/1969 vs New York Rangers L 2-5 9-10-7 12/15/1969 at Los Angeles Kings T 4-4 9-10-8 12/17/1969 at Oakland Seals L 1-3 9-11-8 12/20/1969 at Los Angeles Kings T 3-3 9-11-9 12/23/1969 at St. Louis Blues L 3-5 9-12-9 12/25/1969 vs Chicago Black Hawks T 4-4 9-12-10 12/27/1969 vs Oakland Seals L 3-5 9-13-10 12/30/1969 at Los Angeles Kings T 0-0 9-13-11 01/03/1970 vs New York Rangers T 3-3 9-13-12 01/04/1970 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-3 9-14-12 01/07/1970 at Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 9-14-13 01/10/1970 vs Los Angeles Kings L 4-6 9-15-13 01/14/1970 vs St. Louis Blues W 5-2 10-15-13 01/15/1970 at Oakland Seals T 1-1 10-15-14 01/17/1970 vs New York Rangers L 1-3 10-16-14

Date Opponent Result Record 01/22/1970 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 10-17-14 01/24/1970 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 0-6 10-18-14 01/25/1970 vs Oakland Seals L 1-4 10-19-14 01/28/1970 at Montreal Canadiens L 4-5 10-20-14 01/29/1970 at Boston Bruins L 5-6 10-21-14 01/31/1970 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-4 10-22-14 02/01/1970 at Chicago Black Hawks L 4-7 10-23-14 02/04/1970 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 5-7 10-24-14 02/07/1970 vs Montreal Canadiens T 1-1 10-24-15 02/08/1970 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-6 10-25-15 02/11/1970 at Oakland Seals L 1-2 10-26-15 02/14/1970 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 2-5 10-27-15 02/15/1970 vs St. Louis Blues T 3-3 10-27-16 02/18/1970 vs Detroit Red Wings T 1-1 10-27-17 02/19/1970 at Chicago Black Hawks L 2-3 10-28-17 02/21/1970 vs Boston Bruins L 2-4 10-29-17 02/25/1970 vs Los Angeles Kings T 3-3 10-29-18 02/28/1970 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-6 10-30-18 03/01/1970 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 8-0 11-30-18 03/04/1970 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 2-2 11-30-19 03/07/1970 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 8-3 12-30-19 03/08/1970 at Detroit Red Wings T 2-2 12-30-20 03/11/1970 vs St. Louis Blues L 1-9 12-31-20 03/14/1970 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 6-3 13-31-20 03/15/1970 at New York Rangers W 4-2 14-31-20 03/17/1970 at St. Louis Blues T 5-5 14-31-21 03/18/1970 vs Detroit Red Wings L 2-6 14-32-21 03/21/1970 vs Boston Bruins W 5-4 15-32-21 03/22/1970 at Boston Bruins L 0-5 15-33-21 03/24/1970 vs Oakland Seals T 2-2 15-33-22 03/25/1970 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 0-2 15-34-22 03/28/1970 at Los Angeles Kings L 2-4 15-35-22 03/29/1970 at Oakland Seals W 8-3 16-35-22 03/31/1970 vs Los Angeles Kings W 5-2 17-35-22 04/04/1970 at Philadelphia Flyers W 1-0 18-35-22 04/05/1970 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 5-1 19-35-22

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