1971-1972 Minnesota North Stars: 37-29-12
Previous Season Next Season
Home record: 22-11-6 (120 goals scored, 83 allowed)
Road record: 15-18-6 (92 goals scored, 108 allowed)
Head Coach: Jack Gordon
Power Play: 53/262 (20.2%)
Penalty Killing: 228/277 (82.3%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 4-6
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 155-136
212 goals scored (8th of 14 teams), 191 goals allowed (2nd), 853 PIM (9th)
NHL Averages: 3.07 goals/game (239.1 goals/team), 953.5 PIM/team
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 27 78 31 31 62 59 6 0 91 32 49 1 295 10.5 +11
C 10 Murray Oliver 5'10 170 34 77 27 29 56 16 7 0 88 37 50 8 191 14.1 +9
C 16 Jude Drouin 5'10 160 23 63 13 43 56 31 3 0 78 28 46 0 213 6.1 +4
D/RW 23 Lou Nanne 6'1 185 30 78 21 28 49 27 7 0 68 21 52 0 154 13.6 -5
LW 29 Dean Prentice 5'11 180 39 71 20 27 47 14 7 0 62 16 42 0 207 9.7 +4
RW 21 Danny Grant 5'10 188 25 78 18 25 43 18 6 0 73 29 44 0 212 8.5 0
LW 11 J.P. Parise 5'9 175 30 71 19 18 37 70 6 0 60 15 35 0 183 10.4 +10
D 6 Doug Mohns 6'0 185 38 78 6 30 36 82 4 0 96 34 77 21 143 4.2 +6
RW 17 Bob Nevin 6'0 185 33 72 15 19 34 6 2 0 52 10 40 5 96 15.6 +7
C 9 Charlie Burns 5'11 170 35 77 11 14 25 24 0 1 31 3 61 38 88 12.5 +5
D 2 Barry Gibbs 5'11 195 23 75 4 20 24 128 1 1 87 14 94 25 160 2.5 +4
D 20 Tom Reid 6'1 200 25 78 6 15 21 107 1 0 86 8 88 23 111 5.4 +13
C 12 Ted Hampson 5'8 173 35 78 5 14 19 6 0 2 26 1 61 35 100 5.0 -1
D 4 Ted Harris 6'2 183 35 78 2 15 17 77 0 0 74 3 97 26 89 2.2 0
LW 22 Dennis Hextall 5'11 175 28 33 6 10 16 49 3 0 23 7 15 0 46 13.0 +1
D 5 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 22 70 3 6 9 108 0 0 36 3 27 5 68 4.4 +11
C 25 Gord Labossiere 6'1 190 31 9 2 3 5 0 0 0 7 0 5 0 23 8.7 +2
RW 28 Craig Cameron 6'0 200 26 64 2 1 3 11 0 0 6 0 13 6 32 6.2 -1
C 24 Gary Gambucci 5'9 175 25 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 33.3 +2
G 1 Gump Worsley 5'7 180 42 34 0 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 14 Bill Heindl 5'10 175 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0
G 35 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 22 4 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 26 Bob Paradise 6'1 205 27 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 +1
G 30 Cesare Maniago 6'3 195 32 43 0 0 0 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 18 Fred "Buster" Harvey 6'0 185 21 0 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 42 34 1923 68 2.12 16 10 7 1023 .934 0 2
G 30 Cesare Maniago 32 43 2539 112 2.65 20 17 4 1387 .919 0 3
G 35 Gilles Gilbert 22 4 218 11 3.03 1 2 1 101 .891 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
|
1971 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
2 21 LW Rod Norrish 21 Regina Pats (WCHL)
3 35 D Ron Wilson Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
4 49 LW Mike Legge Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
5 63 D Brian McBratney St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
6 77 D Alan Globensky Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
7 91 D Bruce Abbey 17 Peterborough Petes (OHA)
8 105 C Russ Friesen Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
12 113 C Mike Antonovich 486 University of Minnesota (NCAA)
15 117 G Rich Coutu 24 Rosemont National (QMJHL)
Traded draft picks:
#1 to MTL (Chuck Arnason)
Transactions
06-08-1971 | Canadiens claimed Bob Murdoch in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | Sabres claimed Danny Lawson in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | claimed Brian Lavender from Canadiens in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | Denver (WHL) claimed Brian Lavender in reverse draft |
10-01-1971 | claimed Craig Cameron on waivers from Blues |
10-06-1971 | purchased Dean Prentice from Penguins |
01-1972 | claimed Fred Speck on waivers from Canucks |
02-29-1972 | signed Jim McElmury as a free agent |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Ted Hampson in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Craig Cameron in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Flames selected Bill Heindl in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | sold Bob Paradise to Flames |
09-30-1972 | signed Bruce McIntosh as a free agent |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/05/1972 vs St. Louis Blues W 3-0
04/06/1972 vs St. Louis Blues W 6-5 (OT)
04/08/1972 at St. Louis Blues L 1-2
04/09/1972 at St. Louis Blues L 2-3
04/11/1972 vs St. Louis Blues W 4-3
04/13/1972 at St. Louis Blues L 2-4
04/16/1972 vs St. Louis Blues L 1-2 (OT)
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 16 Jude Drouin 5'10 160 23 7 4 4 8 6 1 0
C 10 Murray Oliver 5'10 170 34 7 0 6 6 4 0 0
LW 11 J.P. Parise 5'9 175 30 7 3 3 6 6 2 0
RW 8 Bill Goldsworthy 6'0 190 27 7 2 3 5 6 0 0
D 20 Tom Reid 6'1 200 25 7 1 4 5 17 0 0
D 6 Doug Mohns 6'0 185 38 4 1 2 3 10 1 0
RW 21 Danny Grant 5'10 188 25 7 2 1 3 0 0 0
LW 29 Dean Prentice 5'11 180 39 7 3 0 3 0 0 0
C 9 Charlie Burns 5'11 170 35 7 1 1 2 2 0 0
D 2 Barry Gibbs 5'11 195 23 7 1 1 2 9 0 0
LW 22 Dennis Hextall 5'11 175 28 7 0 2 2 19 0 0
RW 17 Bob Nevin 6'0 185 33 7 1 1 2 0 0 0
D 5 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 22 3 0 1 1 11 0 0
RW 28 Craig Cameron 6'0 200 26 5 0 1 1 2 0 0
C 12 Ted Hampson 5'8 173 35 7 0 1 1 0 0 0
D 4 Ted Harris 6'2 183 35 7 0 1 1 17 0 0
RW 18 Fred "Buster" Harvey 6'0 185 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 30 Cesare Maniago 6'3 195 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 26 Bob Paradise 6'1 205 27 4 0 0 0 2 0 0
G 1 Gump Worsley 5'7 180 42 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
D/RW 23 Lou Nanne 6'1 185 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 24 Gary Gambucci 5'9 175 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 35 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 14 Bill Heindl 5'10 175 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 25 Gord Labossiere 6'1 190 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Gump Worsley 42 4 194 7 2.16 2 1 108 .935 0 1
G 30 Cesare Maniago 32 4 238 12 3.03 1 3 128 .906 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Logos shown here are the property of their respective leagues and teams.