1977-1978 Minnesota North Stars: 18-53-9
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Home record: 12-24-4 (123 goals scored, 151 allowed)
Road record: 6-29-5 (95 goals scored, 174 allowed)
Head Coaches: Ted Harris (5-12-2), Andre Beaulieu (6-23-3), Lou Nanne (7-18-4)
Power Play: 49/328 (14.9%)
Penalty Killing: 157/218 (72.0%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 3-10
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 166-254
218 goals scored (16th of 18 teams), 325 goals allowed (17th), 1096 PIM (8th)
NHL Averages: 3.30 goals/game (263.7 goals/team), 1099.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 22 Roland Eriksson 6'3 190 23 78 21 39 60 12 3 0 85 30 91 7 257 8.2 -29
C 17 Tim Young 6'1 190 22 78 23 35 58 64 5 0 78 23 92 0 217 10.6 -37
LW 14 Per-Olov Brasar 5'8 172 27 77 20 37 57 6 7 2 81 30 86 28 170 11.8 -7
C 7 Glen Sharpley 6'0 190 21 79 22 33 55 42 6 0 76 24 107 22 215 10.2 -33
D 5 Brad Maxwell 6'2 195 20 75 18 29 47 100 12 0 110 42 131 6 209 8.6 -57
RW 8 Kent-Erik Andersson 6'2 185 26 73 15 18 33 4 3 0 48 12 71 18 121 12.4 -17
RW 9 Ron Zanussi 5'11 180 21 68 15 17 32 89 4 0 51 13 60 2 97 15.5 -20
LW 12 Steve Jensen 6'2 190 22 74 13 17 30 73 2 0 47 5 80 8 132 9.8 -30
RW 15 Dean Talafous 6'4 180 24 75 13 16 29 25 2 0 51 13 55 1 80 16.2 -16
LW 16 Pierre Jarry 5'11 190 28 35 9 17 26 2 1 0 32 10 31 0 77 11.7 -9
C 11 Harvey Bennett 6'4 215 25 64 11 10 21 91 1 0 27 5 54 0 67 16.4 -32
D 26 Nick Beverley 6'2 185 30 57 7 14 21 18 0 0 52 5 69 21 87 8.0 -1
RW 29 Tom Younghans 5'11 175 24 72 10 8 18 100 1 0 29 2 57 20 71 14.1 -10
LW 27 Jim Roberts 6'1 198 21 42 4 14 18 19 0 0 36 11 43 4 75 5.3 -14
RW 10 Alex Pirus 6'1 205 22 61 9 6 15 38 1 0 28 3 50 0 89 10.1 -25
D 3 Fred Barrett 5'11 195 27 79 0 15 15 59 0 0 65 1 140 41 87 0.0 -35
D 6 Doug Hicks 6'0 185 22 61 2 9 11 51 0 0 48 7 74 5 81 2.5 -28
D 24 Bryan Maxwell 6'2 200 22 18 2 5 7 41 1 0 20 1 23 6 33 6.1 +2
D 20 Tom Reid 6'1 200 31 36 1 6 7 21 0 0 24 1 66 17 26 3.8 -26
D 4 Jerry Engele 6'0 197 27 52 1 5 6 105 0 1 37 1 51 5 44 2.3 -10
C 21 Bill Hogaboam 5'11 170 28 8 1 2 3 4 0 0 4 0 9 0 6 16.7 -5
D 5 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 28 13 0 2 2 32 0 0 13 2 20 4 8 0.0 -5
G 1 Pete LoPresti 6'1 195 23 53 0 2 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 2 Bill Butters 5'10 185 26 23 1 0 1 30 0 0 19 0 31 9 18 5.6 -3
RW 11 Bill Fairbairn 5'10 170 30 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 2 7 0.0 -1
D/RW 23 Lou Nanne 6'1 185 36 26 0 1 1 8 0 0 14 3 32 7 22 0.0 -14
D 2 Chris Ahrens 6'0 185 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 --- 0
D 32 Don Jackson 6'3 210 21 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 0.0 +1
RW 18 Jamie Gallimore 6'0 180 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0
G 30 Gary Smith 6'4 215 33 3 0 0 0 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 28 Jim Boo 6'1 200 23 6 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0.0 -6
LW 16 Dean Magee 6'2 210 22 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0.0 -3
G 35 Paul Harrison 6'1 168 22 27 0 0 0 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 Gary Smith 33 3 180 9 3.00 0 2 1 97 .907 0 0
G 35 Paul Harrison 22 27 1555 99 3.82 6 16 2 807 .877 0 1
G 1 Pete LoPresti 23 53 3065 216 4.23 12 35 6 1602 .865 1 2
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
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1977 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 7 D Brad Maxwell 612 New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
2 25 LW Dave Semenko 575 142 Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
4 61 D Kevin McCloskey Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
5 79 D Bob Parent Kingston Canadians (OHA)
6 97 RW Jamie Gallimore 2 Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
7 115 G Jean-Pierre Sanvido Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
8 130 D Greg Tebbutt 26 38 Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
9 145 D Keith Hanson 25 Austin Mavericks (MJHL)
Traded draft picks:
#3 to MTL (Alain Cote)
Transactions
06-15-1977 | signed Kent-Erik Andersson as a free agent |
08-1977 | signed Per-Olav Brasar as a free agent |
10-24-1977 | Blues claimed Bill Fairbairn on waivers |
10-28-1977 | traded Blake Dunlop and Minnesota's #3 pick in the 1978 draft to Flyers for Harvey Bennett |
12-02-1977 | Rockies claimed Dennis O'Brien on waivers |
02-1978 | signed Bryan Maxwell as a free agent |
02-16-1978 | signed Bill Butters as a free agent |
02-19-1978 | purchased Gary Smith from Capitals |
03-1978 | traded Pierre Jarry and Chris Ahrens to Oilers for future considerations |
03-14-1978 | traded Doug Hicks to Black Hawks for Pierre Plante (acq. 5/4/78) |
03-14-1978 | traded Minnesota's #3 pick in the 1980 draft to Black Hawks for Ed Mio |
05-15-1978 | traded the rights to Owen Lloyd to Maple Leafs for Jim McKenny |
06-14-1978 | traded Paul Harrison to Maple Leafs for Toronto's #4 pick in the 1981 draft |
06-15-1978 | claimed Paul Symyr in dispersal draft |
06-15-1978 | traded Bob Stewart to Blues for St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1981 draft |
06-30-1978 | signed Gary Sargent as a free agent |
07-1978 | assigned the rights to Rick Hampton, Dave Gardner and Steve Jensen to Kings as compensation for signing Gary Sargent as a free agent |
07-01-1978 | signed Jim Boo as a free agent |
07-15-1978 | signed Gerry O'Flaherty as a free agent |
07-27-1978 | traded future considerations to Red Wings for Jack Carlson |
08-08-1978 | sold Bob Murdoch to Blues |
08-12-1978 | Blues claimed Rick Shinske on waivers |
08-28-1978 | traded Harvey Bennett to Blues for St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1981 draft |
09-05-1978 | Kings claimed Nick Beverley on waivers |
09-06-1978 | signed Mike Polich as a free agent |
09-06-1978 | assigned Jerome Engle to Canadiens as compensation for signing Mike Polich as a free agent |
09-13-1978 | Red Wings claimed Pierre Plante on waivers |
10-05-1978 | traded Walt McKechnie to Maple Leafs for Toronto's #3 pick in the 1980 draft |
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