1981-1982 Minnesota North Stars team stats

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1981-1982 Minnesota North Stars: 37-23-20
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 21-7-12 (202 goals scored, 142 allowed) Road record: 16-16-8 (144 goals scored, 146 allowed) Head Coaches: Glen Sonmor (34-23-19), Murray Oliver (3-0-1) Power Play: 89/362 (24.6%) Penalty Killing: 222/271 (81.9%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 11-9 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 246-230 346 goals scored (5th of 21 teams), 288 goals allowed (6th), 1358 PIM (15th) NHL Averages: 4.01 goals/game (321.0 goals/team), 1592.7 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
C     15  Bobby Smith          6'4   210   23   80   43   71  114   82  20   0  149   57   82    0  261  16.5  +10
RW    20  Dino Ciccarelli      5'10  185   21   76   55   51  106  138  20   0  145   54   77    0  289  19.0  +14
C      7  Neal Broten          5'9   175   22   73   38   60   98   42   7   2  123   38   91   20  188  20.2  +14
LW    26  Steve Payne          6'2   210   23   74   33   45   78   76  11   0  115   40   56    1  239  13.8  +20
D      4  Craig Hartsburg      6'1   200   22   76   17   60   77  117   5   0  159   48  115   15  204   8.3  +11
RW    25  Al MacAdam           6'0   180   29   79   18   43   61   37   5   2  100   28   82   19  141  12.8   +9
C     28  Steve Christoff      6'1   180   23   69   26   29   55   14   4   0   79   12   58    0  178  14.6   +9
LW    14  Brad Palmer          6'0   185   20   72   22   23   45   18   7   0   73   23   64    1  180  12.2  -13
LW    11  Tom McCarthy         6'2   200   21   40   12   30   42   36   3   0   68   17   45    4   89  13.5  +10
C     17  Tim Young            6'1   190   26   49   10   31   41   67   1   0   62   19   50    7  125   8.0    0
D     10  Gordie Roberts       6'1   195   24   79    4   30   34  119   0   0  127   33  119   24  104   3.8   -1
D      5  Brad Maxwell         6'2   195   24   51   10   21   31   96   0   1   85   30   57    8  109   9.2   +6
C     18  Mike Eaves           5'10  180   25   25   11   10   21    0   2   0   31   10   21    2   62  17.7   +2
RW     8  Kent-Erik Andersson  6'2   185   30   70    9   12   21   18   0   0   35    1   57   18   78  11.5   -5
LW    16  Anders Hakansson     6'2   190   25   72   12    4   16   29   0   4   31    1   55   13   76  15.8  -12
D      3  Fred Barrett         5'11  195   31   69    1   15   16   89   0   0   66    0  101   23   43   2.3  -12
D      2  Curt Giles           5'8   175   23   74    3   12   15   87   0   0   92   11   79   13   65   4.6  +15
LW    21  Jack Carlson         6'3   205   27   57    8    4   12  103   1   0   15    1   19    0   39  20.5   -5
D     24  Bill Nyrop           6'2   205   29   42    4    8   12   35   0   1   59    1   52    8   25  16.0  +14
LW    31  Ken Solheim          6'3   210   20   29    4    5    9    4   2   0   17    3   22    0   46   8.7   -8
C      9  Kevin Maxwell        5'9   165   21   12    1    4    5    8   0   0    9    1    9    0   20   5.0   -1
D     22  Gary Sargent         5'10  210   27   15    0    5    5   18   0   0   25    8   13    1   24   0.0   +5
C      9  Mark Johnson         5'9   170   24   10    2    2    4   10   1   0    4    3    7    2   18  11.1   -4
D      6  Murray Brumwell      6'2   190   21   21    0    3    3   18   0   0   19    1   23    5   12   0.0    0
D      6  Dan Poulin           5'11  185   24    3    1    1    2    2   0   0    4    1    3    1    8  12.5   +1
D     23  Ron Meighan          6'3   195   18    7    1    1    2    2   0   0    8    0   11    1    4  25.0   -2
RW    29  Tom Younghans        5'11  175   28    3    1    0    1    0   0   1    1    0    1    1    2  50.0   +1
G     27  Gilles Meloche       5'9   185   31   51    0    1    1    6  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW    32  Archie Henderson     6'6   220   24    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
C     12  Warren Young         6'3   195   25    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    3    0    0   ---   -3
D      6  Udo Kiessling        5'10  180   26    1    0    0    0    2   0   0    1    1    0    0    1   0.0    0
D      6  Peter Hayek          5'10  200   24    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    1    0    0   ---   -1
C     29  Mike Antonovich      5'8   165   30    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    1    0    0   ---   -1
LW    29  Roger Melin          6'4   195   25    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
D     29  Dave Richter         6'5   225   21    3    0    0    0   11   0   0    1    0    1    0    1   0.0    0
G     35  Lindsay Middlebrook  5'7   160   26    3    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW    32  Jim Dobson           6'1   195   21    6    0    0    0    4   0   0    1    0    1    0    5   0.0    0
LW    29  Ron Friest           5'11  185   23   10    0    0    0   31   0   0    1    0    5    0    5   0.0   -4
G     33  Don Beaupre          5'10  172   20   29    0    0    0   19  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

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   35  Lindsay Middlebrook  26    3   140    7  3.00   0   0   2   70   .900   0   0
G   27  Gilles Meloche       31   51  3026  175  3.47  26  15   9 1657   .894   2   1
G   33  Don Beaupre          20   29  1634  101  3.71  11   8   9  899   .888   3   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

1981 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1   13  D    Ron Meighan               48          Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)         
  2   27  C    Dave Donnelly            137          St. Albert Saints (AJHL)             [pick acquired from TOR]
  2   31  G    Mike Sands                 6          Sudbury Wolves (OHL)                 [pick acquired from VAN]
  2   33  D    Tom Hirsch                31          Patrick Henry H.S. (Minn.)           [pick acquired from CHI]
  2   34  RW   Dave Preuss                           St. Thomas Academy H.S. (Minn.)    
  2   41  C    Jali Wahlsten                         TPS Turku (Finland)                  [pick acquired from STL]
  4   69  LW   Terry Tait                            Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)    [pick acquired from TOR]
  4   76  C    Jim Malwitz                           Grand Rapids H.S. (Minn.)          
  5   97  D    Kelly Hubbard                         Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)        
  6  118  RW   Paul Guay                117          Mount St. Charles H.S. (R.I.)      
  7  139  RW   Jim Archibald             16          Moose Jaw Tier II (SJHL)           
  8  160  C    Kari Kanervo                          TPS Turku (Finland)                
  9  181  C    Scott Bjugstad           317          University of Minnesota (NCAA)     
 10  202  G    Steve Kudebeh                         Minneapolis Breck H.S. (Minn.)     

Traded draft picks:

#3 to TOR (Ernie Godden)


Transactions

06-09-1981	traded Dan Chicoine to Nordiques for Nelson Burton
07-15-1981	signed Archie Henderson as a free agent
07-22-1981	signed Anders Hakansson as a free agent
07-27-1981	signed Robbie Moore as a free agent
07-31-1981	purchased Lindsay Middlebrook from Jets
08-21-1981	traded Greg Smith, Minnesota's #1 pick in the 1982 draft and the rights to Don Murdoch to Red Wings for Detroit's #1 pick in the 1982 draft
08-21-1981	traded Don Jackson and Minnesota's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Oilers for the rights to Don Murdoch
09-1981	signed Peter Hayek as a free agent
10-22-1981	signed Warren Young as a free agent
10-30-1981	sold Tom Younghans to Rangers
11-05-1981	signed Mike Antonovich as a free agent
12-31-1981	sold Kevin Maxwell and the rights to Joe Dobson to Rockies
03-02-1982	traded Minnesota's #2 pick in the 1982 draft to Penguins for Mark Johnson
03-05-1982	signed Udo Kiessling as a free agent
06-07-1982	traded Steve Christoff, Bill Nyrop and Minnesota's #2 pick in the 1982 draft to Flames for Willi Plett and Calgary's #4 pick in the 1982 draft
06-09-1982	traded Brad Palmer and the rights to Dave Donnelly to Bruins for agreeing not to select Brian Bellows in the 1982 draft
07-19-1982	signed Dan Mandich as a free agent
08-04-1982	traded Robbie Moore and Minnesota's #11 pick in the 1983 draft to Capitals for Rollie Boutin and Wes Jarvis
08-09-1982	signed Steve Carlson as a free agent
08-23-1982	traded Shawn Dineen to Rangers for Dan McCarthy
09-20-1982	signed Jim Dobson as a free agent
09-24-1982	signed Markus Mattsson as a free agent
10-01-1982	traded Mark Johnson and Kent-Erik Andersson to Whalers for Jordy Douglas and Hartford's #5 pick in the 1984 draft
10-04-1982	Devils claimed Murray Brumwell in waiver draft
10-04-1982	Blues claimed Jack Carlson in waiver draft

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

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/07/1982   vs Chicago Black Hawks       L   2-3 (OT)
04/08/1982   vs Chicago Black Hawks       L   3-5 
04/10/1982   at Chicago Black Hawks       W   7-1 
04/11/1982   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   2-5

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- LW 26 Steve Payne 6'2 210 23 4 4 2 6 2 2 0 C 15 Bobby Smith 6'4 210 23 4 2 4 6 5 0 0 RW 20 Dino Ciccarelli 5'10 185 21 4 3 1 4 2 2 0 D 4 Craig Hartsburg 6'1 200 22 4 1 2 3 14 0 0 D 5 Brad Maxwell 6'2 195 24 4 0 3 3 13 0 0 D 10 Gordie Roberts 6'1 195 24 4 0 3 3 27 0 0 RW 8 Kent-Erik Andersson 6'2 185 30 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 C 7 Neal Broten 5'9 175 22 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 C 9 Mark Johnson 5'9 170 24 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 LW 11 Tom McCarthy 6'2 200 21 4 0 2 2 4 0 0 C 17 Tim Young 6'1 190 26 4 1 1 2 10 0 0 LW 31 Ken Solheim 6'3 210 20 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 D 3 Fred Barrett 5'11 195 31 4 0 1 1 16 0 0 RW 25 Al MacAdam 6'0 180 29 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 LW 21 Jack Carlson 6'3 205 27 1 0 0 0 15 0 0 G 33 Don Beaupre 5'10 172 20 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 6 Murray Brumwell 6'2 190 21 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 C 28 Steve Christoff 6'1 180 23 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 29 Ron Friest 5'11 185 23 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 D 24 Bill Nyrop 6'2 205 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 16 Anders Hakansson 6'2 190 25 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 14 Brad Palmer 6'0 185 20 3 0 0 0 12 0 0 D 2 Curt Giles 5'8 175 23 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 G 27 Gilles Meloche 5'9 185 31 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 C 29 Mike Antonovich 5'8 165 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 32 Jim Dobson 6'1 195 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 18 Mike Eaves 5'10 180 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 Peter Hayek 5'10 200 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 32 Archie Henderson 6'6 220 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 Udo Kiessling 5'10 180 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 9 Kevin Maxwell 5'9 165 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 23 Ron Meighan 6'3 195 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 29 Roger Melin 6'4 195 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 35 Lindsay Middlebrook 5'7 160 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 Dan Poulin 5'11 185 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 29 Dave Richter 6'5 225 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 22 Gary Sargent 5'10 210 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 12 Warren Young 6'3 195 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 29 Tom Younghans 5'11 175 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 27 Gilles Meloche 31 4 184 8 2.61 1 2 87 .908 1 0 G 33 Don Beaupre 20 2 60 4 4.00 0 1 27 .852 1 0

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

Date Opponent Result Record 10/08/1981 vs Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 0-0-1 10/10/1981 vs New York Rangers W 7-0 1-0-1 10/12/1981 at Quebec Nordiques W 4-2 2-0-1 10/14/1981 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 2-1 3-0-1 10/17/1981 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 2-5 3-1-1 10/18/1981 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-3 3-2-1 10/22/1981 vs St. Louis Blues T 5-5 3-2-2 10/24/1981 vs Los Angeles Kings W 6-3 4-2-2 10/25/1981 at Buffalo Sabres W 6-3 5-2-2 10/28/1981 vs Calgary Flames W 6-1 6-2-2 10/31/1981 vs Detroit Red Wings W 5-4 7-2-2 11/04/1981 at Washington Capitals W 6-1 8-2-2 11/07/1981 at Hartford Whalers L 2-4 8-3-2 11/08/1981 at Boston Bruins W 4-1 9-3-2 11/11/1981 vs Winnipeg Jets W 15-2 10-3-2 11/14/1981 vs Quebec Nordiques T 5-5 10-3-3 11/18/1981 at Winnipeg Jets W 6-4 11-3-3 11/19/1981 vs Edmonton Oilers T 2-2 11-3-4 11/21/1981 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 4-6 11-4-4 11/22/1981 at Chicago Black Hawks T 1-1 11-4-5 11/25/1981 vs Washington Capitals T 4-4 11-4-6 11/27/1981 at Winnipeg Jets T 5-5 11-4-7 11/28/1981 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 5-3 12-4-7 11/30/1981 vs Colorado Rockies T 2-2 12-4-8 12/02/1981 at Vancouver Canucks L 0-5 12-5-8 12/05/1981 vs New York Islanders L 5-8 12-6-8 12/09/1981 vs Montreal Canadiens T 6-6 12-6-9 12/10/1981 at Detroit Red Wings L 1-4 12-7-9 12/12/1981 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 6-3 13-7-9 12/15/1981 at St. Louis Blues L 2-4 13-8-9 12/17/1981 vs Winnipeg Jets L 2-4 13-9-9 12/19/1981 at Edmonton Oilers L 6-9 13-10-9 12/22/1981 at Vancouver Canucks T 4-4 13-10-10 12/23/1981 at Calgary Flames T 4-4 13-10-11 12/26/1981 vs St. Louis Blues W 6-3 14-10-11 12/28/1981 vs Colorado Rockies T 4-4 14-10-12 12/31/1981 at Buffalo Sabres L 2-4 14-11-12 01/02/1982 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 6-2 15-11-12 01/05/1982 at St. Louis Blues L 1-4 15-12-12 01/06/1982 vs Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 15-12-13

Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1982 vs Montreal Canadiens T 3-3 15-12-14 01/11/1982 at New York Rangers L 3-5 15-13-14 01/13/1982 vs New York Rangers L 0-2 15-14-14 01/16/1982 vs Quebec Nordiques W 4-1 16-14-14 01/17/1982 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 7-5 17-14-14 01/20/1982 at Colorado Rockies W 3-1 18-14-14 01/21/1982 at Los Angeles Kings T 3-3 18-14-15 01/23/1982 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 8-4 19-14-15 01/25/1982 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 9-2 20-14-15 01/27/1982 vs Detroit Red Wings W 8-6 21-14-15 01/28/1982 at St. Louis Blues L 3-8 21-15-15 01/30/1982 at New York Islanders L 2-4 21-16-15 02/03/1982 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 9-6 22-16-15 02/04/1982 at Philadelphia Flyers T 3-3 22-16-16 02/07/1982 at Chicago Black Hawks L 2-5 22-17-16 02/11/1982 vs Boston Bruins L 2-4 22-18-16 02/13/1982 vs Detroit Red Wings W 6-1 23-18-16 02/15/1982 at Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 23-18-17 02/17/1982 at Edmonton Oilers L 4-7 23-19-17 02/18/1982 at Calgary Flames T 2-2 23-19-18 02/20/1982 vs Washington Capitals W 7-3 24-19-18 02/22/1982 vs Hartford Whalers W 8-7 25-19-18 02/24/1982 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 7-5 26-19-18 02/27/1982 vs Buffalo Sabres T 5-5 26-19-19 02/28/1982 at Detroit Red Wings W 5-4 27-19-19 03/03/1982 vs Detroit Red Wings W 6-4 28-19-19 03/06/1982 vs Vancouver Canucks W 3-1 29-19-19 03/08/1982 vs St. Louis Blues W 8-1 30-19-19 03/10/1982 vs New York Islanders T 4-4 30-19-20 03/13/1982 at St. Louis Blues W 3-2 31-19-20 03/15/1982 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-3 32-19-20 03/17/1982 vs Winnipeg Jets L 2-3 32-20-20 03/20/1982 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-5 32-21-20 03/22/1982 vs Los Angeles Kings W 4-2 33-21-20 03/25/1982 at Detroit Red Wings W 4-3 34-21-20 03/27/1982 at Boston Bruins W 6-5 35-21-20 03/28/1982 at Hartford Whalers W 5-2 36-21-20 03/30/1982 vs Winnipeg Jets L 5-7 36-22-20 04/02/1982 at Winnipeg Jets W 5-2 37-22-20 04/04/1982 at Chicago Black Hawks L 3-4 37-23-20

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