1971-72 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
Team Record: 37-29-12 - 86 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to St. Louis Blues 4-3
Coach: Jack Gordon (37-29-12)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1971-72 Minnesota North Stars Results
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 37 wins and 29 losses and 12 ties for 86 points, finishing second in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The North Stars scored 212 goals and allowed 191. Bill Goldsworthy netted 31 goals for Minnesota, while Jude Drouin contributed 43 assists. Cesare Maniago topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Gump Worsley added 15 or more wins, too. Gump Worsley recorded a 2.12 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Jack Gordon coached the team. The 1971-72 Minnesota North Stars lost in the NHL quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Goldsworthy | R | 78 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 59 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 295 | 10.5 |
Murray Oliver | C | 77 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 191 | 14.1 |
Jude Drouin | C | 63 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 213 | 6.1 |
Lou Nanne | D | 78 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 27 | -5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 154 | 13.6 |
Dean Prentice | L | 71 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 9.7 |
Danny Grant | L | 78 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 212 | 8.5 |
J.P. Parise | L | 71 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 70 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 183 | 10.4 |
Doug Mohns | D | 78 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 82 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 143 | 4.2 |
Bob Nevin | R | 72 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 15.6 |
Charlie Burns | C | 77 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 12.5 |
Barry Gibbs | D | 75 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 128 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 2.5 |
Tom Reid | D | 78 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 107 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 5.4 |
Ted Hampson | C | 78 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 5.0 |
Ted Harris | D | 78 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 2.2 |
Dennis Hextall | C | 33 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 13.0 |
Dennis O'Brien | D | 70 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 4.4 |
Gord Labossiere | C | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
Craig Cameron | R | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
Gary Gambucci | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
Gump Worsley | G | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesare Maniago | G | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gilles Gilbert | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Paradise | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Bill Heindl | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1326 | 212 | 349 | 561 | 845 | 83 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 12 | 2416 | 8.8 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cesare Maniago | 43 | 2539 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 2.65 | 0 | ||
Gump Worsley | 34 | 1923 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 2.12 | 0 | ||
Gilles Gilbert | 4 | 218 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.03 | 0 | ||
Totals | 81 | 4680 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 191 | 2.45 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Goldsworthy | R | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Murray Oliver | C | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jude Drouin | C | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Lou Nanne | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dean Prentice | L | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Danny Grant | L | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
J.P. Parise | L | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Mohns | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Nevin | R | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Burns | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barry Gibbs | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Reid | D | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Hampson | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Harris | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dennis Hextall | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dennis O'Brien | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Craig Cameron | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gump Worsley | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cesare Maniago | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Paradise | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Buster Harvey | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 123 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 111 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cesare Maniago | 4 | 238 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.03 | 0 | ||
Gump Worsley | 4 | 194 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2.16 | 0 | ||
Totals | 8 | 432 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2.64 | 0 |