1972-73 Minnesota North Stars Roster
1972-73 Minnesota North Stars Results

The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 37 wins and 30 losses and 11 ties for 85 points, finishing third in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The North Stars scored 254 goals and allowed 230. Danny Grant netted 32 goals for Minnesota, while Dennis Hextall tallied 30 or more also. Dennis Hextall accounted for 52 assists. Cesare Maniago topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.89 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.

Jack Gordon coached the team. The 1972-73 Minnesota North Stars lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Dennis Hextall	C	78	30	52	82	140	29	3	0	4	0	140	21.4
J.P. Parise	L	78	27	48	75	96	18	6	0	4	1	188	14.4
Jude Drouin	C	78	27	46	73	61	12	3	0	5	0	279	9.7
Danny Grant	L	78	32	35	67	12	23	3	0	6	1	251	12.7
Bill Goldsworthy	R	75	27	33	60	97	24	8	0	2	2	260	10.4
Buster Harvey	R	68	21	34	55	16	23	3	0	3	2	184	11.4
Dean Prentice	L	73	26	16	42	22	3	5	0	5	3	168	15.5
Murray Oliver	C	75	11	31	42	10	4	2	0	2	0	174	6.3
Lou Nanne	D	74	15	20	35	39	19	2	0	2	0	142	10.6
Barry Gibbs	D	63	10	24	34	54	14	2	0	0	1	163	6.1
Ted Harris	D	78	7	23	30	83	25	0	0	1	0	94	7.4
Bob Nevin	R	66	5	13	18	0	-12	0	0	1	0	55	9.1
Doug Mohns	D	67	4	13	17	52	11	0	0	1	0	104	3.8
Dennis O'Brien	D	74	3	11	14	75	11	0	0	0	0	58	5.2
Tom Reid	D	60	1	13	14	50	15	0	0	0	0	79	1.3
Charlie Burns	C	65	4	7	11	13	-3	0	1	0	1	41	9.8
Fred Barrett	D	46	2	4	6	21	14	0	0	0	0	51	3.9
Terry Holbrook	R	21	2	3	5	0	-4	0	0	1	0	18	11.1
Jerry Byers	F	14	0	2	2	6	-2	0	0	0	0	17	0.0
Gump Worsley	G	12	0	1	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim McElmury	D	7	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Blackburn	L	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cesare Maniago	G	47	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce McIntosh	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilles Gilbert	G	22	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1325	254	430	684	881	225	37	1	37	11	2466	10.3

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Cesare Maniago	47	2736	21	18	6	1	5	132	2.89	0
Gilles Gilbert	22	1320	10	10	2	0	2	67	3.05	0
Gump Worsley	12	624	6	2	3	0	0	30	2.88	0
Totals	81	4680	37	30	11	1	7	229	2.94		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Dennis Hextall	C	6	2	0	2	16	0	2
J.P. Parise	L	6	0	0	0	9	0	0
Jude Drouin	C	6	1	3	4	0	0	0
Danny Grant	L	6	3	1	4	0	0	0
Bill Goldsworthy	R	6	2	2	4	0	1	0
Buster Harvey	R	6	0	2	2	4	0	0
Dean Prentice	L	6	1	0	1	16	1	0
Murray Oliver	C	6	0	4	4	2	0	0
Lou Nanne	D	6	1	2	3	0	0	0
Barry Gibbs	D	5	1	0	1	0	1	0
Ted Harris	D	5	0	1	1	15	0	0
Doug Mohns	D	6	0	1	1	2	0	0
Dennis O'Brien	D	6	1	0	1	38	0	0
Tom Reid	D	6	0	2	2	4	0	0
Charlie Burns	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Barrett	D	6	0	0	0	4	0	0
Terry Holbrook	R	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Ahrens	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cesare Maniago	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gilles Gilbert	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		107	12	18	30	112	3	2

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Cesare Maniago	5	309	2	3	1	2	9	1.75	0
Gilles Gilbert	1	60	0	1	0	0	4	4.00	0
Totals	6	369	2	4	1	2	13	2.11		0

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