1977-78 Minnesota North Stars Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 18-53-9 - 45 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Smythe Division
Coach: Ted Harris (5-12-2)
Coach: Andre Beaulieu (6-23-3)
Coach: Lou Nanne (7-18-4)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1977-78 Minnesota North Stars Roster
1977-78 Minnesota North Stars Results

The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 18 wins and 53 losses and 9 ties for 45 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Smythe Division.

The North Stars netted 218 goals and yielded 325, most in the league. Tim Young scored 23 goals for Minnesota, and Roland Eriksson accounted for 39 assists. Pete LoPresti topped the squad with 12 wins, while Paul Harrison recorded a 3.82 goals against average, best among regular goalies.

Ted Harris, Andre Beaulieu and Lou Nanne coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Roland Eriksson	C	78	21	39	60	12	-29	3	0	1	0	257	8.2
Tim Young	C	78	23	35	58	64	-37	5	0	2	0	217	10.6
Per-Olov Brasar	L	77	20	37	57	6	-7	7	2	2	1	170	11.8
Glen Sharpley	C	79	22	33	55	42	-33	6	0	3	1	215	10.2
Brad Maxwell	D	75	18	29	47	100	-57	12	0	0	1	209	8.6
Kent-Erik Andersson	R	73	15	18	33	4	-17	3	0	1	1	121	12.4
Ron Zanussi	R	68	15	17	32	89	-20	4	0	2	1	97	15.5
Steve Jensen	L	74	13	17	30	73	-30	2	0	1	1	132	9.8
Dean Talafous	R	75	13	16	29	25	-16	2	0	2	0	80	16.3
Pierre Jarry	L	35	9	17	26	2	-9	1	0	1	0	77	11.7
Harvey Bennett	C	64	11	10	21	91	-32	1	0	0	1	67	16.4
Nick Beverley	D	57	7	14	21	18	-1	0	0	1	0	87	8.0
Tom Younghans	R	72	10	8	18	100	-10	1	0	0	0	71	14.1
Jim Roberts	L	42	4	14	18	19	-14	0	0	0	0	75	5.3
Alex Pirus	R	61	9	6	15	38	-25	1	0	1	1	89	10.1
Fred Barrett	D	79	0	15	15	59	-35	0	0	0	0	87	0.0
Doug Hicks	D	61	2	9	11	51	-28	0	0	0	1	81	2.5
Bryan Maxwell	D	18	2	5	7	41	2	1	0	0	0	33	6.1
Tom Reid	D	36	1	6	7	21	-26	0	0	1	0	26	3.8
Jerry Engele	D	52	1	5	6	105	-10	0	1	0	0	44	2.3
Bill Hogaboam	C	8	1	2	3	4	-5	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Pete LoPresti	G	53	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis O'Brien	D	13	0	2	2	32	-5	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Bill Butters	D	23	1	0	1	30	-3	0	0	0	0	18	5.6
Bill Fairbairn	R	6	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
Lou Nanne	D	26	0	1	1	8	-14	0	0	0	0	22	0.0
Don Jackson	D	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jim Boo	D	6	0	0	0	22	-6	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Gary Smith	G	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Magee	L	7	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Chris Ahrens	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Gallimore	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Harrison	G	27	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1431	218	358	576	1078	-470	49	3	18	9	2305	9.5

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Pete LoPresti	53	3065	12	35	6	1	2	216	4.23	0
Paul Harrison	27	1555	6	16	2	0	1	99	3.82	0
Gary Smith	3	180	0	2	1	0	0	9	3.00	0
Totals	83	4800	18	53	9	1	3	324	4.05		0