1978-79 Minnesota North Stars Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-40-12 - 68 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Adams Division
Coach: Harry Howell (3-6-2)
Coach: Glen Sonmor (25-34-10)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1978-79 Minnesota North Stars Roster
1978-79 Minnesota North Stars Results

The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 28 wins and 40 losses and 12 ties for 68 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Adams Division.

The North Stars netted 257 goals and gave up 289. Bobby Smith scored 30 goals for Minnesota and contributed 44 assists. Gilles Meloche topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.33 goals against average, best among regular goalies.

Harry Howell and Glen Sonmor coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Bobby Smith	C	80	30	44	74	39	-8	9	0	4	2	244	12.3
Al MacAdam	R	69	24	34	58	30	0	6	0	4	1	135	17.8
Tim Young	C	73	24	32	56	46	-12	8	0	5	1	147	16.3
Glen Sharpley	C	80	19	34	53	30	-18	5	0	1	1	162	11.7
Mike Fidler	L	59	23	26	49	42	-25	4	0	3	1	158	14.6
Gary Sargent	D	79	12	32	44	39	-10	8	0	1	0	182	6.6
Steve Payne	L	70	23	17	40	29	-5	3	0	2	2	165	13.9
Brad Maxwell	D	70	9	28	37	145	-13	5	0	0	1	200	4.5
Kris Manery	C	60	17	19	36	16	-13	3	0	1	1	126	13.5
Per-Olov Brasar	L	68	6	28	34	6	-4	2	0	0	0	126	4.8
Greg Smith	D	80	5	27	32	147	-21	1	0	1	0	193	2.6
Ron Zanussi	R	63	14	16	30	82	5	3	0	0	1	98	14.3
J.P. Parise	L	57	13	9	22	45	-12	1	0	0	0	73	17.8
Jean Potvin	D	64	5	16	21	65	-10	2	2	1	1	89	5.6
Tom Younghans	R	76	8	10	18	50	-23	0	0	1	0	70	11.4
Mike Polich	C	73	6	10	16	18	-13	0	0	0	0	66	9.1
Kent-Erik Andersson	R	41	9	4	13	4	-6	2	2	4	0	59	15.3
Fred Barrett	D	45	1	9	10	48	-4	0	0	0	0	36	2.8
Bryan Maxwell	D	25	1	6	7	46	-13	0	0	0	0	32	3.1
Alex Pirus	R	15	1	3	4	9	-8	0	0	0	0	14	7.1
Bill Butters	D	49	0	4	4	47	-12	0	0	0	0	17	0.0
Jack Carlson	L	16	3	0	3	40	2	0	0	0	0	18	16.7
Jim Roberts	L	11	2	1	3	0	-5	0	0	0	0	8	25.0
Jim McKenny	D	10	1	1	2	2	-3	1	0	0	0	8	12.5
Bill Hogaboam	C	10	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Gary Edwards	G	25	0	1	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilles Meloche	G	53	0	1	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Baby	D	2	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Dan Chicoine	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Eaves	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Chuck Arnason	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Jackson	D	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Pete LoPresti	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Maruk	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1442	257	414	671	1078	-237	63	4	28	12	2451	10.5

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gilles Meloche	53	3118	20	25	7	4	2	173	3.33	0
Gary Edwards	25	1337	6	11	5	1	0	83	3.72	0
Pete LoPresti	7	345	2	4	0	0	0	28	4.87	0
Totals	85	4800	28	40	12	5	2	284	3.55		0