1988-89 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 27-37-16 - 70 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to St. Louis Blues 4-1
Coach: Pierre Page (27-37-16)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1988-89 Minnesota North Stars RosterTeam Record: 27-37-16 - 70 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to St. Louis Blues 4-1
Coach: Pierre Page (27-37-16)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1988-89 Minnesota North Stars Results
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 27 wins and 37 losses and 16 ties for 70 points, finishing third in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The North Stars netted 258 goals and conceded 278. Dave Gagner scored 35 goals for Minnesota, and Dino Ciccarelli tallied 30 or more also. Dave Gagner contributed 43 assists. Jon Casey topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.06 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Pierre Page coached the team. The 1988-89 Minnesota North Stars lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gagner | C | 75 | 35 | 43 | 78 | 104 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 183 | 19.1 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 65 | 32 | 27 | 59 | 64 | -16 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 208 | 15.4 |
| Neal Broten | C | 68 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 160 | 11.3 |
| Marc Habscheid | F | 76 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 182 | 12.6 |
| Brian Bellows | L | 60 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 55 | -14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 196 | 11.7 |
| Brian MacLellan | L | 60 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 104 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 14.0 |
| Dave Archibald | C | 72 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 14 | -11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 105 | 13.3 |
| Basil McRae | L | 78 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 365 | -8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 9.8 |
| Stew Gavin | R | 73 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 6.2 |
| Shawn Chambers | D | 72 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 80 | -4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 3.8 |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 55 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 1.3 |
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 30 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 47 | -8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 5.3 |
| Bob Rouse | D | 66 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 124 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6.1 |
| Bob Brooke | R | 57 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 57 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 9.1 |
| Curt Giles | D | 76 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 7.8 |
| Mike Gartner | R | 13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 21.2 |
| Dusan Pasek | R | 48 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 4.7 |
| Don Barber | L | 23 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 19.0 |
| Larry DePalma | L | 43 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 102 | -14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Ville Siren | D | 38 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Curt Fraser | L | 35 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 76 | -15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 8.6 |
| Larry Murphy | D | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Reed Larson | D | 11 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Wally Schreiber | R | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
| Moe Mantha | D | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Mark Hardy | D | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Dean Kolstad | D | 25 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 42 | -5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.4 |
| Mark Tinordi | D | 47 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 107 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Warren Babe | L | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Perry Berezan | C | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Steve Gotaas | C | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Ken Hodge | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Tom Martin | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Terry Ruskowski | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Link Gaetz | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 53 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Shane Churla | R | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Gord Dineen | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Mitch Messier | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jon Casey | G | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Maruk | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Don Beaupre | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kari Takko | G | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Jerrard | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Richard Zemlak | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Kaminski | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Berger | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Zettler | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jarmo Myllys | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McHugh | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1534 | 258 | 430 | 688 | 1960 | -105 | 78 | 147 | 17 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2515 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Casey | 55 | 2961 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 151 | 3.06 | 1509 | 1358 | .900 |
| Kari Takko | 32 | 1603 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 3.48 | 922 | 829 | .899 |
| Jarmo Myllys | 6 | 238 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5.55 | 138 | 116 | .841 |
| Don Beaupre | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.05 | 26 | 23 | .885 |
| Totals | 94 | 4861 | 27 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 269 | 3.32 | 2864 | 2595 | .906 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Broten | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Marc Habscheid | F | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Brian Bellows | L | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Dave Archibald | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Basil McRae | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Stew Gavin | R | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 | |
| Shawn Chambers | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Bob Brooke | R | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 42.9 | |
| Curt Giles | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Gartner | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Dusan Pasek | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Don Barber | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Larry DePalma | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ville Siren | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Larry Murphy | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Reed Larson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Tinordi | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Warren Babe | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Perry Berezan | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Steve Gotaas | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Jon Casey | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kari Takko | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Modano | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 97 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 144 | -34 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 151 | 9.9 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Casey | 4 | 211 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.55 | 121 | 105 | .868 |
| Kari Takko | 3 | 105 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.00 | 55 | 48 | .873 |
| Totals | 7 | 316 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.37 | 199 | 176 | .884 |
