1978-79 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-40-12 - 68 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Coach: Harry Howell (28-40-12)
1978-79 Minnesota North Stars RosterTeam Record: 28-40-12 - 68 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Coach: Harry Howell (28-40-12)
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 in the NHL's Adams Division.
The team netted 257 goals and gave up 289. Bobby Smith scored 30 goals for the team 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 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 |
| Gilles Meloche | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Edwards | G | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Baby | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Mike Eaves | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dennis Maruk | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dan Chicoine | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete LoPresti | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 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 | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Edwards | 25 | 1337 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 3.72 | |||
| Gilles Meloche | 53 | 3118 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 173 | 3.33 | |||
| Pete LoPresti | 7 | 345 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.87 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 4800 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 284 | 3.55 | 0 |
