1979-80 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 36-28-16 - 88 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Glen Sonmor (36-28-16)
1979-80 Minnesota North Stars RosterTeam Record: 36-28-16 - 88 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Glen Sonmor (36-28-16)
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 36 wins and 28 losses and 16 ties for 88 points in the NHL's Adams Division.
The team scored 311 goals and surrendered 253. Al MacAdam and Steve Payne netted 42 goals for the squad each, while Tim Young tallied 30 or more as well. Bobby Smith contributed 56 assists. Gilles Meloche earned 27 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 3.06 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Glen Sonmor coached the team. The 1979-80 Minnesota North Stars lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al MacAdam | R | 80 | 42 | 51 | 93 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 170 | 24.7 |
| Steve Payne | L | 80 | 42 | 43 | 85 | 40 | 37 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 233 | 18.0 |
| Bobby Smith | C | 61 | 27 | 56 | 83 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 223 | 12.1 |
| Tim Young | C | 77 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 220 | 14.1 |
| Glen Sharpley | C | 51 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 38 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 18.3 |
| Mike Eaves | C | 56 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 22.5 |
| Ron Zanussi | R | 72 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 129 | 10.9 |
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 79 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 81 | -2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 202 | 6.9 |
| Brad Maxwell | D | 58 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 126 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 5.2 |
| Tom McCarthy | L | 68 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 39 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 101 | 15.8 |
| Gary Sargent | D | 52 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 129 | 10.1 |
| Mike Polich | C | 78 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 94 | 10.6 |
| Fred Barrett | D | 80 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 9.4 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | R | 61 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 10.3 |
| Greg Smith | D | 55 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 103 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 5.5 |
| Paul Shmyr | D | 63 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 84 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 3.7 |
| Tom Younghans | R | 79 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 92 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 12.7 |
| Steve Christoff | C | 20 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 23.5 |
| Per-Olov Brasar | L | 22 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Mike Fidler | L | 24 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 |
| Curt Giles | D | 37 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 31 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| Kris Manery | C | 28 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Rob Flockhart | R | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Don Jackson | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Dan Chicoine | R | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Dave Hanson | D | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Gilles Meloche | G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Dobson | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Louis Levasseur | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Edwards | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbie Laird | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony White | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jon Fontas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Janaszak | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1438 | 311 | 499 | 810 | 1058 | 129 | 75 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 2511 | 12.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Edwards | 26 | 1539 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 3.20 | |||
| Gilles Meloche | 54 | 3141 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 160 | 3.06 | |||
| Steve Janaszak | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | |||
| Jean-Louis Levasseur | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 4800 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 251 | 3.14 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al MacAdam | R | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Payne | L | 15 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Smith | C | 15 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Young | C | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Sharpley | C | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Eaves | C | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Zanussi | R | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Maxwell | D | 11 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom McCarthy | L | 15 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Sargent | D | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Polich | C | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Barrett | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kent-Erik Andersson | R | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Smith | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | D | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Younghans | R | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Christoff | C | 14 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Giles | D | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Flockhart | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Jackson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Chicoine | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Meloche | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Edwards | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 273 | 49 | 81 | 130 | 206 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Edwards | 7 | 337 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3.92 | 191 | 169 | .885 |
| Gilles Meloche | 11 | 564 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 3.62 | 330 | 296 | .897 |
| Totals | 18 | 901 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 3.73 | 521 | 465 | .893 |
