1980-81 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-28-17 - 87 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Glen Sonmor (35-28-17)
1980-81 Minnesota North Stars RosterTeam Record: 35-28-17 - 87 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Glen Sonmor (35-28-17)
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 35 wins and 28 losses and 17 ties for 87 points in the NHL's Adams Division.
The team scored 291 goals and surrendered 263. Steve Payne netted 30 goals for the squad, while Bobby Smith contributed 64 assists. Don Beaupre topped the team with 18 wins, and Gilles Meloche added 15 or more wins also. Don Beaupre recorded a 3.2 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Glen Sonmor coached the team. The 1980-81 Minnesota North Stars lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Smith | C | 78 | 29 | 64 | 93 | 73 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 242 | 12.0 |
| Tim Young | C | 74 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 214 | 11.7 |
| Al MacAdam | R | 78 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 94 | -6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 145 | 14.5 |
| Steve Payne | L | 76 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 88 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 243 | 12.3 |
| Tom McCarthy | L | 62 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 62 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 15.6 |
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 74 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 124 | -9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 207 | 6.3 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | R | 77 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 13.4 |
| Steve Christoff | C | 56 | 26 | 13 | 39 | 58 | -9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 132 | 19.7 |
| Gordie Roberts | D | 50 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 94 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 7.2 |
| Mike Eaves | C | 48 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 104 | 9.6 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 32 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 14.3 |
| Curt Giles | D | 67 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 6.1 |
| Greg Smith | D | 74 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 126 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 99 | 5.1 |
| Glen Sharpley | C | 28 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 18 | -4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 23.1 |
| Ron Zanussi | R | 41 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 14.0 |
| Mike Fidler | L | 20 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Brad Maxwell | D | 27 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 98 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 4.2 |
| Mike Polich | C | 74 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 13.8 |
| Fred Barrett | D | 62 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 5.5 |
| Gary Sargent | D | 23 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 36 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9.5 |
| Tom Younghans | R | 74 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 79 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Paul Shmyr | D | 61 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1.6 |
| Jack Carlson | L | 43 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 108 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 29.2 |
| Brad Palmer | L | 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6.8 |
| Ken Solheim | L | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Kevin Maxwell | C | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Don Jackson | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Neal Broten | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Ron Friest | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Don Beaupre | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Murray Brumwell | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Contini | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gilles Meloche | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Melin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rob Flockhart | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jim Dobson | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Fontas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1519 | 291 | 471 | 762 | 1624 | 17 | 88 | 7 | 35 | 17 | 2578 | 11.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Beaupre | 44 | 2585 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 138 | 3.20 | 1313 | 1175 | .895 |
| Gilles Meloche | 38 | 2215 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 120 | 3.25 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 4800 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 258 | 3.23 | 1433 | 1175 | .820 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Smith | C | 19 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Young | C | 12 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al MacAdam | R | 19 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Payne | L | 19 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tom McCarthy | L | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 19 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kent-Erik Andersson | R | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Christoff | C | 18 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Roberts | D | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 19 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Curt Giles | D | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Smith | D | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Maxwell | D | 18 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Polich | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Barrett | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Younghans | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Carlson | L | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Palmer | L | 19 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Solheim | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Maxwell | C | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neal Broten | C | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Beaupre | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Meloche | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 342 | 84 | 131 | 215 | 317 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Beaupre | 6 | 360 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4.33 | 244 | 218 | .893 |
| Gilles Meloche | 13 | 802 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 3.52 | 452 | 405 | .896 |
| Totals | 19 | 1162 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 3.77 | 696 | 623 | .895 |
