1985-86 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Lorne Henning (38-33-9)
1985-86 Minnesota North Stars RosterTeam Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Lorne Henning (38-33-9)
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 38 wins and 33 losses and 9 ties for 85 points in the NHL's Norris Division.
The team netted 327 goals and yielded 305. Dino Ciccarelli scored 44 goals for the team, while Brian Bellows and Scott Bjugstad tallied 30 or more, too. Neal Broten contributed 76 assists. Don Beaupre earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.55 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Lorne Henning coached the team. The 1985-86 Minnesota North Stars lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Broten | C | 80 | 29 | 76 | 105 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 15.0 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 75 | 44 | 45 | 89 | 51 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 262 | 16.8 |
| Brian Bellows | L | 77 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 256 | 12.1 |
| Scott Bjugstad | R | 80 | 43 | 33 | 76 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 217 | 19.8 |
| Kent Nilsson | C | 61 | 16 | 44 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 13.1 |
| Keith Acton | C | 79 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 100 | -11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 169 | 15.4 |
| Dennis Maruk | C | 70 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 15.6 |
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 75 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 127 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5.4 |
| Dirk Graham | R | 80 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 87 | -6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 173 | 12.7 |
| Tony McKegney | L | 70 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 48 | -5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 10.6 |
| Brian Lawton | L | 65 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 98 | 18.4 |
| Curt Giles | D | 69 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 10.2 |
| Tom McCarthy | L | 25 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 12 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 26.7 |
| Gordie Roberts | D | 76 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 101 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.0 |
| Willi Plett | R | 59 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 231 | -20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 13.9 |
| Bob Rouse | D | 75 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 151 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 1.1 |
| Steve Payne | L | 22 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 13.3 |
| Dave Langevin | D | 80 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 58 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.0 |
| Mats Hallin | L | 38 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 86 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Marc Habscheid | F | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Tim Coulis | F | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 73 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Craig Levie | D | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Ron Wilson | D | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Dave Richter | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Bo Berglund | F | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Bill Stewart | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ed Hospodar | D | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Gord Sherven | C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Paul Houck | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Emanuel Viveiros | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Chris Pryor | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Randy Smith | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Archibald | R | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Larry DePalma | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Melanson | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kari Takko | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Jensen | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Don Beaupre | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Mandich | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Casey | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1507 | 327 | 547 | 874 | 1659 | 53 | 89 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 2569 | 12.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Beaupre | 52 | 3073 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 3.55 | 1690 | 1508 | .892 |
| Roland Melanson | 6 | 325 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.43 | 175 | 151 | .863 |
| Jon Casey | 26 | 1402 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 3.89 | 789 | 698 | .885 |
| Kari Takko | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 34 | 31 | .912 |
| Totals | 85 | 4860 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 300 | 3.70 | 2688 | 2388 | .888 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Broten | C | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Bellows | L | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 31.3 | |
| Scott Bjugstad | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Kent Nilsson | C | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Keith Acton | C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Dennis Maruk | C | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28.6 | |
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Dirk Graham | R | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13.0 | |
| Tony McKegney | L | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | |
| Brian Lawton | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Curt Giles | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Gordie Roberts | D | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Willi Plett | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Rouse | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Langevin | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Mats Hallin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Habscheid | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Wilson | D | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Ed Hospodar | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Beaupre | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 91 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 140 | -14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 169 | 11.8 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Beaupre | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.40 | 175 | 158 | .903 |
| Totals | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.40 | 175 | 158 | .903 |
