1970-71 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
Team Record: 28-34-16 - 72 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 6-6
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated St. Louis Blues 4-2
Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Jack Gordon (28-34-16)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1970-71 Minnesota North Stars Results
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 28 wins and 34 losses and 16 ties for 72 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-6.
The North Stars scored 191 goals, worst in the league and surrendered 223. Danny Grant and Bill Goldsworthy netted 34 goals for Minnesota each, while Jude Drouin contributed 52 assists. Cesare Maniago topped the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 2.70 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Jack Gordon coached the team. The 1970-71 Minnesota North Stars lost in the NHL semi-finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jude Drouin | C | 75 | 16 | 52 | 68 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 208 | 7.7 |
Bill Goldsworthy | R | 77 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 85 | -13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 295 | 11.5 |
Danny Grant | L | 78 | 34 | 23 | 57 | 46 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 283 | 12.0 |
J.P. Parise | L | 73 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 60 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 191 | 5.8 |
Murray Oliver | C | 61 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 7.8 |
Charlie Burns | C | 76 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 8.2 |
Danny O'Shea | C | 59 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 155 | 9.0 |
Bobby Rousseau | R | 63 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 3.3 |
Tommy Williams | C | 41 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 16 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 16.4 |
Buster Harvey | R | 59 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 36 | -13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 154 | 7.8 |
Barry Gibbs | D | 68 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 132 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 4.3 |
Tom Reid | D | 73 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 62 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 2.7 |
Lou Nanne | D | 68 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 8.2 |
Ted Harris | D | 78 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 2.2 |
Fred Barrett | D | 57 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0.0 |
Gord Labossiere | C | 29 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 17.8 |
Ted Hampson | C | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 |
Doug Mohns | D | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
Danny Lawson | R | 33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
Dennis O'Brien | D | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 29 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
Walt McKechnie | C | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 34 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7.7 |
Dan Seguin | L | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
Bill Heindl | L | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
Dick Redmond | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
Norm Beaudin | R | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
Cesare Maniago | G | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne Muloin | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
Bob Barlow | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
Gump Worsley | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Terry Caffery | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Marshall Johnston | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Polanic | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Gary Geldart | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Gilles Gilbert | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1315 | 191 | 319 | 510 | 894 | -69 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 2410 | 7.9 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cesare Maniago | 40 | 2380 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 2.70 | 0 | ||
Gilles Gilbert | 17 | 931 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3.80 | 0 | ||
Gump Worsley | 24 | 1369 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2.50 | 0 | ||
Totals | 81 | 4680 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 223 | 2.86 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jude Drouin | C | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Goldsworthy | R | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Danny Grant | L | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
J.P. Parise | L | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Murray Oliver | C | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Burns | C | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bobby Rousseau | R | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Buster Harvey | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barry Gibbs | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Reid | D | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Nanne | D | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Ted Harris | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gord Labossiere | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Hampson | C | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Mohns | D | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Danny Lawson | R | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dennis O'Brien | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cesare Maniago | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Muloin | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gump Worsley | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Caffery | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 193 | 35 | 54 | 89 | 195 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cesare Maniago | 8 | 480 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | ||
Gump Worsley | 4 | 240 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | ||
Totals | 12 | 720 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3.42 | 0 |