1971-72 Minnesota North Stars Roster
1971-72 Minnesota North Stars Results

The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 37 wins and 29 losses and 12 ties for 86 points, finishing second in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The North Stars scored 212 goals and allowed 191. Bill Goldsworthy netted 31 goals for Minnesota, while Jude Drouin contributed 43 assists. Cesare Maniago topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Gump Worsley added 15 or more wins, too. Gump Worsley recorded a 2.12 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.

Jack Gordon coached the team. The 1971-72 Minnesota North Stars lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Bill Goldsworthy	R	78	31	31	62	59	11	6	0	8	1	295	10.5
Murray Oliver	C	77	27	29	56	16	9	7	0	4	4	191	14.1
Jude Drouin	C	63	13	43	56	31	4	3	0	5	1	213	6.1
Lou Nanne	D	78	21	28	49	27	-5	7	0	6	0	154	13.6
Dean Prentice	L	71	20	27	47	14	4	7	0	1	0	207	9.7
Danny Grant	L	78	18	25	43	18	0	6	0	0	1	212	8.5
J.P. Parise	L	71	19	18	37	70	10	6	0	3	1	183	10.4
Doug Mohns	D	78	6	30	36	82	6	4	0	3	0	143	4.2
Bob Nevin	R	72	15	19	34	6	7	2	0	2	0	96	15.6
Charlie Burns	C	77	11	14	25	24	5	0	1	2	0	88	12.5
Barry Gibbs	D	75	4	20	24	128	4	1	1	0	0	160	2.5
Tom Reid	D	78	6	15	21	107	13	1	0	1	1	111	5.4
Ted Hampson	C	78	5	14	19	6	-1	0	2	0	0	100	5.0
Ted Harris	D	78	2	15	17	77	0	0	0	0	1	89	2.2
Dennis Hextall	C	33	6	10	16	49	1	3	0	1	2	46	13.0
Dennis O'Brien	D	70	3	6	9	108	11	0	0	1	0	68	4.4
Gord Labossiere	C	9	2	3	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	23	8.7
Craig Cameron	R	64	2	1	3	11	-1	0	0	0	0	32	6.3
Gary Gambucci	C	9	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Gump Worsley	G	34	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Heindl	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Cesare Maniago	G	43	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilles Gilbert	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Paradise	D	6	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1326	212	349	561	845	83	53	4	37	12	2416	8.8

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Cesare Maniago	43	2539	20	17	4	3	112	2.65	0
Gump Worsley	34	1923	16	10	7	2	68	2.12	0
Gilles Gilbert	4	218	1	2	1	0	11	3.03	0
Totals	81	4680	37	29	12	5	191	2.45		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Bill Goldsworthy	R	7	2	3	5	6	0	1
Murray Oliver	C	7	0	6	6	4	0	0
Jude Drouin	C	7	4	4	8	6	1	1
Lou Nanne	D	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Prentice	L	7	3	0	3	0	0	1
Danny Grant	L	7	2	1	3	0	0	0
J.P. Parise	L	7	3	3	6	6	2	0
Doug Mohns	D	4	1	2	3	10	1	0
Bob Nevin	R	7	1	1	2	0	0	0
Charlie Burns	C	7	1	1	2	2	0	0
Barry Gibbs	D	7	1	1	2	9	0	0
Tom Reid	D	7	1	4	5	17	0	0
Ted Hampson	C	7	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Harris	D	7	0	1	1	17	0	0
Dennis Hextall	C	7	0	2	2	19	0	0
Dennis O'Brien	D	3	0	1	1	11	0	0
Craig Cameron	R	5	0	1	1	2	0	0
Gump Worsley	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cesare Maniago	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Paradise	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Buster Harvey	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		123	19	32	51	111	4	3

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Cesare Maniago	4	238	1	3	0	12	3.03	0
Gump Worsley	4	194	2	1	1	7	2.16	0
Totals	8	432	3	4	1	19	2.64		0

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