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