1981-82 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
Team Record: 37-23-20 - 94 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 1-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Chicago Black Hawks 3-1
Coach: Glen Sonmor (37-23-20)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1981-82 Minnesota North Stars Results
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 37 wins and 23 losses and 20 ties for 94 points, finishing first in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-3.
The North Stars netted 346 goals and conceded 288. Dino Ciccarelli scored 55 goals for Minnesota, while Bobby Smith, Steve Payne and Neal Broten each tallied 30 or more, too. Bobby Smith contributed 71 assists. Gilles Meloche earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.47 goals against average, best among qualifying goaltenders.
Glen Sonmor coached the team. The 1981-82 Minnesota North Stars lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
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Bobby Smith | C | 80 | 43 | 71 | 114 | 82 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 261 | 16.5 |
Dino Ciccarelli | R | 76 | 55 | 51 | 106 | 138 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 289 | 19.0 |
Neal Broten | C | 73 | 38 | 60 | 98 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 188 | 20.2 |
Steve Payne | L | 74 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 76 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 239 | 13.8 |
Craig Hartsburg | D | 76 | 17 | 60 | 77 | 117 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 204 | 8.3 |
Al MacAdam | R | 79 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 141 | 12.8 |
Steve Christoff | C | 69 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 14.6 |
Brad Palmer | L | 72 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 18 | -13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 12.2 |
Tom McCarthy | L | 40 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 13.5 |
Tim Young | C | 49 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 8.0 |
Gordie Roberts | D | 79 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 119 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 3.8 |
Brad Maxwell | D | 51 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 109 | 9.2 |
Mike Eaves | C | 25 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 17.7 |
Kent-Erik Andersson | R | 70 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 18 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 11.5 |
Anders Hakansson | F | 72 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 29 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 15.8 |
Fred Barrett | D | 69 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 89 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2.3 |
Curt Giles | D | 74 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 87 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
Jack Carlson | L | 57 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 103 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 20.5 |
Bill Nyrop | D | 42 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
Ken Solheim | L | 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 8.7 |
Kevin Maxwell | C | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
Gary Sargent | D | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
Mark Johnson | L | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
Murray Brumwell | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
Daniel Poulin | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
Ron Meighan | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
Tom Younghans | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 |
Gilles Meloche | G | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Archie Henderson | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Warren Young | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Udo Kiessling | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Jim Dobson | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
Dave Richter | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Ron Friest | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
Mike Antonovich | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Melin | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Beaupre | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peter Hayek | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lindsay Middlebrook | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1437 | 346 | 581 | 927 | 1338 | 69 | 89 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 37 | 20 | 2641 | 13.1 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
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Gilles Meloche | 51 | 3026 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 175 | 3.47 | 0 | ||
Don Beaupre | 29 | 1634 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 3.71 | 0 | ||
Lindsay Middlebrook | 3 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.00 | 0 | ||
Totals | 83 | 4800 | 37 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 283 | 3.54 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Smith | C | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dino Ciccarelli | R | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Neal Broten | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Payne | L | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Craig Hartsburg | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al MacAdam | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Christoff | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brad Palmer | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom McCarthy | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tim Young | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gordie Roberts | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brad Maxwell | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kent-Erik Andersson | R | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Anders Hakansson | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Barrett | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Curt Giles | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Carlson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Nyrop | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Solheim | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Johnson | L | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Murray Brumwell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gilles Meloche | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Friest | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Beaupre | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 78 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 143 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gilles Meloche | 4 | 184 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2.61 | 0 | ||
Don Beaupre | 2 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | ||
Totals | 6 | 244 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2.95 | 0 |