1982-83 Minnesota North Stars Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-24-16 - 96 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 4-5
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1
Division Finals - Lost to Chicago Black Hawks 4-1
Coach: Glen Sonmor (22-12-9)
Coach: Murray Oliver (18-12-7)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1982-83 Minnesota North Stars Roster
1982-83 Minnesota North Stars Results

The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 40 wins and 24 losses and 16 ties for 96 points, finishing second in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

The North Stars scored 321 goals and allowed 290. Dino Ciccarelli netted 37 goals for Minnesota, while Steve Payne, Brian Bellows and Neal Broten each tallied 30 or more, too. Bobby Smith contributed 53 assists. Gilles Meloche topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Don Beaupre added 15 or more wins, too. Gilles Meloche registered a 3.57 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Glen Sonmor and Murray Oliver coached the team. The 1982-83 Minnesota North Stars lost in the NHL division finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Neal Broten	C	79	32	45	77	43	24	8	2	4	1	165	19.4
Bobby Smith	C	77	24	53	77	81	-20	12	0	3	1	190	12.6
Tom McCarthy	L	80	28	48	76	59	18	4	1	4	1	171	16.4
Dino Ciccarelli	R	77	37	38	75	94	16	14	0	4	2	210	17.6
Steve Payne	L	80	30	39	69	53	-9	14	1	2	1	199	15.1
Brian Bellows	L	78	35	30	65	27	-12	15	1	3	1	184	19.0
Craig Hartsburg	D	78	12	50	62	109	7	3	1	1	1	200	6.0
Tim Young	C	70	18	35	53	31	-1	6	2	2	2	152	11.8
Gordie Roberts	D	80	3	41	44	103	18	2	0	1	0	127	2.4
Willi Plett	R	71	25	14	39	170	-12	8	0	3	2	125	20.0
Brad Maxwell	D	77	11	28	39	157	-1	2	0	3	0	162	6.8
Al MacAdam	R	73	11	22	33	60	3	0	3	2	1	93	11.8
Mike Eaves	C	75	16	16	32	21	-3	1	5	2	2	143	11.2
Jordy Douglas	L	68	13	14	27	30	-7	1	0	2	0	89	14.6
Curt Giles	D	76	2	21	23	70	11	0	0	0	0	78	2.6
George Ferguson	R	65	8	12	20	14	-1	0	1	2	0	82	9.8
Ron Friest	L	50	6	7	13	150	-4	0	0	0	0	44	13.6
Gary Sargent	D	18	3	6	9	5	5	1	0	0	0	30	10.0
Dan Mandich	D	67	3	4	7	169	0	0	0	1	1	49	6.1
Ken Solheim	L	25	2	4	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	34	5.9
Fred Barrett	D	51	1	3	4	22	-10	0	0	0	0	29	3.4
Warren Young	C	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Don Beaupre	G	36	0	2	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilles Meloche	G	47	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anders Hakansson	F	5	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dave Richter	D	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Wes Jarvis	C	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bob Bergloff	D	2	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Markus Mattsson	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Velischek	D	3	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Totals		1523	321	534	855	1504	17	91	17	40	16	2571	12.5

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Gilles Meloche	47	2689	20	13	11	2	1	160	3.57	1411	1251	.887
Don Beaupre	36	2011	19	10	5	2	0	120	3.58	1048	928	.885
Markus Mattsson	2	100	1	1	0	0	1	6	3.60	70	64	.914
Totals	85	4800	40	24	16	4	2	286	3.58	2815	2529	.898

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Neal Broten	C	9	1	6	7	10	1	0
Bobby Smith	C	9	6	4	10	17	3	2
Tom McCarthy	L	9	2	4	6	9	0	0
Dino Ciccarelli	R	9	4	6	10	11	1	2
Steve Payne	L	9	3	6	9	19	1	0
Brian Bellows	L	9	5	4	9	18	2	0
Craig Hartsburg	D	9	3	8	11	7	2	0
Tim Young	C	2	0	2	2	2	0	0
Gordie Roberts	D	9	1	5	6	14	0	0
Willi Plett	R	9	1	3	4	38	0	0
Brad Maxwell	D	9	5	6	11	23	2	0
Al MacAdam	R	9	2	1	3	2	0	0
Mike Eaves	C	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordy Douglas	L	5	0	0	0	2	0	0
Curt Giles	D	5	0	2	2	6	0	0
George Ferguson	R	9	0	3	3	4	0	0
Ron Friest	L	4	1	0	1	2	0	0
Gary Sargent	D	5	0	2	2	0	0	0
Dan Mandich	D	7	0	0	0	2	0	0
Fred Barrett	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Beaupre	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gilles Meloche	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Velischek	D	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		167	34	62	96	188	12	4

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gilles Meloche	5	319	2	3	1	18	3.39	0
Don Beaupre	4	245	2	2	1	20	4.90	0
Totals	9	564	4	5	2	38	4.04		0