1986-87 Minnesota North Stars Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 30-40-10 - 70 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Lorne Henning (30-39-9)
Coach: Glen Sonmor (0-1-1)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1986-87 Minnesota North Stars Roster
1986-87 Minnesota North Stars Results

The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 30 wins and 40 losses and 10 ties for 70 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Norris Division.

The North Stars netted 296 goals and surrendered 314. Dino Ciccarelli scored 52 goals for Minnesota, while Brian MacLellan tallied 30 or more also. Dino Ciccarelli accounted for 51 assists. Don Beaupre topped the squad with 17 wins, and Kari Takko recorded a 3.44 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Lorne Henning and Glen Sonmor coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Dino Ciccarelli	R	80	52	51	103	88	10	22	0	5	3	255	20.4
Brian MacLellan	L	76	32	31	63	69	-12	13	0	5	0	146	21.9
Craig Hartsburg	D	73	11	50	61	93	-2	4	0	1	1	189	5.8
Dirk Graham	R	76	25	29	54	142	-2	6	5	2	0	197	12.7
Brian Bellows	L	65	26	27	53	34	-13	8	1	2	0	200	13.0
Neal Broten	C	46	18	35	53	33	12	5	1	4	0	112	16.1
Dennis Maruk	C	67	16	30	46	52	5	4	0	0	0	144	11.1
Kent Nilsson	C	44	13	33	46	12	2	8	0	1	0	89	14.6
Keith Acton	C	78	16	29	45	56	-15	1	1	3	0	126	12.7
Brian Lawton	L	66	21	23	44	86	20	2	0	2	0	125	16.8
Ron Wilson	D	65	12	29	41	36	-9	6	0	2	1	138	8.7
Bob Brooke	R	65	10	18	28	78	-6	1	1	0	0	114	8.8
Larry DePalma	L	56	9	6	15	219	-7	2	0	0	0	56	16.1
Scott Bjugstad	R	39	4	9	13	43	-6	0	0	0	0	58	6.9
Gordie Roberts	D	67	3	10	13	68	-7	0	0	1	0	43	7.0
Bob Rouse	D	72	2	10	12	179	6	0	0	0	0	71	2.8
Willi Plett	R	67	6	5	11	263	1	0	0	1	0	50	12.0
Frantisek Musil	D	72	2	9	11	148	0	0	0	0	0	83	2.4
Mark Pavelich	C	12	4	6	10	10	7	0	0	0	0	25	16.0
Steve Payne	L	48	4	6	10	19	-12	0	0	0	0	67	6.0
Brad Maxwell	D	17	2	7	9	31	3	0	0	1	0	33	6.1
Jari Gronstrand	D	47	1	6	7	27	4	0	0	0	0	32	3.1
Paul Boutilier	D	10	2	4	6	8	1	0	0	0	0	21	9.5
Tony McKegney	L	11	2	3	5	16	2	0	0	0	0	15	13.3
Chris Pryor	D	50	1	3	4	49	-6	0	0	0	0	20	5.0
Curt Giles	D	11	0	3	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Marc Habscheid	F	15	2	0	2	2	-6	1	0	0	0	14	14.3
Paul Houck	R	12	0	2	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
Emanuel Viveiros	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Raimo Helminen	C	6	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Mats Hallin	L	6	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Jack Carlson	L	8	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Colin Chisholm	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Archibald	R	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Sands	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Beaupre	G	47	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Smith	C	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Kari Takko	G	38	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Toomey	L	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1521	296	476	772	1916	-40	83	9	30	5	2454	12.1

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Don Beaupre	47	2622	17	20	6	4	1	174	3.98	1439	1265	.879
Kari Takko	38	2075	13	18	4	4	0	119	3.44	1061	942	.888
Mike Sands	3	163	0	2	0	1	0	12	4.42	104	92	.885
Totals	88	4860	30	40	10	9	1	305	3.77	2909	2604	.895