1970-71 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-34-16 - 72 points
in the NHL's West Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Jack Gordon (28-34-16)
1970-71 Minnesota North Stars RosterTeam Record: 28-34-16 - 72 points
in the NHL's West Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Jack Gordon (28-34-16)
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 28 wins and 34 losses and 16 ties for 72 points in the NHL's West Division.
The team scored 191 goals, worst in the league and surrendered 223. Bill Goldsworthy and Danny Grant netted 34 goals for the squad each, while Jude Drouin contributed 52 assists. Cesare Maniago topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.7 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Jack Gordon coached the team. The 1970-71 Minnesota North Stars lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jude Drouin | C | 75 | 16 | 52 | 68 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 208 | 7.7 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | R | 77 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 85 | -13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 295 | 11.5 |
| Danny Grant | L | 78 | 34 | 23 | 57 | 46 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 283 | 12.0 |
| J.P. Parise | L | 73 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 60 | -15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 191 | 5.8 |
| Murray Oliver | C | 61 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 7.8 |
| Charlie Burns | C | 76 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 8.2 |
| Danny O'Shea | C | 59 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 155 | 9.0 |
| Bobby Rousseau | R | 63 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 3.3 |
| Tommy Williams | C | 41 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 16 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 16.4 |
| Buster Harvey | R | 59 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 36 | -13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 154 | 7.8 |
| Barry Gibbs | D | 68 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 132 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 4.3 |
| Tom Reid | D | 73 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 62 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 2.7 |
| Lou Nanne | D | 68 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 8.2 |
| Ted Harris | D | 78 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 2.2 |
| Fred Barrett | D | 57 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0.0 |
| Gord Labossiere | C | 29 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 17.8 |
| Ted Hampson | C | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 |
| Doug Mohns | D | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Danny Lawson | R | 33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Dennis O'Brien | D | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 29 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Walt McKechnie | C | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 34 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7.7 |
| Bill Heindl | L | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Dan Seguin | L | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Dick Redmond | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Cesare Maniago | G | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Beaudin | R | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Tom Polanic | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Terry Caffery | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Marshall Johnston | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Muloin | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Barlow | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Gump Worsley | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Geldart | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Gilles Gilbert | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1393 | 191 | 319 | 510 | 898 | -69 | 38 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 2410 | 7.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 17 | 931 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3.80 | 532 | 473 | .889 |
| Gump Worsley | 24 | 1369 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2.50 | 656 | 599 | .913 |
| Cesare Maniago | 40 | 2380 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 2.70 | 1251 | 1144 | .914 |
| Totals | 81 | 4680 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 223 | 2.86 | 2439 | 2216 | .909 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jude Drouin | C | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Goldsworthy | R | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Grant | L | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| J.P. Parise | L | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Murray Oliver | C | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Burns | C | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Rousseau | R | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Buster Harvey | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Gibbs | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Reid | D | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Nanne | D | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ted Harris | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Labossiere | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hampson | C | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Mohns | D | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Lawson | R | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis O'Brien | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cesare Maniago | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Caffery | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Muloin | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gump Worsley | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 193 | 35 | 54 | 89 | 195 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gump Worsley | 4 | 240 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.25 | 129 | 116 | .899 |
| Cesare Maniago | 8 | 480 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.50 | 298 | 270 | .906 |
| Totals | 12 | 720 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3.42 | 427 | 386 | .904 |
