1981-82 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-23-20 - 94 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Glen Sonmor (37-23-20)
1981-82 Minnesota North Stars RosterTeam Record: 37-23-20 - 94 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Glen Sonmor (37-23-20)
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 in the NHL's Norris Division.
The team netted 346 goals and conceded 288. Dino Ciccarelli scored 55 goals for the team, while Bobby Smith, Neal Broten and Steve Payne 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 in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Smith | C | 80 | 43 | 71 | 114 | 82 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 261 | 16.5 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 76 | 55 | 51 | 106 | 138 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 289 | 19.0 |
| Neal Broten | C | 73 | 38 | 60 | 98 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 188 | 20.2 |
| Steve Payne | L | 74 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 76 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 239 | 13.8 |
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 76 | 17 | 60 | 77 | 117 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 204 | 8.3 |
| Al MacAdam | R | 79 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 141 | 12.8 |
| Steve Christoff | C | 69 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 14.6 |
| Brad Palmer | L | 72 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 18 | -13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 12.2 |
| Tom McCarthy | L | 40 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 13.5 |
| Tim Young | C | 49 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 8.0 |
| Gordie Roberts | D | 79 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 119 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 3.8 |
| Brad Maxwell | D | 51 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 109 | 9.2 |
| Mike Eaves | C | 25 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 17.7 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | R | 70 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 18 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 11.5 |
| Anders Hakansson | F | 72 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 29 | -12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 15.8 |
| Fred Barrett | D | 69 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 89 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2.3 |
| Curt Giles | D | 74 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 87 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Jack Carlson | L | 57 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 103 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 20.5 |
| Bill Nyrop | D | 42 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Ken Solheim | L | 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 8.7 |
| Kevin Maxwell | C | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Gary Sargent | D | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Mark Johnson | L | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Murray Brumwell | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Ron Meighan | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Daniel Poulin | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Tom Younghans | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Gilles Meloche | G | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Young | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Richter | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Hayek | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindsay Middlebrook | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Beaupre | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Udo Kiessling | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Roger Melin | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Friest | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Archie Henderson | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Antonovich | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Dobson | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1517 | 346 | 581 | 927 | 1358 | 69 | 89 | 11 | 37 | 20 | 2641 | 13.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Meloche | 51 | 3026 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 3.47 | 1648 | 1473 | .894 |
| Don Beaupre | 29 | 1634 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 3.71 | 906 | 805 | .889 |
| Lindsay Middlebrook | 3 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.00 | 70 | 63 | .900 |
| Totals | 83 | 4800 | 37 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 283 | 3.54 | 2624 | 2341 | .892 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Smith | C | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Neal Broten | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Payne | L | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al MacAdam | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Christoff | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Palmer | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom McCarthy | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Young | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Roberts | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Maxwell | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kent-Erik Andersson | R | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anders Hakansson | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Barrett | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Giles | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Carlson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Nyrop | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Solheim | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Johnson | L | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Murray Brumwell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Meloche | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Beaupre | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Friest | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 143 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Meloche | 4 | 184 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.61 | 95 | 87 | .916 |
| Don Beaupre | 2 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 31 | 27 | .871 |
| Totals | 6 | 244 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.95 | 126 | 114 | .905 |
