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Minnesota North Stars, 1980-81

Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1980-81 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
9 80 35-28-17 87 0.544 291 263 +28 23-10-7 12-18-10

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Boston Bruins Won 3-0
Quarterfinals Buffalo Sabres Won 4-1
Semifinals Calgary Flames Won 4-2
Stanley Cup Final New York Islanders Lost 1-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Bobby Smith C 78 29 64 93 1 73 242 0
Tim Young C 75 25 41 66 6 40 214 0
Al MacAdam R 78 21 39 60 -6 94 145 0
Steve Payne L 76 30 28 58 14 88 243 0
Tom McCarthy L 62 23 25 48 3 62 147 0
Craig Hartsburg D 74 13 30 43 -9 124 207 0
Kent-Erik Andersson R 77 17 24 41 8 22 127 0
Steve Christoff C 56 26 13 39 -9 58 132 0
Gordie Roberts D 50 6 31 37 1 94 83 0
Mike Eaves C 48 10 24 34 1 18 104 0
Dino Ciccarelli R 32 18 12 30 2 29 126 0
Curt Giles D 67 5 22 27 8 56 82 0
Greg Smith D 74 5 21 26 7 126 99 0
Glen Sharpley C 28 12 12 24 -4 18 52 0
Mike Fidler L 20 5 12 17 5 6 42 0
Ron Zanussi R 41 6 11 17 3 89 43 0
Brad Maxwell D 27 3 13 16 -1 98 71 0
Mike Polich C 74 8 5 13 -3 19 58 0
Fred Barrett D 63 4 8 12 0 72 73 0
Gary Sargent D 23 4 7 11 -1 36 42 0
Paul Shmyr D 61 1 9 10 4 79 62 0
Tom Younghans R 74 4 6 10 -10 79 55 0
Jack Carlson L 43 7 2 9 -5 108 24 0
Brad Palmer L 23 4 4 8 -5 22 59 0
Don Jackson D 10 0 3 3 3 19 14 0
Ken Solheim L 5 2 1 3 3 0 9 0
Kevin Maxwell C 6 0 3 3 -1 7 9 0
Neal Broten C 3 2 0 2 1 12 6 0
Ron Friest L 4 1 0 1 -2 10 6 0
Jim Dobson R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Contini C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jon Fontas C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Murray Brumwell D 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rob Flockhart R 2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0
Roger Melin C 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Don Beaupre 44 18141100 1309 1171 138 3.21 0.895
Gilles Meloche 38 1714602 1076 956 120 3.26 0.888

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 5, 1981 @ CHI L 4-8 43 35
Apr 4, 1981 @ STL W 5-0 23 38
Mar 31, 1981 vs STL W 6-3 43 25
Mar 29, 1981 @ VAN W 4-2 24 35
Mar 28, 1981 @ LAK L 2-3 21 29
Mar 24, 1981 vs LAK L 3-4 68 19
Mar 22, 1981 vs DET W 9-3 49 28
Mar 20, 1981 @ EDM T 1-1 18 42
Mar 18, 1981 vs EDM L 3-5 28 38
Mar 14, 1981 @ LAK L 4-10 25 42
Mar 12, 1981 @ CGY L 3-6 38 33
Mar 11, 1981 vs BUF W 3-1 43 23
Mar 9, 1981 vs MTL T 1-1 28 41
Mar 7, 1981 vs PIT W 8-5 43 30
Mar 4, 1981 vs BOS T 3-3 31 27
Feb 28, 1981 vs PHI L 2-4 41 35
Feb 26, 1981 @ BOS L 1-5 21 27
Feb 25, 1981 @ HFD L 2-3 33 31
Feb 23, 1981 vs NYI L 1-4 33 27
Feb 21, 1981 @ TOR L 3-5 25 42
Feb 20, 1981 @ WIN W 5-3 32 20
Feb 18, 1981 vs CLR W 6-2 40 28
Feb 15, 1981 vs VAN W 7-2 49 32
Feb 14, 1981 vs HFD W 7-4 57 24
Feb 12, 1981 vs TOR L 3-4 37 30
Feb 8, 1981 @ NYR T 3-3 23 35
Feb 7, 1981 @ NYI T 5-5 34 28
Feb 5, 1981 @ MTL L 0-7 23 44
Feb 4, 1981 @ QUE L 2-6 30 27
Jan 31, 1981 vs NYR L 3-7 27 30
Jan 29, 1981 @ DET T 3-3 35 32
Jan 28, 1981 @ PIT L 1-3 43 30
Jan 26, 1981 vs CGY W 3-2 31 24
Jan 24, 1981 vs EDM W 6-1 24 25
Jan 22, 1981 @ PHI L 4-5 24 30
Jan 21, 1981 @ WSH W 2-1 24 18
Jan 19, 1981 vs MTL W 6-3 38 35
Jan 17, 1981 vs QUE W 7-1 43 36
Jan 14, 1981 @ BUF T 1-1 20 30
Jan 12, 1981 @ BOS L 3-4 10 24
Jan 10, 1981 vs WSH W 3-2 41 29
Jan 9, 1981 @ CLR L 2-4 23 28
Jan 7, 1981 vs VAN T 1-1 40 19
Jan 4, 1981 @ BUF T 2-2 17 29
Jan 3, 1981 vs WSH W 3-0 30 20
Dec 30, 1980 vs PHI W 6-5 39 31
Dec 27, 1980 vs CLR W 6-4 28 26
Dec 26, 1980 @ WIN W 5-3 29 36
Dec 23, 1980 @ DET W 6-2 28 29
Dec 20, 1980 vs NYR T 3-3 35 30
Dec 17, 1980 @ TOR L 2-4 31 34
Dec 15, 1980 vs TOR L 3-6 45 46
Dec 13, 1980 vs WIN W 4-3 23 28
Dec 10, 1980 vs LAK L 2-7 26 36
Dec 9, 1980 @ STL L 1-4 24 39
Dec 7, 1980 vs DET T 1-1 33 26
Dec 6, 1980 vs BUF T 3-3 31 23
Dec 3, 1980 @ WSH T 3-3 24 34
Dec 1, 1980 @ NYR W 5-3 15 28
Nov 29, 1980 @ MTL W 4-2 31 32
Nov 26, 1980 @ QUE L 2-5 34 32
Nov 22, 1980 vs CHI L 2-6 36 32
Nov 20, 1980 @ PHI T 1-1 22 20
Nov 19, 1980 @ PIT W 3-2 27 20
Nov 17, 1980 vs NYI L 1-2 35 27
Nov 15, 1980 vs CHI W 5-2 33 33
Nov 12, 1980 @ HFD W 5-1 40 28
Nov 11, 1980 @ NYI T 6-6 25 18
Nov 9, 1980 @ CHI W 7-1 29 33
Nov 7, 1980 @ VAN L 2-3 27 26
Nov 2, 1980 vs CGY W 8-3 36 32
Nov 1, 1980 vs PIT W 6-3 42 26
Oct 29, 1980 vs STL T 2-2 27 32
Oct 25, 1980 vs WIN W 4-1 39 25
Oct 24, 1980 @ EDM W 4-2 31 34
Oct 22, 1980 vs QUE W 4-2 38 23
Oct 18, 1980 @ CGY L 2-6 24 27
Oct 17, 1980 @ CLR T 5-5 23 37
Oct 15, 1980 vs BOS W 3-2 48 29
Oct 11, 1980 vs HFD W 9-3 47 24