Minnesota North Stars

Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars
Founded	1967
History	Minnesota North Stars; 1967–1993; Dallas Stars; 1993–present
Home arena	Met Center
City	Bloomington, Minnesota
Colors	Green, gold, black, white;
Stanley Cups	0
Conference championships	1 (1990–91)
Presidents' Trophies	0
Division championships	2 (1981–82, 1983–84)

The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow gold and white. The North Stars played 2,062 regular season games and made the NHL playoffs fifteen times, including two Stanley Cup Finals appearances. In the fall of 1993, the franchise moved to Dallas, Texas, and is now known as the Dallas Stars.

Seasons and records

Season-by-season record

The team had 15 playoff appearances, a 77-82 playoff record, 2 Norris Division championships, and 2 Campbell Conference championships.

For a complete list of seasons played by the Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars, see Dallas Stars seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes^[1]

Totals	2,062	758	970	334	1,850	6,690	7,373	36,279
Season	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
1967–68	74	27	35	15	69	191	226	738	fourth, West	Won Quarterfinals (Kings) 4-3 Lost Semifinals (Blues) 4-3
1968–69	76	18	43	15	51	189	270	862	sixth, West	Out of playoffs
1969–70	76	19	35	22	60	224	257	1,008	third, West	Lost Quarterfinals (Blues) 4-2
1970–71	78	28	34	16	72	191	223	898	fourth, West	Won Quarterfinals (Blues) 4-2 Lost Semifinals (Canadiens) 4-2
1971–72	78	37	29	12	86	212	191	853	second, West	Lost Quarterfinals (Blues) 4-3
1972–73	78	37	30	11	85	254	230	881	third, West	Lost Quarterfinals (Flyers) 4-2
1973–74	78	23	38	17	63	235	275	821	seventh, West	Out of playoffs
1974–75	80	23	50	7	53	221	341	1,106	fourth, Smythe	Out of playoffs
1975–76	80	20	53	7	47	195	303	1,191	fourth, Smythe	Out of playoffs
1976–77	80	23	39	18	64	240	310	774	second, Smythe	Lost Preliminary (Sabres) 2-0
1977–78	80	18	53	9	45	218	325	1,096	fifth, Smythe	Out of playoffs
1978–79	80	28	40	12	68	257	289	1,102	fourth, Adams	Out of playoffs
1979–80	80	36	28	16	88	311	253	1,064	third, Adams	Won Preliminary (Maple Leafs) 3-0 Won Quarterfinals (Canadiens) 4-3 Lost Semifinals (Flyers) 4-1
1980–81	80	35	28	17	87	291	263	1,624	third, Adams	Won Preliminary (Bruins) 3-0 Won Quarterfinals (Sabres) 4-1 Won Semifinals (Flames) 4-2 Lost Stanley Cup Finals (Islanders) 4-1
1981–82	80	37	23	20	94	346	288	1,358	first, Norris	Lost Division Semifinals (Blackhawks) 3-1
1982–83	80	40	24	16	96	321	290	1,520	second, Norris	Won Division Semifinals (Maple Leafs) 3-1 Lost Division Finals (Blackhawks) 4-1
1983–84	80	39	31	10	88	345	344	1,696	first, Norris	Won Division Semifinals (Blackhawks) 3-2 Won Division Finals (Blues) 4-3 Lost Conference Finals (Oilers) 4-0
1984–85	80	25	43	12	62	268	321	1,735	fourth, Norris	Won Division Semifinals (Blues) 3-0 Lost Division Finals (Blackhawks) 4-2
1985–86	80	38	33	9	85	327	305	1,672	second, Norris	Lost Division Semifinals (Blues) 3-2
1986–87	80	30	40	10	70	296	314	1,936	fifth, Norris	Out of playoffs
1987–88	80	19	48	13	51	242	349	2,313	fifth, Norris	Out of playoffs
1988–89	80	27	37	16	70	258	278	1,972	third, Norris	Lost Division Semifinals (Blues) 4-1
1989–90	80	36	40	4	76	284	291	2,041	fourth, Norris	Lost Division Semifinals (Blackhawks) 4-3
1990–91	80	27	39	14	68	256	266	1,964	fourth, Norris	Won Division Semifinals (Blackhawks) 4-2 Won Division Finals (Blues) 4-2 Won Conference Finals (Oilers) 4-1 Lost Stanley Cup Finals (Penguins) 4-2
1991–92	80	32	42	6	70	246	278	2,169	fourth, Norris	Lost Division Semifinals (Red Wings) 4-3
1992–93	84	36	38	10	82	272	293	1,885	fifth, Norris	Out of playoffs

Team leaders

Regular season

Games played: Neal Broten, 876
Goals: Brian Bellows, 342
Assists: Neal Broten, 547
Points: Neal Broten, 796
Penalty minutes: Basil McRae, 1,567
Games: Cesare Maniago, 420
Wins: Cesare Maniago, 145
Shutouts: Cesare Maniago, 26

Team scoring leaders

This is a listing of the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game

Player	Pos^[1]	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G^[2]
Neal Broten^[3]	C	876	249	547	796	.91
Brian Bellows^[3]	RW	753	342	380	722	.96
Dino Ciccarelli^[3]	RW	602	332	319	651	1.08
Bobby Smith^[4]	F	572	185	369	554	.97
Bill Goldsworthy^[5]	RW	670	267	239	506	.76
Tim Young^[4]	F	564	178	316	494	.88
Steve Payne^[6]	F	613	228	238	466	.76
Craig Hartsburg^[5]	D	570	98	315	413	.72
Dave Gagner^[5]	C	440	187	217	404	.92
J. P. Parise^[6]	LW	588	154	242	396	.67

NHL awards and trophies

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

1990–91

Calder Memorial Trophy

Danny Grant: 1968–69
Bobby Smith: 1978–79

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Al MacAdam: 1979–80

Leaders

Team captains

Note: This list does not include Minnesota Wild, Dallas Stars, California Golden Seals and Cleveland Barons captains.^[7] >

Bob Woytowich 1967-68
Elmer Vasko 1968-69
Claude Larose 1969-70
Ted Harris 1970-74
Bill Goldsworthy 1974-76
Bill Hogaboam 1976-77
Nick Beverley 1977-78

J. P. Parise 1978-79
Paul Shmyr 1979-81
Tim Young 1981-82
Craig Hartsburg 1982-89
Brian Bellows 1984
Curt Giles 1989-91
Mark Tinordi 1991-93

Head coaches

Wren Blair, 1967-70
John Muckler, 1968-69
Charlie Burns, 1969-70, 1974-75
Jack Gordon, 1970-75
Parker MacDonald, 1973-74
Ted Harris, 1975-78
Andre Beaulieu, 1977-78
Lou Nanne, 1977-78

Harry Howell, 1978-79
Glen Sonmor, 1978-87
Murray Oliver, 1982-83
Bill Mahoney, 1983-85
Lorne Henning, 1985-87
Herb Brooks, 1987-88
Pierre Page, 1988-90
Bob Gainey, 1990-93

Notable players

Hall of Famers

This is a listing of players in the Hockey Hall of Fame:

Leo Boivin, D, 1969-70, inducted 1986
Mike Gartner, RW, 1989-90, inducted 2001
Larry Murphy, D, 1989-90, inducted 2004
Gump Worsley, G, 1969-74, inducted 1980

Retired numbers (in Minnesota)

8 Bill Goldsworthy, RW, 1967-77
19 Bill Masterton, C, 1967-68

After the move, the Dallas Stars retired the number 7 of Minnesota native, University of Minnesota graduate and 1980 Olympic hero Neal Broten, C, 1981-93.

First round draft picks

1967: Wayne Cheesman (fourth overall)
1968: Jim Benzelock (fifth overall)
1969: Dick Redmond (fifth overall)
1970: none
1971: none
1972: Jerry Byers (12th overall)
1973: none
1974: Doug Hicks (sixth overall)
1975: Bryan Maxwell (fourth overall)
1976: Glen Sharpley (third overall)
1977: Brad Maxwell (seventh overall)
1978: Bobby Smith (first overall)
1979: Craig Hartsburg (sixth overall) and Tom McCarthy (10th overall)
1980: Brad Palmer (16th overall)
1981: Ron Meighan (13th overall)
1982: Brian Bellows (second overall)
1983: Brian Lawton (first overall)
1984: David Quinn (13th overall)
1985: none
1986: Warren Babe (12th overall)
1987: Dave Archibald (sixth overall)
1988: Mike Modano (first overall)
1989: Doug Zmolek (seventh overall)
1990: Derian Hatcher (eighth overall)
1991: Richard Matvichuk (eighth overall)
1992: none

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