1985-86 Minnesota North Stars Roster and Statistics

Record: 38-33-9 (85 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lorne Henning (38-33-9)

Primary Arena: Met Center

Goals For: 327 (8th of 21), Goals Against: 305 (11th of 21)
SRS: 0.08 (13th of 21), SOS: -0.20 (20th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (3-2) to St. Louis Blues

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +3000

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Minnesota North Stars	80	38	33	9	85	.531	327	305	0.08	-0.20	4.09	3.81	89	370	24.05	80	387	79.33	11	12	2561	12.8	2689	.887		1
League Average	80	36	36	8	80	.500	317	317					82	370	22.10	82	370	77.90	11	11	2484	12.8	2484	.872		2

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Minnesota North Stars
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
12	Keith Acton	ca CA	C	27	5-8	170	L/-	6	April 15, 1958
31	Jim Archibald	ca CA	RW	24	5-11	175	R/-	1	June 6, 1961
33	Don Beaupre	ca CA	G	24	5-10	172	-/L	5	September 19, 1961
23	Brian Bellows	ca CA	RW	21	5-11	210	R/-	3	September 1, 1964
17	Bo Berglund	se SE	RW	30	5-10	175	L/-	2	April 6, 1955
14	Scott Bjugstad	us US	LW	24	6-1	185	L/-	2	June 2, 1961
7	Neal Broten	us US	C	26	5-9	175	L/-	5	November 29, 1959
30	Jon Casey	us US	G	23	5-10	155	-/L	1	March 29, 1962
20	Dino Ciccarelli	ca CA	RW	25	5-10	185	R/-	5	February 8, 1960
29	Tim Coulis	ca CA	LW	27	6-0	200	L/-	3	February 24, 1958
6	Larry DePalma	us US	LW	20	6-0	195	L/-	R	October 27, 1965
2	Curt Giles	ca CA	D	27	5-8	175	L/-	6	November 30, 1958
21	Dirk Graham	ca CA	RW	26	5-11	198	R/-	2	July 29, 1959
16	Marc Habscheid	ca CA	C	22	6-0	185	R/-	4	March 1, 1963
28	Mats Hallin	se SE	LW	27	6-2	200	L/-	3	March 19, 1958
4	Craig Hartsburg (C)	ca CA	D	26	6-1	200	L/-	6	June 29, 1959
17	Ed Hospodar	us US	D	26	6-2	210	R/-	6	February 9, 1959
37	Paul Houck	ca CA	RW	22	5-11	185	R/-	R	August 12, 1963
18	David Jensen	us US	D	24	6-1	185	L/-	2	May 3, 1961
26	Dave Langevin	us US	D	31	6-2	200	L/-	6	May 15, 1954
8	Brian Lawton	us US	LW	20	6-0	180	L/-	2	June 29, 1965
34	Craig Levie	ca CA	D	26	5-11	190	R/-	4	August 17, 1959
32	Dan Mandich	ca CA	D	25	6-3	205	R/-	3	June 12, 1960
9	Dennis Maruk	ca CA	C	30	5-8	175	L/-	10	November 17, 1955
11	Tom McCarthy	ca CA	LW	25	6-2	200	L/-	6	July 31, 1960
25	Tony McKegney	ca CA	LW	27	6-0	200	L/-	7	February 15, 1958
1	Roland Melanson	ca CA	G	25	5-10	185	-/L	5	June 28, 1960
15	Kent Nilsson	se SE	C	29	6-1	195	L/-	6	August 31, 1956
44	Steve Payne	ca CA	LW	27	6-2	210	L/-	7	August 16, 1958
24	Willi Plett	py PY	RW	30	6-3	205	R/-	10	June 7, 1955
36	Chris Pryor	us US	D	25	5-11	210	R/-	1	January 23, 1961
5	Dave Richter	ca CA	D	25	6-5	225	R/-	4	April 8, 1960
10	Gordie Roberts	us US	D	28	6-1	195	L/-	6	October 2, 1957
3	Bob Rouse	ca CA	D	21	6-2	215	R/-	2	June 18, 1964
26	Gord Sherven	ca CA	C	22	6-0	185	R/-	2	August 21, 1963
32	Randy Smith	ca CA	C	20	6-4	200	L/-	R	July 7, 1965
13	Bill Stewart	ca CA	D	28	6-2	190	R/-	7	October 6, 1957
1	Kari Takko	fi FI	G	23	6-2	189	-/L	R	June 23, 1962
18	Emanuel Viveiros	ca CA	D	20	6-0	175	L/-	R	January 8, 1966
34	Ron Wilson	ca CA	LW	30	5-10	170	R/-	4	May 28, 1955

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Neal Broten	26	C	80	29	76	105	14	47	23	6	0	0	44	32	0	193	15.0			6.1	1.4	7.4
2	Dino Ciccarelli*	25	RW	75	44	45	89	12	51	25	19	0	5	36	9	0	262	16.8			6.2	1.3	7.4
3	Brian Bellows	21	RW	77	31	48	79	16	46	18	11	2	2	31	16	1	256	12.1			4.5	1.4	5.9
4	Scott Bjugstad	24	LW	80	43	33	76	6	24	27	14	2	7	20	11	2	217	19.8			5.0	1.2	6.2
5	Kent Nilsson	29	C	61	16	44	60	3	10	8	8	0	2	22	21	1	122	13.1			2.8	0.8	3.7
6	Keith Acton	27	C	79	26	32	58	-12	100	19	5	2	2	23	7	2	169	15.4			2.7	0.7	3.4
7	Dennis Maruk	30	C	70	21	37	58	13	67	20	1	0	2	29	8	0	135	15.6			2.7	1.2	3.9
8	Craig Hartsburg	26	D	75	10	47	57	5	124	6	4	0	2	11	36	0	185	5.4			3.1	3.8	6.9
9	Dirk Graham	26	RW	80	22	33	55	-3	87	17	1	4	3	27	5	1	173	12.7			2.2	0.9	3.1
10	Tony McKegney	27	LW	70	15	25	40	-6	48	11	3	1	0	23	2	0	141	10.6			1.0	0.7	1.8
11	Brian Lawton	20	LW	65	18	17	35	9	36	14	4	0	6	17	0	0	98	18.4			1.1	1.0	2.1
12	Curt Giles	27	D	69	6	21	27	19	30	6	0	0	1	18	2	1	59	10.2			0.9	4.3	5.2
13	Tom McCarthy	25	LW	25	12	12	24	-3	12	8	4	0	2	7	5	0	45	26.7			1.5	0.2	1.7
14	Gordie Roberts	28	D	76	2	21	23	17	101	2	0	0	0	21	0	0	66	3.0			0.2	4.5	4.7
15	Willi Plett	30	RW	59	10	7	17	-22	231	6	4	0	0	7	0	0	72	13.9			-0.5	0.2	-0.3
16	Bob Rouse	21	D	75	1	14	15	17	151	1	0	0	1	13	0	1	91	1.1			-0.4	4.5	4.1
17	Steve Payne	27	LW	22	8	4	12	1	8	5	3	0	2	2	2	0	60	13.3			0.5	0.3	0.8
18	Dave Langevin	31	D	80	0	8	8	-16	58	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	46	0.0			-1.0	3.0	2.0
19	Mats Hallin	27	LW	38	3	2	5	-3	86	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	29	10.3			-0.9	0.4	-0.5
20	Marc Habscheid	22	C	6	2	3	5	-2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	8	25.0			0.2	0.0	0.3
21	Tim Coulis	27	LW	19	2	2	4	-5	73	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	15.4			-0.3	0.1	-0.2
22	Craig Levie	26	D	14	2	2	4	-7	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	22	9.1			0.1	0.3	0.4
23	Ron Wilson	30	LW	11	1	3	4	-2	8	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	21	4.8			-0.1	0.1	0.0
24	Dave Richter	25	D	14	0	3	3	-6	29	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	0.0			-0.1	0.4	0.3
25	Bo Berglund	30	RW	3	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3			0.2	0.0	0.2
26	Ed Hospodar	26	D	43	0	2	2	8	91	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	33	0.0			-0.7	2.5	1.7
27	Gord Sherven	22	C	13	0	2	2	1	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	0.0			-0.4	0.2	-0.2
28	Bill Stewart	28	D	8	0	2	2	2	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0			0.0	0.5	0.5
29	Paul Houck	22	RW	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3			0.0	0.1	0.1
30	Chris Pryor	25	D	7	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0.0			-0.1	0.3	0.2
31	Emanuel Viveiros	20	D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0			0.0	0.3	0.3
32	Jim Archibald	24	RW	11	0	0	0	-3	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0			-0.4	0.1	-0.4
33	Don Beaupre	24	G	52	0	0	0	0	34				0	0			0		3062	58:53	0.0	0.0	11.1
34	Jon Casey	23	G	26	0	0	0	0	6				0	0			0		1397	53:43	0.0	0.0	4.7
35	Larry DePalma	20	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
36	David Jensen	24	D	5	0	0	0	-2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
37	Dan Mandich	25	D	3	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.1	0.1
38	Randy Smith	20	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Kari Takko	23	G	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		60	59:50	0.0	0.0	0.3
40	Roland Melanson	25	G	6	0			0	0				0	0			0		325	54:14	0.0	0.0	0.8
	Team Total			80	327	547	874	53	1656	227	89	11	38	375	162	10	2561	12.8			35.9	36.9	89.6

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Don Beaupre	24	52		25	20	6	182	1689	1507	.892	3.57	1	3062				86	30.6	2.76	11.1
2	Jon Casey	23	26		11	11	1	91	787	696	.884	3.91	0	1397				92	8.1	3.05	4.7
3	Roland Melanson	25	6		2	1	2	24	175	151	.863	4.43	0	325						3.50	0.8
4	Kari Takko	23	1		0	1	0	3	33	30	.909	3.01	0	60						2.01	0.3
	Team Total				38	33	9	300	2684	2384	.888	3.72	1	4844				89	37.8	2.89	16.9