1988–89 Minnesota North Stars season

The 1988–89 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 22st season. The Stars finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	1. 	Mike Modano (C)	 	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2 	40. 	Link Gaetz (D) 	 	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 6, 1988 	3–8 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 8, 1988 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 9, 1988 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	0–3–0
4 	L 	October 13, 1988 	6–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	0–4–0
5 	W 	October 15, 1988 	5–1 	Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	1–4–0
6 	T 	October 17, 1988 	3–3 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	1–4–1
7 	L 	October 19, 1988 	1–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	1–5–1
8 	L 	October 22, 1988 	2–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	1–6–1
9 	L 	October 26, 1988 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	1–7–1
10 	L 	October 28, 1988 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	1–8–1
11 	W 	October 29, 1988 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	2–8–1
12 	L 	November 3, 1988 	1–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	2–9–1
13 	T 	November 5, 1988 	5–5 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	2–9–2
14 	L 	November 9, 1988 	3–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	2–10–2
15 	T 	November 10, 1988 	5–5 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	2–10–3
16 	L 	November 12, 1988 	1–3 	Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	2–11–3
17 	W 	November 14, 1988 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	3–11–3
18 	L 	November 15, 1988 	2–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	3–12–3
19 	W 	November 17, 1988 	7–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	4–12–3
20 	L 	November 19, 1988 	1–4 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	4–13–3
21 	T 	November 23, 1988 	3–3 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	4–13–4
22 	W 	November 25, 1988 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	5–13–4
23 	W 	November 26, 1988 	6–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	6–13–4
24 	W 	November 29, 1988 	5–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	7–13–4
25 	W 	December 1, 1988 	4–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	8–13–4
26 	W 	December 3, 1988 	4–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	9–13–4
27 	L 	December 6, 1988 	0–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	9–14–4
28 	T 	December 7, 1988 	2–2 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	9–14–5
29 	L 	December 10, 1988 	1–3 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	9–15–5
30 	L 	December 13, 1988 	4–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	9–16–5
31 	T 	December 15, 1988 	2–2 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	9–16–6
32 	W 	December 17, 1988 	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	10–16–6
33 	L 	December 19, 1988 	1–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	10–17–6
34 	L 	December 21, 1988 	6–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	10–18–6
35 	W 	December 26, 1988 	5–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	11–18–6
36 	L 	December 28, 1988 	3–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	11–19–6
37 	T 	December 30, 1988 	5–5 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	11–19–7
38 	W 	December 31, 1988 	6–2 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	12–19–7
39 	L 	January 2, 1989 	2–3 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	12–20–7
40 	W 	January 5, 1989 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	13–20–7
41 	L 	January 10, 1989 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	13–21–7
42 	L 	January 12, 1989 	2–9 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	13–22–7
43 	T 	January 14, 1989 	1–1 OT 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	13–22–8
44 	W 	January 15, 1989 	4–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	14–22–8
45 	T 	January 18, 1989 	3–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	14–22–9
46 	T 	January 19, 1989 	3–3 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	14–22–10
47 	L 	January 21, 1989 	6–8 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	14–23–10
48 	W 	January 23, 1989 	7–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	15–23–10
49 	W 	January 26, 1989 	5–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	16–23–10
50 	T 	January 28, 1989 	4–4 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	16–23–11
51 	T 	January 30, 1989 	4–4 OT 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	16–23–12
52 	T 	February 1, 1989 	4–4 OT 	Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	16–23–13
53 	L 	February 4, 1989 	3–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	16–24–13
54 	W 	February 5, 1989 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	17–24–13
55 	W 	February 9, 1989 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	18–24–13
56 	L 	February 11, 1989 	1–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	18–25–13
57 	L 	February 14, 1989 	2–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	18–26–13
58 	L 	February 15, 1989 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	18–27–13
59 	L 	February 18, 1989 	3–4 	Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	18–28–13
60 	W 	February 21, 1989 	2–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	19–28–13
61 	T 	February 22, 1989 	5–5 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	19–28–14
62 	L 	February 25, 1989 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	19–29–14
63 	W 	February 28, 1989 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	20–29–14
64 	L 	March 1, 1989 	1–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	20–30–14
65 	W 	March 4, 1989 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	21–30–14
66 	L 	March 5, 1989 	0–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	21–31–14
67 	W 	March 7, 1989 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	22–31–14
68 	T 	March 11, 1989 	2–2 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	22–31–15
69 	W 	March 12, 1989 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	23–31–15
70 	L 	March 14, 1989 	3–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	23–32–15
71 	W 	March 16, 1989 	6–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	24–32–15
72 	W 	March 18, 1989 	3–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	25–32–15
73 	W 	March 20, 1989 	7–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	26–32–15
74 	L 	March 22, 1989 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	26–33–15
75 	L 	March 23, 1989 	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	26–34–15
76 	T 	March 25, 1989 	1–1 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	26–34–16
77 	L 	March 27, 1989 	2–3 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	26–35–16
78 	L 	March 29, 1989 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	26–36–16
79 	W 	March 31, 1989 	5–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	27–36–16
80 	L 	April 2, 1989 	2–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	27–37–16
==Playoffs==
===St. Louis Blues 4, Minnesota North Stars 1===
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 5 	Minnesota North Stars	3 	St. Louis Blues 	4 	(OT)
April 6 	Minnesota North Stars	3 	St. Louis Blues 	4 	(OT)
April 8 	St. Louis Blues 	5 	Minnesota North Stars	3 	
April 9 	St. Louis Blues 	4 	Minnesota North Stars	5 	
April 11	Minnesota North Stars	1 	St. Louis Blues 	6 	
==Player Stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Dave Gagner 	75	35	43	78 	104
Dino Ciccarelli	65	32	27	59 	64
Neal Broten 	68	18	38	56 	57
Marc Habscheid 	76	23	31	54 	40
Brian Bellows 	60	23	27	50 	55
Brian MacLellan	60	16	23	39 	104
Dave Archibald 	72	14	19	33 	14
Basil McRae 	78	12	19	31 	365
Stewart Gavin 	73	8 	18	26 	34
Bob Brooke 	57	7 	9 	16 	57
Dušan Pašek 	48	4 	10	14 	30
Mike Gartner 	13	7 	7 	14 	2
Don Barber 	23	8 	5 	13 	8
Larry DePalma 	43	5 	7 	12 	102
Curt Fraser 	35	5 	5 	10 	76
Wally Schreiber	25	2 	5 	7 	10
Perry Berezan 	16	1 	4 	5 	4
Warren Babe 	14	2 	3 	5 	19
Steve Gotaas 	12	1 	3 	4 	6
Ken Hodge, Jr. 	5 	1 	1 	2 	0
Terry Ruskowski	3 	1 	1 	2 	2
Tom Martin 	4 	1 	1 	2 	4
Dennis Maruk 	6 	0 	1 	1 	2
Shane Churla 	13	1 	0 	1 	54
Mitch Messier 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0
Kevin Kaminski 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Richard Zemlak 	3 	0 	0 	0 	13
Mike McHugh 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
===Defencemen===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
Shawn Chambers 	72	5	19	24 	80
Frank Musil 	55	1	19	20 	54
Craig Hartsburg	30	4	14	18 	47
Bob Rouse 	66	4	13	17 	124
Curt Giles 	76	5	10	15 	77
Ville Siren 	38	2	10	12 	58
Larry Murphy 	13	4	6 	10 	12
Reed Larson 	11	0	9 	9 	18
Moe Mantha, Jr.	16	1	6 	7 	10
Dean Kolstad 	25	1	5 	6 	42
Mark Hardy 	15	2	4 	6 	26
Mark Tinordi 	47	2	3 	5 	107
Link Gaetz 	12	0	2 	2 	53
Gord Dineen 	2 	0	1 	1 	2
Mike Berger 	1 	0	0 	0 	2
Paul Jerrard 	5 	0	0 	0 	4
Rob Zettler 	2 	0	0 	0 	0
===Goaltending===
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T 	SO 	GAA
Jon Casey 	55	18	17	12	1 	3.06
Kari Takko 	32	8 	15	4 	0 	3.48
Jarmo Myllys	6 	1 	4 	0 	0 	5.55
Don Beaupre 	1 	0 	1 	0 	3.05	
==Awards and Records==
*The North Stars did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
===Trades===
March 4, 1989	To Calgary FlamesBrian MacLellan4th round pick in 1989	To Minnesota North StarsPerry BerezanShane Churla
March 7, 1989	To Washington CapitalsDino CiccarelliBob Rouse 	To Minnesota North StarsMike GartnerLarry MurphyNHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out
==References==
* North Stars on Hockey Database
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