1990–91 Minnesota North Stars season

The 1990–91 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 24th season. The most striking aspect of the season was that despite qualifying for the playoffs with an under–.500 (or "losing") regular-season record, the team reached the Stanley Cup Final as the Clarence Campbell Conference Champions, eliminating Chicago and St. Louis teams that had finished nearly 40 points ahead of them in the regular season, as well as the defending Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in five games—a classic "Cinderella" post-season.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	8 	Derian Hatcher (D)	 	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
==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 4, 1990 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 6, 1990 	4–2 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	1–1–0
4 	L 	October 9, 1990 	2–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	1–3–0
5 	T 	October 11, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	1–3–1
6 	L 	October 13, 1990 	1–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	1–4–1
7 	L 	October 17, 1990 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	1–5–1
8 	T 	October 20, 1990 	2–2 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	1–5–2
9 	L 	October 21, 1990 	1–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	1–6–2
10 	W 	October 24, 1990 	3–0 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	2–6–2
11 	L 	October 26, 1990 	6–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	2–7–2
12 	T 	October 27, 1990 	2–2 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	2–7–3
13 	L 	October 30, 1990 	4–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	2–8–3
14 	L 	November 1, 1990 	3–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	2–9–3
15 	W 	November 3, 1990 	2–0 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	3–9–3
16 	T 	November 4, 1990 	2–2 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	3–9–4
17 	W 	November 8, 1990 	3–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	4–9–4
18 	L 	November 10, 1990 	2–3 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	4–10–4
19 	L 	November 13, 1990 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	4–11–4
20 	L 	November 15, 1990 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	4–12–4
21 	L 	November 17, 1990 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	4–13–4
22 	T 	November 19, 1990 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	4–13–5
23 	L 	November 21, 1990 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	4–14–5
24 	W 	November 23, 1990 	6–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	5–14–5
25 	L 	November 24, 1990 	3–5 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	5–15–5
26 	T 	November 27, 1990 	1–1 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	5–15–6
27 	W 	November 30, 1990 	4–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	6–15–6
28 	W 	December 1, 1990 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	7–15–6
29 	W 	December 5, 1990 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	8–15–6
30 	L 	December 6, 1990 	1–2 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	8–16–6
31 	W 	December 8, 1990 	7–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	9–16–6
32 	L 	December 11, 1990 	4–5 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	9–17–6
33 	L 	December 13, 1990 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	9–18–6
34 	W 	December 15, 1990 	5–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	10–18–6
35 	L 	December 16, 1990 	2–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	10–19–6
36 	L 	December 20, 1990 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	10–20–6
37 	L 	December 22, 1990 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	10–21–6
38 	W 	December 23, 1990 	5–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	11–21–6
39 	L 	December 26, 1990 	4–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	11–22–6
40 	T 	December 29, 1990 	4–4 OT 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	11–22–7
41 	L 	December 31, 1990 	2–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	11–23–7
42 	L 	January 2, 1991 	2–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	11–24–7
43 	T 	January 3, 1991 	3–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	11–24–8
44 	L 	January 5, 1991 	5–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	11–25–8
45 	W 	January 8, 1991 	3–0 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	12–25–8
46 	L 	January 12, 1991 	3–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	12–26–8
47 	L 	January 13, 1991 	3–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	12–27–8
48 	L 	January 15, 1991 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	12–28–8
49 	W 	January 17, 1991 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	13–28–8
50 	L 	January 21, 1991 	0–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	13–29–8
51 	W 	January 22, 1991 	7–3 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	14–29–8
52 	T 	January 25, 1991 	2–2 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	14–29–9
53 	W 	January 26, 1991 	3–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	15–29–9
54 	L 	January 28, 1991 	0–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	15–30–9
55 	W 	January 30, 1991 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	16–30–9
56 	W 	February 2, 1991 	6–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	17–30–9
57 	L 	February 4, 1991 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	17–31–9
58 	W 	February 7, 1991 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	18–31–9
59 	W 	February 9, 1991 	6–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	19–31–9
60 	L 	February 12, 1991 	4–5 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	19–32–9
61 	T 	February 13, 1991 	6–6 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	19–32–10
62 	W 	February 16, 1991 	3–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	20–32–10
63 	W 	February 20, 1991 	5–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	21–32–10
64 	T 	February 23, 1991 	3–3 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	21–32–11
65 	T 	February 26, 1991 	2–2 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	21–32–12
66 	T 	March 1, 1991 	1–1 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	21–32–13
67 	L 	March 2, 1991 	1–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	21–33–13
68 	W 	March 6, 1991 	5–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	22–33–13
69 	W 	March 9, 1991 	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	23–33–13
70 	W 	March 10, 1991 	7–3 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	24–33–13
71 	W 	March 12, 1991 	5–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	25–33–13
72 	T 	March 14, 1991 	2–2 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	25–33–14
73 	L 	March 16, 1991 	3–4 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	25–34–14
74 	W 	March 17, 1991 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	26–34–14
75 	L 	March 22, 1991 	1–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	26–35–14
76 	L 	March 24, 1991 	4–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	26–36–14
77 	L 	March 25, 1991 	4–5 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	26–37–14
78 	L 	March 28, 1991 	5–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	26–38–14
79 	W 	March 30, 1991 	2–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	27–38–14
80 	L 	March 31, 1991 	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	27–39–14
==Playoffs==
===Minnesota North Stars 4, Chicago Blackhawks 2===
{| cellpadding="3" border="1"	 	 	 	
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
April 4 	Minnesota 4	3 Chicago 	OT	
April 6 	Minnesota 2	5 Chicago 	 	
April 8 	Chicago 6 	5 Minnesota	 	
April 10	Chicago 1 	3 Minnesota	 	
April 12	Minnesota 6	0 Chicago 	 	
April 14	Chicago 1 	3 Minnesota	 	
 	 	 	 	
===Minnesota North Stars 4, St. Louis Blues 2===
 	 	 	
Date 	Away 	Home 	
April 18	Minnesota 2	1 St. Louis	
April 20	Minnesota 2	5 St. Louis	
April 22	St. Louis 1	5 Minnesota	
April 24	St. Louis 4	8 Minnesota	
April 26	Minnesota 2	4 St. Louis	
April 28	St. Louis 2	3 Minnesota	
 	 	 	
===Minnesota North Stars 4, Edmonton Oilers 1===
Campbell Conference
 	 	 	
Date 	Away 	Home 	
May 2 	Minnesota 3	1 Edmonton 	
May 4 	Minnesota 2	7 Edmonton 	
May 6 	Edmonton 3 	7 Minnesota	
May 8 	Edmonton 1 	5 Minnesota	
May 10	Minnesota 3	2 Edmonton 	
 	 	 	
===Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Minnesota North Stars 2===
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
May 15	Minnesota North Stars	5 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	4 	
May 17	Minnesota North Stars	1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	4 	
May 19	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1 	Minnesota North Stars	3 	
May 21	Pittsburgh Penguins 	5 	Minnesota North Stars	3 	
May 23	Minnesota North Stars	4 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	6 	
May 25	Pittsburgh Penguins 	8 	Minnesota North Stars	0 	
==Player Stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
 	 		Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Player 	# 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
Dave Gagner 	15		73 	40 	42 	82 	114 		23 	12 	15 	27 	28
Brian Bellows 	23		80 	35 	40 	75 	43 		23 	10 	19 	29 	30
Brian Propp 	16		79 	26 	47 	73 	58 		23 	8 	15 	23 	28
Neal Broten 	7 		79 	13 	56 	69 	26 		23 	9 	13 	22 	6
Mike Modano 	9 		79 	28 	36 	64 	61 		23 	8 	12 	20 	16
Bobby Smith 	18		73 	15 	31 	46 	60 		23 	8 	8 	16 	56
Ulf Dahlen 	22		66 	21 	18 	39 	6 		15 	2 	6 	8 	4
Mark Tinordi 	24		69 	5 	27 	32 	189 		23 	5 	6 	11 	78
Doug Smail 	14		57 	7 	13 	20 	38 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Brian Glynn 	6 		66 	8 	11 	19 	83 		23 	2 	6 	8 	18
Gaetan Duchesne 	10		68 	9 	9 	18 	18 		23 	2 	3 	5 	34
Perry Berezan 	21		52 	11 	6 	17 	30 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Ilkka Sinisalo 	- 		46 	5 	12 	17 	24 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Larry Murphy 	- 		31 	4 	11 	15 	38 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Curt Giles 	2 		70 	4 	10 	14 	48 		10 	1 	0 	1 	16
Mike Craig 	20		39 	8 	4 	12 	32 		10 	1 	1 	2 	20
Neil Wilkinson 	5 		50 	2 	9 	11 	117 		22 	3 	3 	6 	12
Jim Johnson 	8 		44 	1 	9 	10 	100 		14 	0 	1 	1 	52
Stewart Gavin 	12		38 	4 	4 	8 	36 		21 	3 	10 	13 	20
Chris Dahlquist 	4 		42 	2 	6 	8 	33 		23 	1 	6 	7 	20
Marc Bureau 	11		9 	0 	6 	6 	4 		23 	3 	2 	5 	20
Rob Zettler 	3 		47 	1 	4 	5 	119 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Shane Churla 	27		40 	2 	2 	4 	286 		22 	2 	1 	3 	90
Shawn Chambers 	26		29 	1 	3 	4 	24 		23 	0 	7 	7 	16
Basil McRae 	17		40 	1 	3 	4 	224 		22 	1 	1 	2 	94
Larry DePalma 	31		14 	3 	0 	3 	26 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Frank Musil 	- 		8 	0 	2 	2 	23 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Warren Babe 	29		1 	0 	1 	1 	0 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Pat MacLeod 	32		1 	0 	1 	1 	0 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Dan Keczmer 	46		9 	0 	1 	1 	6 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Peter Taglianetti	- 		16 	0 	1 	1 	14 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Steve Gotaas 	34		1 	0 	0 	0 	2 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Mitch Messier 	37		2 	0 	0 	0 	0 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Kevin Evans 	44		4 	0 	0 	0 	19 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Dean Kolstad 	40		5 	0 	0 	0 	15 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Mike McHugh 	45		6 	0 	0 	0 	0 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Don Barber 	- 		7 	0 	0 	0 	4 		- 	- 	- 	- 	-
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
===Goaltending===
Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	GP	MIN 	W 	L 	T 	SO	GAA
Jon Casey 	55	3185	21	20	11	3 	2.98
Brian Hayward	26	1473	6 	15	3 	2 	3.14
Jarmo Myllys 	2 	78 	0 	2 	0 	0 	6.15
Kari Takko 	2 	119 	0 	2 	0 	0 	6.05
==Awards and Records==
*Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: Minnesota North Stars
==Transactions==
===Trades===
October 26, 1990	To Minnesota North StarsBrian Glynn	To Calgary FlamesFrank Musil
November 1990	To Minnesota North StarsBrian HaywardPatrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2	To Montreal CanadiensJayson More
==References==
* North Stars on Hockey Database
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