Minnesota North Stars

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

 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) 4-3Lost 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) 4-2Lost 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) 3-0Won Quarterfinals (Canadiens) 4-3Lost Semifinals (Flyers) 4-1 1980–81    80  35  28  17  87  291  263  1,624  third, Adams  Won Preliminary (Bruins) 3-0Won Quarterfinals (Sabres) 4-1Won Semifinals (Flames) 4-2Lost 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) 3-1Lost Division Finals (Blackhawks) 4-1 1983–84    80  39  31  10  88  345  344  1,696  first, Norris  Won Division Semifinals (Blackhawks) 3-2Won Division Finals (Blues) 4-3Lost Conference Finals (Oilers) 4-0 1984–85    80  25  43  12  62  268  321  1,735 fourth, Norris  Won Division Semifinals (Blues) 3-0Lost 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) 4-2Won Division Finals (Blues) 4-2Won Conference Finals (Oilers) 4-1Lost 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 Totals  2,062  758  970  334  1,850  6,690  7,373  36,279

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

Further reading

References

Category:Defunct National Hockey League teams
Category:1967 establishments in the United States
Category:1960s establishments in Minnesota
Category:1993 disestablishments in the United States