1990-91 Minnesota North Stars Roster and Statistics

Record: 27-39-14 (68 points), Finished 4th in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bob Gainey (27-39-14)

Primary Arena: Met Center

Goals For: 256 (15th of 21), Goals Against: 266 (10th of 21)
SRS: -0.10 (13th of 21), SOS: 0.03 (8th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-2) to Pittsburgh Penguins
Won Conference Finals (4-1) over Edmonton Oilers
Won Division Finals (4-2) over St. Louis Blues
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-2) over Chicago Blackhawks

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	27	39	14	68	.425	256	266	-0.10	0.03	3.20	3.33	76	382	19.90	75	378	80.16	9	7	2565	10.0	2266	.883		5
League Average	80	35	35	11	80	.500	276	276					71	366	19.44	71	366	80.56	11	11	2385	11.6	2385	.884		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
29	Warren Babe	ca CA	LW	22	6-2	190	L/-	2	September 7, 1968
37	Don Barber	ca CA	LW	26	6-2	205	L/-	2	December 2, 1964
23	Brian Bellows	ca CA	LW	26	5-11	210	R/-	8	September 1, 1964
21	Perry Berezan	ca CA	C	26	6-2	190	R/-	6	December 5, 1964
7	Neal Broten	us US	C	31	5-9	175	L/-	10	November 29, 1959
11	Marc Bureau	ca CA	C	24	6-1	203	R/-	1	May 19, 1966
30	Jon Casey	us US	G	28	5-10	155	-/L	5	March 29, 1962
26	Shawn Chambers	us US	D	24	6-2	210	L/-	3	October 11, 1966
27	Shane Churla	ca CA	RW	25	6-1	200	R/-	4	June 24, 1965
20	Mike Craig	ca CA	RW	19	6-1	185	R/-	R	June 6, 1971
22	Ulf Dahlén	se SE	RW	24	6-2	199	L/-	3	January 21, 1967
4	Chris Dahlquist	us US	D	28	6-1	195	L/-	5	December 14, 1962
31	Larry DePalma	us US	LW	25	6-0	195	L/-	4	October 27, 1965
10	Gaétan Duchesne	ca CA	LW	28	5-11	200	L/-	9	July 11, 1962
44	Kevin Evans	ca CA	LW	25	5-9	185	L/-	R	July 10, 1965
15	Dave Gagner	ca CA	C	26	5-10	188	L/-	6	December 11, 1964
12	Stew Gavin	ca CA	LW	30	6-0	190	L/-	10	March 15, 1960
2	Curt Giles (C)	ca CA	D	32	5-8	175	L/-	11	November 30, 1958
6	Brian Glynn	de DE	D	23	6-4	218	L/-	3	November 23, 1967
34	Steve Gotaas	ca CA	C	23	5-10	180	R/-	2	May 10, 1967
1-33	Brian Hayward	ca CA	G	30	5-10	180	-/L	8	June 25, 1960
8	Jim Johnson	us US	D	28	6-1	190	L/-	5	August 9, 1962
46	Dan Keczmer	us US	D	22	6-1	190	L/-	R	May 25, 1968
40	Dean Kolstad	ca CA	D	22	6-6	220	L/-	1	June 16, 1968
32	Pat MacLeod	ca CA	D	21	5-11	190	L/-	R	June 15, 1969
45	Mike McHugh	us US	LW	25	5-10	190	L/-	2	August 16, 1965
17	Basil McRae	ca CA	LW	30	6-2	210	L/-	9	January 5, 1961
37	Mitch Messier	ca CA	C	25	6-2	200	R/-	3	August 21, 1965
9	Mike Modano	us US	RW	20	6-3	212	L/-	1	June 7, 1970
8	Larry Murphy	ca CA	D	29	6-2	210	R/-	10	March 8, 1961
6	František Musil	cs CS	D	26	6-3	215	L/-	4	December 17, 1964
35	Jarmo Myllys	fi FI	G	25	5-8	160	-/L	2	May 29, 1965
16	Brian Propp	ca CA	LW	31	5-10	195	L/-	11	February 15, 1959
25	Ilkka Sinisalo	fi FI	RW	32	6-0	185	L/-	9	July 10, 1958
14	Doug Smail	ca CA	RW	33	5-9	175	L/-	10	September 2, 1957
18	Bobby Smith	ca CA	C	32	6-4	210	L/-	12	February 12, 1958
32	Peter Taglianetti	us US	D	27	6-2	195	L/-	6	August 15, 1963
1	Kari Takko	fi FI	G	28	6-2	189	-/L	5	June 23, 1962
24	Mark Tinordi	ca CA	D	24	6-4	213	L/-	3	May 9, 1966
5	Neil Wilkinson	ca CA	D	23	6-3	194	R/-	1	August 15, 1967
3	Rob Zettler	ca CA	D	22	6-3	200	L/-	2	March 8, 1968

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	Dave Gagner	26	C	73	40	42	82	9	114	20	20	0	5	28	14	0	223	17.9			6.9	1.4	8.2
2	Brian Bellows	26	LW	80	35	40	75	-13	43	18	17	0	4	24	16	0	296	11.8			5.7	0.8	6.5
3	Brian Propp	31	LW	79	26	47	73	7	58	17	9	0	1	20	24	3	171	15.2			4.8	1.4	6.2
4	Neal Broten	31	C	79	13	56	69	-3	26	10	1	2	0	29	24	3	191	6.8			3.5	1.1	4.6
5	Mike Modano*	20	RW	79	28	36	64	2	61	19	9	0	2	21	15	0	232	12.1			4.3	1.2	5.5
6	Bobby Smith	32	C	73	15	31	46	-9	60	8	7	0	2	18	13	0	121	12.4			2.1	0.8	2.9
7	Ulf Dahlén	24	RW	66	21	18	39	7	6	17	4	0	3	14	4	0	133	15.8			2.2	1.2	3.4
8	Mark Tinordi	24	D	69	5	27	32	1	189	4	1	0	2	15	11	1	92	5.4			1.4	3.9	5.3
9	Doug Smail	33	RW	57	7	13	20	-2	38	5	0	2	0	13	0	0	89	7.9			0.0	0.8	0.8
10	Brian Glynn	23	D	66	8	11	19	-5	83	5	3	0	0	8	3	0	111	7.2			0.7	3.4	4.1
11	Gaétan Duchesne	28	LW	68	9	9	18	4	18	9	0	0	1	8	0	1	100	9.0			-0.4	1.1	0.7
12	Perry Berezan	26	C	52	11	6	17	-2	30	7	1	3	1	6	0	0	73	15.1			0.2	0.7	1.0
13	Ilkka Sinisalo	32	RW	46	5	12	17	-10	24	3	1	1	1	11	1	0	68	7.4			0.0	0.4	0.4
14	Larry Murphy*	29	D	31	4	11	15	-8	38	3	1	0	2	4	7	0	103	3.9			0.8	1.2	2.1
15	Curt Giles	32	D	70	4	10	14	3	48	4	0	0	0	9	1	0	53	7.5			-0.1	4.1	4.0
16	Mike Craig	19	RW	39	8	4	12	-11	32	7	1	0	2	3	1	0	59	13.6			0.1	0.3	0.4
17	Neil Wilkinson	23	D	50	2	9	11	-5	117	2	0	0	0	7	2	0	55	3.6			0.0	2.5	2.4
18	Jim Johnson	28	D	44	1	9	10	9	100	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	61	1.6			-0.1	3.0	2.9
19	Stew Gavin	30	LW	38	4	4	8	-3	36	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	56	7.1			-0.5	0.5	0.0
20	Chris Dahlquist	28	D	42	2	6	8	-1	33	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	37	5.4			-0.1	2.3	2.2
21	Marc Bureau	24	C	9	0	6	6	-3	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	8	0.0			0.1	0.0	0.2
22	Rob Zettler	22	D	47	1	4	5	-10	119	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	30	3.3			-0.5	2.0	1.5
23	Shane Churla	25	RW	40	2	2	4	1	286	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	32	6.3			-1.0	0.6	-0.4
24	Shawn Chambers	24	D	29	1	3	4	2	24	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	55	1.8			-0.2	1.7	1.5
25	Basil McRae	30	LW	40	1	3	4	-8	224	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	44	2.3			-1.1	0.4	-0.8
26	Larry DePalma	25	LW	14	3	0	3	-5	26	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	16.7			-0.1	0.1	0.0
27	Jon Casey	28	G	55	0	2	2	0	22	0	0	0	0				0		3185	57:55	0.0	0.0	8.6
28	František Musil	26	D	8	0	2	2	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0.0			0.0	0.4	0.4
29	Warren Babe	22	LW	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.1
30	Dan Keczmer	22	D	9	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0			-0.1	0.5	0.4
31	Pat MacLeod	21	D	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0			0.1	0.1	0.2
32	Peter Taglianetti	27	D	16	0	1	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	0.0			-0.3	0.9	0.6
33	Don Barber	26	LW	7	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0			-0.3	0.0	-0.2
34	Kevin Evans	25	LW	4	0	0	0	-3	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
35	Steve Gotaas	23	C	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
36	Brian Hayward	30	G	26	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0		1473	56:38	0.0	0.0	3.7
37	Dean Kolstad	22	D	5	0	0	0	-2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0			-0.1	0.2	0.1
38	Mike McHugh	25	LW	6	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
39	Mitch Messier	25	C	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
40	Jarmo Myllys	25	G	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0		78	39:14	0.0	0.0	0.2
41	Kari Takko	28	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		119	59:22	0.0	0.0	0.1
	Team Total			80	256	427	683	-65	1946	171	76	9	27	274	142	9	2565	10.0			27.5	39.0	79.0

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	Jon Casey	28	55		21	20	11	158	1450	1292	.891	2.98	3	3185				96	7.3	2.66	8.6
2	Brian Hayward	30	26		6	15	3	77	674	597	.886	3.14	2	1473				100	-0.2	2.81	3.7
3	Jarmo Myllys	25	2		0	2	0	8	57	49	.860	6.12	0	78						5.35	0.2
4	Kari Takko	28	2		0	2	0	12	74	62	.838	6.06	0	119						5.56	0.1
	Team Total				27	39	14	255	2255	2000	.887	3.15	5	4855				99	2.0	2.82	12.6