The Minnesota North Stars used 34 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 45-35-0 record. Al MacAdam led the team with 93 points (42 goals, 51 assists) in 80 games. Gilles Meloche played the most games in goal (54).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al MacAdam 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 80 | 🔥 3 | 42 | 51 | 93 | 1.16 | 13 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 2 | Steve Payne 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 42 | 43 | 85 | 1.06 | 16 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 3 | Bobby Smith 🇨🇦 C 22 | 61 | 🔥 3 | 27 | 56 | 83 | 1.36 | 9 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 4 | Tim Young 🇨🇦 C 25 | 77 | 🧊 4 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 0.96 | 5 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 5 | Glen Sharpley 🇨🇦 C 23 | 51 | 🧊 2 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 0.92 | 6 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 6 | Mike Eaves 🇺🇸 C 23 | 56 | 🧊 6 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 0.82 | 9 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 7 | Ron Zanussi 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 72 | 🧊 3 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 0.62 | 2 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 93 | — |
| 8 | Tom McCarthy 🇨🇦 LW 19 | 68 | 🔥 1 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 0.53 | 1 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 39 | — |
| 9 | Mike Polich 🇺🇸 C 27 | 78 | 🧊 3 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 0.31 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 10 | Kent-Erik Andersson 🇸🇪 RW 28 | 61 | 🧊 4 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0.31 | 1 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 11 | Tom Younghans 🇺🇸 RW 27 | 79 | 🧊 3 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0.20 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 92 | — |
| 12 | Steve Christoff 🇺🇸 C 22 | 20 | 🧊 5 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.75 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 13 | Per-Olov Brasar 🇸🇪 C 29 | 22 | 🔥 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 0.68 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Mike Fidler 🇺🇸 LW 23 | 24 | 🧊 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.38 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 15 | Kris Manery 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 28 | 🧊 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.25 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 16 | Rob Flockhart 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 10 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 17 | Dan Chicoine 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 26 | 🧊 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.12 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 18 | Tony White 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 19 | Jim Dobson 🇨🇦 RW 20 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Jon Fontas 🇺🇸 C 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Robbie Laird 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 21 skaters | 80 | 258 | 363 | 621 | 7.76 | 63 | 1720 | 0 | 0 | 479 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ▼ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Meloche 🇨🇦 G 29 | 54 | 32 | 2.96 | 0.000 | 0 | 160 | 58:02 | |
| 2 | Gary Edwards 🇨🇦 G 32 | 26 | 15 | 3.15 | 0.000 | 0 | 82 | 59:04 | |
| 3 | Jean Levasseur 🇨🇦 G 30 | 1 | 0 | 7.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 7 | 60:00 | |
| 4 | Steve Janaszak 🇺🇸 G 23 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 60:00 |
65% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. The team leans on United States: 29% of its players, against 10% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 77% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 22 |
|
-19 | 625 (77%) | MacAdam, Payne, Smith, Young +18 |
| United States | 10 |
|
+19 | 150 (19%) | Eaves, Sargent, Polich, Younghans +6 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+3 | 34 (4%) | Andersson, Brasar |
Al MacAdam led the Minnesota North Stars in scoring in 1979-80 with 93 points — 42 goals and 51 assists in 80 games. Next came Steve Payne (85) and Bobby Smith (83).
Al MacAdam scored 42 goals for the Minnesota North Stars in 1979-80, 13 of them on the power play.
The Minnesota North Stars dressed 34 players in 1979-80: 30 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 311 goals.
Gilles Meloche played the most games in goal for the Minnesota North Stars in 1979-80: 54 games, 32 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.96 goals against average. Gary Edwards was the backup, in 26 games.
The average age was 24.7 years. Tom McCarthy was the youngest at 19, and Paul Shmyr the oldest at 34.
The Minnesota North Stars used 34 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 22 in Canada, 10 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 65% on this roster.