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1979-80 Minnesota North Stars Roster

24 players used · 8-7-0 record · playoffs

The Minnesota North Stars used 24 players in the 1979-80 playoffs, with a 8-7-0 record. Al MacAdam led the team with 16 points (7 goals, 9 assists) in 15 games. Gilles Meloche played the most games in goal (11).

Points leader
16 PTS
7 G · 9 A in 15 games
Goals leader
8 G
2 on the power play
Assists leader
13 A
14 points overall
Goalie wins leader
6 W
3.09 GAA · 0.000 SV%
22
Skaters
14 forwards · 8 defence
2
Goalies
Gilles Meloche started most
49
Goals scored
in 15 games
24.8
Average age
19 to 34 years
3
Birth countries
Part of the season
Position
🏒 Skaters 22 players · sorted by points
# 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 AM Al MacAdam 🇨🇦 RW 28 15 🔥 1 7 9 16 1.07 1 46 0 0 4
2 SP Steve Payne 🇨🇦 LW 21 15 🧊 4 7 7 14 0.93 3 50 0 0 9
3 BS Bobby Smith 🇨🇦 C 22 15 🧊 4 1 13 14 0.93 1 53 0 0 9
4 SC Steve Christoff 🇺🇸 C 22 14 🧊 3 8 4 12 0.86 2 33 0 0 7
5 TM Tom McCarthy 🇨🇦 LW 19 15 🧊 1 5 6 11 0.73 3 28 0 0 20
6 BM Brad Maxwell 🇨🇦 D 22 11 🔥 3 0 8 8 0.73 0 22 0 0 20
7 TY Tim Young 🇨🇦 C 25 15 🔥 1 2 5 7 0.47 1 36 0 0 4
8 ME Mike Eaves 🇺🇸 C 23 15 🧊 4 2 5 7 0.47 0 29 0 0 4
9 GS Glen Sharpley 🇨🇦 C 23 9 🔥 2 1 6 7 0.78 0 8 0 0 4
10 KA Kent-Erik Andersson 🇸🇪 RW 28 13 🧊 1 2 4 6 0.46 0 14 0 0 2
11 CG Curt Giles 🇨🇦 D 21 12 🧊 7 2 4 6 0.50 2 11 0 0 10
12 CH Craig Hartsburg 🇨🇦 D 20 15 🔥 1 3 1 4 0.27 2 43 0 0 17
13 RZ Ron Zanussi 🇨🇦 RW 23 14 🧊 7 0 4 4 0.29 0 27 0 0 17
14 MP Mike Polich 🇺🇸 C 27 15 🧊 1 2 1 3 0.20 0 16 0 0 2
15 TY Tom Younghans 🇺🇸 RW 27 15 🧊 2 2 1 3 0.20 0 16 0 0 17
16 PS Paul Shmyr 🇨🇦 D 34 14 🧊 2 2 1 3 0.21 1 21 0 0 23
17 GS Gary Sargent 🇺🇸 D 26 4 🧊 2 2 1 3 0.75 1 12 0 0 2
18 RF Rob Flockhart 🇨🇦 RW 24 1 🔥 1 1 0 1 1.00 0 2 0 0 2
19 GS Greg Smith 🇨🇦 D 24 12 🧊 5 0 1 1 0.08 0 13 0 0 9
20 FB Fred Barrett 🇨🇦 D 30 14 🧊 14 0 0 0 0.00 0 13 0 0 22
21 DC Dan Chicoine 🇨🇦 RW 22 1 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0
22 DJ Don Jackson 🇺🇸 D 23 1 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals · 22 skaters 15 49 81 130 8.67 17 494 0 0 204
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 2 goalies · sorted by wins
🌍 Where the roster was born 3 countries · against the whole NHL in 1979-80

71% of this roster was born in Canada, against 83% across the league. The team leans on United States: 25% of its players, against 10% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 74% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 17
71%
-12 96 (74%) MacAdam, Smith, Payne, McCarthy +13
United States 6
25%
+15 28 (22%) Christoff, Eaves, Polich, Younghans +2
Sweden 1
4%
+1 6 (5%) Andersson
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1979-80 Minnesota North Stars roster questions

Who led the Minnesota North Stars in scoring in the 1979-80 playoffs?

Al MacAdam led the Minnesota North Stars in scoring in the 1979-80 playoffs with 16 points — 7 goals and 9 assists in 15 games. Next came Steve Payne (14) and Bobby Smith (14).

Who scored the most goals for the Minnesota North Stars in the 1979-80 playoffs?

Steve Christoff scored 8 goals for the Minnesota North Stars in the 1979-80 playoffs, 2 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Minnesota North Stars use in the 1979-80 playoffs?

The Minnesota North Stars dressed 24 players in the 1979-80 playoffs: 22 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 49 goals.

Who was the Minnesota North Stars starting goalie in the 1979-80 playoffs?

Gilles Meloche played the most games in goal for the Minnesota North Stars in the 1979-80 playoffs: 11 games, 6 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.09 goals against average. Gary Edwards was the backup, in 7 games.

How old was the 1979-80 Minnesota North Stars roster?

The average age was 24.8 years. Tom McCarthy was the youngest at 19, and Paul Shmyr the oldest at 34.

Where were the 1979-80 Minnesota North Stars players born?

The Minnesota North Stars used 24 players in the 1979-80 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 17 in Canada, 6 in the United States and 1 in Sweden. League-wide that season, 83% of players were born in Canada, against 71% on this roster.