The Minnesota North Stars used 37 players in the 1980-81 season, with a 45-35-0 record. Bobby Smith led the team with 93 points (29 goals, 64 assists) in 78 games. Don Beaupre played the most games in goal (44).
| # | 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 | Bobby Smith 🇨🇦 C 23 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 29 | 64 | 93 | 1.19 | 13 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 73 | — |
| 2 | Tim Young 🇨🇦 C 26 | 75 | 🔥 2 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 0.88 | 10 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 3 | Al MacAdam 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 78 | 🔥 1 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 0.77 | 6 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 94 | — |
| 4 | Steve Payne 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 76 | 🔥 3 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 0.76 | 11 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 88 | — |
| 5 | Tom McCarthy 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 62 | 🧊 2 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 0.77 | 4 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 6 | Craig Hartsburg 🇨🇦 D 21 | 74 | 🔥 2 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 0.58 | 8 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 124 | — |
| 7 | Kent-Erik Andersson 🇸🇪 RW 29 | 77 | 🧊 1 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 0.53 | 1 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 8 | Steve Christoff 🇺🇸 C 23 | 56 | 🧊 2 | 26 | 13 | 39 | 0.70 | 9 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 58 | — |
| 9 | Gordie Roberts 🇺🇸 D 23 | 50 | 🧊 2 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 0.74 | 3 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 94 | — |
| 10 | Mike Eaves 🇺🇸 C 24 | 48 | 🧊 2 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 0.71 | 1 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 11 | Dino Ciccarelli 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 32 | 🔥 1 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 0.94 | 8 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 12 | Curt Giles 🇨🇦 D 22 | 67 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 0.40 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 56 | — |
| 13 | Greg Smith 🇨🇦 D 25 | 74 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 0.35 | 1 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 126 | — |
| 14 | Glen Sharpley 🇨🇦 C 24 | 28 | 🔥 2 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0.86 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 15 | Ron Zanussi 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 41 | 🧊 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.41 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 89 | — |
| 16 | Mike Fidler 🇺🇸 LW 24 | 20 | 🔥 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.85 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 17 | Brad Maxwell 🇨🇦 D 23 | 27 | 🔥 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.59 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 98 | — |
| 18 | Mike Polich 🇺🇸 C 28 | 74 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0.18 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 19 | Fred Barrett 🇨🇦 D 31 | 63 | 🧊 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.19 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 72 | — |
| 20 | Gary Sargent 🇺🇸 D 27 | 23 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.48 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 21 | Tom Younghans 🇺🇸 RW 28 | 74 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.14 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 79 | — |
| 22 | Paul Shmyr 🇨🇦 D 35 | 61 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.16 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 79 | — |
| 23 | Jack Carlson 🇺🇸 LW 26 | 43 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 108 | — |
| 24 | Brad Palmer 🇨🇦 LW 19 | 23 | 🧊 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.35 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 25 | Ken Solheim 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Don Jackson 🇺🇸 D 24 | 10 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.30 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 27 | Kevin Maxwell 🇨🇦 C 21 | 6 | 🔥 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| 28 | Neal Broten 🇺🇸 C 21 | 3 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 29 | Ron Friest 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 4 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 30 | Jon Fontas 🇺🇸 C 22 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Joe Contini 🇨🇦 C 24 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Rob Flockhart 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Roger Melin 🇸🇪 C 24 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Murray Brumwell 🇨🇦 D 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Jim Dobson 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 35 skaters | 80 | 291 | 470 | 761 | 9.51 | 88 | 2578 | 0 | 0 | 1558 |
| # | 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 | Don Beaupre 🇨🇦 G 19 | 44 | 24 | 3.14 | 0.000 | 0 | 138 | 58:37 | |
| 2 | Gilles Meloche 🇨🇦 G 30 | 38 | 21 | 3.16 | 0.000 | 0 | 120 | 58:10 |
65% of this roster was born in Canada, against 82% across the league. The team leans on United States: 30% of its players, against 11% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 72% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 24 |
|
-17 | 545 (72%) | Smith, Young, MacAdam, Payne +20 |
| United States | 11 |
|
+19 | 175 (23%) | Christoff, Roberts, Eaves, Fidler +7 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+2 | 41 (5%) | Andersson, Melin |
Bobby Smith led the Minnesota North Stars in scoring in 1980-81 with 93 points — 29 goals and 64 assists in 78 games. Next came Tim Young (66) and Al MacAdam (60).
Steve Payne scored 30 goals for the Minnesota North Stars in 1980-81, 11 of them on the power play.
The Minnesota North Stars dressed 37 players in 1980-81: 35 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 291 goals.
Don Beaupre played the most games in goal for the Minnesota North Stars in 1980-81: 44 games, 24 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.14 goals against average. Gilles Meloche was the backup, in 38 games.
The average age was 24.1 years. Brad Palmer was the youngest at 19, and Paul Shmyr the oldest at 35.
The Minnesota North Stars used 37 players in 1980-81 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 24 in Canada, 11 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. League-wide that season, 82% of players were born in Canada, against 65% on this roster.