1976-1977 Minnesota North Stars: 23-39-18
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Home record: 17-14-9 (134 goals scored, 140 allowed)
Road record: 6-25-9 (106 goals scored, 170 allowed)
Head Coach: Ted Harris
Power Play: 59/339 (17.4%)
Penalty Killing: 154/211 (73.0%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 9-11
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 172-242
240 goals scored (10th of 18 teams), 310 goals allowed (18th), 774 PIM (16th)
NHL Averages: 3.32 goals/game (265.7 goals/team), 1040.5 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 17 Tim Young 6'1 190 21 80 29 66 95 58 1 0 115 49 98 0 223 13.0 -32
C 22 Roland Eriksson 6'3 190 22 80 25 44 69 10 10 0 101 46 85 1 249 10.0 -29
C 7 Glen Sharpley 6'0 190 20 80 25 32 57 48 2 1 67 13 93 18 206 12.1 -21
LW 14 Ernie Hicke 5'11 185 29 77 30 20 50 41 10 0 79 31 80 0 186 16.1 -32
RW 15 Dean Talafous 6'4 180 23 80 22 27 49 10 9 0 87 44 72 0 185 11.9 -29
LW 12 Steve Jensen 6'2 190 21 78 22 23 45 62 4 2 72 11 81 14 160 13.8 -6
RW 10 Alex Pirus 6'1 205 21 79 20 17 37 47 1 0 45 4 61 0 128 15.6 -20
RW 11 Bill Fairbairn 5'10 170 29 51 9 20 29 2 0 2 55 6 66 16 83 10.8 -1
C 21 Bill Hogaboam 5'11 170 27 73 10 15 25 16 0 0 39 3 53 0 120 8.3 -17
D 5 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 27 75 6 18 24 114 2 0 74 5 116 12 74 8.1 -35
D/RW 23 Lou Nanne 6'1 185 35 68 2 20 22 12 2 0 74 27 82 11 69 2.9 -24
LW 16 Pierre Jarry 5'11 190 27 21 8 13 21 2 4 0 26 12 21 1 52 15.4 -6
LW 27 Jim Roberts 6'1 198 20 53 11 8 19 14 1 0 33 3 39 0 73 15.1 -9
D 6 Doug Hicks 6'0 185 21 79 5 14 19 68 1 1 74 14 121 30 83 6.0 -31
D 26 Nick Beverley 6'2 185 29 52 2 17 19 6 0 0 62 2 77 17 59 3.4 0
RW 29 Tom Younghans 5'11 175 23 78 8 6 14 35 1 3 21 1 70 39 54 14.8 -11
D 2 Dwight Bialowas 6'0 185 24 18 1 9 10 0 1 0 18 12 9 0 21 4.8 -3
D 3 Fred Barrett 5'11 195 26 60 1 8 9 46 0 0 42 4 86 17 54 1.9 -31
D 4 Jerry Engele 6'0 197 26 31 1 7 8 41 0 0 29 0 29 3 36 2.8 +3
D 20 Tom Reid 6'1 200 30 54 0 8 8 52 0 0 56 4 101 33 45 0.0 -16
RW 8 Bill Goldsworthy 6'0 190 32 16 2 3 5 6 1 0 8 1 25 10 39 5.1 -8
LW 25 Rich Nantais 5'11 188 22 40 1 3 4 53 0 0 9 1 16 0 23 4.3 -8
C 9 Blake Dunlop 5'10 170 23 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 8 0.0 -2
G 1 Pete LoPresti 6'1 195 22 44 0 1 1 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 2 Chris Ahrens 6'0 185 24 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 +1
G 35 Paul Harrison 6'1 168 21 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 Gary Smith 6'4 215 32 36 0 0 0 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Pete LoPresti 22 44 2590 156 3.61 13 20 10 1325 .882 1 1
G 30 Gary Smith 32 36 2090 139 3.99 10 17 8 1166 .881 3 1
G 35 Paul Harrison 21 2 120 11 5.50 0 2 0 52 .788 0 0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1976 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 3 C Glen Sharpley 389 Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
2 31 LW Jim Roberts 106 Ottawa 67's (OHA) [pick acquired from LA via DET]
3 39 D Don Jackson 311 Notre Dame (NCAA)
3 51 RW Ron Zanussi 299 London Knights (OHA) [pick acquired from BUF]
4 57 D Mike Fedorko 4 Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
5 75 LW Phil Verchota University of Minnesota (NCAA)
6 93 C Dave Delich Colorado College (NCAA)
7 110 D Jeff Barr Michigan State University (NCAA)
Traded draft picks:
#2 to LA (Steve Clippingdale)
Transactions
08-23-1976 | traded Cesare Maniago to Canucks for Gary Smith |
09-1976 | signed Rich Nantais as a free agent |
09-1976 | signed Mike Antonovich as a free agent |
09-14-1976 | signed Tom Younghans as a free agent |
11-11-1976 | traded Bill Goldsworthy to Rangers for Bill Fairbairn and Nick Beverley |
06-15-1977 | signed Kent-Erik Andersson as a free agent |
08-1977 | signed Per-Olav Brasar as a free agent |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/05/1977 at Buffalo Sabres L 2-4
04/07/1977 vs Buffalo Sabres L 1-7
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 17 Tim Young 6'1 190 21 2 1 1 2 2 0 0
D 4 Jerry Engele 6'0 197 26 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
C 22 Roland Eriksson 6'3 190 22 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
RW 11 Bill Fairbairn 5'10 170 29 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
LW 14 Ernie Hicke 5'11 185 29 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
LW 12 Steve Jensen 6'2 190 21 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
RW 10 Alex Pirus 6'1 205 21 2 0 1 1 2 0 0
G 30 Gary Smith 6'4 215 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 3 Fred Barrett 5'11 195 26 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
D 6 Doug Hicks 6'0 185 21 2 0 0 0 7 0 0
C 21 Bill Hogaboam 5'11 170 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 1 Pete LoPresti 6'1 195 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D/RW 23 Lou Nanne 6'1 185 35 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
D 5 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 27 2 0 0 0 4 0 0
D 20 Tom Reid 6'1 200 30 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
LW 27 Jim Roberts 6'1 198 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 7 Glen Sharpley 6'0 190 20 2 0 0 0 4 0 0
RW 15 Dean Talafous 6'4 180 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 29 Tom Younghans 5'11 175 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 2 Chris Ahrens 6'0 185 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 26 Nick Beverley 6'2 185 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 2 Dwight Bialowas 6'0 185 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 9 Blake Dunlop 5'10 170 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 8 Bill Goldsworthy 6'0 190 32 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 35 Paul Harrison 6'1 168 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 16 Pierre Jarry 5'11 190 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 25 Rich Nantais 5'11 188 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Pete LoPresti 22 2 77 6 4.68 0 2 48 .875 1 0
G 30 Gary Smith 32 1 43 4 5.58 0 0 15 .733 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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