1985-86 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 2-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to St. Louis Blues 3-2
Coach: Lorne Henning (38-33-9)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1985-86 Minnesota North Stars RosterTeam Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 2-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to St. Louis Blues 3-2
Coach: Lorne Henning (38-33-9)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1985-86 Minnesota North Stars Results
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 38 wins and 33 losses and 9 ties for 85 points, finishing second in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
The North Stars netted 327 goals and yielded 305. Dino Ciccarelli scored 44 goals for Minnesota, while Brian Bellows and Scott Bjugstad tallied 30 or more, too. Neal Broten contributed 76 assists. Don Beaupre earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.55 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Lorne Henning coached the team. The 1985-86 Minnesota North Stars lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Broten | C | 80 | 29 | 76 | 105 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 15.0 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 75 | 44 | 45 | 89 | 51 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 262 | 16.8 |
| Brian Bellows | L | 77 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 256 | 12.1 |
| Scott Bjugstad | R | 80 | 43 | 33 | 76 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 217 | 19.8 |
| Kent Nilsson | C | 61 | 16 | 44 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 13.1 |
| Keith Acton | C | 79 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 100 | -11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 169 | 15.4 |
| Dennis Maruk | C | 70 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 15.6 |
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 75 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 127 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5.4 |
| Dirk Graham | R | 80 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 87 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 173 | 12.7 |
| Tony McKegney | L | 70 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 48 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 10.6 |
| Brian Lawton | L | 65 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 98 | 18.4 |
| Curt Giles | D | 69 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 10.2 |
| Tom McCarthy | L | 25 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 12 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 26.7 |
| Gordie Roberts | D | 76 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 101 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.0 |
| Willi Plett | R | 59 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 231 | -20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 13.9 |
| Bob Rouse | D | 75 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 151 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 1.1 |
| Steve Payne | L | 22 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 13.3 |
| Dave Langevin | D | 80 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 58 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.0 |
| Mats Hallin | L | 38 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 86 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Marc Habscheid | F | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Tim Coulis | F | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 73 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Craig Levie | D | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Ron Wilson | D | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Dave Richter | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Bo Berglund | F | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Ed Hospodar | D | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Gord Sherven | C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Bill Stewart | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Paul Houck | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Emanuel Viveiros | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Chris Pryor | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Kari Takko | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Casey | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Jensen | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Larry DePalma | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Mandich | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Archibald | R | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Don Beaupre | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Smith | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Melanson | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1507 | 327 | 547 | 874 | 1659 | 53 | 89 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 2569 | 12.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Beaupre | 52 | 3073 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 182 | 3.55 | 1690 | 1508 | .892 |
| Jon Casey | 26 | 1402 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 3.89 | 789 | 698 | .885 |
| Roland Melanson | 6 | 325 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.43 | 175 | 151 | .863 |
| Kari Takko | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 34 | 31 | .912 |
| Totals | 85 | 4860 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 300 | 3.70 | 2988 | 2688 | .900 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Broten | C | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Bellows | L | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 31.3 | |
| Scott Bjugstad | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Kent Nilsson | C | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Keith Acton | C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Dennis Maruk | C | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28.6 | |
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Dirk Graham | R | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 13.0 | |
| Tony McKegney | L | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | |
| Brian Lawton | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Curt Giles | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Gordie Roberts | D | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Willi Plett | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Rouse | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Langevin | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Mats Hallin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Habscheid | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Wilson | D | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Ed Hospodar | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Beaupre | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 91 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 140 | -14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 169 | 11.8 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Beaupre | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3.40 | 158 | 141 | .892 |
| Totals | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3.40 | 175 | 158 | .903 |
