1989-90 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 36-40-4 - 76 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Chicago Blackhawks 4-3
Coach: Pierre Page (36-40-4)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1989-90 Minnesota North Stars RosterTeam Record: 36-40-4 - 76 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Chicago Blackhawks 4-3
Coach: Pierre Page (36-40-4)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1989-90 Minnesota North Stars Results
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1989-90 season with a record of 36 wins and 40 losses and 4 ties for 76 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The North Stars scored 284 goals and allowed 291. Brian Bellows netted 55 goals for Minnesota, while Dave Gagner and Mike Gartner tallied 30 or more as well. Neal Broten contributed 62 assists. Jon Casey earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.22 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Pierre Page coached the team. The 1989-90 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bellows | L | 80 | 55 | 44 | 99 | 72 | -3 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 300 | 18.3 |
| Neal Broten | C | 80 | 23 | 62 | 85 | 45 | -16 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 212 | 10.8 |
| Dave Gagner | C | 79 | 40 | 38 | 78 | 54 | -1 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 238 | 16.8 |
| Mike Modano | C | 80 | 29 | 46 | 75 | 63 | -7 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 16.9 |
| Mike Gartner | R | 67 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 32 | -8 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 14.2 |
| Larry Murphy | D | 77 | 10 | 58 | 68 | 44 | -13 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 5.8 |
| Don Barber | L | 44 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 15.0 |
| Basil McRae | L | 66 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 351 | -5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 9.5 |
| Shawn Chambers | D | 78 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 81 | -2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 6.9 |
| Stew Gavin | R | 80 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 76 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 8.2 |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 72 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 12.9 |
| Aaron Broten | L | 35 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 13.8 |
| Perry Berezan | C | 64 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 31 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 4.0 |
| Ville Siren | D | 53 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1.9 |
| Curt Giles | D | 74 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1.8 |
| Mark Tinordi | D | 66 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 240 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 56 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 2.6 |
| Helmut Balderis | R | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| Bob Brooke | R | 38 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 33 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 6.2 |
| Rob Zettler | D | 31 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 45 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Clark Donatelli | C | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 |
| Ulf Dahlen | R | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Dave Archibald | C | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Shane Churla | R | 53 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 292 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 36 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 |
| Jon Casey | G | 61 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Mackey | L | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Curt Fraser | L | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Kari Takko | G | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mario Thyer | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Mitch Messier | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Berthiaume | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Link Gaetz | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jay More | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jarmo Myllys | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Lappin | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Scott Robinson | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Leiter | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Mike McHugh | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1531 | 284 | 462 | 746 | 2013 | -96 | 81 | 147 | 14 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 2571 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Casey | 61 | 3407 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 183 | 3.22 | 1757 | 1574 | .896 |
| Kari Takko | 21 | 1012 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 4.03 | 482 | 414 | .859 |
| Daniel Berthiaume | 5 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.50 | 104 | 90 | .865 |
| Jarmo Myllys | 4 | 156 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6.15 | 83 | 67 | .807 |
| Totals | 91 | 4815 | 36 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 281 | 3.50 | 2707 | 2426 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bellows | L | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 14.3 | |
| Neal Broten | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Dave Gagner | C | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 | |
| Mike Modano | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Larry Murphy | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Don Barber | L | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 21.4 | |
| Basil McRae | L | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Shawn Chambers | D | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Stew Gavin | R | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Aaron Broten | L | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | |
| Perry Berezan | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Ville Siren | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Curt Giles | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Tinordi | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Ulf Dahlen | R | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | |
| Shane Churla | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Jon Casey | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kari Takko | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mario Thyer | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 133 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 260 | -29 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 220 | 8.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Casey | 7 | 415 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3.04 | 219 | 198 | .904 |
| Kari Takko | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 8 | 419 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3.01 | 240 | 219 | .913 |
