1990-91 Minnesota North Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 27-39-14 - 68 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 14-9
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Chicago Blackhawks 4-2
Division Finals - Defeated St. Louis Blues 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 4-1
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2
Coach: Bob Gainey (27-39-14)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1990-91 Minnesota North Stars RosterTeam Record: 27-39-14 - 68 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 14-9
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Chicago Blackhawks 4-2
Division Finals - Defeated St. Louis Blues 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 4-1
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2
Coach: Bob Gainey (27-39-14)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1990-91 Minnesota North Stars Results
The Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1990-91 season with a record of 27 wins and 39 losses and 14 ties for 68 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 14-9.
The North Stars netted 256 goals and yielded 266. Dave Gagner scored 40 goals for Minnesota, while Brian Bellows tallied 30 or more, too. Neal Broten contributed 56 assists. Jon Casey topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.98 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Bob Gainey coached the team. The 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars lost in the Stanley Cup finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gagner | C | 73 | 40 | 42 | 82 | 114 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 223 | 17.9 |
| Brian Bellows | L | 80 | 35 | 40 | 75 | 43 | -13 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 296 | 11.8 |
| Brian Propp | L | 79 | 26 | 47 | 73 | 58 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 171 | 15.2 |
| Neal Broten | C | 79 | 13 | 56 | 69 | 26 | -3 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 191 | 6.8 |
| Mike Modano | C | 79 | 28 | 36 | 64 | 65 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 232 | 12.1 |
| Bobby Smith | C | 73 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 60 | -9 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 121 | 12.4 |
| Ulf Dahlen | R | 66 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 133 | 15.8 |
| Mark Tinordi | D | 69 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 189 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 5.4 |
| Doug Smail | L | 57 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 7.9 |
| Brian Glynn | D | 66 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 83 | -5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 7.2 |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 68 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 9.0 |
| Perry Berezan | C | 52 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 30 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 15.1 |
| Ilkka Sinisalo | R | 46 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 24 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Larry Murphy | D | 31 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 38 | -8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 3.9 |
| Curt Giles | D | 70 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 7.5 |
| Mike Craig | R | 39 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 32 | -11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 13.6 |
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 50 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 117 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3.6 |
| Jim Johnson | D | 44 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1.6 |
| Stew Gavin | R | 38 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 36 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Chris Dahlquist | D | 42 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 33 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 |
| Marc Bureau | C | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Rob Zettler | D | 47 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 119 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Shane Churla | R | 40 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Basil McRae | L | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 224 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.3 |
| Shawn Chambers | D | 29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1.8 |
| Larry DePalma | L | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 |
| Jon Casey | G | 55 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Warren Babe | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Keczmer | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Pat MacLeod | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Peter Taglianetti | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Don Barber | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Dean Kolstad | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Evans | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike McHugh | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Kari Takko | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Messier | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Gotaas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brian Hayward | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jarmo Myllys | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1525 | 256 | 427 | 683 | 1950 | -65 | 76 | 141 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 2565 | 10.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Casey | 55 | 3185 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 158 | 2.98 | 1450 | 1292 | .891 |
| Brian Hayward | 26 | 1473 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 77 | 3.14 | 674 | 597 | .886 |
| Jarmo Myllys | 2 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6.15 | 57 | 49 | .860 |
| Kari Takko | 2 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6.05 | 74 | 62 | .838 |
| Totals | 85 | 4855 | 27 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 255 | 3.15 | 2510 | 2255 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gagner | C | 23 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 28 | -4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 15.4 | |
| Brian Bellows | L | 23 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 30 | -6 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 14.7 | |
| Brian Propp | L | 23 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 28 | -4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 15.4 | |
| Neal Broten | C | 23 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 16.4 | |
| Mike Modano | C | 23 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 16 | -3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 13.6 | |
| Bobby Smith | C | 23 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 56 | -5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 13.3 | |
| Ulf Dahlen | R | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 | |
| Mark Tinordi | D | 23 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 78 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 9.3 | |
| Doug Smail | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Glynn | D | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 | |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 | |
| Perry Berezan | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Curt Giles | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Mike Craig | R | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9.7 | |
| Jim Johnson | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Stew Gavin | R | 21 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 7.5 | |
| Chris Dahlquist | D | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| Marc Bureau | C | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | |
| Shane Churla | R | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 90 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Basil McRae | L | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 94 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Shawn Chambers | D | 23 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.0 | |
| Jon Casey | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Hayward | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 443 | 81 | 136 | 217 | 670 | -35 | 35 | 64 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 738 | 11.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Casey | 23 | 1205 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 3.04 | 571 | 510 | .893 |
| Brian Hayward | 6 | 171 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3.86 | 75 | 64 | .853 |
| Totals | 29 | 1376 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 3.14 | 718 | 646 | .900 |
