The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow gold and white. The North Stars played 2,062 regular season games and made the NHL playoffs fifteen times, including two Stanley Cup Finals appearances. In the fall of 1993, the franchise moved to Dallas, Texas, and is now known as the Dallas Stars.
Seasons and records
Season-by-season record
The team had 15 playoff appearances, a 77-82 playoff record, 2 Norris Division championships, and 2 Campbell Conference championships. For a complete list of seasons played by the Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars, see Dallas Stars seasons.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Team leaders
Regular season
Games played: Neal Broten, 876
Goals: Brian Bellows, 342
Assists: Neal Broten, 547
Points: Neal Broten, 796
Penalty minutes: Basil McRae, 1,567
Games: Cesare Maniago, 420
Wins: Cesare Maniago, 145
Shutouts: Cesare Maniago, 26
Team scoring leaders
This is a listing of the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game
NHL awards and trophies
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
1990–91
Calder Memorial Trophy
Danny Grant: 1968–69
Bobby Smith: 1978–79
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
Al MacAdam: 1979–80
Leaders
Team captains
Note: This list does not include Minnesota Wild, Dallas Stars, California Golden Seals and Cleveland Barons captains. > Bob Woytowich 1967-68 Elmer Vasko 1968-69 Claude Larose 1969-70 Ted Harris 1970-74 Bill Goldsworthy 1974-76 Bill Hogaboam 1976-77 Nick Beverley 1977-78 J. P. Parise 1978-79 Paul Shmyr 1979-81 Tim Young 1981-82 Craig Hartsburg 1982-89 Brian Bellows 1984 Curt Giles 1989-91 Mark Tinordi 1991-93
Head coaches
Wren Blair, 1967-70
John Muckler, 1968-69
Charlie Burns, 1969-70, 1974-75
Jack Gordon, 1970-75
Parker MacDonald, 1973-74
Ted Harris, 1975-78
Andre Beaulieu, 1977-78
Lou Nanne, 1977-78 Harry Howell, 1978-79
Glen Sonmor, 1978-87
Murray Oliver, 1982-83
Bill Mahoney, 1983-85
Lorne Henning, 1985-87
Herb Brooks, 1987-88
Pierre Page, 1988-90
Bob Gainey, 1990-93
Notable players
Hall of Famers
This is a listing of players in the Hockey Hall of Fame: Leo Boivin, D, 1969-70, inducted 1986 Mike Gartner, RW, 1989-90, inducted 2001 Larry Murphy, D, 1989-90, inducted 2004 Gump Worsley, G, 1969-74, inducted 1980
Retired numbers (in Minnesota)
8 Bill Goldsworthy, RW, 1967-77
19 Bill Masterton, C, 1967-68
After the move, the Dallas Stars retired the number 7 of Minnesota native, University of Minnesota graduate and 1980 Olympic hero Neal Broten, C, 1981-93.
First round draft picks
1967: Wayne Cheesman (fourth overall) 1968: Jim Benzelock (fifth overall) 1969: Dick Redmond (fifth overall) 1970: none 1971: none 1972: Jerry Byers (12th overall) 1973: none 1974: Doug Hicks (sixth overall) 1975: Bryan Maxwell (fourth overall) 1976: Glen Sharpley (third overall) 1977: Brad Maxwell (seventh overall) 1978: Bobby Smith (first overall) 1979: Craig Hartsburg (sixth overall) and Tom McCarthy (10th overall) 1980: Brad Palmer (16th overall) 1981: Ron Meighan (13th overall) 1982: Brian Bellows (second overall) 1983: Brian Lawton (first overall) 1984: David Quinn (13th overall) 1985: none 1986: Warren Babe (12th overall) 1987: Dave Archibald (sixth overall) 1988: Mike Modano (first overall) 1989: Doug Zmolek (seventh overall) 1990: Derian Hatcher (eighth overall) 1991: Richard Matvichuk (eighth overall) 1992: none