1970–71 Minnesota North Stars season

Coached by Jack Gordon, the team compiled a record of 28-34-16 for 72 points, to finish the regular season 4th in the West Division. In the playoffs they won the quarter-finals 4-2 over the St. Louis Blues, but lost the semi-finals 4-2 to the Montreal Canadiens.

Regular season

Final standings

West Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	78	49	20	9	277	184	+93	107
2	St. Louis Blues	78	34	25	19	223	208	+15	87
3	Philadelphia Flyers	78	28	33	17	207	225	−18	73
4	Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	191	223	−32	72
5	Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	239	303	−64	63
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	221	240	−19	62
7	California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	199	320	−121	45

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1970	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	0–1–0
2	W	October 15, 1970	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	1–1–0
3	L	October 17, 1970	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	1–2–0
4	W	October 18, 1970	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	2–2–0
5	W	October 21, 1970	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	3–2–0
6	L	October 24, 1970	1–4	New York Rangers (1970–71)	3–3–0
7	W	October 28, 1970	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	4–3–0
8	W	October 31, 1970	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	5–3–0
9	L	November 1, 1970	0–5	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	5–4–0
10	L	November 4, 1970	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	5–5–0
11	T	November 7, 1970	1–1	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	5–5–1
12	T	November 8, 1970	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	5–5–2
13	W	November 11, 1970	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	6–5–2
14	T	November 14, 1970	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	6–5–3
15	W	November 17, 1970	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	7–5–3
16	L	November 18, 1970	4–8	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	7–6–3
17	W	November 21, 1970	3–0	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	8–6–3
18	L	November 22, 1970	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	8–7–3
19	L	November 24, 1970	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	8–8–3
20	W	November 27, 1970	3–2	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	9–8–3
21	W	November 28, 1970	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	10–8–3
22	W	December 2, 1970	3–2	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	11–8–3
23	L	December 5, 1970	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	11–9–3
24	L	December 6, 1970	0–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	11–10–3
25	T	December 9, 1970	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	11–10–4
26	L	December 10, 1970	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	11–11–4
27	W	December 12, 1970	1–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	12–11–4
28	L	December 13, 1970	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	12–12–4
29	L	December 15, 1970	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	12–13–4
30	T	December 16, 1970	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	12–13–5
31	L	December 19, 1970	3–5	New York Rangers (1970–71)	12–14–5
32	L	December 20, 1970	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	12–15–5
33	W	December 25, 1970	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	13–15–5
34	T	December 26, 1970	1–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	13–15–6
35	L	December 30, 1970	2–6	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	13–16–6
36	L	December 31, 1970	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	13–17–6
37	T	January 2, 1971	3–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	13–17–7
38	L	January 5, 1971	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	13–18–7
39	T	January 6, 1971	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	13–18–8
40	L	January 9, 1971	0–1	New York Rangers (1970–71)	13–19–8
41	W	January 10, 1971	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	14–19–8
42	T	January 14, 1971	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	14–19–9
43	L	January 16, 1971	3–4	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	14–20–9
44	W	January 17, 1971	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	15–20–9
45	W	January 21, 1971	5–3	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	16–20–9
46	T	January 23, 1971	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	16–20–10
47	L	January 24, 1971	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	16–21–10
48	L	January 27, 1971	2–6	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	16–22–10
49	W	January 29, 1971	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	17–22–10
50	W	January 31, 1971	7–1	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	18–22–10
51	T	February 3, 1971	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	18–22–11
52	L	February 6, 1971	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	18–23–11
53	T	February 7, 1971	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	18–23–12
54	L	February 10, 1971	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	18–24–12
55	L	February 11, 1971	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	18–25–12
56	T	February 13, 1971	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	18–25–13
57	W	February 14, 1971	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	19–25–13
58	W	February 17, 1971	3–2	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	20–25–13
59	L	February 18, 1971	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	20–26–13
60	L	February 21, 1971	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	20–27–13
61	W	February 24, 1971	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	21–27–13
62	T	February 25, 1971	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	21–27–14
63	W	February 27, 1971	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	22–27–14
64	L	February 28, 1971	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	22–28–14
65	L	March 2, 1971	0–6	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	22–29–14
66	W	March 6, 1971	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	23–29–14
67	W	March 7, 1971	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	24–29–14
68	W	March 10, 1971	4–0	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	25–29–14
69	T	March 13, 1971	0–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	25–29–15
70	L	March 14, 1971	0–5	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	25–30–15
71	W	March 16, 1971	7–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	26–30–15
72	W	March 21, 1971	6–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	27–30–15
73	W	March 23, 1971	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)	28–30–15
74	T	March 25, 1971	2–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	28–30–16
75	L	March 28, 1971	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	28–31–16
76	L	March 30, 1971	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	28–32–16
77	L	March 31, 1971	1–4	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	28–33–16
78	L	April 3, 1971	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	28–34–16

Roster

1970–1971 Minnesota North Stars Roster

Goaltenders

Defencemen

2 – Barry Gibbs
3 – Fred Barrett
4 – Ted Harris - C
5 – Gary Geldart
5 – Dennis O'Brien
6 – Doug Mohns
6 – Dick Redmond
20 – Tom Reid
22 – Marshall Johnston
23 – Lou Nanne
26 – Tom Polanic
27 – Wayne Muloin

Wingers

8 – Bill Goldsworthy
9 – Charlie Burns
11 – J.P. Parise
12 – Tommy Williams
12 – Dan Seguin
14 – Bill Heindl
15 – Danny Lawson
15 – Bobby Rousseau
17 – Norm Beaudin
21 – Danny Grant
26 – Buster Harvey

Centers

7 – Terry Caffery
7 – Danny O'Shea
10 – Murray Oliver
12 – Ted Hampson
14 – Bob Barlow
16 – Jude Drouin
22 – Walt McKechnie
25 – Gord Labossiere
GM: Wren Blair
Coach: Jack Gordon

References

↑ "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

External links

"1970–71 Minnesota North Stars Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Minnesota North Stars

Founded in 1967 Based in Bloomington, Minnesota Relocated to the Dallas Stars in 1993

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons

History	NHL expansion 1967 Expansion Draft 1978 Dispersal Draft 1991 Dispersal and Expansion Drafts Records Awards

Arena	Met Center

General managers	Blair Gordon Nanne Ferreira Clarke Gainey

Head coaches	Blair Muckler Blair Burns Gordon MacDonald Gordon Burns Harris Beaulieu Nanne Howell Sonmor Oliver Mahoney Sonmor Henning Sonmor Brooks Page Gainey

Culture/Lore	Dallas Stars Cleveland Barons

Minnesota North Stars seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Dallas

1970–71 NHL season

East	Boston Buffalo Detroit Montreal New York Toronto Vancouver

West	California Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Amateur Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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