1988–89 Minnesota North Stars season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1988–89
Year:	1988
Team:	Minnesota North Stars
Conferencerank:	7th
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	27–37–16
Homerecord:	17–15–8
Roadrecord:	10–22–8
Goalsfor:	258
Goalsagainst:	278
Goalsleader:	Dave Gagner (35)
Assistsleader:	Dave Gagner (43)
Pointsleader:	Dave Gagner (78)
Plusminusleader:	Dave Gagner (+13)
Pimleader:	Basil McRae (365)
Winsleader:	Jon Casey (18)
Gaaleader:	Don Beaupre (3.05)

The 1988–89 Minnesota North Stars season, was the team's 22nd season. It saw the North Stars finish in third place in the Norris Division with a record of 27 wins, 37 losses, and 16 ties for 70 points. They lost the Division Semi-finals in five games to the St. Louis Blues.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	1	Mike Modano (C)		Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	40	Link Gaetz (D)		Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	43	Shaun Kane (D)		Springfield Olympics (EJHL)
4	64	Jeffrey Stolp (G)		Greenway High School (USHS-MN)
8	148	Ken MacArthur (D)		University of Denver (WCHA)
9	169	Travis Richards (D)		Robbinsdale Armstrong High School (USHS-MN)
10	190	Ari Matilainen (RW)		Assat (Finland)
11	211	Grant Bischoff (LW)		University of Minnesota (WCHA)
12	232	Trent Andison (LW)		Cornell University (ECAC)
S	1	Mike McHugh (LW)		University of Maine (Hockey East)
S	6	Dave Schofield (D)		Merrimack College (Hockey East)

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1988	3–8	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	0–1–0
2	L	October 8, 1988	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	0–2–0
3	L	October 9, 1988	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	0–3–0
4	L	October 13, 1988	6–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	0–4–0
5	W	October 15, 1988	5–1	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	1–4–0
6	T	October 17, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	1–4–1
7	L	October 19, 1988	1–2	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	1–5–1
8	L	October 22, 1988	2–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	1–6–1
9	L	October 26, 1988	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	1–7–1
10	L	October 28, 1988	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	1–8–1
11	W	October 29, 1988	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	2–8–1
12	L	November 3, 1988	1–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	2–9–1
13	T	November 5, 1988	5–5 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	2–9–2
14	L	November 9, 1988	3–6	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	2–10–2
15	T	November 10, 1988	5–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	2–10–3
16	L	November 12, 1988	1–3	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	2–11–3
17	W	November 14, 1988	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	3–11–3
18	L	November 15, 1988	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	3–12–3
19	W	November 17, 1988	7–6	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	4–12–3
20	L	November 19, 1988	1–4	New York Rangers (1988–89)	4–13–3
21	T	November 23, 1988	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	4–13–4
22	W	November 25, 1988	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	5–13–4
23	W	November 26, 1988	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	6–13–4
24	W	November 29, 1988	5–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	7–13–4
25	W	December 1, 1988	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	8–13–4
26	W	December 3, 1988	4–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	9–13–4
27	L	December 6, 1988	0–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	9–14–4
28	T	December 7, 1988	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	9–14–5
29	L	December 10, 1988	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	9–15–5
30	L	December 13, 1988	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	9–16–5
31	T	December 15, 1988	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	9–16–6
32	W	December 17, 1988	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	10–16–6
33	L	December 19, 1988	1–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	10–17–6
34	L	December 21, 1988	6–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	10–18–6
35	W	December 26, 1988	5–1	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	11–18–6
36	L	December 28, 1988	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	11–19–6
37	T	December 30, 1988	5–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	11–19–7
38	W	December 31, 1988	6–2	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	12–19–7
39	L	January 2, 1989	2–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	12–20–7
40	W	January 5, 1989	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	13–20–7
41	L	January 10, 1989	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	13–21–7
42	L	January 12, 1989	2–9	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	13–22–7
43	T	January 14, 1989	1–1 OT	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	13–22–8
44	W	January 15, 1989	4–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	14–22–8
45	T	January 18, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	14–22–9
46	T	January 19, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	14–22–10
47	L	January 21, 1989	6–8	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	14–23–10
48	W	January 23, 1989	7–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	15–23–10
49	W	January 26, 1989	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	16–23–10
50	T	January 28, 1989	4–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	16–23–11
51	T	January 30, 1989	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	16–23–12
52	T	February 1, 1989	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	16–23–13
53	L	February 4, 1989	3–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	16–24–13
54	W	February 5, 1989	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	17–24–13
55	W	February 9, 1989	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	18–24–13
56	L	February 11, 1989	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	18–25–13
57	L	February 14, 1989	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	18–26–13
58	L	February 15, 1989	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	18–27–13
59	L	February 18, 1989	3–4	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	18–28–13
60	W	February 21, 1989	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	19–28–13
61	T	February 22, 1989	5–5 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	19–28–14
62	L	February 25, 1989	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	19–29–14
63	W	February 28, 1989	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	20–29–14
64	L	March 1, 1989	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	20–30–14
65	W	March 4, 1989	4–3	New York Islanders (1988–89)	21–30–14
66	L	March 5, 1989	0–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	21–31–14
67	W	March 7, 1989	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	22–31–14
68	T	March 11, 1989	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	22–31–15
69	W	March 12, 1989	5–3	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	23–31–15
70	L	March 14, 1989	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	23–32–15
71	W	March 16, 1989	6–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	24–32–15
72	W	March 18, 1989	3–0	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	25–32–15
73	W	March 20, 1989	7–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	26–32–15
74	L	March 22, 1989	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	26–33–15
75	L	March 23, 1989	1–3	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	26–34–15
76	T	March 25, 1989	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	26–34–16
77	L	March 27, 1989	2–3	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	26–35–16
78	L	March 29, 1989	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	26–36–16
79	W	March 31, 1989	5–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	27–36–16
80	L	April 2, 1989	2–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	27–37–16

Transactions

Trades

March 4, 1989	To Calgary Flames Brian MacLellan 4th round pick in 1989	To Minnesota North Stars Perry Berezan Shane Churla
March 7, 1989	To Washington Capitals Dino Ciccarelli Bob Rouse	To Minnesota North Stars Mike Gartner Larry Murphy^[1]

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	75	35	43	78	104
	65	32	27	59	64
	68	18	38	56	57
	76	23	31	54	40
	60	23	27	50	55
	60	16	23	39	104
	72	14	19	33	14
	78	12	19	31	365
	73	8	18	26	34
	57	7	9	16	57
	48	4	10	14	30
	13	7	7	14	2
	23	8	5	13	8
	43	5	7	12	102
	35	5	5	10	76
	25	2	5	7	10
	16	1	4	5	4
	14	2	3	5	19
	12	1	3	4	6
	5	1	1	2	0
	3	1	1	2	2
	4	1	1	2	4
	6	0	1	1	2
	13	1	0	1	54
	3	0	1	1	0
	1	0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0	13
	3	0	0	0	2

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	72	5	19	24	80
	55	1	19	20	54
	30	4	14	18	47
	66	4	13	17	124
	76	5	10	15	77
	38	2	10	12	58
	13	4	6	10	12
	11	0	9	9	18
	16	1	6	7	10
	25	1	5	6	42
	15	2	4	6	26
	47	2	3	5	107
	12	0	2	2	53
	2	0	1	1	2
	1	0	0	0	2
	5	0	0	0	4
	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
	55	18	17	12	1	3.06
	32	8	15	4	0	3.48
	6	1	4	0	0	5.55
	1	0	1	0	3.05

Playoffs

Norris Division Semi-Finals

• Minnesota North Stars vs. St. Louis Blues

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 5	Minnesota North Stars	3	St. Louis Blues	4	(OT)
April 6	Minnesota North Stars	3	St. Louis Blues	4	(OT)
April 8	St. Louis Blues	5	Minnesota North Stars	3
April 9	St. Louis Blues	4	Minnesota North Stars	5
April 11	Minnesota North Stars	1	St. Louis Blues	6

St. Louis wins the series 4–1

External links

• North Stars on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. http://www.habsinsideout.com/main/3969 NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out