1988–89 Minnesota North Stars season

1988–89 Minnesota North Stars
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	7th Campbell
1988–89 record	27–37–16
Home record	17–15–8
Road record	10–22–8
Goals for	258
Goals against	278
Team information
General manager	Jack Ferreira
Coach	Pierre Pagé
Captain	Craig Hartsburg
Arena	Met Center
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Gagner (35)
Assists	Dave Gagner (43)
Points	Dave Gagner (78)
Penalty minutes	Basil McRae (365)
Plus/minus	Dave Gagner (+13)
Wins	Jon Casey (18)
Goals against average	Don Beaupre (3.05)

The 1988–89 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 22st season. The Stars finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 1.

Off-season

Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	1.	Mike Modano (C)	United States	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	40.	Link Gaetz (D)	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

Regular Season

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	34	12	313	316	80
St. Louis Blues	80	33	35	12	275	285	78
Minnesota North Stars	80	27	37	16	258	278	70
Chicago Blackhawks	80	27	41	12	297	335	66
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	28	46	6	259	342	62

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season 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

Playoffs

St. Louis Blues 4, Minnesota North Stars 1

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

Player Stats

Forwards

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dave Gagner	75	35	43	78	104
Dino Ciccarelli	65	32	27	59	64
Neal Broten	68	18	38	56	57
Marc Habscheid	76	23	31	54	40
Brian Bellows	60	23	27	50	55
Brian MacLellan	60	16	23	39	104
Dave Archibald	72	14	19	33	14
Basil McRae	78	12	19	31	365
Stewart Gavin	73	8	18	26	34
Bob Brooke	57	7	9	16	57
Dušan Pašek	48	4	10	14	30
Mike Gartner	13	7	7	14	2
Don Barber	23	8	5	13	8
Larry DePalma	43	5	7	12	102
Curt Fraser	35	5	5	10	76
Wally Schreiber	25	2	5	7	10
Perry Berezan	16	1	4	5	4
Warren Babe	14	2	3	5	19
Steve Gotaas	12	1	3	4	6
Ken Hodge, Jr.	5	1	1	2	0
Terry Ruskowski	3	1	1	2	2
Tom Martin	4	1	1	2	4
Dennis Maruk	6	0	1	1	2
Shane Churla	13	1	0	1	54
Mitch Messier	3	0	1	1	0
Kevin Kaminski	1	0	0	0	0
Richard Zemlak	3	0	0	0	13
Mike McHugh	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
Shawn Chambers	72	5	19	24	80
Frank Musil	55	1	19	20	54
Craig Hartsburg	30	4	14	18	47
Bob Rouse	66	4	13	17	124
Curt Giles	76	5	10	15	77
Ville Siren	38	2	10	12	58
Larry Murphy	13	4	6	10	12
Reed Larson	11	0	9	9	18
Moe Mantha, Jr.	16	1	6	7	10
Dean Kolstad	25	1	5	6	42
Mark Hardy	15	2	4	6	26
Mark Tinordi	47	2	3	5	107
Link Gaetz	12	0	2	2	53
Gord Dineen	2	0	1	1	2
Mike Berger	1	0	0	0	2
Paul Jerrard	5	0	0	0	4
Rob Zettler	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
Jon Casey	55	18	17	12	1	3.06
Kari Takko	32	8	15	4	0	3.48
Jarmo Myllys	6	1	4	0	0	5.55
Don Beaupre	1	0	1	0	3.05

Awards and Records

• The North Stars did not win any awards this season.

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

References

• North Stars on Hockey Database