1988–89 Minnesota North Stars season

The 1988–89 was the North Stars' 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)	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

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

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^[2]

Player statistics

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

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

Roster

1988–1989 Minnesota North Stars Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Kari Takko
30 – Jon Casey
33 – Don Beaupre
35 – Jarmo Myllys

Defencemen

2 – Curt Giles
3 – Bob Rouse
4 – Craig Hartsburg - C
5 – Mark Hardy
5 – Ville Siren
6 – Frantisek Musil
8 – Larry Murphy
21 – Moe Mantha
24 – Mark Tinordi
26 – Shawn Chambers
28 – Gord Dineen
28 – Reed Larson
34 – Mike Berger
36 – Link Gaetz
40 – Dean Kolstad
41 – Rob Zettler

Wingers

10 – Marc Habscheid
11 – Mike Gartner
12 – Stew Gavin
13 – Bob Brooke
16 – Mike McHugh
16 – Wally Schreiber
17 – Basil McRae
18 – Curt Fraser
20 – Dino Ciccarelli
22 – Dusan Pasek
23 – Brian Bellows
24 – Tom Martin
24 – Richard Zemlak
25 – Paul Jerrard
27 – Shane Churla
27 – Brian MacLellan
29 – Warren Babe
31 – Larry DePalma
37 – Don Barber

Centers

7 – Neal Broten
8 – Terry Ruskowski
9 – Dennis Maruk
9 – Mike Modano
14 – Dave Archibald
15 – Dave Gagner
21 – Perry Berezan
28 – Ken Hodge
32 – Kevin Kaminski
34 – Steve Gotaas
38 – Mitch Messier
GM: Jack Ferreira
Coach: Pierre Page

References

North Stars on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out

1988–89 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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

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