1990–91 Minnesota North Stars season

The 1990–91 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 24th season. The most striking aspect of the season was that despite qualifying for the playoffs with an under–.500 (or "losing") regular-season record, the team reached the Stanley Cup Final as the Clarence Campbell Conference Champions, eliminating Chicago and St. Louis teams that had finished nearly 40 points ahead of them in the regular season, as well as the defending Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in five games—a classic "Cinderella" post-season.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	8	Derian Hatcher (D)	United States	North Bay Centennials (OHL)

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Chicago Blackhawks	80	49	23	8	284	211	106
St. Louis Blues	80	47	22	11	310	250	105
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	38	8	273	298	76
Minnesota North Stars	80	27	39	14	256	266	68
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	23	46	11	241	318	57

^[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.

Campbell Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Chicago Blackhawks	NRS	80	49	23	8	284	211	106
2	St. Louis Blues	NRS	80	47	22	11	310	250	105
3	Los Angeles Kings	SMY	80	46	24	10	340	254	102
4	Calgary Flames	SMY	80	46	26	8	344	263	100
5	Edmonton Oilers	SMY	80	37	37	6	272	272	80
6	Detroit Red Wings	NRS	80	34	38	8	273	298	76
7	Minnesota North Stars	NRS	80	27	39	14	256	266	68
8	Vancouver Canucks	SMY	80	28	43	9	243	315	65
9	Winnipeg Jets	SMY	80	26	43	11	260	288	63
10	Toronto Maple Leafs	NRS	80	23	46	11	241	318	57

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 4, 1990	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	0–1–0
2	W	October 6, 1990	4–2	New York Islanders (1990–91)	1–1–0
4	L	October 9, 1990	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	1–3–0
5	T	October 11, 1990	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	1–3–1
6	L	October 13, 1990	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	1–4–1
7	L	October 17, 1990	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	1–5–1
8	T	October 20, 1990	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	1–5–2
9	L	October 21, 1990	1–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	1–6–2
10	W	October 24, 1990	3–0	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	2–6–2
11	L	October 26, 1990	6–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	2–7–2
12	T	October 27, 1990	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	2–7–3
13	L	October 30, 1990	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	2–8–3
14	L	November 1, 1990	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	2–9–3
15	W	November 3, 1990	2–0	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	3–9–3
16	T	November 4, 1990	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	3–9–4
17	W	November 8, 1990	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	4–9–4
18	L	November 10, 1990	2–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	4–10–4
19	L	November 13, 1990	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	4–11–4
20	L	November 15, 1990	2–4	New York Rangers (1990–91)	4–12–4
21	L	November 17, 1990	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	4–13–4
22	T	November 19, 1990	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	4–13–5
23	L	November 21, 1990	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	4–14–5
24	W	November 23, 1990	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	5–14–5
25	L	November 24, 1990	3–5	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	5–15–5
26	T	November 27, 1990	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	5–15–6
27	W	November 30, 1990	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	6–15–6
28	W	December 1, 1990	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	7–15–6
29	W	December 5, 1990	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	8–15–6
30	L	December 6, 1990	1–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	8–16–6
31	W	December 8, 1990	7–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	9–16–6
32	L	December 11, 1990	4–5	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	9–17–6
33	L	December 13, 1990	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	9–18–6
34	W	December 15, 1990	5–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	10–18–6
35	L	December 16, 1990	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	10–19–6
36	L	December 20, 1990	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	10–20–6
37	L	December 22, 1990	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	10–21–6
38	W	December 23, 1990	5–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	11–21–6
39	L	December 26, 1990	4–6	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	11–22–6
40	T	December 29, 1990	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	11–22–7
41	L	December 31, 1990	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	11–23–7
42	L	January 2, 1991	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	11–24–7
43	T	January 3, 1991	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	11–24–8
44	L	January 5, 1991	5–6	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	11–25–8
45	W	January 8, 1991	3–0	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	12–25–8
46	L	January 12, 1991	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	12–26–8
47	L	January 13, 1991	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	12–27–8
48	L	January 15, 1991	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	12–28–8
49	W	January 17, 1991	5–2	Washington Capitals (1990–91)	13–28–8
50	L	January 21, 1991	0–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	13–29–8
51	W	January 22, 1991	7–3	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	14–29–8
52	T	January 25, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	14–29–9
53	W	January 26, 1991	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	15–29–9
54	L	January 28, 1991	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	15–30–9
55	W	January 30, 1991	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	16–30–9
56	W	February 2, 1991	6–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	17–30–9
57	L	February 4, 1991	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	17–31–9
58	W	February 7, 1991	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	18–31–9
59	W	February 9, 1991	6–5	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	19–31–9
60	L	February 12, 1991	4–5	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	19–32–9
61	T	February 13, 1991	6–6 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	19–32–10
62	W	February 16, 1991	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	20–32–10
63	W	February 20, 1991	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	21–32–10
64	T	February 23, 1991	3–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	21–32–11
65	T	February 26, 1991	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	21–32–12
66	T	March 1, 1991	1–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	21–32–13
67	L	March 2, 1991	1–5	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	21–33–13
68	W	March 6, 1991	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	22–33–13
69	W	March 9, 1991	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	23–33–13
70	W	March 10, 1991	7–3	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	24–33–13
71	W	March 12, 1991	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	25–33–13
72	T	March 14, 1991	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	25–33–14
73	L	March 16, 1991	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	25–34–14
74	W	March 17, 1991	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	26–34–14
75	L	March 22, 1991	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	26–35–14
76	L	March 24, 1991	4–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	26–36–14
77	L	March 25, 1991	4–5	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	26–37–14
78	L	March 28, 1991	5–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	26–38–14
79	W	March 30, 1991	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	27–38–14
80	L	March 31, 1991	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	27–39–14

Transactions

Trades

October 26, 1990

To Minnesota North Stars

Brian Glynn

To Calgary Flames

Frank Musil

November 1990

To Minnesota North Stars

Brian Hayward^[3]

To Montreal Canadiens

Jayson More

Player statistics

Skaters

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

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dave Gagner	15	73	40	42	82	114	23	12	15	27	28
Brian Bellows	23	80	35	40	75	43	23	10	19	29	30
Brian Propp	16	79	26	47	73	58	23	8	15	23	28
Neal Broten	7	79	13	56	69	26	23	9	13	22	6
Mike Modano	9	79	28	36	64	61	23	8	12	20	16
Bobby Smith	18	73	15	31	46	60	23	8	8	16	56
Ulf Dahlen	22	66	21	18	39	6	15	2	6	8	4
Mark Tinordi	24	69	5	27	32	189	23	5	6	11	78
Doug Smail	14	57	7	13	20	38	1	0	0	0	0
Brian Glynn	6	66	8	11	19	83	23	2	6	8	18
Gaetan Duchesne	10	68	9	9	18	18	23	2	3	5	34
Perry Berezan	21	52	11	6	17	30	1	0	0	0	0
Ilkka Sinisalo	-	46	5	12	17	24	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Murphy	-	31	4	11	15	38	-	-	-	-	-
Curt Giles	2	70	4	10	14	48	10	1	0	1	16
Mike Craig	20	39	8	4	12	32	10	1	1	2	20
Neil Wilkinson	5	50	2	9	11	117	22	3	3	6	12
Jim Johnson	8	44	1	9	10	100	14	0	1	1	52
Stewart Gavin	12	38	4	4	8	36	21	3	10	13	20
Chris Dahlquist	4	42	2	6	8	33	23	1	6	7	20
Marc Bureau	11	9	0	6	6	4	23	3	2	5	20
Rob Zettler	3	47	1	4	5	119	-	-	-	-	-
Shane Churla	27	40	2	2	4	286	22	2	1	3	90
Shawn Chambers	26	29	1	3	4	24	23	0	7	7	16
Basil McRae	17	40	1	3	4	224	22	1	1	2	94
Larry DePalma	31	14	3	0	3	26	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Musil	-	8	0	2	2	23	-	-	-	-	-
Warren Babe	29	1	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
Pat MacLeod	32	1	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Keczmer	46	9	0	1	1	6	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Taglianetti	-	16	0	1	1	14	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Gotaas	34	1	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
Mitch Messier	37	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Evans	44	4	0	0	0	19	-	-	-	-	-
Dean Kolstad	40	5	0	0	0	15	-	-	-	-	-
Mike McHugh	45	6	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Don Barber	-	7	0	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

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

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Jon Casey	55	3185	21	20	11	3	2.98
Brian Hayward	26	1473	6	15	3	2	3.14
Jarmo Myllys	2	78	0	2	0	0	6.15
Kari Takko	2	119	0	2	0	0	6.05

Playoffs

Norris Division Semi-Finals

Chicago vs. Minnesota
Date	Away	Home
April 4	Minnesota 4	3 Chicago	OT
April 6	Minnesota 2	5 Chicago
April 8	Chicago 6	5 Minnesota
April 10	Chicago 1	3 Minnesota
April 12	Minnesota 6	0 Chicago
April 14	Chicago 1	3 Minnesota
Minnesota wins series 4–2

Norris Division Finals

St. Louis vs. Minnesota
Date	Away	Home
April 18	Minnesota 2	1 St. Louis
April 20	Minnesota 2	5 St. Louis
April 22	St. Louis 1	5 Minnesota
April 24	St. Louis 4	8 Minnesota
April 26	Minnesota 2	4 St. Louis
April 28	St. Louis 2	3 Minnesota
Minnesota wins series 4–2

Campbell Conference Finals

**Campbell Conference**
Edmonton vs. Minnesota
Date	Away	Home
May 2	Minnesota 3	1 Edmonton
May 4	Minnesota 2	7 Edmonton
May 6	Edmonton 3	7 Minnesota
May 8	Edmonton 1	5 Minnesota
May 10	Minnesota 3	2 Edmonton
Minnesota wins series 4–1 and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Stanley Cup Finals

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Minnesota North Stars

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
May 15	Minnesota North Stars	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	4
May 17	Minnesota North Stars	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	4
May 19	Pittsburgh Penguins	1	Minnesota North Stars	3
May 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	Minnesota North Stars	3
May 23	Minnesota North Stars	4	Pittsburgh Penguins	6
May 25	Pittsburgh Penguins	8	Minnesota North Stars	0

Pittsburgh wins best-of-seven series 4–2

Awards and records

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Roster

1990–1991 Minnesota North Stars Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Brian Hayward
1 – Kari Takko
30 – Jon Casey
35 – Jarmo Myllys

Defencemen

2 – Curt Giles - C
3 – Rob Zettler
4 – Chris Dahlquist
5 – Neil Wilkinson
6 – Brian Glynn
6 – Frantisek Musil
8 – Jim Johnson
8 – Larry Murphy
24 – Mark Tinordi
26 – Shawn Chambers
32 – Pat MacLeod
32 – Peter Taglianetti
40 – Dean Kolstad
46 – Dan Keczmer

Wingers

9 – Mike Modano
10 – Gaetan Duchesne
12 – Stew Gavin
14 – Doug Smail
16 – Brian Propp
17 – Basil McRae
20 – Mike Craig
22 – Ulf Dahlen
23 – Brian Bellows
25 – Ilkka Sinisalo
27 – Shane Churla
29 – Warren Babe
31 – Larry DePalma
37 – Don Barber
44 – Kevin Evans
45 – Mike McHugh

Centers

7 – Neal Broten
11 – Marc Bureau
15 – Dave Gagner
18 – Bobby Smith
21 – Perry Berezan
34 – Steve Gotaas
37 – Mitch Messier
47 – Mario Thyer
GM: Bob Gainey
Coach: Bob Gainey

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.
↑ "1990-1991 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.278, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2

1990–91 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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