1969–70 Minnesota North Stars season

Coached by Wren Blair (9–13–10) and Charlie Burns (10–22–12), the team compiled a record of 19–35–22 for 60 points, to finish the regular season 3rd in the West Division. In the playoffs they lost the quarter-finals 4–2 to the St. Louis Blues.

Regular season

Final standings

West Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	76	37	27	12	224	179	+45	86
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	26	38	12	182	238	−56	64
3	Minnesota North Stars	76	19	35	22	224	257	−33	60
4	Oakland Seals	76	22	40	14	169	243	−74	58
5	Philadelphia Flyers	76	17	35	24	197	225	−28	58
6	Los Angeles Kings	76	14	52	10	168	290	−122	38

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1969	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	1–0–0
2	L	October 15, 1969	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	1–1–0
3	W	October 16, 1969	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	2–1–0
4	L	October 18, 1969	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	2–2–0
5	W	October 19, 1969	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	3–2–0
6	L	October 22, 1969	2–3	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	3–3–0
7	L	October 25, 1969	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	3–4–0
8	W	October 29, 1969	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	4–4–0
9	L	November 1, 1969	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	4–5–0
10	L	November 2, 1969	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	4–6–0
11	T	November 5, 1969	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	4–6–1
12	W	November 8, 1969	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	5–6–1
13	W	November 12, 1969	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	6–6–1
14	T	November 15, 1969	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	6–6–2
15	L	November 19, 1969	2–4	Oakland Seals (1969–70)	6–7–2
16	L	November 20, 1969	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	6–8–2
17	W	November 22, 1969	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	7–8–2
18	T	November 26, 1969	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	7–8–3
19	L	November 29, 1969	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	7–9–3
20	T	November 30, 1969	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	7–9–4
21	T	December 3, 1969	5–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	7–9–5
22	W	December 6, 1969	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	8–9–5
23	T	December 7, 1969	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	8–9–6
24	W	December 10, 1969	8–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	9–9–6
25	T	December 11, 1969	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	9–9–7
26	L	December 13, 1969	2–5	New York Rangers (1969–70)	9–10–7
27	T	December 15, 1969	4–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	9–10–8
28	L	December 17, 1969	1–3	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70)	9–11–8
29	T	December 20, 1969	3–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	9–11–9
30	L	December 23, 1969	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	9–12–9
31	T	December 25, 1969	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	9–12–10
32	L	December 27, 1969	3–5	Oakland Seals (1969–70)	9–13–10
33	T	December 30, 1969	0–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	9–13–11
34	T	January 3, 1970	3–3	New York Rangers (1969–70)	9–13–12
35	L	January 4, 1970	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	9–14–12
36	T	January 7, 1970	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	9–14–13
37	L	January 10, 1970	4–6	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	9–15–13
38	W	January 14, 1970	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	10–15–13
39	T	January 15, 1970	1–1	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70)	10–15–14
40	L	January 17, 1970	1–3	New York Rangers (1969–70)	10–16–14
41	L	January 22, 1970	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	10–17–14
42	L	January 24, 1970	0–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	10–18–14
43	L	January 25, 1970	1–4	Oakland Seals (1969–70)	10–19–14
44	L	January 28, 1970	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	10–20–14
45	L	January 29, 1970	5–6	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	10–21–14
46	L	January 31, 1970	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	10–22–14
47	L	February 1, 1970	4–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	10–23–14
48	L	February 4, 1970	5–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	10–24–14
49	T	February 7, 1970	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	10–24–15
50	L	February 8, 1970	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	10–25–15
51	L	February 11, 1970	1–2	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70)	10–26–15
52	L	February 14, 1970	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	10–27–15
53	T	February 15, 1970	3–3	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	10–27–16
54	T	February 18, 1970	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	10–27–17
55	L	February 19, 1970	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	10–28–17
56	L	February 21, 1970	2–4	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	10–29–17
57	T	February 25, 1970	3–3	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	10–29–18
58	L	February 28, 1970	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	10–30–18
59	W	March 1, 1970	8–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	11–30–18
60	T	March 4, 1970	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	11–30–19
61	W	March 7, 1970	8–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	12–30–19
62	T	March 8, 1970	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	12–30–20
63	L	March 11, 1970	1–9	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	12–31–20
64	W	March 14, 1970	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	13–31–20
65	W	March 15, 1970	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	14–31–20
66	T	March 17, 1970	5–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	14–31–21
67	L	March 18, 1970	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	14–32–21
68	W	March 21, 1970	5–4	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	15–32–21
69	L	March 22, 1970	0–5	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	15–33–21
70	T	March 24, 1970	2–2	Oakland Seals (1969–70)	15–33–22
71	L	March 25, 1970	0–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	15–34–22
72	L	March 28, 1970	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	15–35–22
73	W	March 29, 1970	8–3	@ Oakland Seals (1969–70)	16–35–22
74	W	March 31, 1970	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	17–35–22
75	W	April 4, 1970	1–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	18–35–22
76	W	April 5, 1970	5–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	19–35–22

Roster

1969–1970 Minnesota North Stars Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Gilles Gilbert
1 – Gump Worsley
25/26 – Ken Broderick
30 – Cesare Maniago
35 – Fern Rivard

Defencemen

2 – Barry Gibbs
3 – John Miszuk
4 – Marshall Johnston
4 – Moose Vasko
5 – Leo Boivin
6 – Dick Redmond
20 – Tom Reid
23 – Lou Nanne
24 – Tom Polanic
25 – Darryl Sly

Wingers

8 – Bill Goldsworthy
9 – Charlie Burns
11 – J.P. Parise
15 – Grant Erickson
15 – Danny Lawson
16 – Claude Larose - C
18 – Bill Collins
21 – Danny Grant
26 – Bill Orban

Centers

7 – Danny O'Shea
10 – Ray Cullen
12 – Tommy Williams
14 – Bob Barlow
22 – Walt McKechnie
26 – Bob Whitlock
GM: Wren Blair
Coach: Wren Blair (9-13-10)
Coach: Charlie Burns (10-22-12)

References

↑ "1969–1970 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

External links

"1969–70 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

1969–70 NHL season

East	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

West	Los Angeles Minnesota Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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