1982–83 Minnesota North Stars season

1982–83 Minnesota North Stars
Division	2nd Norris
Conference	3rd Campbell
1982–83 record	40–24–16
Home record	23–6–11
Road record	17–18–5
Goals for	321
Goals against	290
Team information
General manager	Lou Nanne
Coach	Glen Sonmor Murray Oliver
Captain	Craig Hartsburg
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Met Center
Average attendance	14,485
Team leaders
Goals	Dino Ciccarelli (37)
Assists	Bobby Smith (53)
Points	Neal Broten Bobby Smith (77)
Penalty minutes	Willi Plett (170)
Plus/minus	Neal Broten (+25)
Wins	Gilles Meloche (20)
Goals against average	Gilles Meloche (3.57)
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The 1982–83 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 16th season.

Coached by Glen Sonmor (22–12–9) and Murray Oliver (18–12–7), the team compiled a record of 40–24–16 for 96 points, to finish the regular season 2nd in the Norris Division. In the playoffs they won the division semi-finals 3–1 over the Toronto Maple Leafs, but lost the division finals 4–1 to the Chicago Black Hawks.

Offseason

NHL draft

In the summer of 1982, General Manager Lou Nanne orchestrated one of the franchise's biggest moves ever, and landed a star in the making, by drafting highly coveted Brian Bellows. It paid immediate dividends, as he would score 35 goals in his rookie campaign, and helped the team to finish with 40 wins and 96 regular season points – both the most ever recorded in the 26 years the franchise was based in Minnesota. Once again, though, the North Stars fell in the playoffs to the pesky Denis Savard and Al Secord-led Chicago Black Hawks in the second round of the playoffs.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	2	Brian Bellows	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3	59	Wally Chapman	United States	Edina High School (USHS-MN)
4	80	Bob Rouse	Canada	Billings Bighorns (WHL)
4	81	Dusan Pasek	Czechoslovakia	Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
5	101	Marty Wiitala	United States	Superior High School (USHS-WI)
6	122	Todd Carlile	United States	North St. Paul High School (USHS-MN)
7	143	Viktor Zhluktov	Soviet Union	Moscow CSKA (USSR)
8	164	Paul Miller	United States	Crookston High School (USHS-MN)
9	185	Pat Micheletti	United States	Hibbing High School (USHS-MN)
10	206	Arnold Kadlec	Czechoslovakia	Litvinov (Czechoslovakia)
11	227	Scott Knutson	United States	Warroad High School (USHS-MN)

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Chicago Black Hawks	80	47	23	10	338	268	104
Minnesota North Stars	80	40	24	16	321	290	96
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	28	40	12	293	330	68
St. Louis Blues	80	25	40	15	285	316	65
Detroit Red Wings	80	21	44	15	263	344	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.

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Norris Division 1982–83 NHL records [2] Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total Chicago — 6−2 3−4−1 6−2 6−1−1 21−9−2 Detroit 2−6 — 0−6−2 1−5−2 4−4 7−21−4 Minnesota 4−3−1 6−0−2 — 3−0−5 3−5 16−8−8 St. Louis 2−6 5−1−2 0−3−5 — 3−3−2 10−13−9 Toronto 1−6−1 4−4 5−3 3−3−2 — 13−16−3 Vs. Smythe Division 1982–83 NHL records Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total Chicago 1−2 1−1−1 2−0−1 0−1−2 2−1 6−5−4 Detroit 1−2 1−2 0−1−2 1−1−1 0−3 3−9−3 Minnesota 1−1−1 1−2 2−1 2−0−1 3−0 9−4−2 St. Louis 1−2 0−2−1 2−1 0−3 1−2 4−10−1 Toronto 1−1−1 0−2−1 1−2 2−1 0−3 4−9−2 Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Adams Division 1982–83 NHL records Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total Chicago 0−3 1−1−1 3−0 3−0 2−1 9−5−1 Detroit 0−3 1−1−1 3−0 0−1−2 1−1−1 5−6−4 Minnesota 0−3 2−0−1 2−0−1 0−3 1−2 5−8−2 St. Louis 0−3 1−2 2−1 0−2−1 1−1−1 4−9−2 Toronto 1−2 2−0−1 2−1 1−0−2 1−1−1 7−4−4 Vs. Patrick Division 1982–83 NHL records Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total Chicago 3−0 1−1−1 3−0 1−1−1 3−0 0−2−1 11−4−3 Detroit 1−1−1 2−0−1 0−2−1 0−3 2−0−1 1−2 6−8−4 Minnesota 3−0 2−0−1 1−2 1−1−1 2−0−1 1−1−1 10−4−4 St. Louis 2−0−1 1−2 0−2−1 0−3 3−0 1−1−1 7−8−3 Toronto 0−1−2 1−2 0−3 0−2−1 2−1 1−2 4−11−3

Schedule and results

1982–83 regular season [3]
October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 W October 6, 1982 5–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 1–0–0 2 T October 8, 1982 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 1–0–1 3 W October 9, 1982 6–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 2–0–1 4 W October 14, 1982 6–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 3–0–1 5 W October 16, 1982 8–4 Calgary Flames (1982–83) 4–0–1 6 W October 18, 1982 4–3 St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 5–0–1 7 L October 20, 1982 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 5–1–1 8 W October 23, 1982 3–1 @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 6–1–1 9 L October 24, 1982 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1982–83) 6–2–1 10 W October 26, 1982 5–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 7–2–1 11 W October 28, 1982 7–3 Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 8–2–1 12 W October 30, 1982 3–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 9–2–1
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 13 W November 2, 1982 7–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 10–2–1 14 L November 4, 1982 3–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 10–3–1 15 L November 6, 1982 1–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 10–4–1 16 L November 9, 1982 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 10–5–1 17 W November 11, 1982 2–0 New York Islanders (1982–83) 11–5–1 18 L November 13, 1982 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 11–6–1 19 L November 14, 1982 4–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 11–7–1 20 W November 16, 1982 8–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 12–7–1 21 W November 18, 1982 2–1 Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 13–7–1 22 W November 20, 1982 5–1 New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 14–7–1 23 T November 23, 1982 8–8 @ New York Islanders (1982–83) 14–7–2 24 L November 24, 1982 5–8 @ New York Rangers (1982–83) 14–8–2 25 T November 26, 1982 6–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 14–8–3 26 T November 29, 1982 3–3 Calgary Flames (1982–83) 14–8–4
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 27 W December 1, 1982 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 15–8–4 28 W December 2, 1982 6–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 16–8–4 29 W December 4, 1982 4–1 Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 17–8–4 30 W December 9, 1982 9–6 Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 18–8–4 31 W December 11, 1982 5–4 Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 19–8–4 32 T December 14, 1982 3–3 Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 19–8–5 33 T December 16, 1982 4–4 Washington Capitals (1982–83) 19–8–6 34 T December 18, 1982 3–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 19–8–7 35 L December 21, 1982 4–6 @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 19–9–7 36 L December 22, 1982 2–8 @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 19–10–7 37 W December 26, 1982 3–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 20–10–7 38 T December 29, 1982 5–5 Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 20–10–8 39 L December 31, 1982 3–5 Boston Bruins (1982–83) 20–11–8
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 40 T January 5, 1983 3–3 St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 20–11–9 41 W January 8, 1983 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 21–11–9 42 L January 9, 1983 3–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 21–12–9 43 W January 12, 1983 7–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 22–12–9 44 W January 13, 1983 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 23–12–9 45 L January 15, 1983 4–10 Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 23–13–9 46 L January 17, 1983 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 23–14–9 47 W January 19, 1983 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 24–14–9 48 W January 22, 1983 7–2 Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 25–14–9 49 T January 25, 1983 4–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 25–14–10 50 T January 27, 1983 3–3 St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 25–14–11 51 T January 29, 1983 2–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 25–14–12 52 W January 31, 1983 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 26–14–12
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 53 T February 2, 1983 2–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 26–14–13 54 L February 3, 1983 1–3 @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 26–15–13 55 W February 5, 1983 4–2 @ New York Islanders (1982–83) 27–15–13 56 W February 10, 1983 7–5 New York Rangers (1982–83) 28–15–13 57 W February 12, 1983 5–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 29–15–13 58 W February 15, 1983 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 30–15–13 59 W February 17, 1983 6–3 Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 31–15–13 60 L February 19, 1983 2–6 Boston Bruins (1982–83) 31–16–13 61 W February 22, 1983 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 32–16–13 62 L February 23, 1983 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 32–17–13 63 T February 26, 1983 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 32–17–14 64 W February 27, 1983 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 33–17–14
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 65 T March 2, 1983 4–4 St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 33–17–15 66 W March 5, 1983 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 34–17–15 67 W March 6, 1983 8–3 Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 35–17–15 68 W March 8, 1983 5–1 Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 36–17–15 69 L March 10, 1983 3–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 36–18–15 70 L March 12, 1983 3–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 36–19–15 71 W March 14, 1983 6–3 Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 37–19–15 72 W March 16, 1983 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 38–19–15 73 T March 19, 1983 3–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 38–19–16 74 W March 21, 1983 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 39–19–16 75 L March 23, 1983 3–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 39–20–16 76 L March 24, 1983 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 39–21–16 77 W March 26, 1983 7–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 40–21–16 78 L March 29, 1983 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 40–22–16 79 L March 30, 1983 0–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 40–23–16
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 80 L April 2, 1983 5–8 @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 40–24–16
Legend:   Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1983 Stanley Cup playoffs [3]
Norris Division Semifinals vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs – North Stars win 3–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series 1 April 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–5 Minnesota North Stars 1–0 2 April 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–5 (OT) Minnesota North Stars 2–0 3 April 9 Minnesota North Stars 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 4 April 10 Minnesota North Stars 5–4 (OT) Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1
Norris Division Finals vs. (N1) Chicago Black Hawks – Black Hawks win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series 1 April 14 Minnesota North Stars 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks 0–1 2 April 15 Minnesota North Stars 4–7 Chicago Black Hawks 0–2 3 April 17 Chicago Black Hawks 1–5 Minnesota North Stars 1–2 4 April 18 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 (OT) Minnesota North Stars 1–3 5 April 20 Minnesota North Stars 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks 1–4
Legend:   Win  Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Neal Broten 79 32 45 77 25 43 Bobby Smith 77 24 53 77 –20 81 Tom McCarthy 80 28 48 76 19 59 Dino Ciccarelli 77 37 38 75 15 94 Steve Payne 80 30 39 69 –9 53 Brian Bellows 78 35 30 65 –11 27 Craig Hartsburg 78 12 50 62 6 109 Tim Young 70 18 35 53 –1 31 Gordie Roberts 80 3 41 44 20 103 Willi Plett 71 25 14 39 –12 170 Brad Maxwell 77 11 28 39 –2 157 Al MacAdam 73 11 22 33 3 60 Mike Eaves 75 16 16 32 –3 21 Jordy Douglas 68 13 14 27 –7 30 Curt Giles 76 2 21 23 11 70 George Ferguson † 65 8 12 20 –1 14 Ron Friest 50 6 7 13 –4 150 Gary Sargent 18 3 6 9 5 5 Dan Mandich 67 3 4 7 –1 169 Ken Solheim ‡ 25 2 4 6 0 4 Fred Barrett 51 1 3 4 –10 22 Warren Young 4 1 1 2 0 0 Total 321 531 852 — 1,472

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Craig Hartsburg 9 3 8 11 –7 7 Brad Maxwell 9 5 6 11 –5 23 Bobby Smith 9 6 4 10 –4 17 Dino Ciccarelli 9 4 6 10 0 11 Brian Bellows 9 5 4 9 –8 18 Steve Payne 9 3 6 9 –7 19 Neal Broten 9 1 6 7 –4 10 Gordie Roberts 9 1 5 6 –3 14 Tom McCarthy 9 2 4 6 –3 9 Willi Plett 9 1 3 4 –1 38 George Ferguson 9 0 3 3 –1 4 Al MacAdam 9 2 1 3 0 2 Tim Young 2 0 2 2 0 2 Gary Sargent 5 0 2 2 0 0 Curt Giles 5 0 2 2 –2 6 Ron Friest 4 1 0 1 1 2 Total 34 62 96 — 182

Goaltending

Regular season

Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Gilles Meloche	47	20	13	11	160	1
Don Beaupre	36	19	10	5	120	0
Markus Mattsson ‡	2	1	1	0	6	1
Total		40	24	16	286	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Gilles Meloche	5	2	3	0	18	0
Don Beaupre	4	2	2	0	20	0
Total		4	5	0	38	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the North Stars. Stats reflect time with the North Stars only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the North Stars only.

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References

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN   9781894801225.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1982-83 Minnesota North Stars Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
4. "1982-83 Minnesota North Stars Roster and Statistics".

External links

• North Stars on Hockey Database