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After playing for the U.S. Junior Hockey Team at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in 1983, [1] and leading his high school, Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, [2] to consecutive championships, [3] Lawton was the first overall draft pick by the North Stars in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. [4]
The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white. The North Stars played 2,062 regular season games and made the NHL playoffs 17 times, including two Stanley Cup Finals appearances, but were unable to win the Stanley Cup.
This is a list of players who have played at least one game for the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). This list does not include players for the Dallas Stars 1993 to present day or any merged from the Oakland Seals 1967 to 1970 , California (Golden) Seals 1970 to 1976 and Cleveland Barons 1976 to 1978.
This is a list of seasons completed by the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League. This list documents the records and playoff results for all seasons the North Stars completed before they moved to Dallas after the 1992–93 season as the Dallas Stars. For records after 1993, see List of Dallas Stars seasons.
[14] 1980 U.S. Olympic "Miracle on Ice" coach Herb Brooks, who coached the North Stars in the 1987–88 season, is the only North Stars head coach to have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder; [15] Harry Howell and Gainey were inducted as players. [16] [17] Sonmor and Gainey are the only head coaches to reach the Stanley Cup ...
The only fatality in NHL history occurred at the Met Center on January 13, 1968, when Bill Masterton of the hometown North Stars suffered a deadly head injury in a game versus the Oakland Seals. [9] Elvis Presley opened his 1971 tour of the USA on November 5, 1971. [10] 25th National Hockey League All-Star Game on January 25, 1972
The new post-merger North Stars would be permitted to protect 10 skaters and two goaltenders from the pre-merger rosters of both teams, while the five other worst teams in the 1977–78 NHL season—the Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Rockies, in that order—would each be permitted to ...
Woonsocket is a city in Sanborn County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 631 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ] It is the county seat of Sanborn County.