1992–93 Minnesota North Stars season

The 1992–93 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 26th and final season of the franchise in Minnesota. The team finished in fifth place in the Norris Division, with 82 points (three behind St. Louis), missing the playoffs. Four North Stars (Russ Courtnall, Ulf Dahlen, Dave Gagner and Mike Modano) reached the 30-goal plateau.[1]

1992–93 Minnesota North Stars
Division	5th Norris
Conference	9th Campbell
1992–93 record	36–38–10
Home record	18–17–7
Road record	18–21–3
Goals for	272
Goals against	293
Team information
General manager	Bob Gainey
Coach	Bob Gainey
Captain	Mark Tinordi
Alternate captains	Neal Broten Mike Modano
Arena	Met Center
Average attendance	13,910
Team leaders
Goals	Russ Courtnall (36)
Assists	Mike Modano (60)
Points	Mike Modano (93)
Penalty minutes	Shane Churla (286)
Plus/minus	Jim Johnson (+9)
Wins	Jon Casey (26)
Goals against average	Jon Casey (3.33)

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	34	Jarkko Varvio	Finland	HPK (Finland)
3	58	Jeff Bes	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	88	Jere Lehtinen	Finland	Kiekko-Espoo (Finland)
6	130	Michael Johnson	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
7	154	Kyle Peterson	Canada	Thunder Bay Flyers (USHL)
8	178	Juha Lind	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)
9	202	Lars Edstrom	Sweden	Lulea HF (Sweden)
10	226	Jeff Romfo	United States	Blaine High School (USHS-MN)
11	250	Jeff Moen	United States	Roseville Area High School (USHS-MN)

Regular season

Bobby Smith retired after the season.

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Chicago Blackhawks	84	47	25	12	106	279	230
Detroit Red Wings	84	47	28	9	103	369	280
Toronto Maple Leafs	84	44	29	11	99	288	241
St. Louis Blues	84	37	36	11	85	282	278
Minnesota North Stars	84	36	38	10	82	272	293
Tampa Bay Lightning	84	23	54	7	53	245	332

[2]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

Regular season

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1992	4–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	0–1–0
2	W	October 8, 1992	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	1–1–0
3	W	October 10, 1992	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	2–1–0
4	L	October 13, 1992	3–4	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	2–2–0
5	W	October 15, 1992	5–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	3–2–0
6	L	October 17, 1992	1–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	3–3–0
7	W	October 18, 1992	5–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	4–3–0
8	W	October 22, 1992	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	5–3–0
9	T	October 24, 1992	5–5 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	5–3–1
10	L	October 28, 1992	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	5–4–1
11	W	October 30, 1992	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	6–4–1
12	L	October 31, 1992	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	6–5–1
13	W	November 5, 1992	3–0	New York Islanders (1992–93)	7–5–1
14	T	November 7, 1992	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	7–5–2
15	L	November 10, 1992	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	7–6–2
16	L	November 12, 1992	2–7	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	7–7–2
17	W	November 14, 1992	3–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	8–7–2
18	L	November 15, 1992	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	8–8–2
19	W	November 18, 1992	5–4	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	9–8–2
20	W	November 19, 1992	4–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	10–8–2
21	W	November 21, 1992	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	11–8–2
22	L	November 25, 1992	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	11–9–2
23	T	November 27, 1992	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1992–93)	11–9–3
24	W	November 28, 1992	10–3	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	12–9–3
25	W	November 30, 1992	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	13–9–3
26	W	December 1, 1992	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	14–9–3
27	W	December 3, 1992	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	15–9–3
28	W	December 5, 1992	7–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	16–9–3
29	L	December 10, 1992	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	16–10–3
30	L	December 12, 1992	0–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	16–11–3
31	W	December 15, 1992	6–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	17–11–3
32	T	December 19, 1992	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	17–11–4
33	L	December 20, 1992	0–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	17–12–4
34	T	December 22, 1992	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	17–12–5
35	W	December 26, 1992	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	18–12–5
36	L	December 27, 1992	4–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	18–13–5
37	W	December 31, 1992	5–3	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	19–13–5
38	L	January 2, 1993	2–3	@ New York Islanders (1992–93)	19–14–5
39	T	January 3, 1993	6–6 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	19–14–6
40	L	January 6, 1993	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	19–15–6
41	W	January 7, 1993	6–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	20–15–6
42	W	January 9, 1993	6–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	21–15–6
43	L	January 12, 1993	1–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	21–16–6
44	L	January 14, 1993	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	21–17–6
45	W	January 16, 1993	4–3	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	22–17–6
46	W	January 19, 1993	4–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	23–17–6
47	W	January 21, 1993	7–2	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	24–17–6
48	T	January 23, 1993	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	24–17–7
49	T	January 24, 1993	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	24–17–8
50	W	January 26, 1993	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	25–17–8
51	W	January 28, 1993	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	26–17–8
52	L	January 30, 1993	3–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	26–18–8
53	W	February 1, 1993	5–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	27–18–8
54	W	February 3, 1993	7–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	28–18–8
55	L	February 9, 1993	2–3	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	28–19–8
56	W	February 11, 1993	1–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	29–19–8
57	L	February 13, 1993	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	29–20–8
58	L	February 14, 1993	5–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	29–21–8
59	L	February 17, 1993	5–10	Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	29–22–8
60	W	February 20, 1993	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	30–22–8
61	L	February 21, 1993	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	30–23–8
62	T	February 25, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	30–23–9
63	L	February 27, 1993	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	30–24–9
64	L	February 28, 1993	6–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	30–25–9
65	L	March 3, 1993	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	30–26–9
66	W	March 6, 1993	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	31–26–9
67	L	March 7, 1993	1–7	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	31–27–9
68	W	March 9, 1993	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	32–27–9
69	W	March 11, 1993	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	33–27–9
70	L	March 13, 1993	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	33–28–9
71	L	March 14, 1993	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	33–29–9
72	L	March 16, 1993	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	33–30–9
73	L	March 18, 1993	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	33–31–9
74	L	March 21, 1993	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	33–32–9
75	T	March 25, 1993	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	33–32–10
76	L	March 27, 1993	1–2	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	33–33–10
77	L	March 31, 1993	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	33–34–10
78	L	April 1, 1993	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	33–35–10
79	W	April 3, 1993	3–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	34–35–10
80	W	April 6, 1993	3–1	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	35–35–10
81	W	April 10, 1993	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	36–35–10
82	L	April 11, 1993	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	36–36–10
83	L	April 13, 1993	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	36–37–10
84	L	April 15, 1993	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	36–38–10

Player statistics

Forwards

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Mike Modano	82	33	60	93	83	7
Russ Courtnall	84	36	43	79	49	1
Dave Gagner	84	33	43	76	143	13
Ulf Dahlen	83	35	39	74	6	20
Mike McPhee	84	18	22	40	44	2
Mike Craig	70	15	23	38	106	-11
Neal Broten	82	12	21	33	22	7
Todd Elik	46	13	18	31	48	5
Gaetan Duchesne	84	16	13	29	30	6
Trent Klatt	47	4	19	23	38	2
Shane Churla	73	5	16	21	286	8
Stewart Gavin	63	10	8	18	59	4
Bobby Smith	45	5	7	12	10	9
Brian Propp	17	3	3	16	0	10
Dan Quinn	11	0	4	4	6	4

[3]

Defencemen

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Mark Tinordi	69	15	27	42	157	1
Tommy Sjodin	77	7	29	36	30	25
Jim Johnson	79	3	20	23	105	9
Derian Hatcher	67	4	15	19	178	27
Craig Ludwig	78	1	10	11	153	1
Richard Matvichuk	53	2	3	5	26	8
James Black	10	2	1	3	4	0
Brad Berry	63	0	3	3	109	2

Goaltending

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

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Jon Casey	60	3476	26	26	5	3	3.33
Darcy Wakaluk	29	1596	10	12	5	1	3.65

Roster

1992–1993 Minnesota North Stars Roster
Goaltenders 30 – Jon Casey  35 – Darcy Wakaluk		Defencemen 2 – Derian Hatcher  3 – Craig Ludwig  4 – Richard Matvichuk  5 – Brad Berry  6 – Jim Johnson  23 – Mark Osiecki  24 – Mark Tinordi  - C 33 – Tommy Sjodin  38 – Roy Mitchell  39 – Enrico Ciccone		Wingers 10 – Gaetan Duchesne  12 – Stew Gavin  15 – Dave Gagner  16 – Brian Propp  17 – Mike McPhee  20 – Mike Craig  21 – Derrick Smith  22 – Ulf Dahlen  26 – Russ Courtnall  27 – Shane Churla  29 – Trent Klatt  32 – Doug Barrault  44 – Reid Simpson		Centers 7 – Neal Broten  9 – Mike Modano  11 – Dan Quinn  14 – Todd Elik  18 – Bobby Smith  28 – James Black  41 – Brent Gilchrist  GM: Bob Gainey Coach: Bob Gainey

Relocation to Dallas

In 1993, amid further attendance woes and bitter personal controversy, North Stars owner Norm Green obtained permission to move the team to the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas, where they were renamed, 'specifically', the Stars. The NHL, to quell the controversy, 'promised' to the fans of Minnesota to return in the future with a new franchise, that began play in 2000.

References

• North Stars on Hockey Database

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MNS/1993.html
2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
3. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000371993.html