1984–85 Minnesota North Stars season

1984–85 Minnesota North Stars
1984–85 Minnesota North Stars
Division	4th Norris
Conference	Campbell
1984–85 record	25–43–12
Goals for	268
Goals against	321
Team information
General manager	Lou Nanne
Coach	Bill Mahoney; Glen Sonmor
Captain	Craig Hartsburg
Alternate captains	None

The 1984–85 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 18th season.

Coached by Bill Mahoney (3–8–2) and Glen Sonmor (22–35–10), the team compiled a record of 25–43–12 for 62 points, to finish the regular season 4th in the Norris Division. In the playoffs they won the division semi-finals 3–0 over the St. Louis Blues, but lost the division finals 4–2 to the Chicago Black Hawks.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
St. Louis Blues	80	37	31	12	299	288	86
Chicago Black Hawks	80	38	35	7	309	299	83
Detroit Red Wings	80	27	41	12	313	357	66
Minnesota North Stars	80	25	43	12	268	321	62
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	20	52	8	253	358	48

[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.

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1984–85 NHL Records [2]
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
Chicago	—	3−3−2	4−3−1	3−4−1	6−1−1	16−11−5
Detroit	3−3−2	—	3−2−3	1−6−1	5−3	12−14−6
Minnesota	3−4−1	2−3−3	—	1−6−1	6−2	12−15−5
St. Louis	4−3−1	6−1−1	6−1−1	—	4−3−1	20−8−4
Toronto	1−6−1	3−5	2−6	3−4−1	—	9−21−2

Vs. Smythe Division

1984–85 NHL Records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
Chicago	2−1	0−3	2−0−1	2−1	1−1−1	7−6−2
Detroit	1−2	0−3	1−2	2−1	0−2−1	4−10−1
Minnesota	0−1−2	0−3	1−1−1	1−1−1	1−2	3−8−4
St. Louis	3−0	0−3	2−1	3−0	1−0−2	9−4−2
Toronto	0−3	0−2−1	1−2	1−1−1	0−3	2−11−2

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Adams Division

1984–85 NHL Records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
Chicago	3−0	0−3	1−2	2−1	0−3	6−9−0
Detroit	0−3	1−1−1	1−2	1−1−1	2−1	5−8−2
Minnesota	0−3	0−3	2−1	2−1	0−3	4−11−0
St. Louis	0−1−2	2−1	1−2	0−2−1	1−2	4−8−3
Toronto	1−2	1−2	1−2	3−0	0−1−2	6−7−2

Vs. Patrick Division

1984–85 NHL Records
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
Chicago	3−0	0−3	3−0	1−2	2−1	0−3	9−9−0
Detroit	1−1−1	1−2	2−1	0−2−1	1−1−1	1−2	6−9−3
Minnesota	1−1−1	1−1−1	2−1	0−3	2−1	0−2−1	6−9−3
St. Louis	2−0−1	0−3	0−2−1	0−3	2−1	0−2−1	4−11−3
Toronto	0−3	1−2	0−2−1	1−2	1−2	0−2−1	3−13−2

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1984	0–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	0–1–0
2	W	October 13, 1984	3–1	New York Rangers (1984–85)	1–1–0
3	W	October 14, 1984	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	2–1–0
4	L	October 18, 1984	5–7	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	2–2–0
5	L	October 20, 1984	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	2–3–0
6	L	October 21, 1984	6–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	2–4–0
7	L	October 23, 1984	2–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	2–5–0
8	L	October 27, 1984	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	2–6–0
9	T	October 30, 1984	5–5 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	2–6–1
10	T	November 2, 1984	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	2–6–2
11	L	November 3, 1984	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	2–7–2
12	W	November 5, 1984	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	3–7–2
13	L	November 7, 1984	6–9	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	3–8–2
14	T	November 10, 1984	5–5 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	3–8–3
15	W	November 11, 1984	7–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	4–8–3
16	T	November 13, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	4–8–4
17	L	November 15, 1984	1–6	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	4–9–4
18	T	November 17, 1984	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	4–9–5
19	W	November 21, 1984	7–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	5–9–5
20	W	November 23, 1984	5–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	6–9–5
21	W	November 24, 1984	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	7–9–5
22	L	November 27, 1984	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	7–10–5
23	W	November 28, 1984	4–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	8–10–5
24	L	December 1, 1984	4–8	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	8–11–5
25	T	December 4, 1984	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	8–11–6
26	L	December 7, 1984	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	8–12–6
27	L	December 9, 1984	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	8–13–6
28	L	December 10, 1984	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	8–14–6
29	L	December 12, 1984	2–3	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	8–15–6
30	L	December 15, 1984	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	8–16–6
31	W	December 16, 1984	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	9–16–6
32	L	December 19, 1984	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	9–17–6
33	W	December 22, 1984	5–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	10–17–6
34	L	December 23, 1984	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	10–18–6
35	W	December 26, 1984	4–0	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	11–18–6
36	L	December 29, 1984	3–5	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	11–19–6
37	W	December 31, 1984	4–3	New York Islanders (1984–85)	12–19–6
38	W	January 3, 1985	8–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	13–19–6
39	T	January 5, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	13–19–7
40	L	January 9, 1985	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	13–20–7
41	L	January 10, 1985	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	13–21–7
42	W	January 12, 1985	5–4	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	14–21–7
43	L	January 14, 1985	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	14–22–7
44	T	January 16, 1985	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	14–22–8
45	L	January 19, 1985	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	14–23–8
46	L	January 21, 1985	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	14–24–8
47	W	January 23, 1985	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	15–24–8
48	T	January 26, 1985	4–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	15–24–9
49	L	January 27, 1985	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	15–25–9
50	T	January 29, 1985	4–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	15–25–10
51	W	February 2, 1985	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	16–25–10
52	L	February 3, 1985	1–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	16–26–10
53	L	February 6, 1985	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	16–27–10
54	L	February 8, 1985	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	16–28–10
55	L	February 9, 1985	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	16–29–10
56	T	February 14, 1985	5–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	16–29–11
57	L	February 16, 1985	4–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	16–30–11
58	L	February 17, 1985	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	16–31–11
59	L	February 20, 1985	2–3	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	16–32–11
60	W	February 22, 1985	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	17–32–11
61	L	February 23, 1985	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	17–33–11
62	W	February 25, 1985	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	18–33–11
63	L	February 27, 1985	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	18–34–11
64	L	March 1, 1985	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	18–35–11
65	W	March 2, 1985	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	19–35–11
66	W	March 4, 1985	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	20–35–11
67	L	March 6, 1985	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	20–36–11
68	W	March 9, 1985	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	21–36–11
69	W	March 10, 1985	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	22–36–11
70	L	March 13, 1985	0–8	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	22–37–11
71	W	March 16, 1985	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	23–37–11
72	T	March 18, 1985	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	23–37–12
73	L	March 20, 1985	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	23–38–12
74	L	March 23, 1985	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	23–39–12
75	W	March 25, 1985	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	24–39–12
76	L	March 26, 1985	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	24–40–12
77	L	March 30, 1985	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	24–41–12
78	L	March 31, 1985	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	24–42–12
79	W	April 3, 1985	9–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	25–42–12
80	L	April 6, 1985	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	25–43–12

Draft picks

Minnesota's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	13	David Quinn	United States	Kent School (Connecticut)
3	46	Ken Hodge Jr.	United States	St. John's School (USHS-MA)
4	76	Miroslav Maly	Czechoslovakia	SV Bayreuth (West Germany)
5	89	Jiri Poner	Czechoslovakia	Landshut (West Germany)
5	97	Kari Takko	Finland	Assat (Finland)
6	118	Gary McColgan	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	139	Vladimir Kyhos	Czechoslovakia	CHZ Litvinov (Czechoslovakia)
8	160	Darin MacInnis	United States	Kent School (USHS-CT)
9	181	Duane Wahlin	United States	Johnson High School (USHS-MN)
10	201	Michael Orn	United States	Stillwater High School (USHS-MN)
11	222	Tom Terwilliger	United States	Edina High School (USHS-MN)
12	242	Mike Nightengale	United States	Simley High School (USHS-MN)

References

Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
"All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

External links

"1984–85 Minnesota North Stars Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.

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[nhl-gd-standings-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.

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

1984–85 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	Draft Waiver Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals