1990–91 Minnesota North Stars season
The 1990–91 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 24th season. The most striking aspect of the season was that despite qualifying for the playoffs with an under–.500 (or "losing") regular-season record, the team reached the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals as the Clarence Campbell Conference champions. Minnesota had beaten Chicago and St. Louis (each in six games), teams that had finished nearly 40 points ahead of them in the regular season, before becoming the first Norris Division team to reach the Stanley Cup Finals since the league had re-aligned a decade earlier when they eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in five games — a classic "Cinderella" postseason. The North Stars finally saw their playoff run end in game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals when they lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–0 in front of their home fans in the Met Center.
1990–91 Minnesota North Stars | |
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Campbell Conference champions | |
Division | 4th Norris |
Conference | 7th Campbell |
1990–91 record | 27–39–14 |
Home record | 19–15–6 |
Road record | 8–24–8 |
Goals for | 256 |
Goals against | 266 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bob Clarke |
Coach | Bob Gainey |
Captain | Curt Giles |
Alternate captains | Neal Broten Dave Gagner Basil McRae |
Arena | Met Center |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Dave Gagner (40) |
Assists | Neal Broten (56) |
Points | Dave Gagner (82) |
Penalty minutes | Shane Churla (286) |
Plus/minus | Jim Johnson and Dave Gagner (+9) |
Wins | Jon Casey (21) |
Goals against average | Jon Casey (2.98) |