#MINNESOTA NORTH STARS

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"For the entire ‘80s and 90’s, only three different players won the Art Ross trophy for scoring lead: Gretzky, who won ten times; Lemieux, who won six times; and Jágr, who won five."

Read Part V of @sergeifyodorov's history of the #NHL here.

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1993.

The reason the Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas.

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Top 10 NHL win leaders by draft: 1975

10: Bill Cheropita; 66th overall, New York Rangers (0) 9: Gary Carr; 122nd overall, Boston (0) 8: Gordie Laxton; 13th overall, Pittsburgh (4) 7: Bill Oleschuk; 110th overall, Kansas City (7) 6: Paul Harrison; 40th overall, Minnesota (28) 5: Rick St. Croix; 72nd overall, Philadelphia (53) 4: Ed Staniowski; 27th overall, St. Louis (68) 3: Doug Soetaert; 30th overall, New York Rangers (111) 2: Bob Sauvé; 17th overall, Buffalo (197) 1: Don Edwards; 89th overall, Buffalo (224)

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Images of Jack Carlson come in two varieties and I don't know which one I like better, being honest.

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Whew. Been busy, but I finally finished one of my many unfinished artworks: Shinobu Kocho repping the Minnesota North Stars and flipping off Norm Green

See, guys. I'm not TOTALLY biased lmao.

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Dino Ciccarelli Rookie Card (Minnesota North Stars)

Dino Ciccarelli's rookie playoff performance in the 1980-81 NHL season remains unmatched to this day. Despite only playing 32 regular season games, he scored 14 goals, had 7 assists, and earned 21 points over 19 games in the post season. Jake Guentzel tied the points record in the 2016-17 season, but played six more games.

The Minnesota North Stars reached the Stanley Cup final that season, beating the odds by sweeping the Boston Bruins, then ousting the Buffalo Sabres and Calgary Flames, before losing to the New York Islanders in five games. Steve Payne was the top scorer with 17 goals and 29 points, while Bobby Smith trailed closely with 25 points.

The following season, in 1981-82, Ciccarelli had an incredible year, scoring 55 goals and assisting on 51 for 106 points. He finished fourth in the NHL for goal scoring, trailing behind Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy, and Dennis Maruk. Ciccarelli also tied for ninth in the Art Ross Trophy race with Dave Taylor of the Los Angeles Kings.

Prior to his career in the NHL, Ciccarelli was a top scorer in the OHL. In the 1977-78 season, he led the league with 72 goals for the London Knights, surpassing Wayne Gretzky's total for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds by two goals. Although he finished third in overall scoring with 142 points, he trailed 50 points behind Bobby Smith of the Ottawa 67's.

Ciccarelli played a total of 1,232 regular season and 141 playoff games for various teams including the North Stars, Washington Capitals, Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Florida Panthers between 1980-81 and 1998-99. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010, and his jersey number 8 was retired by the London Knights.

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"North Star State" - linocut, ~5x5"

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The Scoreboard

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Zach Parisé retires.

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