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1981-82 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #26 STEVE PAYNE Minnesota North Stars · Left Wing
NM-MT Season grade
8
Card #1982-08450259
Steve Payne in action
26 L Left Wing
88 OVR
Steve Payne Minnesota North Stars
1981-82 · 74 GP · 33 G · 45 A · 78 PTS
1982-83
1980-81

Season Report

8 Near Mint–Mint 8

Game Score 0.92 a game, 85th percentile of the league's forwards that season.

GP
74
G
33
A
45
P
78
+/-
+20
PIM
76
PPP
25
SHP
0
GWG
3
S
239

1981-82 ranks

  • 4th Points on the North Stars
  • 4th Goals on the North Stars
  • 5th Assists on the North Stars
  • 1st Plus/Minus on the North Stars

Under the Hood

Against every regular at the position in 1981-82. Only the stats that season kept.

Shooting 92

Goals / GP
0.45

80th percentile of forwards

Shots / GP
3.23

93rd percentile of forwards

Playmaking 89

Points / GP
1.05

82nd percentile of forwards

Assists / GP
0.61

83rd percentile of forwards

PP Points / GP
0.34

85th percentile of forwards

Physicality 78

PIM / GP
1.03

64th percentile of forwards

Connections

Every 1981-82 goal he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

C 96OVR Bobby Smith North Stars 16 of his goals D 96OVR Craig Hartsburg North Stars 9 of his goals R 75OVR Al MacAdam North Stars 9 of his goals R 97OVR Dino Ciccarelli North Stars 5 of his goals

Set up most

C 96OVR Bobby Smith North Stars Set up 17 goals R 97OVR Dino Ciccarelli North Stars Set up 6 goals L 45OVR Anders Hakansson North Stars Set up 3 goals RC C 86OVR Mike Eaves North Stars Set up 3 goals
Scored on most
Mike Liut 5 goals Michel Larocque 4 goals Ed Staniowski 3 goals
Best game
December 26, 1981 vs STL: 3G · 1A
Hat tricks
1

Rivals

Who he fought, hit (and was hit by), and faced on the draw most in 1981-82, from the play-by-play.

Dropped the gloves with

D 96OVR Lee Norwood Capitals 1 fight RC L 56OVR Torrie Robertson Capitals 1 fight RC

1981-82 Minnesota North Stars

37-23-20 · 94 points · 5th of 21

Top teammates

G 98OVR Gilles Meloche North Stars 51 GP · 26 W · .894 SV% · 3.48 GAA R 97OVR Dino Ciccarelli North Stars 76 GP · 55 G · 51 A · 106 PTS C 97OVR Neal Broten North Stars 73 GP · 38 G · 60 A · 98 PTS RC D 96OVR Craig Hartsburg North Stars 76 GP · 17 G · 60 A · 77 PTS C 96OVR Bobby Smith North Stars 80 GP · 43 G · 71 A · 114 PTS D 89OVR Brad Maxwell North Stars 51 GP · 10 G · 21 A · 31 PTS