Drafted 10th overall in the 1979 Draft, Tom McCarthy would quickly reach the pros, and he would be named an All-Star in the 1983 season when he posted a career high 79 Points.  While he was not an All-Star the following year, he would, however, light the lamp 39 times, also a career high.  A bout of Bell's Palsy would cost McCarthy the bulk of the 85-86 season, and he wasn’t really the same player after that.  Still, Tom McCarthy would record 333 Points for the Minnesota North Stars for a .86 Points per Game Average.

The best run of Barry Gibbs’ career was easily the five and a half seasons he spent playing for Minnesota.  Gibbs was a bit of an undisciplined blueliner early in his North Stars tenure but he would put together two straight 30-Point seasons, where he also reduced his costly penalties that had impeded him earlier in his career.  For his efforts, he would be named an All Star in 1973.

Alex Gologoski won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins (2009) before being traded to the Dallas Stars, but it was in the Lone Star State where he would post his biggest individual numbers.  Gologoski was never known to light the lamp, but he was a solid playmaker, providing Dallas with five straight 20 Assist seasons.

Craig Ludwig was brought into the then-named Minnesota North Stars to provide a veteran presence on the blue line, which is exactly what he offered them for over 500 Games.