Tim Young (ice hockey)
A tenacious center who anchored the Minnesota North Stars' top line for a decade, becoming a quiet cornerstone of the franchise's 1970s identity.
Born 1955 (age 71)·Canadian ice hockey player·Birthday: February 22·Baby Boomers
Biography
Tim Young carved out a solid, unflashy NHL career defined by consistency and hockey sense. Drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in 1975, the Ottawa native quickly became a fixture at center, using his vision and playmaking to fuel the team's offense. He spent the bulk of his ten-season journey with the North Stars, forming a reliable partnership on their first line and peaking with a 95-point campaign in 1976-77. His later years saw brief stops in Winnipeg and Philadelphia before retirement. Young's story isn't one of trophies, but of the essential, steady contributor every successful team needs, logging over 700 games with a quiet professionalism that earned him lasting respect in the markets he played.
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
The largest generation in history at the time. Shaped by postwar prosperity, the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, and Watergate. They questioned every institution their parents built — then ran them.
Tim was born in 1955, placing them squarely in the Baby Boomers. The events that shaped this generation — postwar prosperity, civil rights, Vietnam, and the counterculture — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
#1 When Tim Was Born
The biggest hits of 1955
#1 Movie
Lady and the Tramp
Best Picture
Marty
#1 TV Show
The $64,000 Question
Tim's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
1955Born
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat
Gas: $0.29/galHome: $9,550Min wage: $0.75/hrPresident: Dwight D. Eisenhower"Rock Around the Clock" — Bill Haley & His CometsBest Picture: Marty
1960Started school
Kennedy-Nixon debates become first televised presidential debates
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $11,900Min wage: $1.00/hrPresident: Dwight D. Eisenhower"Theme from A Summer Place" — Percy FaithBest Picture: The Apartment
1968Became a teenager
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy assassinated
Gas: $0.34/galHome: $14,950Min wage: $1.60/hrPresident: Lyndon B. Johnson"Hey Jude" — The BeatlesBest Picture: Oliver!
1971Could drive
Voting age lowered to 18 in the US
Gas: $0.36/galHome: $18,100Min wage: $1.60/hrPresident: Richard Nixon"Joy to the World" — Three Dog NightBest Picture: The French Connection
1973Could vote
US withdraws from Vietnam; Roe v. Wade decided
Gas: $0.39/galHome: $22,100Min wage: $1.60/hrPresident: Richard Nixon"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" — Tony Orlando & DawnBest Picture: The Sting
1976Turned 21
Apple Computer founded; US bicentennial
Gas: $0.59/galHome: $29,300Min wage: $2.30/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"Silly Love Songs" — WingsBest Picture: Rocky
1985Turned 30
Live Aid concerts raise money for Ethiopian famine
Gas: $1.12/galHome: $62,900Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Careless Whisper" — Wham!Best Picture: Out of Africa
1995Turned 40
Oklahoma City bombing; Windows 95 released
Gas: $1.15/galHome: $96,500Min wage: $4.25/hrPresident: Bill Clinton"Gangsta's Paradise" — CoolioBest Picture: Braveheart
2005Turned 50
Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans; YouTube launches
Gas: $2.30/galHome: $167,500Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: George W. Bush"We Belong Together" — Mariah CareyBest Picture: Crash
2015Turned 60
Paris climate agreement; same-sex marriage legalized in the US
Gas: $2.43/galHome: $171,900Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Barack Obama"Uptown Funk" — Mark Ronson ft. Bruno MarsBest Picture: Spotlight
2025Turned 70
AI agents go mainstream
Gas: $3.10/galHome: $385,000Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Donald Trump"APT." — Rose & Bruno Mars
2026Age 71 today
Gas: $3.91/galPresident: Donald Trump
Key Achievements
- Recorded a career-high 95 points (24 goals, 71 assists) for the Minnesota North Stars in the 1976-77 season.
- Played in 660 regular-season games for the Minnesota North Stars, ranking him among the franchise's top players in games played.
- Tallied over 500 career points in the NHL, a significant milestone for a player of his era.
Did You Know?
He was selected 16th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.
Young's junior hockey career was spent with the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey Association.
He served as an alternate captain for the North Stars during his tenure with the team.
“My job was to see the ice and get the puck to the goal-scorers.”
