St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, October 24, 1979 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 5–2 on Wednesday, October 24, 1979 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Blues 29–19.
Glen Sharpley scored twice. Brian Sutter, Fred Barrett, Ron Zanussi, Bobby Simpson and Tim Young also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Sutter (3)Wayne Babych (6), Joe Micheletti (4)1–004:17 STL
Fred Barrett (3)Unassisted1–106:27 MNS
Glen Sharpley (3)Tom McCarthy (2)1–212:21 MNS
2nd period
Ron Zanussi (3)Glen Sharpley (3), Brad Maxwell (5)1–305:20 MNS- Glen Sharpley (4)Tom McCarthy (3), Paul Shmyr (3)1–413:58 MNS ·
3rd period
Bobby Simpson (1)Mike Zuke (1), Bryan Maxwell (1)2–402:51 STL
Tim Young (1)Craig Hartsburg (3)2–509:14 MNS
Team stats
STLMNS
1929
0%0%
0/51/6
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:01 into the first period
Wayne Babych · interference2 min - 13:04 into the first periodDon Laurence · hooking2 min
- 2:10 into the second period
Craig Hartsburg · hooking2 min - 2:35 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · roughing2 min
- 2:35 into the second periodWayne Babych · roughing2 min
- 6:28 into the second periodEd Kea · holding2 min
- 12:09 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 19:42 into the second periodFred Barrett · holding2 min
- 7:48 into the third periodBobby Smith · interference2 min
- 8:31 into the third periodJoe Micheletti · interference2 min
- 9:43 into the third periodPaul Shmyr · tripping2 min
- 12:49 into the third periodHartland Monahan · hooking2 min
- 16:40 into the third periodFred Barrett · tripping2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Bobby SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Don LaurenceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |