Hartford Whalers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Tuesday, November 6, 1979 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Colorado Rockies 7–2 on Tuesday, November 6, 1979 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Whalers 29–26.
Goals came from Mark Howe, Ron Delorme, Al Hangsleben, Jordy Douglas, Gordie Howe, Randy Pierce, Mike Rogers, Ray Allison and Blaine Stoughton.
John Garrett made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Bill Oleschuk stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Howe (4)Andre Lacroix (8), Gordie Roberts (4)1–007:21 HFD
2nd period
Ron Delorme (2)Unassisted1–103:17 CLR
Al Hangsleben (2)Mark Howe (5), Mike Rogers (7)2–104:58 HFD
Jordy Douglas (2)Blaine Stoughton (3), Dave Keon (7)3–107:39 HFD
Gordie Howe (6)Unassisted4–112:25 HFD · 
Randy Pierce (3)Don Saleski (4)4–215:53 CLR
Mike Rogers (3)Al Sims (4)5–217:03 HFD
3rd period
Ray Allison (4)Greg Carroll (2)6–202:21 HFD
Blaine Stoughton (5)Dave Keon (8), Jordy Douglas (4)7–207:17 HFD
Team stats
HFDCLR
2629
0%0%
1/10/4
82
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:43 into the second period
Greg Carroll · holding2 min - 10:31 into the second period
Kevin Morrison · slashing2 min - 7:46 into the third periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 13:02 into the third periodRick Ley · tripping2 min
- 19:48 into the third periodAndre Lacroix · slashing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +6 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35John GarrettG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Colorado Rockies
| 7Randy PierceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 12Don AshbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Nelson PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Kevin MorrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Bill OleschukG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |