Minnesota North Stars vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Friday, November 9, 1979 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Colorado Rockies 6–5 on Friday, November 9, 1979 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the North Stars 36–31.
Steve Payne scored twice, Al MacAdam scored twice and Mike McEwen scored twice. Rob Ramage, Nelson Pyatt, Lucien DeBlois, Glen Sharpley and Tom McCarthy also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 31 saves on 36 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Payne (11)Bobby Smith (15)1–007:59 MNS
Rob Ramage (2)Don Saleski (5), Jack Valiquette (5)1–113:28 CLR
Nelson Pyatt (5)Mike McEwen (10)1–214:58 CLR
Lucien DeBlois (5)Doug Berry (2), Randy Pierce (3)1–315:27 CLR
Al MacAdam (6)Unassisted2–316:54 MNS- Steve Payne (12)Al MacAdam (9), Bobby Smith (16)3–317:27 MNS
2nd period
- Al MacAdam (7)Bobby Smith (17)4–307:59 MNS
Mike McEwen (2)Rene Robert (5), Doug Berry (3)4–409:49 CLR ·
3rd period
- Mike McEwen (3)Unassisted4–503:02 CLR ·
Glen Sharpley (9)Unassisted5–505:34 MNS · 
Tom McCarthy (5)Ron Zanussi (5), Brad Maxwell (9)6–508:37 MNS
Team stats
MNSCLR
3136
0%0%
1/51/5
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:18 into the first period
Paul Shmyr · charging2 min - 2:37 into the first period
Randy Pierce · holding2 min - 19:50 into the first periodDean Turner · interference2 min
- 19:50 into the first periodMike Polich · slashing2 min
- 3:50 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · tripping2 min
- 5:29 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 9:00 into the second periodFred Barrett · interference2 min
- 11:43 into the second periodKevin Morrison · holding2 min
- 14:41 into the second periodTom Younghans · holding2 min
- 17:30 into the second periodRob Ramage · hooking2 min
- 1:20 into the third periodWilf Paiement · holding2 min
- 4:44 into the third periodDean Turner · slashing2 min
- 18:19 into the third periodDoug Berry · charging2 min
- 18:19 into the third periodKris Manery · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 30Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 4Mike McEwenD | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Nelson PyattC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don AshbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Kevin MorrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 30Bill OleschukG | 0 | 0 | – |