Chicago Blackhawks vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Saturday, November 17, 1979 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Rockies 4–1 on Saturday, November 17, 1979 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Blackhawks 39–29.
Tim Higgins scored twice. Tom Lysiak, Rich Preston and Mike McEwen also scored.
Mike Veisor made 38 saves on 39 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Higgins (2)Tom Lysiak (9)1–002:23 CHI
Tom Lysiak (5)Ted Bulley (3), Tim Higgins (2)2–016:36 CHI
2nd period
Rich Preston (6)Grant Mulvey (3), Terry Ruskowski (13)3–014:39 CHI
3rd period
- Tim Higgins (3)Unassisted4–008:21 CHI ·
Mike McEwen (4)Randy Pierce (6)4–116:07 CLR
Team stats
CHICLR
2939
0%0%
1/40/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:47 into the first period
Doug Wilson · high sticking2 min - 10:47 into the first period
Lucien DeBlois · high sticking2 min - 13:54 into the first periodGrant Mulvey · interference2 min
- 3:12 into the second periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 12:03 into the second periodBob Murray · tripping2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodTom Lysiak · hooking2 min
- 5:23 into the third periodTed Bulley · hooking2 min
- 6:05 into the third periodRandy Pierce · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:29 into the third periodWilf Paiement · slashing2 min
- 17:04 into the third periodDean Turner · tripping2 min
- 17:26 into the third periodTed Bulley · interference2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 15Tim HigginsR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan MikitaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23J.P. BordeleauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2David LoganD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | W | 39 | 1 | .974 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 30Bill OleschukG | 0 | 0 | – |