Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 1, 1979 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Rockies 5–4 on Saturday, December 1, 1979 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rockies 35–27.
Rod Schutt scored twice. Randy Pierce, Rene Robert, Rick Kehoe, Nick Libett, Jack Valiquette, Randy Carlyle and Ron Delorme also scored.
Greg Millen made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Bill McKenzie stopped 16 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Pierce (6)Wilf Paiement (8), Nick Beverley (5)1–008:26 CLR
Rene Robert (10)Pat Hickey (6)2–012:15 CLR
Rick Kehoe (9)Paul Marshall (5), Orest Kindrachuk (11)2–113:28 PIT · 
Rod Schutt (5)Peter Lee (10), Bob Stewart (6)2–215:01 PIT
Nick Libett (6)Gregg Sheppard (3), George Ferguson (7)2–318:08 PIT
2nd period
Jack Valiquette (7)Mike McEwen (17), Lucien DeBlois (4)3–310:22 CLR ·
3rd period
- Rod Schutt (6)Greg Malone (18), Peter Lee (11)3–410:13 PIT
Randy Carlyle (3)George Ferguson (8), Gregg Sheppard (4)3–517:35 PIT
Ron Delorme (7)Rene Robert (10), Mike McEwen (18)4–519:34 CLR ·
Team stats
CLRPIT
2735
0%0%
2/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:37 into the first period
Lucien DeBlois · holding2 min - 0:58 into the second periodRon Delorme · hooking2 min
- 4:19 into the second periodWilf Paiement · slashing2 min
- 9:28 into the second period
Bob Stewart · holding2 min - 7:08 into the third periodRoss Lonsberry · high sticking2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodGreg Malone · cross checking2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 14Rene RobertR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 17 | 3 | .824 | |
| 29Bill McKenzieG | L | 18 | 2 | .889 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 20Paul MarshallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |