Hartford Whalers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 1979 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Hartford Whalers 6–5 on Saturday, December 15, 1979 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Whalers 35–27.
Wilf Paiement scored a hat trick, Mark Howe scored twice and Blaine Stoughton scored twice. Mike Rogers, Jack Valiquette, Lucien DeBlois and Rene Robert also scored.
Bill McKenzie made 22 saves on 27 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Rogers (14)Gordie Howe (10), Al Sims (9)1–001:06 HFD
Jack Valiquette (12)Wilf Paiement (14), Ron Delorme (8)1–103:24 CLR
Wilf Paiement (8)Jack Valiquette (12), Rene Robert (15)1–214:50 CLR ·
2nd period
- Wilf Paiement (9)Mike McEwen (24), Jack Valiquette (13)1–302:58 CLR
Mark Howe (9)Dave Keon (23), Greg Carroll (5)2–315:46 HFD · 
Lucien DeBlois (12)Pat Hickey (8), Rene Robert (16)2–417:49 CLR
Blaine Stoughton (17)Dave Keon (24), Jordy Douglas (16)3–418:12 HFD- Blaine Stoughton (18)Dave Keon (25), Ronald Plumb (4)4–418:45 HFD
3rd period
Rene Robert (12)Lucien DeBlois (7), Pat Hickey (9)4–505:13 CLR- Wilf Paiement (10)Mike Christie (3), Jack Valiquette (14)4–605:49 CLR
- Mark Howe (10)Gordie Roberts (9)5–611:00 HFD
Team stats
HFDCLR
2735
0%0%
1/21/2
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:56 into the first period
Rick Hodgson · holding2 min - 18:13 into the first period
Dean Turner · hooking2 min - 19:49 into the first periodMike Christie · cross checking2 min
- 19:49 into the first periodMike Christie · fighting5 min
- 19:49 into the first periodBill Bennett · roughing2 min
- 19:49 into the first periodBill Bennett · fighting5 min
- 2:46 into the second periodRandy Pierce · slashing2 min
- 2:46 into the second periodJohn Garrett · slashing2 min
- 6:37 into the second periodRick Hodgson · hooking2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodNick Beverley · boarding2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Rick HodgsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 35 | 6 | .829 |
Colorado Rockies
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Bill McKenzieG | W | 27 | 5 | .815 |