Hartford Whalers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, January 9, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 6–2 on Wednesday, January 9, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Whalers 40–30.
Bobby Smith scored twice. Pat Boutette, Gary Sargent, Gordie Roberts, Paul Shmyr, Tom McCarthy and Mike Eaves also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 34 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Boutette (1)Gordie Roberts (11)1–001:35 HFD
Bobby Smith (9)Brad Maxwell (14), Tim Young (20)1–105:07 MNS · 
Gary Sargent (9)Steve Payne (22), Tim Young (21)1–211:45 MNS
Gordie Roberts (4)Mike Rogers (22), Jordy Douglas (20)2–219:56 HFD ·
2nd period
Paul Shmyr (2)Unassisted2–300:18 MNS
3rd period
Tom McCarthy (11)Glen Sharpley (17), Bobby Smith (20)2–401:55 MNS
Mike Eaves (7)Kent-Erik Andersson (7), Mike Polich (6)2–502:17 MNS- Bobby Smith (10)Glen Sharpley (18), Fred Barrett (4)2–604:33 MNS
Team stats
HFDMNS
3040
0%0%
1/51/5
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:19 into the first period
Mark Howe · hooking2 min - 19:23 into the first period
Tim Young · elbowing2 min - 1:06 into the second periodAl MacAdam · holding2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodPat Boutette · tripping2 min
- 10:21 into the second periodGlen Sharpley · hooking2 min
- 16:23 into the second periodPat Boutette · high sticking2 min
- 16:23 into the second periodTom Younghans · roughing2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodGordie Roberts · tripping2 min
- 5:23 into the third periodMark Howe · hooking2 min
- 6:56 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 11:24 into the third periodNick Fotiu · high sticking2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodFred Barrett · high sticking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 40 | 6 | .850 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |