Hartford Whalers vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Thursday, October 9, 1980 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Hartford Whalers 8–6 on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Whalers 42–25.
Wayne Babych scored twice, Mark Howe scored a hat trick and Blair Chapman scored twice. Warren Miller, Mike Crombeen, Al Sims, Larry Patey, Brian Sutter, Pat Boutette and Blake Dunlop also scored.
Mike Liut made 19 saves on 25 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 34 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Babych (1)Blake Dunlop (1), Bryan Maxwell (1)0–110:37 STL- Wayne Babych (2)Mike Zuke (1), Tony Currie (1)0–214:42 STL
2nd period
Warren Miller (1)Unassisted1–201:57 HFD
Mark Howe (1)Mike Rogers (1), Gordie Roberts (1)2–205:28 HFD · - Mark Howe (2)Pat Boutette (1), Mike Rogers (2)3–213:57 HFD
Mike Crombeen (1)Jack Brownschidle (1), Larry Patey (1)3–315:26 STL · 
Al Sims (1)Mike Rogers (3), Pat Boutette (2)4–317:04 HFD · 
Larry Patey (1)Mike Crombeen (1), Jack Brownschidle (2)4–417:44 STL · - Mark Howe (3)Unassisted5–419:36 HFD ·
3rd period
Brian Sutter (1)Blair Chapman (1), Bernie Federko (1)5–500:59 STL · 
Blair Chapman (1)Brian Sutter (1), Ed Kea (1)5–606:32 STL
Pat Boutette (1)Mark Howe (1), Tom Rowe (1)6–608:41 HFD · 
Blake Dunlop (1)Bryan Maxwell (2), Wayne Babych (1)6–711:56 STL- Blair Chapman (2)Bernie Federko (2), Ed Kea (2)6–819:43 STL ·
Team stats
HFDSTL
2542
0%0%
2/51/4
1020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:46 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · hooking2 min - 7:21 into the first period
Ed Kea · tripping2 min - 17:33 into the first periodJordy Douglas · hooking2 min
- 4:54 into the second periodNick Fotiu · holding2 min
- 15:09 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 15:09 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:09 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · misconduct10 min
- 15:32 into the second periodJordy Douglas · charging2 min
- 16:00 into the second periodBob Hess · charging2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodMike Rogers · tripping2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodWayne Babych · holding2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 5Mark HoweD | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 41 | 7 | .829 |
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Craig NorwichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 25 | 6 | .760 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |