Hartford Whalers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 9–3 on Saturday, October 11, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Whalers 47–24.
Ron Zanussi scored twice. Dave Keon, Gary Sargent, Gordie Roberts, Al MacAdam, Tim Young, Mike Rogers, Steve Payne, Tom McCarthy, Mike Eaves and Glen Sharpley also scored.
Don Beaupre made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 38 of 47.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Zanussi (1)Greg Smith (1), Mike Eaves (1)0–105:56 MNS
Dave Keon (1)Jordy Douglas (1)1–113:49 HFD
Gary Sargent (1)Bobby Smith (1), Al MacAdam (1)1–215:10 MNS · 
Gordie Roberts (1)Dave Debol (1), Mike Rogers (4)2–219:03 HFD
2nd period
- Ron Zanussi (2)Mike Eaves (2), Glen Sharpley (1)2–308:24 MNS
Al MacAdam (1)Bobby Smith (2), Steve Payne (1)2–416:51 MNS
3rd period
Tim Young (1)Kent-Erik Andersson (1)2–501:35 MNS
Mike Rogers (1)Pat Boutette (3), Mark Howe (2)3–507:44 HFD
Steve Payne (1)Bobby Smith (3)3–608:10 MNS
Tom McCarthy (1)Tim Young (1), Paul Shmyr (1)3–713:21 MNS
Mike Eaves (1)Curt Giles (1), Glen Sharpley (2)3–816:57 MNS
Glen Sharpley (1)Ron Zanussi (1), Curt Giles (2)3–917:29 MNS
Team stats
HFDMNS
2447
0%0%
0/51/5
1711
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:01 into the first period
Jordy Douglas · hooking2 min - 10:11 into the first periodNick Fotiu · holding2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodBernie Johnston · tripping2 min
- 16:59 into the first period
Al MacAdam · tripping2 min - 18:25 into the first periodTom Rowe · high sticking2 min
- 18:25 into the first periodFred Barrett · slashing2 min
- 2:25 into the second periodRay Neufeld · tripping2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 9:47 into the third periodRon Zanussi · interference2 min
- 11:20 into the third periodTom Rowe · fighting5 min
- 11:20 into the third periodTom Younghans · fighting5 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Steve AlleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 47 | 9 | .808 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |