Minnesota North Stars vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Friday, October 17, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena
Scoring
1st period
Walt McKechnie (2)Lanny McDonald (2), Paul Gagne (1)0–101:05 CLR
Merlin Malinowski (1)Unassisted0–205:44 CLR
Glen Sharpley (2)Brad Maxwell (1), Mike Fidler (1)1–217:20 MNS ·
2nd period
Al MacAdam (2)Greg Smith (2)2–201:17 MNS · - Walt McKechnie (3)Joel Quenneville (2), Paul Gagne (2)2–316:03 CLR ·
Gary Sargent (2)Al MacAdam (3), Fred Barrett (1)3–316:50 MNS
3rd period
- Merlin Malinowski (2)Randy Pierce (3)3–400:15 CLR
- Glen Sharpley (3)Tim Young (3)4–408:38 MNS ·
Mike McEwen (1)Rob Ramage (4), Lanny McDonald (3)4–513:39 CLR · 
Steve Payne (2)Al MacAdam (4), Curt Giles (3)5–517:24 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSCLR
2337
0%0%
4/72/7
7875
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:30 into the first period
Ron Zanussi · hooking2 min - 9:20 into the first period
Merlin Malinowski · hooking2 min - 12:35 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodLucien DeBlois · slashing2 min
- 18:55 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:55 into the first periodRob Ramage · misconduct10 min
- 18:55 into the first periodRob Ramage · misconduct10 min
- 18:55 into the first periodGary Dillon · hooking2 min
- 18:55 into the first periodGary Dillon · misconduct10 min
- 18:55 into the first periodMike Gillis · fighting5 min
- 18:55 into the first periodMike McEwen · misconduct10 min
- 18:55 into the first periodYvon Vautour · misconduct10 min
- 18:55 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:55 into the first periodKent-Erik Andersson · misconduct10 min
- 18:55 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · fighting5 min
- 18:55 into the first periodTom McCarthy · misconduct10 min
- 18:55 into the first periodPaul Shmyr · misconduct10 min
- 18:55 into the first periodPaul Shmyr · misconduct10 min
- 18:55 into the first periodTim Young · misconduct10 min
- 19:50 into the first periodJoel Quenneville · cross checking2 min
- 19:59 into the first periodTrevor Johansen · roughing2 min
- 19:59 into the first periodMike Fidler · roughing2 min
- 5:46 into the second periodRon Zanussi · hooking2 min
- 5:46 into the second periodRon Zanussi · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:18 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · roughing2 min
- 10:18 into the second periodGlen Sharpley · roughing2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · cross checking2 min
- 7:29 into the third periodJack Hughes · holding2 min
- 11:31 into the third periodGlen Sharpley · high sticking5 min
- 15:46 into the third periodLanny McDonald · high sticking2 min
- 17:43 into the third periodFred Barrett · elbowing2 min
- 18:08 into the third periodRob Ramage · high sticking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | T | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 10 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Gary DillonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Al SmithG | T | 23 | 5 | .783 |