Calgary Flames vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Friday, December 26, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Calgary Flames 5–2 on Friday, December 26, 1980 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Flames 29–19.
Goals came from Yvon Vautour, Mike Gillis, Greg Meredith, Walt McKechnie, Alex McKendry, Ron Delorme and Rob Ramage.
Hardy Astrom made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Yvon Vautour (7)Walt McKechnie (12), Mike McEwen (17)0–101:20 CLR
2nd period
Mike Gillis (6)Rene Robert (8), Mike McEwen (18)0–204:11 CLR
Greg Meredith (1)Bob Murdoch (8)1–204:34 CGY
Walt McKechnie (7)Ed Cooper (1), Lanny McDonald (19)1–311:03 CLR
Alex McKendry (3)Bill Clement (8), Pekka Rautakallio (22)2–316:30 CGY
Ron Delorme (10)Yvon Vautour (9), Doug Berry (7)2–418:11 CLR
3rd period
Rob Ramage (10)Walt McKechnie (13), Ed Cooper (2)2–505:11 CLR
Team stats
CGYCLR
1929
0%0%
0/30/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:33 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 11:59 into the first period
Bert Wilson · holding2 min - 19:18 into the first periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 5:42 into the second periodPat Riggin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:26 into the third periodPhil Russell · hooking2 min
- 12:56 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · hooking2 min
- 15:44 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · hooking2 min
- 19:56 into the third periodBert Wilson · high sticking2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Alex McKendryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Greg MeredithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Yvon VautourR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Joseph WardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |