Colorado Rockies vs Minnesota North Stars

Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center

ColoradoRockiesNow the New Jersey DevilsAway

4–6

26–28

MinnesotaNorth StarsNow the Dallas StarsHome

Game summary

The Minnesota North Stars beat the Colorado Rockies 6–4 on Saturday, December 27, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Rockies 28–26.

Curt Giles scored twice. Bobby Smith, Al MacAdam, Mike McEwen, Walt McKechnie, Joel Quenneville, Kent-Erik Andersson, Yvon Vautour and Steve Payne also scored.

Don Beaupre made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 22 of 27.

Goals
CLR	2	1	1	4	26
MNS	2	1	3	6	28

Scoring

1st period

Bobby Smith (15)Al MacAdam (22), Steve Payne (14)0–100:44 MNS
Al MacAdam (10)Bobby Smith (24)0–204:10 MNS
Mike McEwen (7)Unassisted1–207:21 CLR
Walt McKechnie (8)Joel Quenneville (13), Lanny McDonald (20)2–211:25 CLR

2nd period

Curt Giles (2)Mike Eaves (10)2–307:08 MNS
Joel Quenneville (6)Walt McKechnie (14)3–309:20 CLR

3rd period

Kent-Erik Andersson (8)Unassisted3–405:12 MNS
Curt Giles (3)Bobby Smith (25), Steve Payne (15)3–511:30 MNS
Yvon Vautour (8)Unassisted4–512:31 CLR
Steve Payne (13)Unassisted4–619:57 MNS ·

Team stats

CLRMNS

2628

0%0%

0/20/2

Penalties

18:44 into the first periodRene Robert · hooking2 min
19:43 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
4:05 into the second periodJoseph Ward · hooking2 min
13:35 into the third periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
13:35 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · fighting5 min
15:03 into the third periodFred Barrett · holding2 min

Season series

Rockies vs North Stars head-to-head →

Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies skaters

11Walt McKechnieC	1	1	2	+1	3	0	–	–
22Joel QuennevilleD	1	1	2	+1	1	0	–	–
9Lanny McDonaldR	0	1	1	0	4	0	–	–
29Yvon VautourR	1	0	1	+2	2	5	–	–
4Mike McEwenD	1	0	1	−3	2	0	–	–
8Doug BerryC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
10Bobby SheehanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
12Ed CooperL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
14Rene RobertR	0	0	0	−4	2	2	–	–
19Joseph WardC	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
20Mike GillisL	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
21Barry SmithC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
23Lucien DeBloisC	0	0	0	−4	1	0	–	–
27Ron DelormeC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
2Jack HughesD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
5Rob RamageD	0	0	0	−1	6	0	–	–
26Mike KitchenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Colorado Rockies goalies
Goalie
1Hardy AstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Al SmithG	L	27	22	5	.815	59:10

Minnesota North Stars

Minnesota North Stars skaters

15Bobby SmithC	1	2	3	+2	3	0	–	–
26Steve PayneL	1	2	3	+2	2	0	–	–
25Al MacAdamR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	–	–
2Curt GilesD	2	0	2	+2	3	0	–	–
8Kent-Erik AnderssonR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	–	–
18Mike EavesC	0	1	1	−1	5	0	–	–
9Ron ZanussiR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
11Tom McCarthyL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
14Brad PalmerL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
16Mike PolichC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Steve ChristoffC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
29Tom YounghansR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
3Fred BarrettD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	–	–
4Craig HartsburgD	0	0	0	+3	1	7	–	–
6Paul ShmyrD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
10Gordie RobertsD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
23Greg SmithD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–

Minnesota North Stars goalies
Goalie
27Gilles MelocheG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Don BeaupreG	W	26	22	4	.846	60:00