Minnesota North Stars vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Friday, January 9, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 on Friday, January 9, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the North Stars 28–23.
Goals came from Ed Cooper, Walt McKechnie, Steve Payne, Lanny McDonald, Lucien DeBlois and Mike Eaves.
Hardy Astrom made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Ed Cooper (4)Mike Kitchen (4), Lanny McDonald (24)0–107:29 CLR
2nd period
Walt McKechnie (13)Lanny McDonald (25), Rob Ramage (25)0–207:48 CLR
3rd period
Steve Payne (15)Bobby Smith (29)1–205:33 MNS
Lanny McDonald (19)Walt McKechnie (18)1–306:39 CLR
Lucien DeBlois (13)Yvon Vautour (11), Rene Robert (10)1–409:43 CLR
Mike Eaves (7)Greg Smith (11), Gordie Roberts (16)2–412:42 MNS
Team stats
MNSCLR
2328
0%0%
0/20/2
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:53 into the first period
Yvon Vautour · tripping2 min - 0:47 into the second period
Curt Giles · interference2 min - 10:46 into the second periodMike Kitchen · interference2 min
- 18:02 into the second periodYvon Vautour · roughing2 min
- 18:02 into the second periodGary Sargent · roughing double minor4 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
Colorado Rockies
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Bob AttwellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29David WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |