Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Colorado Rockies 5–2 on Saturday, January 17, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Canucks 32–31.
Goals came from Merlin Malinowski, Rick Lanz, Rick Blight, Curt Fraser, Darcy Rota, Stan Smyl and Lucien DeBlois.
Richard Brodeur made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 14 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Merlin Malinowski (12)Rob Ramage (27)0–103:44 CLR
Rick Lanz (5)Darcy Rota (19), Dennis Kearns (13)1–112:35 VAN
2nd period
Rick Blight (1)Lars Lindgren (14), Kevin McCarthy (21)2–105:08 VAN
Curt Fraser (22)Unassisted3–106:52 VAN
3rd period
Darcy Rota (16)Ivan Boldirev (20), Brent Ashton (7)4–104:51 VAN
Stan Smyl (19)Thomas Gradin (35), Kevin McCarthy (22)5–111:07 VAN
Lucien DeBlois (14)Mike McEwen (25), Yvon Vautour (13)5–212:36 CLR
Team stats
VANCLR
3132
0%0%
0/00/3
60
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:07 into the first period
Mario Marois · high sticking2 min - 7:34 into the first periodBrent Ashton · tripping2 min
- 15:07 into the third periodDarcy Rota · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Rick BlightR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gary BromleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
Colorado Rockies
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob AttwellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 17 | 3 | .824 |
| 31Al SmithG | 14 | 2 | .857 |