Colorado Rockies vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 28, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Colorado Rockies 6–3 on Wednesday, January 28, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Rockies outshot the Whalers 36–33.
Mike Rogers scored a hat trick. Dave Keon, Rob Ramage, Paul Gagne, Barry Smith, Jordy Douglas and Mike Fidler also scored.
John Garrett made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Keon (8)Mike Fidler (16), Mickey Volcan (9)0–105:20 HFD
Rob Ramage (15)Mike McEwen (26), Lucien DeBlois (12)1–111:27 CLR · 
Paul Gagne (14)Merlin Malinowski (19), Lucien DeBlois (13)2–118:27 CLR ·
2nd period
Barry Smith (3)Joel Quenneville (19), Mike Kitchen (6)3–105:08 CLR
Mike Rogers (33)Pat Boutette (34), Blaine Stoughton (19)3–208:22 HFD · - Mike Rogers (34)Blaine Stoughton (20), Al Sims (20)3–314:31 HFD ·
Jordy Douglas (13)Mike Fidler (17), Al Sims (21)3–416:19 HFD ·
3rd period
Mike Fidler (9)Dave Keon (23), Stuart Smith (2)3–504:25 HFD- Mike Rogers (35)Unassisted3–619:59 HFD · ·
Team stats
CLRHFD
3633
0%0%
2/83/5
1016
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:07 into the first period
Jeff Brubaker · interference2 min - 0:44 into the first period
Randy Pierce · tripping2 min - 10:23 into the first periodDave Keon · hooking2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodStuart Smith · hooking2 min
- 18:18 into the first periodWarren Miller · interference2 min
- 7:03 into the second periodMike Kitchen · holding2 min
- 10:02 into the second periodBlaine Stoughton · tripping2 min
- 11:45 into the second periodNorm Barnes · holding2 min
- 12:54 into the second periodMerlin Malinowski · interference2 min
- 12:54 into the second periodMerlin Malinowski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:35 into the second periodNorm Barnes · hooking2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodPat Boutette · interference2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob AttwellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Al SmithG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ken HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |