Colorado Rockies vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, October 6, 1981 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Colorado Rockies 4–2 on Tuesday, October 6, 1981 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Rockies 38–25.
Goals came from Curt Fraser, Rick Lanz, Lars Molin, Brent Ashton, Veli-Pekka Ketola and Jerry Butler.
Richard Brodeur made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 34 of 37.
Scoring
2nd period
Curt Fraser (1)Anders Eldebrink (1), Stan Smyl (1)0–106:15 VAN · 
Rick Lanz (1)Marc Crawford (1), Thomas Gradin (1)0–211:27 VAN
Lars Molin (1)Unassisted0–313:20 VAN
3rd period
Brent Ashton (1)Rob Ramage (1)1–305:15 CLR · 
Veli-Pekka Ketola (1)Bill Baker (1), Bob Miller (1)2–313:03 CLR
Jerry Butler (1)Kevin McCarthy (1), Per-Olov Brasar (1)2–419:48 VAN ·
Team stats
CLRVAN
2538
0%0%
1/41/3
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:32 into the first period
Bill Baker · high sticking2 min - 0:32 into the first period
Dave Williams · high sticking2 min - 1:01 into the first periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 4:55 into the first periodRick Lanz · holding2 min
- 9:00 into the first periodIvan Boldirev · slashing2 min
- 5:32 into the second periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodBob Miller · hooking2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodDave Williams · interference2 min
- 4:35 into the third periodJerry Butler · elbowing2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 13Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Jukka PorvariR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Peter GustavssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Christer KellgrenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 30Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |