Minnesota North Stars vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, November 7, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 on Saturday, November 7, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The North Stars outshot the Whalers 35–26.
Mark Howe scored twice. Blake Wesley, Jordy Douglas, Mike Eaves and Al MacAdam also scored.
John Garrett made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Blake Wesley (3)Warren Miller (3), Paul Shmyr (1)0–103:25 HFD
Mark Howe (1)Don Nachbaur (8), Doug Sulliman (5)0–210:28 HFD
2nd period
Jordy Douglas (5)Doug Sulliman (6), Paul Shmyr (2)0–313:40 HFD ·
3rd period
- Mark Howe (2)Garry Howatt (4), Don Nachbaur (9)0–400:57 HFD
Mike Eaves (2)Al MacAdam (6), Brad Maxwell (6)1–404:38 MNS
Al MacAdam (3)Neal Broten (5), Bill Nyrop (4)2–416:55 MNS
Team stats
MNSHFD
3526
0%0%
0/61/5
2216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · high sticking2 min - 14:18 into the first period
Doug Sulliman · high sticking2 min - 14:18 into the first periodDoug Sulliman · roughing2 min
- 14:18 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · high sticking2 min
- 19:14 into the first periodJack McIlhargey · holding2 min
- 3:27 into the second periodBlake Wesley · cross checking2 min
- 7:31 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 10:26 into the second periodStuart Smith · tripping2 min
- 13:23 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · holding2 min
- 13:22 into the third periodBlake Wesley · holding2 min
- 14:19 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 14:19 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:19 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · game misconduct10 min
- 15:58 into the third periodGarry Howatt · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |