Colorado Rockies vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Hartford Whalers 4–2 on Saturday, December 12, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Rockies 29–25.
Goals came from Dwight Foster, Rick Meagher, George Lyle, Merlin Malinowski, Joe Cirella and Brent Ashton.
Glenn Resch made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Dwight Foster (1)Brent Ashton (13)1–006:43 CLR
2nd period
Rick Meagher (10)Doug Sulliman (14)1–109:30 HFD
3rd period
George Lyle (2)Blaine Stoughton (8)1–200:38 HFD
Merlin Malinowski (7)Joe Cirella (5), Don Lever (15)2–210:03 CLR
Joe Cirella (5)Paul Gagne (5), Aaron Broten (2)3–218:43 CLR
Brent Ashton (8)Unassisted4–219:59 CLR ·
Team stats
CLRHFD
2529
0%0%
0/10/1
22
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:48 into the first period
Dwight Foster · holding2 min - 12:32 into the second period
Blake Wesley · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 15Brent AshtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 30Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 16George LyleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |