Calgary Flames vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Calgary Flames 6–3 on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Flames 29–25.
Dwight Foster scored twice. Jim Peplinski, John Wensink, Merlin Malinowski, Paul Reinhart, Bob Miller, Paul Gagne and Ken Houston also scored.
Glenn Resch made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 23 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Peplinski (17)Gary McAdam (8)1–007:33 CGY · 
John Wensink (1)Merlin Malinowski (8)1–109:23 CLR
Merlin Malinowski (8)Joe Cirella (7), Paul Gagne (7)1–212:20 CLR
Paul Reinhart (5)Mel Bridgman (21)2–214:05 CGY ·
2nd period
Dwight Foster (2)Rob Ramage (10), Bob Miller (12)2–307:47 CLR
Bob Miller (8)Brent Ashton (16), Steve Tambellini (17)2–416:01 CLR
3rd period
- Dwight Foster (3)Bob Lorimer (6), Don Lever (17)2–504:14 CLR
Paul Gagne (6)Bob Lorimer (7)2–610:27 CLR
Ken Houston (8)Guy Chouinard (14), Paul Reinhart (18)3–615:16 CGY
Team stats
CGYCLR
2529
0%0%
1/20/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:01 into the first period
Jamie Hislop · tripping2 min - 9:33 into the first period
Joel Quenneville · hooking2 min - 13:14 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:46 into the first periodWilli Plett · cross checking2 min
- 17:00 into the first periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 17:00 into the first periodRob Ramage · roughing2 min
- 17:23 into the third periodPhil Russell · tripping2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 28Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Denis CyrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Charlie BourgeoisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Kari ElorantaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 29 | 6 | .793 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Graeme NicolsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 30Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |