Hartford Whalers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Monday, February 22, 1982 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 8–7 on Monday, February 22, 1982 at Metropolitan Sports Center.
Chris Kotsopoulos scored twice, Dino Ciccarelli scored twice and Blaine Stoughton scored twice. Dan Bourbonnais, Doug Sulliman, Steve Christoff, Steve Payne, Curt Giles, Garry Howatt, Gordie Roberts, Bobby Smith and Al MacAdam also scored.
Don Beaupre made 22 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Veisor stopped 30 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Dan Bourbonnais (3)Paul Shmyr (9), Mark Howe (31)1–003:05 HFD
Chris Kotsopoulos (9)Dan Bourbonnais (9)2–009:40 HFD
2nd period
Doug Sulliman (28)Pierre Larouche (31)3–006:41 HFD
Dino Ciccarelli (45)Tom McCarthy (17), Neal Broten (41)3–108:59 MNS
Steve Christoff (22)Tim Young (17)3–210:22 MNS
Steve Payne (22)Bobby Smith (54)3–312:00 MNS
Curt Giles (3)Neal Broten (42), Tom McCarthy (18)3–414:06 MNS- Chris Kotsopoulos (10)Ron Francis (32), Blaine Stoughton (30)4–417:32 HFD
3rd period
Garry Howatt (13)Unassisted5–400:41 HFD
Gordie Roberts (2)Bobby Smith (55)5–501:18 MNS
Bobby Smith (38)Al MacAdam (34), Steve Payne (33)5–607:06 MNS- Dino Ciccarelli (46)Neal Broten (43)5–711:12 MNS
Blaine Stoughton (42)Chris Kotsopoulos (16), Ron Francis (33)6–716:13 HFD · 
Al MacAdam (12)Bobby Smith (56)6–817:40 MNS- Blaine Stoughton (43)Pierre Larouche (32), Mark Howe (32)7–817:53 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDMNS
3838
0%0%
2/30/2
628
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:46 into the first period
Garry Howatt · high sticking2 min - 15:25 into the second period
Gordie Roberts · holding2 min - 15:25 into the third periodTim Young · tripping2 min
- 17:40 into the third periodRuss Anderson · roughing2 min
- 17:40 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:40 into the third periodBobby Smith · roughing2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodPierre Larouche · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodLindsay Middlebrook · gross misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodLindsay Middlebrook · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Dan BourbonnaisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Mike VeisorG | L | 38 | 8 | .789 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 35Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 11 | 2 | .818 |