Vancouver Canucks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, December 9, 1982 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Vancouver Canucks 9–6 on Thursday, December 9, 1982 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Canucks 44–33.
Tom McCarthy scored twice, Patrik Sundstrom scored a hat trick and Neal Broten scored twice. Darcy Rota, Ron Friest, Jim Nill, Steve Payne, Lars Molin, Craig Hartsburg, Dino Ciccarelli and Tim Young also scored.
Don Beaupre made 13 saves on 15 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 35 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Tom McCarthy (12)Neal Broten (17), Curt Giles (8)0–104:55 MNS
Darcy Rota (16)Jim Nill (10), Ivan Hlinka (23)1–107:56 VAN
Patrik Sundstrom (9)Lars Molin (12)2–110:43 VAN
Ron Friest (2)Tim Young (17), Craig Hartsburg (15)2–212:51 MNS
2nd period
Neal Broten (13)Brad Maxwell (9), Tom McCarthy (24)2–305:01 MNS · 
Jim Nill (4)Lars Molin (13)3–307:32 VAN · 
Steve Payne (16)Craig Hartsburg (16), Bobby Smith (20)3–408:38 MNS · 
Lars Molin (8)Ivan Hlinka (24), Jiri Bubla (12)4–410:01 VAN
Craig Hartsburg (4)Neal Broten (18)4–510:27 MNS- Neal Broten (14)Tom McCarthy (25), Craig Hartsburg (17)4–617:04 MNS
Dino Ciccarelli (20)Neal Broten (19), Dan Mandich (3)4–719:38 MNS
3rd period
- Tom McCarthy (13)Neal Broten (20), Brad Maxwell (10)4–804:23 MNS
- Patrik Sundstrom (10)Ron Delorme (4), Dave Williams (5)5–810:18 VAN
- Patrik Sundstrom (11)Doug Halward (8), Dave Williams (6)6–814:38 VAN
Tim Young (7)Ron Friest (4)6–919:28 MNS ·
Team stats
VANMNS
3344
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Penalties
- 8:37 into the first period
Harold Snepsts · holding2 min - 11:49 into the first period
Al MacAdam · fighting5 min - 11:49 into the first periodRick Lanz · fighting5 min
- 4:01 into the second periodJiri Bubla · hooking2 min
- 7:04 into the second periodCurt Fraser · hooking2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodDon Beaupre · high sticking2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodDave Williams · interference2 min
- 18:06 into the second periodSteve Payne · fighting5 min
- 18:06 into the second periodStan Smyl · fighting5 min
- 6:11 into the third periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 6:11 into the third periodCurt Fraser · slashing2 min
- 7:15 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 3 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ken EllacottG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 43 | 8 | .814 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 18 | 4 | .778 | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 15 | 2 | .867 |