Vancouver Canucks vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Thursday, January 6, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Hartford Whalers 6–4 on Thursday, January 6, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Canucks 49–38.
Gary Lupul scored twice, Darcy Rota scored a hat trick and Pierre Larouche scored twice. Mark Johnson, Thomas Gradin and Ron Francis also scored.
Ken Ellacott made 45 saves on 49 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 32 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Gary Lupul (1)Lars Lindgren (6)1–011:24 VAN
Darcy Rota (18)Ivan Hlinka (31)2–014:02 VAN
Pierre Larouche (15)Chris Kotsopoulos (12), Greg Adams (8)2–116:22 HFD ·
2nd period
- Darcy Rota (19)Rick Lanz (17), Moe Lemay (8)3–105:20 VAN
- Gary Lupul (2)Stan Smyl (15), Marc Crawford (1)4–105:56 VAN
Mark Johnson (17)Blaine Stoughton (15), Ron Francis (36)4–216:24 HFD
Thomas Gradin (15)Harold Snepsts (6)5–218:52 VAN
3rd period
- Pierre Larouche (16)Mark Johnson (17), Blaine Stoughton (16)5–301:18 HFD ·
- Darcy Rota (20)Rick Lanz (18), Ivan Hlinka (32)6–305:56 VAN
Ron Francis (16)Blaine Stoughton (17), Mark Johnson (18)6–419:05 HFD
Team stats
VANHFD
3849
0%0%
0/22/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:40 into the first period
Russ Anderson · cross checking2 min - 3:40 into the first period
Patrik Sundstrom · cross checking2 min - 14:25 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · hooking2 min
- 17:16 into the first periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 1:50 into the second periodMoe Lemay · interference2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodDoug Sulliman · hooking2 min
- 19:25 into the third periodDave Williams · tripping2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 18Darcy RotaL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Moe LemayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ken EllacottG | W | 49 | 4 | .918 |
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 14Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Jeff BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 38 | 6 | .842 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |