Hartford Whalers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, January 22, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 7–2 on Saturday, January 22, 1983 at Met Center. The Whalers outshot the North Stars 30–27.
Doug Sulliman scored twice. Dino Ciccarelli, Ron Friest, Brian Bellows, Mike Eaves, Tom McCarthy, Neal Broten and Al MacAdam also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 20 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Sulliman (17)Ray Neufeld (18)1–000:18 HFD
Dino Ciccarelli (28)Bobby Smith (32), Tom McCarthy (37)1–111:40 MNS ·
2nd period
Ron Friest (5)Bobby Smith (33)1–211:42 MNS
Brian Bellows (18)Steve Payne (21), Craig Hartsburg (26)1–316:47 MNS
Mike Eaves (7)Al MacAdam (16)1–418:15 MNS ·
3rd period
Tom McCarthy (18)Dino Ciccarelli (23)1–511:23 MNS
Neal Broten (21)Craig Hartsburg (27), Steve Payne (22)1–613:19 MNS · 
Al MacAdam (8)Mike Eaves (11)1–716:40 MNS · - Doug Sulliman (18)Ray Neufeld (19), Merlin Malinowski (11)2–717:12 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDMNS
3027
0%0%
1/42/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:51 into the first period
Chris Kotsopoulos · holding2 min - 6:57 into the first period
Al MacAdam · tripping2 min - 10:21 into the first periodRisto Siltanen · tripping2 min
- 16:05 into the first periodTim Young · tripping2 min
- 17:51 into the first periodPierre Larouche · hooking2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodTom McCarthy · holding2 min
- 13:02 into the third periodEd Hospodar · cross checking2 min
- 15:40 into the third periodGeorge Ferguson · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 27 | 7 | .741 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |