Hartford Whalers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, January 12, 1985 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Saturday, January 12, 1985 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Whalers 38–21.
Brian Bellows scored twice and Ron Francis scored twice. Tony McKegney, Joel Quenneville, Neal Broten, Mark Fusco and Steve Payne also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Tony McKegney (18)Dino Ciccarelli (4), Tom McCarthy (17)0–102:56 MNS
Brian Bellows (18)Randy Velischek (4), Keith Acton (25)0–208:29 MNS
Joel Quenneville (3)Pat Boutette (8)1–212:32 HFD
Ron Francis (16)Dave Lumley (17)2–215:54 HFD- Brian Bellows (19)Keith Acton (26), Steve Payne (15)2–317:12 MNS ·
Neal Broten (12)Tom McCarthy (18)2–419:15 MNS
2nd period
- Ron Francis (17)Risto Siltanen (16)3–401:20 HFD ·
Mark Fusco (3)Mark Johnson (24), Sylvain Turgeon (14)4–404:19 HFD
3rd period
Steve Payne (16)Brian Bellows (23), Gordie Roberts (22)4–505:54 MNS
Team stats
HFDMNS
2138
0%0%
1/41/5
2119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:54 into the first period
Greg Malone · hooking2 min - 6:02 into the first period
Dennis Maruk · hooking2 min - 16:21 into the first periodTorrie Robertson · hooking2 min
- 0:20 into the second periodWilli Plett · tripping2 min
- 1:57 into the second periodKevin Dineen · elbowing2 min
- 5:35 into the second periodRon Francis · charging2 min
- 5:35 into the second periodDave Lumley · roughing2 min
- 5:35 into the second periodDave Richter · roughing2 min
- 5:35 into the second periodDave Richter · roughing2 min
- 11:27 into the second periodMark Johnson · high sticking2 min
- 11:27 into the second periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 13:43 into the second periodBrian Bellows · tripping2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 15:33 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · fighting5 min
- 17:52 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · slashing2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodCurt Giles · slashing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Mark FuscoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 23Brian BellowsL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Bo BerglundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 28Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 21 | 4 | .809 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |