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Thursday, October 20, 1977 · Metropolitan Sports Center

Barons 7 at North Stars 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 67OVR Jim Neilson Barons First Star 3A · 3 SOG R 73OVR Al MacAdam Barons Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG C 75OVR Dave Gardner Barons Third Star 2G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:12 Roland Eriksson (3) Unassisted CLE 0 – 1 MNS
  2. 0:46 Wayne Merrick (1) Jim Neilson (3) CLE 1 – 1 MNS
  3. 1:58 Dennis Maruk (2) Al MacAdam (3), Greg Smith (1) CLE 2 – 1 MNS
  4. 7:57 Mike Crombeen (1) PPG John Baby (1), Mike Fidler (1) CLE 3 – 1 MNS
  5. 13:45 Nick Beverley (3) Glen Sharpley (2), Kent-Erik Andersson (1) CLE 3 – 2 MNS

2nd Period

  1. 12:51 Al MacAdam (1) Bob Murdoch (2), Dennis Maruk (1) CLE 4 – 2 MNS
  2. 19:21 Dean Talafous (1) Tim Young (3), Nick Beverley (2) CLE 4 – 3 MNS

3rd Period

  1. 8:27 Dave Gardner (2) Jim Neilson (4) CLE 5 – 3 MNS
  2. 9:45 Steve Jensen (1) Jim Roberts (1), Roland Eriksson (2) CLE 5 – 4 MNS
  3. 17:21 Dave Gardner (3) PPG Greg Smith (2) CLE 6 – 4 MNS
  4. 18:12 Ralph Klassen (2) Jim Neilson (5), Bob Girard (1) CLE 7 – 4 MNS

Cleveland Barons

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jim Neilson D 0 3 3 +1 2.25
Al MacAdam R 1 1 1 +2 1.75
Dave Gardner C 2 0 3 0 1.73
Dennis Maruk C 1 1 1 +2 1.45
Greg Smith D 0 2 0 0 1.25
Bob Murdoch R 0 1 2 +2 1.08
John Baby D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Wayne Merrick C 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Ralph Klassen C 1 0 2 0 0.75
Mike Crombeen R 1 0 1 -1 0.68
Mike Fidler L 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Bob Girard L 0 1 0 0 0.33
Bob Stewart D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Kris Manery R 0 0 3 0 0.07
Mike Christie D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Reg Kerr C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Fred Ahern Jr R 0 0 1 -1 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche W 35 31 4 .886 60:00 0.10

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Roland Eriksson C 1 1 5 -1 1.60
Nick Beverley D 1 1 3 -1 1.45
Steve Jensen L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Dean Talafous C 1 0 3 0 0.98
Tim Young C 0 1 3 +1 0.85
Jim Roberts R 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Glen Sharpley C 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Kent-Erik Andersson R 0 1 2 -2 0.48
Pierre Jarry L 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Doug Hicks D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Alex Pirus R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bill Fairbairn R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Tom Reid D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Brad Maxwell D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Fred Barrett D 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Dennis O'Brien D 0 0 1 -2 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Paul Harrison L 25 18 7 .720 60:00 -3.45