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Friday, December 23, 1977 · Pacific Coliseum

North Stars 7 at Canucks 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 78OVR Tim Young North Stars First Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG C 81OVR Roland Eriksson North Stars Second Star 3G · 4 SOG R 74OVR Rick Blight Canucks Third Star 1G · 3A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:45 Alex Pirus (9) Steve Jensen (10), Tom Reid (4) MNS 1 – 0 VAN
  2. 17:14 Kent-Erik Andersson (5) Steve Jensen (11), Brad Maxwell (10) MNS 2 – 0 VAN
  3. 19:26 Roland Eriksson (6) PPG Tim Young (16) MNS 3 – 0 VAN

2nd Period

  1. 6:16 Tim Young (6) Pierre Jarry (12), Dean Talafous (8) MNS 4 – 0 VAN
  2. 13:07 Gerry O'Flaherty (1) Pit Martin (14) MNS 4 – 1 VAN
  3. 15:33 Rick Blight (10) PPG Mike Walton (17) MNS 4 – 2 VAN
  4. 18:01 Roland Eriksson (7) Fred Barrett (4), Tom Reid (5) MNS 5 – 2 VAN

3rd Period

  1. 6:02 Roland Eriksson (8) Unassisted MNS 6 – 2 VAN
  2. 13:55 Don Lever (7) Mike Walton (18), Rick Blight (17) MNS 6 – 3 VAN
  3. 15:35 Mike Walton (17) PPG Dennis Ververgaert (15), Rick Blight (18) MNS 6 – 4 VAN
  4. 17:05 Tim Young (7) SHG Pierre Jarry (13) MNS 7 – 4 VAN
  5. 19:41 Garry Monahan (1) Gerry O'Flaherty (4), Rick Blight (19) MNS 7 – 5 VAN

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Tim Young C 2 1 3 +3 2.80
Roland Eriksson C 3 0 4 +1 2.70
Pierre Jarry L 0 2 1 +2 1.63
Steve Jensen L 0 2 3 +3 1.55
Tom Reid D 0 2 0 +2 1.55
Alex Pirus R 1 0 4 +2 1.20
Dean Talafous C 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Kent-Erik Andersson R 1 0 4 0 1.05
Fred Barrett D 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Glen Sharpley C 0 0 6 0 0.45
Lou Nanne D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Jerry Engele D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Doug Hicks D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Per-Olov Brasar C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Harvey Bennett C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Tom Younghans R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Brad Maxwell D 0 1 0 -1 -0.20
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Pete Lopresti W 27 22 5 .815 60:00 -1.55

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rick Blight R 1 3 3 +1 2.48
Mike Walton C 1 2 1 -1 1.93
Gerry O'Flaherty L 1 1 3 +2 1.90
Don Lever C 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Garry Monahan L 1 0 1 0 0.83
Pit Martin C 0 1 2 0 0.78
Dennis Ververgaert R 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Jere Gillis L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Sheldon Kannegiesser D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dennis Kearns D 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
John Grisdale D 0 0 1 0 -0.22
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Larry Goodenough D 0 0 1 -2 -0.38
Hilliard Graves R 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 0 3 -2 -0.45
Chris Oddleifson C 0 0 0 -3 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cesare Maniago L 33 26 7 .788 60:00 -2.65