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Wednesday, March 22, 1978 · Civic Arena

Rockies 5 at Penguins 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 87OVR Denis Dupere Rockies First Star 2G · 1A · 5 SOG G 60OVR Bill McKenzie Rockies Second Star 37 SV · .949 D 90OVR John Van Boxmeer Rockies Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:18 John Van Boxmeer (11) Andy Spruce (18) CLR 1 – 0 PIT
  2. 6:29 Wilf Paiement (27) PPG Denis Dupere (12), Mike Christie (14) CLR 2 – 0 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 4:31 Gene Carr (16) Dave Burrows (13) CLR 2 – 1 PIT
  2. 13:33 Denis Dupere (10) John Van Boxmeer (37), Mike Kitchen (14) CLR 3 – 1 PIT
  3. 19:27 Wilf Paiement (28) Unassisted CLR 4 – 1 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 16:52 John Flesch (7) Tom Cassidy (2), Tom Edur (39) CLR 4 – 2 PIT
  2. 19:40 Denis Dupere (11) Unassisted CLR 5 – 2 PIT

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Denis Dupere L 2 1 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.80
John Van Boxmeer D 1 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.53
Mike Kitchen D 0 1 0 0 0 +3 0:00 1.08
Mike Christie D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Dennis Owchar D 0 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 0.60
Andy Spruce L 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Wilf Paiement R 2 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 0.45
Ron Delorme C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Mark Suzor D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Ralph Klassen C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Ron Andruff C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Fred Ahern Jr R 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Larry Skinner C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Nelson Pyatt C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Bryan Lefley D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Barry Beck D 0 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bill McKenzie W 39 37 2 .949 60:00 2.20

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John Flesch R 1 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.13
Gene Carr C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.90
Tom Edur D 0 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Dave Burrows D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Russ Anderson D 0 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 0.53
Tom Cassidy C 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Ron Stackhouse D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Wayne Bianchin R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Derek Sanderson C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rick Kehoe R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Peter Lee R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Greg Malone C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Colin Campbell D 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Blair Chapman R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Brian Spencer L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Jean Pronovost R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -1.05
Dave Schultz L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -1.73
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Denis Herron L 32 28 4 .875 59:45 -0.20