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Friday, October 27, 1978 · McNichols Sports Arena

Red Wings 5 at Rockies 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 85OVR Roland Cloutier Red Wings First Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG RC G 75OVR Jim Rutherford Red Wings Second Star 37 SV · .949 L 75OVR Errol Thompson Red Wings Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 10:16 Gary Croteau (6) PPG Paul Gardner (4) DET 0 – 1 CLR
  2. 15:58 Roland Cloutier (2) PPG Errol Thompson (6), Thommie Bergman (4) DET 1 – 1 CLR

2nd Period

  1. 1:52 Gary Croteau (7) PPG Joe Contini (5), Dennis Owchar (4) DET 1 – 2 CLR
  2. 4:31 Roland Cloutier (3) Jean Hamel (1) DET 2 – 2 CLR
  3. 8:21 Errol Thompson (5) PPG Fern LeBlanc (3) DET 3 – 2 CLR
  4. 17:44 Dan Labraaten (3) PPG Dale McCourt (6), Vaclav Nedomansky (6) DET 4 – 2 CLR

3rd Period

  1. 2:41 Fern LeBlanc (1) Roland Cloutier (2) DET 5 – 2 CLR

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Roland Cloutier C 2 1 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.88
Errol Thompson L 1 1 3 0 0 +3 0:00 2.05
Fern LeBlanc C 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.90
Dale McCourt C 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.93
Dan Labraaten L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Jean Hamel D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Thommie Bergman D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.78
Reed Larson D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.45
Paul Woods C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Willie Huber D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.15
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Bill Lochead L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Al Cameron D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
David Hanson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.38
Nick Libett L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 -0.60
Terry Harper D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -1.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford W 39 37 2 .949 60:00 2.20

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gary Croteau R 2 0 7 0 0 -2 0:00 1.73
Dennis Owchar D 0 1 5 0 0 -2 0:00 0.70
Barry Beck D 0 0 11 0 0 0 0:00 0.52
Joe Contini C 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Paul Gardner C 0 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.32
Randy Pierce R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Nelson Pyatt C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jack Valiquette C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Andy Spruce L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Ron Delorme C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Larry Skinner C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Van Boxmeer D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ralph Klassen C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Rey Comeau C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Joe Watson D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Clayton Pachal R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -1.28
Mike Christie D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -1.58
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Doug Favell L 28 23 5 .821 60:00 -1.45