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Saturday, December 16, 1978 · McNichols Sports Arena

Blackhawks 1 at Rockies 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 88OVR John Van Boxmeer Rockies First Star 3A · 3 SOG R 85OVR Wilf Paiement Rockies Second Star 2G · 4 SOG C 76OVR Jack Valiquette Rockies Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:20 Randy Pierce (6) Merlin Malinowski (2), Gary Croteau (11) CHI 0 – 1 CLR
  2. 11:28 Wilf Paiement (7) Jack Valiquette (17) CHI 0 – 2 CLR

2nd Period

  1. 1:06 Barry Beck (7) John Van Boxmeer (13) CHI 0 – 3 CLR
  2. 2:37 Paul Gardner (13) PPG Gary Croteau (12), John Van Boxmeer (14) CHI 0 – 4 CLR
  3. 15:09 Wilf Paiement (8) Jack Valiquette (18), John Van Boxmeer (15) CHI 0 – 5 CLR
  4. 17:17 Stan Mikita (4) Keith Magnuson (3), J.P. Bordeleau (12) CHI 1 – 5 CLR

3rd Period

No scoring

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Stan Mikita C 1 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.13
J.P. Bordeleau R 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Keith Magnuson D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Phil Russell D 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Ted Bulley L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
John Marks R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Alain Daigle R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Bob Murray D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Grant Mulvey R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Doug Hicks D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Reg Kerr C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ivan Boldirev C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Bob Kelly R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
David Logan D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Doug Wilson D 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Cliff Koroll R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Darcy Rota L 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tony Esposito L 26 21 5 .808 60:00 -1.65

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John Van Boxmeer D 0 3 3 0 0 +3 0:00 2.55
Wilf Paiement R 2 0 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.25
Jack Valiquette C 0 2 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.78
Gary Croteau R 0 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.48
Barry Beck D 1 0 2 0 0 +3 0:00 1.35
Randy Pierce R 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Paul Gardner C 1 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.13
Merlin Malinowski C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Mike Kitchen D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Joe Contini C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Nick Beverley D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Andy Spruce L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Christie D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Don Awrey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dennis Owchar D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ralph Klassen C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Ron Delorme C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Plasse W 26 25 1 .962 60:00 1.75