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Saturday, December 15, 1979 · McNichols Sports Arena

Whalers 5 at Rockies 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 89OVR Wilf Paiement Maple Leafs First Star 3G · 1A · 5 SOG C 81OVR Jack Valiquette Rockies Second Star 1G · 3A · 3 SOG R 84OVR Rene Robert Rockies Third Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:06 Mike Rogers (14) Gordie Howe (10), Al Sims (9) HFD 1 – 0 CLR
  2. 3:24 Jack Valiquette (12) Wilf Paiement (14), Ron Delorme (8) HFD 1 – 1 CLR
  3. 14:50 Wilf Paiement (8) PPG Jack Valiquette (12), Rene Robert (15) HFD 1 – 2 CLR

2nd Period

  1. 2:58 Wilf Paiement (9) Mike McEwen (24), Jack Valiquette (13) HFD 1 – 3 CLR
  2. 15:46 Mark Howe (9) PPG Dave Keon (23), Greg Carroll (5) HFD 2 – 3 CLR
  3. 17:49 Lucien DeBlois (12) Pat Hickey (8), Rene Robert (16) HFD 2 – 4 CLR
  4. 18:12 Blaine Stoughton (17) Dave Keon (24), Jordy Douglas (16) HFD 3 – 4 CLR
  5. 18:45 Blaine Stoughton (18) Dave Keon (25), Ronald Plumb (4) HFD 4 – 4 CLR

3rd Period

  1. 5:13 Rene Robert (12) Lucien DeBlois (7), Pat Hickey (9) HFD 4 – 5 CLR
  2. 5:49 Wilf Paiement (10) Mike Christie (3), Jack Valiquette (14) HFD 4 – 6 CLR
  3. 11:00 Mark Howe (10) Gordie Roberts (9) HFD 5 – 6 CLR

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mark Howe D 2 0 7 +1 2.18
Dave Keon C 0 3 2 0 2.03
Blaine Stoughton L 2 0 3 +1 1.88
Mike Rogers C 1 0 3 +2 1.28
Gordie Howe R 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Jordy Douglas L 0 1 3 0 0.85
Al Sims D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Ronald Plumb D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Gordie Roberts D 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Greg Carroll C 0 1 1 -2 0.40
Rick Hodgson D 0 0 0 +1 -0.15
Ray Allison R 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Stuart Smith D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Andre Lacroix C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
James Warner R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Bill Bennett L 0 0 1 0 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Garrett L 35 29 6 .829 59:24 -1.60

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Wilf Paiement R 3 1 5 +2 3.55
Jack Valiquette C 1 3 3 +2 3.15
Rene Robert R 1 2 3 0 2.23
Lucien DeBlois C 1 1 7 +1 2.05
Pat Hickey L 0 2 3 0 1.48
Ron Delorme C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Mike McEwen D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Mike Christie D 0 1 2 +1 0.40
Rob Ramage D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Don Saleski R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Dean Turner D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Doug Berry C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bobby Sheehan C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Mike Kitchen D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Gillis L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Nick Beverley D 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Randy Pierce R 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Hardy Astrom — 0 0 0 — 0:48 0.00
Bill McKenzie W 27 22 5 .815 59:12 -1.55