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Saturday, December 29, 1979 · Pacific Coliseum

Nordiques 2 at Canucks 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 84OVR Kevin McCarthy Canucks First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 90OVR Thomas Gradin Canucks Second Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG R 93OVR Stan Smyl Canucks Third Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:08 Curt Fraser (6) Bill Derlago (14) QUE 0 – 1 VAN
  2. 10:22 Pierre Lacroix (5) Jamie Hislop (12), Serge Bernier (12) QUE 1 – 1 VAN

2nd Period

  1. 19:49 Thomas Gradin (13) Harold Snepsts (11) QUE 1 – 2 VAN

3rd Period

  1. 0:13 Stan Smyl (13) Thomas Gradin (18), Jere Gillis (15) QUE 1 – 3 VAN
  2. 2:19 Per-Olov Brasar (3) Don Lever (12), Kevin McCarthy (14) QUE 1 – 4 VAN
  3. 2:52 Per-Olov Brasar (4) Chris Oddleifson (18), Harold Snepsts (12) QUE 1 – 5 VAN
  4. 3:42 Real Cloutier (24) Bob Fitchner (10), Marc Tardif (17) QUE 2 – 5 VAN
  5. 10:13 Kevin McCarthy (6) Stan Smyl (15), Thomas Gradin (19) QUE 2 – 6 VAN

Quebec Nordiques

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Real Cloutier R 1 0 6 0 1.20
Pierre Lacroix D 1 0 2 +2 1.05
Marc Tardif L 0 1 6 -1 0.93
Bob Fitchner C 0 1 0 0 0.63
Serge Bernier C 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Jamie Hislop R 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Robbie Ftorek C 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Michel Goulet L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Gerry Hart D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Curt Brackenbury R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Reginald Thomas C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Blair Stewart L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Dale Hoganson D 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Wally Weir R 0 0 2 -3 -0.45
Rich Leduc C 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Garry Lariviere D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Barry Legge D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Low — 10 8 2 .800 17:41 -0.70
Michel Dion L 29 25 4 .862 42:19 -0.50

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Kevin McCarthy D 1 1 4 +6 2.58
Thomas Gradin C 1 2 2 +2 2.45
Stan Smyl R 1 1 6 +2 2.13
Per-Olov Brasar C 2 0 4 +2 2.10
Harold Snepsts D 0 2 0 +5 2.00
Jere Gillis L 0 1 4 +2 1.23
Don Lever C 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Curt Fraser L 1 0 3 0 0.98
Bill Derlago C 0 1 4 0 0.93
Chris Oddleifson C 0 1 0 +2 0.78
Rick Blight R 0 0 5 +1 0.38
Gary Lupul C 0 0 0 0 0.00
David Logan D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Bob Manno D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Brad Smith R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Dennis Kearns D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Curt Ridley W 24 22 2 .917 60:00 0.70