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Sunday, March 16, 1980 · Hartford Civic Center

North Stars 6 at Whalers 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 97OVR Bobby Smith North Stars First Star 1G · 3A · 5 SOG C 87OVR Steve Christoff North Stars Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG RC L 94OVR Steve Payne North Stars Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:01 Mike Eaves (15) Curt Giles (5), Steve Christoff (1) MNS 1 – 0 HFD
  2. 18:58 Steve Christoff (3) Ron Zanussi (21), Mike Eaves (20) MNS 2 – 0 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 8:02 Bobby Smith (22) Al MacAdam (44) MNS 3 – 0 HFD
  2. 13:49 Curt Giles (1) PPG Bobby Smith (48), Steve Payne (38) MNS 4 – 0 HFD
  3. 14:38 Steve Payne (38) Bobby Smith (49), Al MacAdam (45) MNS 5 – 0 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 2:30 Mike Rogers (38) Pat Boutette (29) MNS 5 – 1 HFD
  2. 10:47 Tim Young (25) PPG Steve Christoff (2), Bobby Smith (50) MNS 6 – 1 HFD

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bobby Smith C 1 3 5 0 0 +2 0:00 3.30
Steve Christoff C 1 2 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.53
Steve Payne L 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Mike Eaves C 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Curt Giles D 1 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Al MacAdam R 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Ron Zanussi R 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Tim Young C 1 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.68
Greg Smith D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Fred Barrett D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.23
Don Jackson D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Kent-Erik Andersson R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
David Hanson D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Mike Polich C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Craig Hartsburg D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Tom McCarthy L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Tom Younghans R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Edwards W 23 22 1 .957 59:46 1.45

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Rogers C 1 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.75
Pat Boutette L 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Ray Allison R 0 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 0.45
Dave Debol C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bobby Hull L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bernie Johnston C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rick Ley D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Greg Carroll C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Gordie Roberts D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Mark Renaud D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dave Keon C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Gordie Howe R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Blaine Stoughton L 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Al Sims D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Jordy Douglas L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Mark Howe D 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Al Smith L 15 10 5 .667 40:00 -2.75
John Garrett — 7 6 1 .857 20:00 -0.15