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Friday, October 17, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena

North Stars 5 at Rockies 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 84OVR Merlin Malinowski Rockies First Star 2G · 8 SOG C 78OVR Walt McKechnie Rockies Second Star 2G · 5 SOG R 89OVR Lanny McDonald Rockies Third Star 2A · 10 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:05 Walt McKechnie (2) Lanny McDonald (2), Paul Gagne (1) MNS 0 – 1 CLR
  2. 5:44 Merlin Malinowski (1) Unassisted MNS 0 – 2 CLR
  3. 17:20 Glen Sharpley (2) PPG Brad Maxwell (1), Mike Fidler (1) MNS 1 – 2 CLR

2nd Period

  1. 1:17 Al MacAdam (2) PPG Greg Smith (2) MNS 2 – 2 CLR
  2. 16:03 Walt McKechnie (3) PPG Joel Quenneville (2), Paul Gagne (2) MNS 2 – 3 CLR
  3. 16:50 Gary Sargent (2) Al MacAdam (3), Fred Barrett (1) MNS 3 – 3 CLR

3rd Period

  1. 0:15 Merlin Malinowski (2) Randy Pierce (3) MNS 3 – 4 CLR
  2. 8:38 Glen Sharpley (3) PPG Tim Young (3) MNS 4 – 4 CLR
  3. 13:39 Mike McEwen (1) PPG Rob Ramage (4), Lanny McDonald (3) MNS 4 – 5 CLR
  4. 17:24 Steve Payne (2) PPG Al MacAdam (4), Curt Giles (3) MNS 5 – 5 CLR

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Al MacAdam R 1 2 1 -2 1.78
Glen Sharpley C 2 0 2 0 1.13
Curt Giles D 0 1 3 0 0.85
Greg Smith D 0 1 3 0 0.85
Gary Sargent D 1 0 1 -1 0.68
Steve Payne L 1 0 2 -2 0.60
Mike Fidler L 0 1 0 0 0.48
Fred Barrett D 0 1 1 -1 0.40
Mike Polich C 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Brad Maxwell D 0 1 2 -1 0.10
Bobby Smith C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Tom Younghans R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tim Young C 0 1 0 -1 -0.28
Ron Zanussi R 0 0 0 0 -0.45
Kent-Erik Andersson R 0 0 3 0 -0.53
Tom McCarthy L 0 0 2 -1 -0.75
Paul Shmyr D 0 0 1 -1 -1.58
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche T 37 32 5 .865 60:00 -0.55

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Merlin Malinowski C 2 0 8 +1 2.10
Walt McKechnie C 2 0 5 +1 2.03
Lanny McDonald R 0 2 10 +1 2.00
Paul Gagne L 0 2 2 +1 1.55
Randy Pierce R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Joel Quenneville D 0 1 2 0 0.63
Mike McEwen D 1 0 2 +2 0.45
Trevor Johansen D 0 0 3 +1 0.23
Ron Delorme C 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Doug Berry C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bobby Sheehan C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 3 0 -0.08
Jack Hughes D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Mike Gillis L 0 0 0 0 -0.38
Yvon Vautour R 0 0 0 0 -0.75
Rob Ramage D 0 1 1 +1 -0.80
Gary Dillon C 0 0 0 0 -0.90
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Al Smith T 23 18 5 .783 60:00 -1.95