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Tuesday, December 23, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena

North Stars 6 at Red Wings 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 78OVR Steve Christoff North Stars First Star 3G · 4 SOG RC R 71OVR Kent-Erik Andersson North Stars Second Star 2G · 4 SOG L 84OVR Tom McCarthy North Stars Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 16:15 Steve Christoff (3) PPG Tom McCarthy (11), Bobby Smith (22) MNS 1 – 0 DET
  2. 16:47 Mike Foligno (16) Reed Larson (14), Dale McCourt (23) MNS 1 – 1 DET
  3. 19:25 John Ogrodnick (17) Mike Foligno (16), Dale McCourt (24) MNS 1 – 2 DET

2nd Period

  1. 6:16 Steve Christoff (4) Mike Eaves (7) MNS 2 – 2 DET
  2. 11:27 Kent-Erik Andersson (6) PPG Brad Palmer (1), Curt Giles (8) MNS 3 – 2 DET
  3. 17:30 Kent-Erik Andersson (7) Mike Polich (3) MNS 4 – 2 DET

3rd Period

  1. 9:14 Tom McCarthy (14) Craig Hartsburg (12), Al MacAdam (20) MNS 5 – 2 DET
  2. 19:30 Steve Christoff (5) Mike Eaves (8), Gordie Roberts (12) MNS 6 – 2 DET

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Steve Christoff C 3 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 2.33
Kent-Erik Andersson R 2 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.80
Tom McCarthy L 1 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Mike Eaves C 0 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.33
Brad Palmer L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Bobby Smith C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Al MacAdam R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mike Polich C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Curt Giles D 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Craig Hartsburg D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Gordie Roberts D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Greg Smith D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Fred Barrett D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Steve Payne L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Tim Young C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Jack Carlson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Tom Younghans R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Beaupre W 29 27 2 .931 60:00 1.20

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Foligno R 1 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 1.53
Dale McCourt C 0 2 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.33
John Ogrodnick L 1 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.98
Reed Larson D 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Willie Huber D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Peter Mahovlich C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Errol Thompson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
George Lyle L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jean Hamel D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Paul Woods C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Mark Kirton C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Perry Miller D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.38
Glenn Hicks L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Jim Korn D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Gilbert L 27 22 5 .815 59:36 -1.55