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Friday, January 9, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena

North Stars 2 at Rockies 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 89OVR Lanny McDonald Rockies First Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG C 78OVR Walt McKechnie Rockies Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG L 56OVR Ed Cooper Rockies Third Star 1G · 5 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:29 Ed Cooper (4) Mike Kitchen (4), Lanny McDonald (24) MNS 0 – 1 CLR

2nd Period

  1. 7:48 Walt McKechnie (13) Lanny McDonald (25), Rob Ramage (25) MNS 0 – 2 CLR

3rd Period

  1. 5:33 Steve Payne (15) Bobby Smith (29) MNS 1 – 2 CLR
  2. 6:39 Lanny McDonald (19) Walt McKechnie (18) MNS 1 – 3 CLR
  3. 9:43 Lucien DeBlois (13) Yvon Vautour (11), Rene Robert (10) MNS 1 – 4 CLR
  4. 12:42 Mike Eaves (7) Greg Smith (11), Gordie Roberts (16) MNS 2 – 4 CLR

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Steve Payne L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Bobby Smith C 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Mike Eaves C 1 0 5 -2 0.83
Greg Smith D 0 1 1 -2 0.40
Craig Hartsburg D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Gordie Roberts D 0 1 0 -2 0.33
Al MacAdam R 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Kent-Erik Andersson R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Mike Polich C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tim Young C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Jack Carlson L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Curt Giles D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Fred Barrett D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Tom McCarthy L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Steve Christoff C 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Tom Younghans R 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Gary Sargent D 0 0 1 -1 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Beaupre L 28 24 4 .857 60:00 -0.60

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Lanny McDonald R 1 2 2 +3 2.60
Walt McKechnie C 1 1 1 +3 1.90
Ed Cooper L 1 0 5 +3 1.58
Rob Ramage D 0 1 4 +2 1.23
Lucien DeBlois C 1 0 3 0 0.98
Rene Robert R 0 1 2 0 0.78
Mike Kitchen D 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Joel Quenneville D 0 0 2 +3 0.60
Yvon Vautour R 0 1 0 0 0.33
Mike McEwen D 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Doug Berry C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bobby Sheehan C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Gillis L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Barry Smith C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
David Watson L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Attwell R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Jack Hughes D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Hardy Astrom W 23 21 2 .913 60:00 0.60