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Tuesday, March 3, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena

Whalers 4 at Rockies 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 84OVR Merlin Malinowski Rockies First Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG R 89OVR Lanny McDonald Rockies Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG L 94OVR Blaine Stoughton Whalers Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:57 Bob Miller (6) Randy Pierce (19) HFD 0 – 1 CLR
  2. 12:55 Merlin Malinowski (20) Paul Gagne (11), Rob Ramage (35) HFD 0 – 2 CLR
  3. 15:02 Mark Howe (16) Unassisted HFD 1 – 2 CLR
  4. 17:58 Blaine Stoughton (32) Unassisted HFD 2 – 2 CLR
  5. 19:45 Merlin Malinowski (21) Lanny McDonald (35), Mike McEwen (34) HFD 2 – 3 CLR

2nd Period

  1. 14:02 Jack Valiquette (3) Yvon Vautour (18) HFD 2 – 4 CLR

3rd Period

  1. 5:27 Pat Boutette (24) Stuart Smith (5), Mike Rogers (56) HFD 3 – 4 CLR
  2. 8:02 Don Nachbaur (9) Rick Meagher (4), Blaine Stoughton (26) HFD 4 – 4 CLR
  3. 13:48 Lanny McDonald (30) Mike McEwen (35), Merlin Malinowski (32) HFD 4 – 5 CLR

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Blaine Stoughton L 1 1 4 +2 1.98
Rick Meagher C 0 1 5 +1 1.15
Pat Boutette L 1 0 4 +1 1.05
Stuart Smith D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Mark Howe D 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Mike Rogers C 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Don Nachbaur C 1 0 2 0 0.53
Norm Barnes D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Ray Neufeld R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dave Keon C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Warren Miller R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Al Sims D 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Gilles Lupien D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Mike Fidler L 0 0 3 -3 -0.22
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Tom Rowe R 0 0 2 -1 -0.68
Jeff Brubaker L 0 0 0 -1 -0.90
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Veisor L 38 33 5 .868 59:25 -0.45

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Merlin Malinowski C 2 1 3 +3 2.80
Lanny McDonald R 1 1 5 +3 2.20
Mike McEwen D 0 2 6 +2 1.85
Paul Gagne L 0 1 1 +3 1.15
Rob Ramage D 0 1 5 +1 1.00
Jack Valiquette C 1 0 1 0 0.83
Bob Miller C 1 0 3 -2 0.68
Trevor Johansen D 0 0 0 +3 0.45
Randy Pierce R 0 1 0 -2 0.33
Joel Quenneville D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Yvon Vautour R 0 1 2 +1 0.03
Barry Smith C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 9 0 -0.08
Ed Cooper L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Ron Delorme C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Terry Harper D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Mike Kitchen D 0 0 0 -3 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Phil Myre W 34 30 4 .882 60:00 0.00