NHL game summary from February 5, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (15-33-6) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 Minnesota North Stars (12-28-12) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1: | MIN, | Dennis O'Brien 3 (Jim Roberts, Dean Talafous), 3:34 |
| MIN, | Bill Fairbairn 5 (Tim Young, Ernie Hicke), 15:38 | |
| MIN, | Roland Eriksson 18 (Alex Pirus), 17:02 | |
| 2: | MIN, | Steve Jensen 11 (Roland Eriksson), 2:53 |
| VAN, | Ron Sedlbauer 7, 6:40 - SH | |
| VAN, | Dennis Ververgaert 20 (Jim Wiley, Dennis Kearns), 11:00 | |
| 3: | MIN, | Alex Pirus 7 (Roland Eriksson, Steve Jensen), 6:10 |
| VAN, | Andy Spruce 9 (Bobby Lalonde, Dennis Kearns), 10:59 | |
| VAN, | Brad Gassoff 3 (Jim Wiley, Dennis Ververgaert), 12:18 | |
| VAN, | Ron Sedlbauer 8 (Dennis Kearns, Bobby Lalonde), 19:33 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Doug Hicks, MIN [Hooking] 12:11 | |
| 2: | Harold Snepsts, VAN [Slashing] 5:53 | |
| Rick Blight, VAN [Slashing] 11:26 | ||
| Tom Younghans, MIN [Hi-sticking] 14:27 | ||
| Jim Wiley, VAN [Elbowing] 15:34 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: VAN: 6 minutes
MIN: 4 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Carriere | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 10 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim Wiley | 12 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Hilliard Graves | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Brad Gassoff | 16 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 20 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andy Spruce | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gerry O'Flaherty | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Garry Monahan | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Goodenough | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jack McIlhargey | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Cesare Maniago | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Lopresti | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Engele | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Doug Hicks | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Glen Sharpley | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Alex Pirus | 10 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Steve Jensen | 12 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ernie Hicke | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| Dean Talafous | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hogaboam | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roland Eriksson | 22 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Lou Nanne | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Beverley | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jim Roberts | 27 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Younghans | 29 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 1 | 35 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 1 | 35 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 8- 6-10-24
MIN: 11-11-13-35
Goalies: VAN: Cesare Maniago (T, 8-14-2)
MIN: Pete LoPresti (T, 3-12-7)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, John Brown
Attendance: 9,527
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