NHL game summary from October 11, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Colorado Rockies (0-1-0)	0	0	2	2
Vancouver Canucks (1-0-0)	2	5	1	8

1: VAN, Thomas Gradin 1 (Dennis Kearns), 4:14
   VAN, Pit Martin 1 (Dennis Ververgaert, John Grisdale), 13:06
2: VAN, Thomas Gradin 2 (Curt Fraser), 4:31
   VAN, Hilliard Graves 1 (Pit Martin), 11:16 - PP
   VAN, Curt Fraser 1 (Thomas Gradin, Stan Smyl), 12:27
   VAN, Roland Eriksson 1 (Dennis Kearns, Chris Oddleifson), 14:25
   VAN, Hilliard Graves 2 (Bob Manno), 17:23 - PP
3: COL, Ron Delorme 1 (Mike Christie, John Van Boxmeer), 6:34
   COL, Joe Contini 1 (Larry Skinner, Dennis Owchar), 16:58 - PP
   VAN, Dennis Ververgaert 1 (Dennis Kearns, Ron Sedlbauer), 18:29

Penalties:

1: Dennis Ververgaert, VAN [Cross checking] 6:21
   John Van Boxmeer, COL [Tripping] 10:41
2: Joe Watson, COL [Holding] 1:24
   Harold Snepsts, VAN [Cross checking] 6:18
   Hilliard Graves, VAN [Charging] 8:54
   Gary Croteau, COL [Interference] 10:14
   Barry Beck, COL [Hi-sticking] 16:03
   Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Interference] 19:10
3: Bob Manno, VAN [Hi-sticking] 3:37
   Stan Smyl, VAN [Hooking] 6:52
   Wilf Paiement, COL [Hooking] 7:43
   Randy Pierce, COL [Hooking] 9:11
   Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Interference] 15:06
   Randy Pierce, COL [Slashing] 15:06
   Dennis Kearns, VAN [Holding] 16:09

Penalty time: COL: 14 minutes
              VAN: 16 minutes

COL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Doug Favell	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Watson	2	D	0	0	0	2	-2	2
Mike Christie	3	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Van Boxmeer	4	D	0	1	1	2	-3	3
Barry Beck	5	D	0	0	0	2	-4	6
Randy Pierce	7	RW	0	0	0	4	-2	4
Wilf Paiement	9	RW	0	0	0	2	-2	3
Ralph Klassen	10	C	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Nelson Pyatt	12	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Joe Contini	16	C	1	0	1	0	-2	3
Rey Comeau	17	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Gary Croteau	18	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Dwyer	19	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Larry Skinner	20	C	0	1	1	0	-3	1
Dennis Owchar	25	D	0	1	1	0	-1	2
Mike Kitchen	26	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Delorme	27	C	1	0	1	0	-1	1
Paul Messier	28	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
Bill Oleschuk	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-25	36

VAN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dennis Kearns	6	D	0	3	3	2	4	2
Pit Martin	7	C	1	1	2	0	2	2
Don Lever	9	C	0	0	0	0	1	1
Dennis Ververgaert	10	RW	1	1	2	2	2	3
Stan Smyl	12	RW	0	1	1	2	2	0
Chris Oddleifson	14	C	0	1	1	0	1	1
Hilliard Graves	15	RW	2	0	2	2	0	3
Ron Sedlbauer	17	LW	0	1	1	0	1	3
John Grisdale	18	D	0	1	1	0	2	0
Roland Eriksson	19	C	1	0	1	0	1	5
Bill Derlago	20	C	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jere Gillis	21	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Manno	22	D	0	1	1	2	0	2
Thomas Gradin	23	C	2	1	3	0	2	2
Curt Fraser	24	LW	1	1	2	0	3	2
Harold Snepsts	27	D	0	0	0	2	3	0
Jack McIlhargey	29	D	0	0	0	4	1	0
Gary Bromley	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							25	32


Shots: COL: 10- 9-17-36
       VAN:  9-14- 9-32

Goalies: COL: Doug Favell (L, 0-1-0), Bill Oleschuk
         VAN: Gary Bromley (W, 1-0-0)

Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Jim Christison, Don Koharski

Attendance: 10,341

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