NHL game summary from December 19, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Vancouver Canucks (12-19-2)	2	1	0	3
Minnesota North Stars (11-16-3)	2	0	3	5

1: MIN, Bobby Smith 7, 1:57
   MIN, Gary Sargent 9 (Brad Maxwell), 9:42 - PP
   VAN, Dennis Ververgaert 8 (Jere Gillis, Pit Martin), 14:30
   VAN, Jack McIlhargey 2 (Curt Fraser, Rick Blight), 17:29
2: VAN, Harold Snepsts 2 (Rick Blight, Don Lever), 5:18 - PP
3: MIN, Al MacAdam 7 (Bobby Smith, Brad Maxwell), 2:56 - PP
   MIN, Greg Smith 4 (Brad Maxwell, Tim Young), 4:14
   MIN, Glen Sharpley 8, 19:56 - EN

Penalties:

1: Tom Younghans, MIN [Hi-sticking] 0:24
   Stan Smyl, VAN [Hi-sticking] 0:24
   Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Elbowing, Roughing] 5:17
   Tom Younghans, MIN [Roughing] 5:17
   Bill Butters, MIN [Tripping] 6:33
   Harold Snepsts, VAN [Roughing] 9:25
2: Gary Sargent, MIN [Holding] 2:56
   Greg Smith, MIN [Interference] 4:17
   Bill Butters, MIN [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 4:41
   Stan Smyl, VAN [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 4:41
   Dennis Ververgaert, VAN [Hooking] 14:57
   Bench penalty, MIN [Too many men on the ice] 14:57
3: Randy Holt, VAN [Holding] 2:37
   Randy Holt, VAN [Cross checking] 5:09

Penalty time: VAN: 18 minutes
              MIN: 16 minutes

VAN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Lars Lindgren	3	D	0	0	0	0	1	3
Randy Holt	4	D	0	0	0	4	-1	1
Dennis Kearns	6	D	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Pit Martin	7	C	0	1	1	0	-1	0
Rick Blight	8	RW	0	2	2	0	1	2
Don Lever	9	C	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Dennis Ververgaert	10	RW	1	0	1	2	-2	1
Stan Smyl	12	RW	0	0	0	6	0	2
Chris Oddleifson	14	C	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Hilliard Graves	15	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Sedlbauer	17	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	5
Roland Eriksson	19	C	0	0	0	0	1	2
Jere Gillis	21	LW	0	1	1	0	0	2
Thomas Gradin	23	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Curt Fraser	24	LW	0	1	1	0	1	4
Harold Snepsts	27	D	1	0	1	2	-1	2
Jack McIlhargey	29	D	1	0	1	4	1	2
Dunc Wilson	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-6	31

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bill Butters	2	D	0	0	0	6	-2	0
Jean Potvin	4	D	0	0	0	0	0	4
Brad Maxwell	5	D	0	3	3	0	2	4
Glen Sharpley	7	C	1	0	1	0	0	4
Kent-Erik Andersson	8	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Ron Zanussi	9	RW	0	0	0	0	1	2
J.P. Parise	11	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Per-Olov Brasar	14	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Smith	15	C	1	1	2	0	1	5
Mike Polich	16	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tim Young	17	C	0	1	1	0	1	2
Bill Hogaboam	21	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Gary Sargent	22	D	1	0	1	2	0	4
Greg Smith	23	D	1	0	1	2	2	5
Al MacAdam	25	RW	1	0	1	0	1	5
Steve Payne	26	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Gilles Meloche	27	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Younghans	29	RW	0	0	0	4	0	1
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							4	40


Shots: VAN: 12- 8-11-31
       MIN: 13-11-16-40

Goalies: VAN: Dunc Wilson (L, 0-1-0)
         MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 8-9-1)

Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Don Koharski, Ray Scapinello

Attendance: 6,762

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