NHL game summary from December 26, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Minnesota North Stars (13-17-3)	2	2	2	6
St. Louis Blues (7-25-5)	1	3	0	4

1: MIN, Mike Polich 3 (Steve Payne), 9:18
   MIN, Tim Young 7 (Jean Potvin, Ron Zanussi), 15:25
   STL, Wayne Babych 16 (Bob Stewart, Barry Gibbs), 19:08
2: STL, Brian Ogilvie 1 (Barry Gibbs, Garry Unger), 6:13
   MIN, Per-Olov Brasar 3 (Tim Young, Ron Zanussi), 9:26 - PP
   STL, Jack Brownschidle 3 (Brian Ogilvie), 10:22 - PP
   STL, Brian Sutter 20 (Larry Giroux, Bernie Federko), 15:51
   MIN, Bobby Smith 8 (Jean Potvin, Per-Olov Brasar), 19:54 - PP
3: MIN, Al MacAdam 9 (Bobby Smith, Steve Payne), 1:26
   MIN, Glen Sharpley 9 (Al MacAdam, Jean Potvin), 19:57 - EN

Penalties:

1: Brian Sutter, STL [Fighting] 3:21
   Greg Smith, MIN [Game misconduct] 3:21
   Bill Butters, MIN [Roughing, Fighting] 3:21
   Brad Maxwell, MIN [Cross checking] 16:29
2: Rick Shinske, STL [Tripping] 2:03
   Garry Unger, STL [Hooking] 8:56
   J.P. Parise, MIN [Slashing] 9:58
   Bob Stewart, STL [Tripping] 11:44
   Wayne Babych, STL [Holding] 18:56
3: Jean Potvin, MIN [Interference] 9:25

Penalty time: MIN: 23 minutes
              STL: 13 minutes

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bill Butters	2	D	0	0	0	7	-2	0
Jean Potvin	4	D	0	3	3	2	1	4
Brad Maxwell	5	D	0	0	0	2	2	1
Glen Sharpley	7	C	1	0	1	0	0	1
Kent-Erik Andersson	8	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Ron Zanussi	9	RW	0	2	2	0	1	1
J.P. Parise	11	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Per-Olov Brasar	14	C	1	1	2	0	1	2
Bobby Smith	15	C	1	1	2	0	0	5
Mike Polich	16	C	1	0	1	0	0	1
Tim Young	17	C	1	1	2	0	1	3
Gary Sargent	22	D	0	0	0	0	1	3
Greg Smith	23	D	0	0	0	10	0	0
Kris Manery	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Al MacAdam	25	RW	1	1	2	0	1	4
Steve Payne	26	LW	0	2	2	0	2	3
Gilles Meloche	27	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Younghans	29	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							5	29

STL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bob Stewart	2	D	0	1	1	2	1	2
Bruce Affleck	4	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Giroux	5	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Patey	6	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Garry Unger	7	C	0	1	1	2	-2	2
Wayne Babych	10	RW	1	0	1	2	-1	4
Brian Sutter	11	LW	1	0	1	5	1	2
Rick Shinske	14	C	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jack Brownschidle	16	D	1	0	1	0	-2	3
Inge Hammarstrom	17	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Curt Bennett	19	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Barry Gibbs	22	D	0	2	2	0	0	1
Bob Hess	23	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Federko	24	C	0	1	1	0	-1	6
Bob Murdoch	25	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Staniowski	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Smrke	33	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Brian Ogilvie	35	C	1	1	2	0	1	3
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-6	25


Shots: MIN:  8-12- 9-29
       STL: 10- 4-11-25

Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 10-10-1)
         STL: Ed Staniowski (L, 4-10-0)

Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Bob Luther

Attendance: 10,895

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