NHL game summary from October 17, 1980

Team	1	2	3	F
Minnesota North Stars (2-0-1)	1	2	2	5
Colorado Rockies (3-0-1)	2	1	2	5

1: COL, Walt McKechnie 2 (Lanny McDonald, Paul Gagne), 1:05
   COL, Merlin Malinowski 1, 5:44
   MIN, Glen Sharpley 2 (Brad Maxwell, Mike Fidler), 17:20 - PP
2: MIN, Al MacAdam 2 (Greg Smith), 1:17 - PP
   COL, Walt McKechnie 3 (Joel Quenneville, Paul Gagne), 16:03 - PP
   MIN, Gary Sargent 2 (Al MacAdam, Fred Barrett), 16:50
3: COL, Merlin Malinowski 2 (Randy Pierce), :15
   MIN, Glen Sharpley 3 (Tim Young), 8:38 - PP
   COL, Mike McEwen 1 (Rob Ramage, Lanny McDonald), 13:39 - PP
   MIN, Steve Payne 2 (Al MacAdam, Curt Giles), 17:24 - PP

Penalties:

1: Ron Zanussi, MIN [Hooking] 2:30
   Merlin Malinowski, COL [Hooking] 9:20
   Bench penalty, MIN [Too many men on the ice] 12:35
   Lucien DeBlois, COL [Slashing] 16:13
   Rob Ramage, COL [Double misconduct] 18:55
   Paul Shmyr, MIN [Double misconduct] 18:55
   Mike Gillis, COL [Fighting] 18:55
   Brad Maxwell, MIN [Fighting] 18:55
   Gary Dillon, COL [Hooking, Misconduct] 18:55
   Kent-Erik Andersson, MIN [Misconduct] 18:55
   Tim Young, MIN [Misconduct] 18:55
   Yvon Vautour, COL [Misconduct] 18:55
   Mike McEwen, COL [Misconduct] 18:55
   Tom McCarthy, MIN [Misconduct] 18:55
   Bench penalty, MIN [Too many men on the ice] 18:55
   Bench penalty, COL [Too many men on the ice] 18:55
   Joel Quenneville, COL [Cross checking] 19:50
   Mike Fidler, MIN [Roughing] 19:59
   Trevor Johansen, COL [Roughing] 19:59
2: Ron Zanussi, MIN [Hooking, Unsportsmanlike conduct] 5:46
   Lucien DeBlois, COL [Roughing] 10:18
   Glen Sharpley, MIN [Roughing] 10:18
   Brad Maxwell, MIN [Cross checking] 14:54
3: Jack Hughes, COL [Holding] 7:29
   Glen Sharpley, MIN [Hi-sticking major] 11:31
   Lanny McDonald, COL [Hi-sticking] 15:46
   Fred Barrett, MIN [Elbowing] 17:43
   Rob Ramage, COL [Hi-sticking] 18:08

Penalty time: MIN: 78 minutes
              COL: 75 minutes

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Curt Giles	2	D	0	1	1	0	0	3
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	1	1	2	-1	1
Brad Maxwell	5	D	0	1	1	7	-1	2
Paul Shmyr	6	D	0	0	0	20	-1	1
Glen Sharpley	7	C	2	0	2	7	0	2
Kent-Erik Andersson	8	RW	0	0	0	10	0	3
Ron Zanussi	9	RW	0	0	0	6	0	0
Tom McCarthy	11	LW	0	0	0	10	-1	2
Mike Fidler	12	LW	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bobby Smith	15	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Mike Polich	16	C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tim Young	17	C	0	1	1	10	-1	0
Gary Sargent	22	D	1	0	1	0	-1	1
Greg Smith	23	D	0	1	1	0	0	3
Al MacAdam	25	RW	1	2	3	0	-2	1
Steve Payne	26	LW	1	0	1	0	-2	2
Gilles Meloche	27	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Younghans	29	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-10	23

COL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jack Hughes	2	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike McEwen	4	D	1	0	1	10	2	2
Rob Ramage	5	D	0	1	1	22	1	1
Randy Pierce	7	RW	0	1	1	0	1	1
Doug Berry	8	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lanny McDonald	9	RW	0	2	2	2	1	10
Bobby Sheehan	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt McKechnie	11	C	2	0	2	0	1	5
Gary Dillon	12	C	0	0	0	12	0	0
Merlin Malinowski	16	C	2	0	2	2	1	8
Paul Gagne	17	LW	0	2	2	0	1	2
Mike Gillis	20	LW	0	0	0	5	0	0
Joel Quenneville	22	D	0	1	1	2	0	2
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	4	0	3
Trevor Johansen	24	D	0	0	0	2	1	3
Ron Delorme	27	C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Yvon Vautour	29	RW	0	0	0	10	0	0
Al Smith	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	37


Shots: MIN:  9- 7- 7-23
       COL: 12-14-11-37

Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (T, 1-0-1)
         COL: Al Smith (T, 3-0-1)

Referee: Kerry Fraser
Linesmen: Jim Christison, Swede Knox

Attendance: 10,202

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