NHL game summary from January 17, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (20-12-14) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
 Colorado Rockies (16-23-7) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1: COL, Merlin Malinowski 12 (Rob Ramage), 3:44
VAN, Rick Lanz 5 (Darcy Rota, Dennis Kearns), 12:35
2: VAN, Rick Blight 1 (Lars Lindgren, Kevin McCarthy), 5:08
VAN, Curt Fraser 22, 6:52
3: VAN, Darcy Rota 16 (Ivan Boldirev), 4:51
VAN, Stan Smyl 19 (Thomas Gradin, Lars Lindgren), 11:07
COL, Lucien DeBlois 14 (Yvon Vautour, Mike McEwen), 12:36
Penalties:
1: Mario Marois, VAN [Hi-sticking] 4:07
Brent Ashton, VAN [Tripping] 7:34
2: none
3: Darcy Rota, VAN [Holding] 15:07
Penalty time: VAN: 6 minutes
COL: 0 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Lanz | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ivan Boldirev | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Rick Blight | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Brent Ashton | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Per-Olov Brasar | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Darcy Rota | 18 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Mario Marois | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Minor | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave "Tiger" Williams | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Richard Brodeur | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 15 | 31 | ||||||
| COL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardy Astrom | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hughes | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| Rob Ramage | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Doug Berry | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Lanny McDonald | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Walt McKechnie | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Ed Cooper | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Merlin Malinowski | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Yvon Vautour | 19 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Gillis | 20 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Barry Smith | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Joel Quenneville | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Kitchen | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Attwell | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Al Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 8- 9-14-31
COL: 7-11-14-32
Goalies: VAN: Richard Brodeur (W, 14-9-10)
COL: Hardy Astrom (L, 6-10-4), Al Smith
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Ron Foyt
Attendance: 14,168
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