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All NHL game summaries from April 17, 1981



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (40-28-17) 0 2 3 5
Buffalo Sabres (42-22-21) 1 0 1 2
Minnesota North Stars lead, 2 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: BUF,Tony McKegney 3 (Richie Dunn, Gilbert Perreault), 9:17 - PP
2: MIN,Steve Christoff 1 (Curt Giles), 14:47 - PP
MIN,Steve Christoff 2 (Brad Maxwell), 18:17
3: BUF,Tony McKegney 4 (Mike Moller, Derek Smith), 2:01
MIN,Dino Ciccarelli 4 (Craig Hartsburg), 4:01
MIN,Bobby Smith 2, 9:59
MIN,Dino Ciccarelli 5, 19:35 - EN
Penalties:

1: Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Hooking] 1:17
Gordie Roberts, MIN [Charging] 8:34
Mike Ramsey, BUF [Delay of game] 11:04
Tim Young, MIN [Hooking] 18:28
2: Richie Dunn, BUF [Slashing] 8:26
Steve Christoff, MIN [Slashing] 8:26
Craig Ramsay, BUF [Interference] 12:59
3: John Van Boxmeer, BUF [Fighting] 9:00
Greg Smith, MIN [Fighting] 9:00
Penalty time: MIN: 11 minutes BUF: 13 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Curt Giles 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Hartsburg 4 D 0 1 1 0 2 2
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Neal Broten 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 0 0 0 3 1
Kevin Maxwell 9 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gordie Roberts 10 D 0 0 0 2 1 2
Brad Palmer 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bobby Smith 15 C 1 0 1 0 3 3
Tim Young 17 C 0 0 0 2 0 4
Dino Ciccarelli 20 RW 2 0 2 0 3 3
Jack Carlson 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Smith 23 D 0 0 0 5 0 0
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Payne 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Christoff 28 C 2 0 2 2 0 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1526
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1526

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Dunn 3 D 0 1 1 2 -2 0
John Van Boxmeer 4 D 0 0 0 5 -2 6
Mike Ramsey 5 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Tony McKegney 8 LW 2 0 2 0 -2 3
Mike Moller 9 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 2 0 3
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 1 1 0 -2 4
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Alan Haworth 14 C 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Rob McClanahan 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Derek Smith 19 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Lindy Ruff 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Steve Patrick 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Playfair 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1627
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1627
Shots: MIN: 6-12- 8-26 BUF: 10- 8- 9-27 Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 4-0-0) BUF: Don Edwards (L, 3-2-0) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ryan Bozak Attendance: 14,751



Team123F
Edmonton Oilers (32-37-16) 1 2 0 3
New York Islanders (53-18-14) 0 3 3 6
New York Islanders lead, 2 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: EDM,Glenn Anderson 2 (Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier), 6:11 - PP
2: NYI,Denis Potvin 3 (Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier), 2:26 - PP
NYI,Butch Goring 2 (Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin), 4:47 - PP
EDM,Risto Siltanen 2 (Matti Hagman, Glenn Anderson), 6:05 - PP
NYI,Denis Potvin 4 (Butch Goring, Mike McEwen), 9:44 - PP
EDM,Glenn Anderson 3 (Mark Messier), 12:23
3: NYI,Denis Potvin 5 (Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies), 3:47 - PP
NYI,Mike Bossy 5 (Denis Potvin, Ken Morrow), 7:59
NYI,Bryan Trottier 7 (Bob Bourne), 17:41 - SH-EN
Penalties:

1: Paul Coffey, EDM [Tripping] 1:04
Butch Goring, NYI [Hooking] 4:35
Mike McEwen, NYI [Hooking] 13:15
Glenn Anderson, EDM [Slashing] 14:39
2: Risto Siltanen, EDM [Interference] 2:07
Wayne Gretzky, EDM [Tripping] 3:22
Paul Coffey, EDM [Slashing] 4:41
Bryan Trottier, NYI [Slashing] 4:41
Dave Semenko, EDM [Fighting] 5:55
Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing] 5:55
Wayne Merrick, NYI [Slashing] 5:55
Bob Bourne, NYI [Fighting] 8:32
Paul Coffey, EDM [Fighting] 8:32
3: Jari Kurri, EDM [Holding] 2:48
Bob Nystrom, NYI [Holding] 16:12
Bench penalty, EDM [Too many men on the ice] 19:26
Penalty time: EDM: 24 minutes NYI: 17 minutes
EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lee Fogolin 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Lowe 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doug Hicks 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Garry Lariviere 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Coffey 7 D 0 0 0 9 0 0
Risto Siltanen 8 D 1 0 1 2 -1 5
Glenn Anderson 9 RW 2 1 3 2 0 3
Matti Hagman 10 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mark Messier 11 C 0 2 2 0 0 3
Dave Hunter 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pat Hughes 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jari Kurri 17 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Brett Callighen 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dave Lumley 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stan Weir 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Semenko 27 LW 0 0 0 5 0 0
Andy Moog 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Gretzky 99 C 0 1 1 2 -2 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-622
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-622

NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Lorimer 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Denis Potvin 5 D 3 2 5 0 2 4
Ken Morrow 6 D 0 1 1 0 2 2
Stefan Persson 7 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 1 1 5 1 0
Mike McEwen 16 D 0 1 1 2 -1 1
Bryan Trottier 19 C 1 1 2 2 2 1
Mike Bossy 22 RW 1 2 3 0 1 8
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Billy Carroll 25 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Langevin 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Tonelli 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Hector Marini 29 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butch Goring 91 C 1 1 2 2 -1 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)429
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)429
Shots: EDM: 9- 7- 6-22 NYI: 8-14- 7-29 Goalies: EDM: Andy Moog (L, 3-2-0) NYI: Billy Smith (W, 5-0-0) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Ron Finn, Kevin Collins Attendance: 15,008



Team123F
Calgary Flames (43-28-14) 2 3 0 5
Philadelphia Flyers (45-27-15) 2 0 2 4
Series tied, 1-1   (best of 7)

1: PHI,Bill Barber 7 (Behn Wilson, Rick MacLeish), 5:49 - PP
CAL,Paul Reinhart 1 (Guy Chouinard), 12:34 - PP
PHI,Rick MacLeish 2 (Brian Propp, Bill Barber), 16:16 - PP
CAL,Kent Nilsson 3 (Ken Houston, Don Lever), 18:02
2: CAL,Ken Houston 2 (Guy Chouinard, Kent Nilsson), 5:58 - PP
CAL,Willi Plett 4 (Guy Chouinard, Brad Marsh), 10:45
CAL,Jamie Hislop 1 (Phil Russell, Jim Peplinski), 17:08 - PP
3: PHI,Behn Wilson 2 (Ken Linseman, Paul Holmgren), 13:37 - PP
PHI,Tom Gorence 3 (Brian Propp, Behn Wilson), 17:08
Penalties:

1: Bob Murdoch, CAL [Tripping] 4:35
Thomas Eriksson, PHI [Holding] 11:32
Bob Murdoch, CAL [Hi-sticking] 14:23
Ken Linseman, PHI [Hi-sticking] 14:23
Willi Plett, CAL [Roughing, Fighting] 14:23
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing, Fighting] 14:23
Paul Reinhart, CAL [Hooking] 15:43
2: Bobby Clarke, PHI [Slashing] 2:00
Bob MacMillan, CAL [Slashing] 2:00
Al Hill, PHI [Hooking] 5:37
Reggie Leach, PHI [Hi-sticking] 7:25
Willi Plett, CAL [Roughing] 7:25
Randy Holt, CAL [Holding] 11:39
Bob Murdoch, CAL [Hi-sticking] 15:08
Al Hill, PHI [Roughing double minor] 15:08
3: Al Hill, PHI [Slashing] 8:20
Willi Plett, CAL [Slashing major] 8:54
Penalty time: CAL: 26 minutes PHI: 23 minutes
CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Riggin 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pekka Rautakallio 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Phil Russell 5 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Ken Houston 6 RW 1 1 2 0 1 1
Randy Holt 7 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Bill Clement 10 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 0 0 2 0 3
Don Lever 12 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Kent Nilsson 14 C 1 1 2 0 1 3
Kevin LaVallee 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 3 3 0 1 2
Jamie Hislop 17 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Bob Murdoch 20 D 0 0 0 6 1 0
Brad Marsh 22 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Reinhart 23 D 1 0 1 2 1 3
Jim Peplinski 24 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Willi Plett 25 RW 1 0 1 14 1 2
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)522
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)522

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 5
Behn Wilson 3 D 1 2 3 0 1 10
Frank Bathe 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 0 -1 5
Thomas Eriksson 8 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Reid Bailey 9 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Tim Kerr 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ken Linseman 14 C 0 1 1 2 1 6
Al Hill 15 LW 0 0 0 8 -1 2
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 1 1 7 0 0
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 1 2 0 -1 2
Tom Gorence 22 RW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Terry Murray 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brian Propp 26 LW 0 2 2 0 1 2
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Pete Peeters 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-546
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-546
Shots: CAL: 10-10- 2-22 PHI: 14-13-19-46 Goalies: CAL: Pat Riggin (W, 1-0-0) PHI: Pete Peeters (L, 2-1-0) Referee: Ron Hoggarth Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Swede Knox Attendance: 17,077



Team123F
New York Rangers (34-38-14) 1 1 4 6
St. Louis Blues (49-21-17) 3 0 1 4
Series tied, 1-1   (best of 7)

1: STL,Jorgen Pettersson 2 (Tony Currie), 1:22
STL,Larry Patey 1 (Blair Chapman), 2:16
NYR,Barry Beck 2 (Ron Duguay), 3:07 - SH
STL,Brian Sutter 4 (Tony Currie, Jack Brownschidle), 18:06 - PP
2: NYR,Dean Talafous 2 (Chris Kotsopoulos, Barry Beck), 16:24
3: NYR,Jere Gillis 2 (Lance Nethery), 7:30
NYR,Anders Hedberg 4, 8:29
NYR,Mike Allison 2 (Steve Vickers, Peter Wallin), 10:16
STL,Brian Sutter 5 (Joe Micheletti), 15:04
NYR,Ron Duguay 6 (Steve Vickers), 19:13
Penalties:

1: Steve Baker, NYR [Hi-sticking] 2:27
Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Fighting] 3:46
Brian Sutter, STL [Roughing, Fighting] 3:46
Brian Sutter, STL [Fighting] 12:26
Tom Laidlaw, NYR [Game misconduct] 12:26
Ed Hospodar, NYR [Roughing, Fighting] 12:26
Gerry Hart, STL [Boarding] 15:23
Barry Beck, NYR [Interference] 17:18
Gerry Hart, NYR [Holding] 18:47
Ron Greschner, STL [Tripping] 19:35
2: Mike Crombeen, STL [Tripping] 8:43
Blair Chapman, NYR [Hooking] 13:33
Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Interference] 14:04
Ed Hospodar, NYR [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 19:16
3: Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hi-sticking major] 7:54
Bryan Maxwell, STL [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Fighting, Misconduct] 7:54
Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Misconduct] 7:54
Penalty time: NYR: 48 minutes STL: 35 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Laidlaw 2 D 0 0 0 10 -1 0
Barry Beck 3 D 1 1 2 2 3 1
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 2 1 2
Jere Gillis 6 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 2 2 0 2 0
Ron Duguay 10 C 1 1 2 0 2 2
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Don Maloney 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Mike Allison 14 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dean Talafous 19 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Lance Nethery 21 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Ed Hospodar 23 D 0 0 0 9 2 1
Chris Kotsopoulos 24 D 0 1 1 19 0 2
Peter Wallin 25 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Steve Baker 35 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1030
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1030

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Liut 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 4 0 1
Bryan Maxwell 4 D 0 0 0 17 1 0
Larry Patey 6 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Wayne Babych 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Brian Sutter 11 LW 2 0 2 12 -2 4
Joe Micheletti 12 D 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Blair Chapman 14 RW 0 1 1 2 1 2
Tony Currie 15 RW 0 2 2 0 0 3
Jack Brownschidle 16 D 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Ed Kea 17 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rick Lapointe 18 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Dunlop 19 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Zuke 21 C 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Jorgen Pettersson 22 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Bernie Federko 24 C 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Mike Crombeen 26 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ralph Klassen 28 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1029
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1029
Shots: NYR: 5-16- 9-30 STL: 13- 6-10-29 Goalies: NYR: Steve Baker (W, 4-2-0) STL: Mike Liut (L, 4-3-0) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Bob Hodges Attendance: 18,437



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