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Mike Bossy, Bob Bourne, Billy Carroll, Clark Gillies, Butch Goring, Garry Howatt, Anders Kallur, Gord Lane, Dave Langevin, Bob Lorimer, Hector Marini, Mike McEwen, Roland Melanson, Wayne Merrick, Ken Morrow, Bob Nystrom, Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin CAPTAIN, Jean Potvin, Billy Smith, Duane Sutter, John Tonelli, Bryan Trottier John Pickett Jr. CHAIRMAN Bill Torrey PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER, Al Arbour HEAD COACH

NEW YORK ISLANDERS STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

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1981 PRELIMINARY ROUND

1 NEW YORK ISLANDERS 110 v. 16 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 71 GM BILL TORREY, HC AL ARBOUR v. GM PUNCH IMLACH, HC MIKE NYKOLUK

ISLANDERS SWEEP SERIES

Wednesday, April 8

TORONTO 2 @ NEW YORK 9

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Bill Carroll 1 (Butch Goring, Denis Potvin) 5:27 SHG 2. NEW YORK, Clark Gillies 1 (Butch Goring, Hector Marini) 11:26 PPG

Penalties – Sittler T 1:44, Persson N 3:34, Maple Leafs’ bench (served by Hickey) 9:46, Gillies N 13:09,

D. Potvin N 13:39, Gillies N 19:52

SECOND PERIOD 3. TORONTO, Bill Derlago 1 (Borje Salming) 1:39 PPG

4. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 1 (Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier) 7:34 PPG GWG 5. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 1 (unassisted) 8:00

6. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 2 (Stefan Persson, Mike Bossy) 10:17 PPG 7. NEW YORK, Bob Lorimer 1 (Clark Gillies, Hector Marini) 19:06

Penalties – Marini N 5:12, Maple Leafs’ bench (served by Maloney) 7:12, Sittler T 8:56, Melrose T 13:22

THIRD PERIOD

8. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 2 (Bryan Trottier, Bob Bourne) 2:25 9. NEW YORK, Bob Bourne 1 (Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier) 7:25

10. NEW YORK, Bob Bourne 2 (Denis Potvin, Ken Morrow) 11:30 SHG 11. TORONTO, Ian Turnbull 1 (René Robert, Barry Melrose) 17:00

Penalties – Paiement T 5:18, Duris T Howatt N (double minor) 9:17, Melrose T Langevin N 9:50,

Boschman T Lorimer N (minors, majors) 13:24

Shots on goal by MAPLE LEAFS 16 14 11 41

ISLANDERS 13 14 8 35 TORONTO, Jiri Crha, Michel Larocque; NEW YORK, Billy Smith, Roland Melanson (approx 4:00 of third period)

Power play: TOR – 1 for 6, NYI – 3 for 6 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Saturday, April 11

NEW YORK 6 @ TORONTO 1

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Wayne Merrick 1 (Butch Goring) 8:58 2. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 4 (Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin) 12:05 PPG GWG

3. NEW YORK, Hector Marini 1 (Ken Morrow, Bill Carroll) 14:03 4. NEW YORK, Mike McEwen 2 (Bob Bourne, Bryan Trottier) 17:40 PPG

5. NEW YORK, Clark Gillies 2 (Bill Carroll, Denis Potvin) 19:35

Penalties – Derlago T 3:14, Trottier N Maloney T 8:09, Kallur N 9:43, Robert T 10:40, Turnbull T 15:46

SECOND PERIOD 6. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 6 (Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin) 13:34

7. TORONTO, Rick Vaive 1 (Borje Salming, Vitezslav Duris) 13:53

Penalties – Howatt N Melrose T (minors, majors) 14:48

THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Trottier N 7:31, Maloney T 12:19

Shots on goal by ISLANDERS 14 8 9 31

MAPLE LEAFS 4 9 10 23 NEW YORK, Billy Smith; TORONTO, Jiri Crha, Paul Harrison (0:00 of second period)

Power play: NYI – 1 for 4 6 for 16 in series, TOR – 0 for 2 1 for 12 in series

16,485 at Maple Leaf Gardens

Thursday, April 9

TORONTO 1 @ NEW YORK 5

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Melrose T 0:28, Salming T 4:45, Melrose T Gillies N 11:51, Lorimer N 14:38, Howatt N 17:05

SECOND PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 3 (unassisted) 7:39

2. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 3 (Stefan Persson, Mike Bossy) 8:18 GWG 3. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 4 (Mike Bossy, Stefan Persson) 19:16 PPG

Penalties – Turnbull T 3:18, Vaive T Langevin N 13:35, Salming T 17:57

THIRD PERIOD

4. TORONTO, Bruce Boudreau 1 (Ron Sedlbauer, René Robert) 6:06 5. NEW YORK, Mike McEwen 1 (Bill Carroll, Wayne Merrick) 9:27

6. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 5 (Mike Bossy) 13:40

Penalties – Bourne N 2:35, Vaive T 3:12, Persson N 17:52, Sedlbauer T 18:21

Shots on goal by

MAPLE LEAFS 9 7 10 26 ISLANDERS 5 11 11 27

TORONTO, Michel Larocque, Jiri Crha; NEW YORK, Billy Smith

Power play: TOR – 0 for 4, NYI – 1 for 6 15,009 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum




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2 ST. LOUIS BLUES 107 v. 15 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 73 GM EMILE FRANCIS, HC RED BERENSON v. GM BAZ BASTIEN, HC EDDIE JOHNSTON

BLUES WIN SERIES IN 5

Wednesday, April 8

PITTSBURGH 2 @ ST. LOUIS 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. PITTSBURGH, Greg Malone 1 (Randy Carlyle, Peter Lee) 0:15 2. ST. LOUIS, Mike Zuke 1 (Joe Micheletti, Bernie Federko) 4:48 PPG

3. ST. LOUIS, Tony Currie 1 (Bernie Federko, Joe Micheletti) 15:58

Penalties – Malone P 3:46, Crombeen S 8:48, Gardner P Hart S 10:05, Malone P 12:11, Federko S 13:05

SECOND PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Rod Schutt 1 (Greg Malone, Peter Lee) 13:21

5. ST. LOUIS, Jorgen Pettersson 1 (Blake Dunlop) 14:44 GWG

Penalties – Baxter P 1:49, Sutter S Stackhouse P 4:10, Chapman S Malone P 5:01, Maxwell S Baxter P (minors, majors, 10-minute misconducts) Babych S 10:07, Faubert P 10:54, Johnson P 15:27, Lapointe S 19:08

THIRD PERIOD

6. ST. LOUIS, Mike Crombeen 1 (Larry Patey) 19:59 ENG

Penalties – Chapman S Gardner P 4:03, Sutter S Price P (minors, majors) 12:04, Currie S Malone P 15:18

Shots on goal by PENGUINS 9 8 9 26

BLUES 14 20 14 48

PITTSBURGH, Greg Millen; ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut

Power play – PIT – 0 for 4, STL – 1 for 5 16,053 at The Checkerdome

Saturday, April 11

ST. LOUIS 5 @ PITTSBURGH 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Rod Schutt 3 (Greg Malone, Ron Stackhouse) 6:04 PPG

2. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 1 (Bernie Federko, Joe Micheletti) 11:51 PPG

Penalties – Lapointe S 1:14, Hart S 3:32, Sutter S Ferguson P (minors, majors) Malone P 3:45, Micheletti S 4:17, Patey S 4:47, Baxter P 7:56, Stackhouse P 11:45, Malone P 15:49, Baxter P Sutter S (double minor) 16:14

SECOND PERIOD

3. ST. LOUIS, Ralph Klassen 1 (Blair Chapman, Rick Lapointe) 6:36 4. PITTSBURGH, Mike Bullard 1 (George Ferguson, Pat Price) 8:57

5. ST. LOUIS, Wayne Babych 1 (Ed Kea, Jack Brownschidle) 9:58 6. PITTSBURGH, Mark Johnson 1 (Randy Carlyle, Gary Rissling) 10:31

7. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 2 (Joe Micheletti, Tony Currie) 14:38 PPG

Penalties – Hart S Schutt P 7:16, Hart S 12:06, Crombeen S Carlyle P 12:33, Ferguson P 14:15, Patey S (major) Price P 17:09, Maxwell S 18:11, Lee P 20:00

THIRD PERIOD 8. PITTSBURGH, Gregg Sheppard 2 (Randy Carlyle, George Ferguson) 5:08 PPG

9. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 3 (Tony Currie, Brian Sutter) 15:54 GWG

Penalties – Lapointe S 4:44, Brownschidle S Gardner P 17:21

Shots on goal by BLUES 14 8 10 32

PENGUINS 8 15 8 31 ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut ; PITTSBURGH, Greg Millen

Power play – STL – 2 for 6, PIT – 2 for 8

14,646 at Civic Arena

Tuesday, April 14

PITTSBURGH 3 @ ST. LOUIS 4 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. PITTSBURGH, Paul Gardner 1 (Rick Kehoe, Randy Carlyle) 7:48 PPG

Penalties – Carlyle P Sutter S (majors) Schutt P (10-minute misconduct) Penguins’ bench Blues’ bench 1:00, Baxter P 1:28, Maxwell S (double minor) 4:37, Faubert P Hart S 6:04, Schutt P 15:44

SECOND PERIOD

2. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 2 (Bernie Federko, Tony Currie) 11:17 3. PITTSBURGH, George Ferguson 2 (Mark Johnson, Gregg Sheppard) 15:06

4. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 4 (Brian Sutter, Tony Currie) 16:06 PPG

Penalties – Patey S 0:57, Johnson P 15:53

THIRD PERIOD

5. ST. LOUIS, Rick Lapointe 1 (Blair Chapman, Larry Patey) 3:34 6. PITTSBURGH, Greg Malone 2 (Rod Schutt, Paul Baxter) 10:38

Penalties – Price P 3:44, Patey S Price P 9:29, Lapointe S Sheppard P 18:58

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Baxter P Patey S 9:56

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 7. ST. LOUIS, Mike Crombeen 2 (Mike Zuke, Rick Lapointe) 5:16 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

PENGUINS 10 13 10 13 5 51 BLUES 17 12 9 13 1 52


Power play – PIT – 1 for 3 6 for 24 in series, STL – 1 for 4 8 for 23 in series 18,150 at The Checkerdome

Thursday, April 9

PITTSBURGH 6 @ ST. LOUIS 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. ST. LOUIS, Joe Micheletti 1 (Bernie Federko) 2:35 PPG

Penalties – Malone P 0:59, Currie S 4:24, Maxwell S 6:21, Blues’ bench 11:28, Lee P Micheletti S 12:54, Baxter P 16:10

SECOND PERIOD

2. PITTSBURGH, Randy Carlyle 1 (George Ferguson, Mike Bullard) 2:03 3. ST. LOUIS, Tony Currie 2 (unassisted) 3:11

4. PITTSBURGH, Gregg Sheppard 1 (Mike Bullard, George Ferguson) 4:58 5. PITTSBURGH, Mario Faubert 1 (Rick Kehoe, Rod Schutt) 6:59 PPG

6. PITTSBURGH, George Ferguson 1 (Gregg Sheppard) 11:13

Penalties – Lapointe S 5:29, Babych S 12:49, Patey S Lonsberry P 13:09, Stackhouse P 15:55

THIRD PERIOD 7. PITTSBURGH, Rod Schutt 2 (Greg Malone, Peter Lee) 0:35 GWG

8. PITTSBURGH, Randy Carlyle 2 (Rod Schutt, Peter Lee) 3:06 9. ST. LOUIS, Blair Chapman 1 (Joe Micheletti, Bernie Federko) 10:49

10. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 1 (Tony Currie, Blake Dunlop) 16:04 PPG

Penalties – Rissling P 15:10

Shots on goal by

PENGUINS 10 12 8 30 BLUES 6 8 9 23


Power play – PIT – 1 for 4, STL – 2 for 4 17,033 at The Checkerdome

Sunday, April 12

ST. LOUIS 3 @ PITTSBURGH 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. ST. LOUIS, Ralph Klassen 2 (Larry Patey, Joe Micheletti) 5:53

2. ST. LOUIS, Mike Zuke 2 (Tony Currie, Joe Micheletti) 7:10 PPG 3. PITTSBURGH, Mike Bullard 2 (Randy Carlyle, Mario Faubert) 14:52 PPG

Penalties – Patey S 1:10, Maxwell S Chorney P 4:44, Malone P 6:14, Stewart S Lapointe S Rissling P Baxter P

8:09, Patey S 8:30, Carlyle P 9:05, Penguins’ bench (served by Kehoe) 10:05, Kea S 13:51

SECOND PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Mark Johnson 2 (Rick Kehoe, Marc Chorney) 7:45 PPG

5. PITTSBURGH, Randy Carlyle 3 (unassisted) 11:49 SHG 6. ST. LOUIS, Mike Zuke 3 (Joe Micheletti, Tony Currie) 13:55 PPG

Penalties – Klassen S 3:49, Monahan S 5:57, Maxwell S Price P (majors) 7:45, Baxter P 11:00, Schutt P 13:24,

Monahan S 15:08, Johnson P 18:15

THIRD PERIOD

7. PITTSBURGH, Mike Bullard 3 (George Ferguson) 0:44 GWG 8. PITTSBURGH, Randy Carlyle 4 (Mike Bullard, Gregg Sheppard) 9:21

9. PITTSBURGH, Pat Price 1 (Gregg Sheppard) 14:02

Penalties – Sutter S Gardner P 13:25


PENGUINS 14 10 10 34 ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut ; PITTSBURGH, Greg Millen

Power play – STL – 2 for 4, PIT – 2 for 5

12,042 at Civic Arena





3 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 103 v. 14 EDMONTON OILERS 76 GM IRVING GRUNDMAN, HC CLAUDE RUEL v. GM GLEN SATHER, HC GLEN SATHER

OILERS SWEEP SERIES

Wednesday, April 8

EDMONTON 6 @ MONTREAL 3

FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Glenn Anderson 1 (Wayne Gretzky) 6:41 2. MONTREAL, Steve Shutt 1 (Pierre Mondou) 11:15

3. EDMONTON, Jari Kurri 1 (Wayne Gretzky, Brett Callighen) 11:42 4. EDMONTON, Jari Kurri 2 (Wayne Gretzky) 17:36

Penalties – Hunter E Engblom M 1:57, Messier E Napier M 8:33, Siltanen E 15:11, Langway M 19:06

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Houle M 2:48, Hicks E 3:52, Lariviere E 12:32, Hunter E (major) Lapointe M (minor, major, game

misconduct) 13:59, Anderson E Langway M 16:25, Messier E Robinson M 16:48, Hicks E 13:41, Coffey E Shutt M 20:00

THIRD PERIOD

5. EDMONTON, Brett Callighen 1 (Wayne Gretzky) 1:14 GWG 6. MONTREAL, Doug Risebrough 1 (unassisted) 7:39 PPG

7. EDMONTON, Paul Coffey 1 (Garry Lariviere, Jari Kurri) 13:38 8. MONTREAL, Réjean Houle 1 (Pierre Larouche, Steve Shutt) 16:55

9. EDMONTON, Brett Callighen 2 (Wayne Gretzky) 19:21 ENG

Penalties – Houle M 2:45, Gretzky E 6:42, Kurri E 10:41, Shutt M 11:46, Fogolin E 12:29

Shots on goal by OILERS 16 2 10 28

CANADIENS 9 10 12 31 EDMONTON, Andy Moog; MONTREAL, Richard Sevigny

Power play – EDM – 0 for 5, MTL – 1 for 7

15,792 at Montreal Forum

Saturday, April 11

MONTREAL 2 @ EDMONTON 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Matti Hagman 1 (Glenn Anderson) 6:09 2. EDMONTON, Paul Coffey 3 (Jari Kurri, Wayne Gretzky) 15:54

Penalties – Hagman E 1:38, Houle M 3:12, Fogolin E 3:21, Fogolin E 9:29, Acton M 19:40

SECOND PERIOD

3. EDMONTON, Wayne Gretzky 1 (Brett Callighen, Paul Coffey) 8:15 GWG 4. MONTREAL, Brian Engblom 1 (Richard Sevigny, Guy Lafleur) 8:49

5. MONTREAL, Steve Shutt 2 (unassisted) 15:33 6. EDMONTON, Wayne Gretzky 2 (unassisted) 18:56

Penalties – Callighen E 5:22, Lumley E Lafleur M 11:27, Gainey M 12:55, Anderson E Tremblay M 17:00

THIRD PERIOD

7. EDMONTON, Dave Lumley 1 (Kevin Lowe) 19:23 ENG 8. EDMONTON, Wayne Gretzky 3 (Garry Lariviere, Paul Coffey) 19:53

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

CANADIENS 13 6 5 24 OILERS 9 7 13 29

MONTREAL, Richard Sevigny; EDMONTON, Andy Moog

Power play – MTL – 0 for 4 2 for 17 in series, EDM – 0 for 3 1 for 12 in series 17,490 at Northlands Coliseum

Thursday, April 9

EDMONTON 3 @ MONTREAL 1

FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Paul Coffey 2 (unassisted) 5:24

Penalties – Hunter E 0:39, Lowe E (major) Tremblay M (minor, major) 3:00, Hunter E 13:31, Acton M 14:43, Hagman E 19:27

SECOND PERIOD

2. MONTREAL, Gaston Gingras 1 (Pierre Larouche, Larry Robinson) 0:32 PPG 3. EDMONTON, Risto Siltanen 1 (Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri) 4:43 PPG GWG

Penalties – Unger E Engblom M Acton M 3:49, Anderson E 6:32, Hagman E 14:03

THIRD PERIOD 4. EDMONTON, Jari Kurri 3 (Wayne Gretzky, Brett Callighen) 14:27

Penalties – Lambert M 15:30, Lariviere E 17:00

Shots on goal by

OILERS 12 10 7 29 CANADIENS 14 16 11 41

EDMONTON, Andy Moog; MONTREAL, Richard Sevigny

Power play – EDM – 1 for 4, MTL – 1 for 6 15,527 at Montreal Forum




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4 LOS ANGELES KINGS 99 v. 13 NEW YORK RANGERS 74 GM GEORGE MAGUIRE, HC BOB BERRY v. GM CRAIG PATRICK, HC CRAIG PATRICK

RANGERS WIN SERIES IN 4

Wednesday, April 8

NEW YORK 3 @ LOS ANGELES 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 1 (Ron Greschner, Barry Beck) 9:04

Penalties – Korab L 4:58, Hospodar N (double minor) Dionne L 8:09, Korab L 11:51, Greschner N Wells L 16:12

SECOND PERIOD

2. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 1 (Anders Hedberg) 1:25 GWG

Penalties – Vadnais N (minor, major) Hopkins L 6:39, Nethery N 13:30, Nilsson N 17:02

THIRD PERIOD 3. LOS ANGELES, Billy Harris 1 (Dan Bonar) 12:31

4. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 1 (unassisted) 19:53 ENG

Penalties – Vadnais N Taylor L 11:10

Shots on goal by RANGERS 6 6 7 19

KINGS 5 11 16 32 NEW YORK, Steve Baker; LOS ANGELES, Mario Lessard

Power play – NYR – 0 for 2, LA – 0 for 4

12,305 at The Forum

Saturday, April 11

LOS ANGELES 3 @ NEW YORK 10

FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Mark Hardy 1 (Billy Harris, Marcel Dionne) 1:36 PPG

2. NEW YORK, Don Maloney 1 (Ron Greschner) 1:51 PPG 3. LOS ANGELES, Dave Taylor 2 (Marcel Dionne, Larry Murphy) 2:48

4. NEW YORK, Barry Beck 1 (unassisted) 8:28 5. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 1 (Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg) 14:29

6. NEW YORK, Ed Johnstone 1 (Don Maloney) 19:44 GWG

Penalties – Wallin N 1:07, Luce L 1:41, Lewis L 3:20, St. Laurent L 10:06

SECOND PERIOD 7. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 3 (Steve Vickers, Dean Talafous) 7:34

8. NEW YORK, Ed Johnstone 2 (Don Maloney, Mike Allison) 12:25 9. NEW YORK, Dean Talafous 1 (Ron Duguay, Carol Vadnais) 13:40

10. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 3 (Anders Hedberg, Ron Greschner) 16:44

Penalties – Jensen L 4:46

THIRD PERIOD 11. NEW YORK, Mike Allison 1 (Don Maloney) 2:51

12. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 4 (Ron Greschner, Barry Beck) 7:38 PPG 13. LOS ANGELES, Larry Murphy 2 (J.P. Kelly, Dave Lewis) 18:59

Penalties – Korab L 7:06, Kotsopoulos N 8:25

Shots on goal by

KINGS 10 6 10 26 RANGERS 13 17 8 38

LOS ANGELES, Mario Lessard, Jim Rutherford (0:00 of third period) NEW YORK, Steve Baker, Steve Weeks (approximately 6:00 of third period)

Power play – LA – 1 for 2, NYR – 2 for 5

17,388 at Madison Square Garden

Thursday, April 9

NEW YORK 4 @ LOS ANGELES 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Ed Hospodar 1 (unassisted) 0:37

2. LOS ANGELES, Larry Murphy 1 (Mark Hardy, Dave Taylor) 8:22 PPG 3. LOS ANGELES, Marcel Dionne 1 (Mark Hardy, Dave Taylor) 8:48 PPG

Penalties – Chartraw L 2:44, Wallin N 6:28, Beck N (major) Terrion L Duguay N 7:51, Taylor L Vadnais N 8:48,

Kotsopoulos N 10:51, Hospodar N St. Laurent L (double minors) 14:27, Nilsson N Bonar L 14:50, Hedberg N 15:05, Hospodar N Korab L Beck N Wells L (majors, 10-minute misconducts, double game misconducts) Nethery N

Jensen L Dave Maloney N Dionne L Don Maloney N St. Laurent L (majors) Rangers’ bench Kings’ bench (double minors) 20:00

SECOND PERIOD

4. LOS ANGELES, Dave Taylor 1 (Rick Chartraw, Steve Jensen) 15:04 PPG 5. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 2 (Tom Laidlaw) 16:44

Penalties – Bonar L (minor, major) Nilsson N (major) 1:43, Johnstone N Taylor L 5:35, Johnstone N Taylor L 9:01,

Duguay N 11:34, Dave Maloney N 13:42, Hopkins L Bonar L Nilsson N Dave Maloney N 16:02

THIRD PERIOD 6. LOS ANGELES, Billy Harris 2 (Marcel Dionne, Dave Lewis) 2:34

7. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 2 (Dave Maloney, Ulf Nilsson) 7:01 PPG 8. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 2 (Dave Maloney) 11:17

9. LOS ANGELES, Dean Hopkins 1 (André St. Laurent, Don Luce) 17:16 GWG

Penalties – Chartraw L 6:33, Allison N Hardy L 10:24, Terrion L 17:55

Shots on goal by

RANGERS 7 10 10 27 KINGS 20 9 10 39

NEW YORK, Steve Baker; LOS ANGELES, Mario Lessard

Power play – NYR – 1 for 4, LA – 3 for 6 12,645 at The Forum

Teams set SC record forMOST PENALTIES, BOTH TEAMS, ONE PERIOD ~ 43 RANGERS set SC record for MOST PENALTIES, ONE TEAM, ONE PERIOD ~ 24 RANGERS set SC record for MOST PENALTY MINUTES, ONE TEAM, ONE PERIOD ~ 125 ED HOSPODAR NYR sets SC records for PENALTIES 6 AND PIM 39, ONE GAME

Sunday, April 12

LOS ANGELES 3 @ NEW YORK 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 4 (Barry Beck) 0:46 2. LOS ANGELES, Greg Terrion 1 (Jim Fox, Steve Jensen) 1:47 PPG

3. NEW YORK, Lance Nethery 1 (Jere Gillis, John Hughes) 5:53 4. LOS ANGELES, Dan Bonar 1 (Don Luce) 13:26 SHG

Penalties – Don Maloney N 1:21, Hardy L 2:36, Lewis L 9:29, Greschner N 10:16, L. Murphy L 13:11,

Korab L 17:26, Johnstone N 18:58

SECOND PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 5 (Ed Johnstone, Don Maloney) 8:22

6. LOS ANGELES, Larry Murphy 3 (unassisted) 14:30

Penalties – Hughes N 5:56

THIRD PERIOD 7. NEW YORK, Tom Laidlaw 1 (Ron Duguay) 6:44 GWG

8. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 3 (Ron Greschner, Carol Vadnais) 12:11 9. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 5 (Dean Talafous, Steve Vickers) 15:08

Penalties – Allison N Taylor L 8:12

Shots on goal by

KINGS 6 8 14 28 RANGERS 16 16 16 48

LOS ANGELES, Mario Lessard; NEW YORK, Steve Baker

Power play – LA – 1 for 4 5 for 16 in series, NYR – 0 for 4 3 for 15 16 in series 17,387 at Madison Square Garden





5 BUFFALO SABRES 99 v. 12 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 76 GM SCOTTY BOWMAN, HC ROGER NEILSON v. GM JAKE MILFORD, HC HARRY NEALE

SABRES SWEEP SERIES

Wednesday, April 8

VANCOUVER 2 @ BUFFALO 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. VANCOUVER, Darcy Rota 1 (Doug Halward, Kevin McCarthy) 12:31 PPG

Penalties – Halward V 2:27, Ruff B 7:01, Playfair B 10:57

SECOND PERIOD 2. BUFFALO, Ric Seiling 1 (Craig Ramsay, Richie Dunn) 0:14

3. VANCOUVER, Curt Fraser 1 (Thomas Gradin, Stan Smyl) 4:51

Penalties – Ruff B Campbell V (minors, majors) 1:37, Manno V 6:22, Williams V Hajt B 9:00, Snepsts V 9:48, Lanz V 14:02, Schoenfeld B 19:07

THIRD PERIOD

4. BUFFALO, André Savard 1 (unassisted) 18:52

Penalties – Snepsts V Gare B 17:34

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. BUFFALO, Alan Haworth 1 (Lindy Ruff, Bill Hajt) 5:00 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

CANUCKS 6 5 7 1 19

SABRES 6 15 4 2 27 VANCOUVER, Richard Brodeur; BUFFALO, Don Edwards

Power play – VAN – 1 for 3, BUF – 0 for 4

11,854 at The Aud

Saturday, April 11

BUFFALO 5 @ VANCOUVER 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Danny Gare 2 (Derek Smith) 11:10

2. VANCOUVER, Darcy Rota 2 (Stan Smyl) 13:57 3. BUFFALO, Tony McKegney 1 (Derek Smith, Mike Ramsey) 14:37

4. BUFFALO, Danny Gare 3 (Gilbert Perreault, John Van Boxmeer) 17:12 PPG

Penalties – Schoenfeld B 0:13, Hajt B Williams V 8:40, Dunn B 11:55, Fraser V 16:48, Patrick B 18:28

SECOND PERIOD 5. BUFFALO, Lindy Ruff 2 (Gilbert Perreault, John Van Boxmeer) 10:25

Penalties – Gare B MacDonald V Williams V 11:03, Seiling B 17:50

THIRD PERIOD

6. VANCOUVER, Thomas Gradin 1 (Ivan Boldirev) 1:13

7. VANCOUVER, Ivan Boldirev 1 (Darcy Rota, Blair MacDonald) 13:08 8. BUFFALO, Tony McKegney 2 (unassisted) 15:42

Penalties – Hajt B Snepsts V 0:44, Gare B Snepsts V 8:14

Shots on goal by

SABRES 10 8 6 24 CANUCKS 11 3 12 26

BUFFALO, Don Edwards; VANCOUVER, Richard Brodeur

Power play – BUF – 1 for 2 4 for 11 in series, VAN – 0 for 4 1 for 12 in series 12,417 at Pacific Coliseum

Thursday, April 9

VANCOUVER 2 @ BUFFALO 5

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Alan Haworth 2 (Gilbert Perreault, John Van Boxmeer) 5:02 PPG 2. VANCOUVER, Jerry Butler 1 (Thomas Gradin) 7:40

3. BUFFALO, André Savard 2 (Craig Ramsay) 9:09 4. BUFFALO, Danny Gare 1 (Gilbert Perreault, John Van Boxmeer) 19:41 PPG GWG

Penalties – Lanz V 0:32, Gare B 1:13, Campbell V 3:56, Williams V Hajt B 5:33, Savard B 10:44, Ruff B 14:50,

Williams V Playfair B (minors, majors, 10-minute misconducts) Manno V 19:16

SECOND PERIOD 5. BUFFALO, André Savard 3 (Richie Dunn) 4:05

6. BUFFALO, Lindy Ruff 1 (Richie Dunn, John Van Boxmeer) 15:52 PPG

Penalties – Hajt B 4:34, Minor V 15:28

THIRD PERIOD 7. VANCOUVER, Stan Smyl 1 (Thomas Gradin, Colin Campbell) 1:59

Penalties – Ramsey B Ashton V 3:29, Playfair B 6:10, Halward V 9:07, Halward V Ramsay B 11:48,

Minor V Savard B (double minors) Rota V Ramsey B (double minors, 10-minute misconducts) 16:45

Shots on goal by

CANUCKS 7 10 5 22

SABRES 18 10 9 37

VANCOUVER, Richard Brodeur; BUFFALO, Don Edwards

Power play – VAN – 0 for 5, BUF – 3 for 5 12,665 at The Aud





6 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 97 v. 11 QUÉBEC NORDIQUES 78 GM KEITH ALLEN, HC PAT QUINN v. GM MAURICE FILION, HC MICHEL BERGERON

FLYERS WIN SERIES IN 5

Wednesday, April 8

QUEBEC 4 @ PHILADELPHIA 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 1 (Behn Wilson, Terry Murray) 6:45 2. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 1 (Ken Linseman, Reid Bailey) 9:09

3. QUEBEC, Anton Stastny 1 (Peter Stastny, Michel Goulet) 14:08 4. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 2 (Ken Linseman, Paul Holmgren) 16:00

Penalties – Linseman P 2:06, Richard Q 3:50, Propp P 12:07, Clackson Q Gorence P 16:45

SECOND PERIOD

5. QUEBEC, Michel Goulet 1 (Peter Stastny, Anton Stastny) 1:28 6. QUEBEC, Dale Hunter 1 (Jacques Richard, Marc Tardif) 4:34

Penalties – Dailey P 9:37, Marois Q 12:17, Marois Q 14:38

THIRD PERIOD

7. PHILADELPHIA, Paul Holmgren 1 (Brian Propp, Ken Linseman) 1:41 8. PHILADELPHIA, Al Hill 1 (Tom Gorence, Bob Dailey) 9:59 GWG

9. QUEBEC, Anton Stastny 2 (Peter Stastny, Michel Goulet) 17:55 PPG 10. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 2 (unassisted) 19:19 ENG

Penalties – Clackson Q 6:40, Holmgren P 17:30, Clackson Q (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct, game

misconduct) Bouchard Q (double minor, 10-minute misconduct) Fitchner Q Richard Q Hunter Q Lacroix Q

Murray P Wilson P Propp P (10-minute misconducts) Holmgren P (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct)

Nordiques’ bench Flyers’ bench St. Croix P 19:36, Bridgman P 19:40

Shots on goal by

NORDIQUES 5 12 3 20 FLYERS 14 16 15 45

QUEBEC, Dan Bouchard; PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix

Power play – QUE – 1 for 5, PHI – 0 for 4 17,077 at The Spectrum

Saturday, April 11

PHILADELPHIA 0 @ QUEBEC 2

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Holmgren P 10:57, Hill P 17:50

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Bridgman P 16:45

THIRD PERIOD

1. QUEBEC, Michel Goulet 2 (Peter Stastny, Pierre Lacroix) 9:48 GWG 2. QUEBEC, Peter Stastny 2 (Anton Stastny, Michel Goulet) 17:26

Penalties – Ftorek Q 11:58, Bridgman P Weir Q (majors) 14:22, Linseman P Holmgren P P. Stastny Q Goulet Q (majors) Bailey P 17:46, Hunter Q 19:44

Shots on goal by

FLYERS 12 8 12 32 NORDIQUES 9 16 6 31

PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix; QUEBEC, Dan Bouchard

Power play – PHI – 0 for 2, QUE – 0 for 4 15,081 at Le Colisée

Tuesday, April 14


FIRST PERIOD

1. PHILADELPHIA, Rick MacLeish 1 (unassisted) 17:16 PPG

2. QUEBEC, Michel Goulet 3 (Peter Stastny, Anton Stastny) 18:04

Penalties – Bridgman P 1:10, Tardif Q 1:32, Dailey P 1:56, Marois Q Linseman P 12:46, P. Stastny Q 15:45

SECOND PERIOD 3. PHILADELPHIA, Al Hill 2 (Mel Bridgman, Frank Bathe) 10:05

Penalties – Clackson Q 4:58, Linseman P 6:18, Hunter Q Clarke P 10:34, Clarke P 12:52

THIRD PERIOD

4. PHILADELPHIA, Ken Linseman 2 (Paul Holmgren) 0:18 GWG 5. PHILADELPHIA, Paul Holmgren 2 (Ken Linseman, Brian Propp) 2:48

6. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 3 (Ken Linseman, Thomas Eriksson) 5:07 7. QUEBEC, Anton Stastny 4 (Robbie Ftorek, Peter Stastny) 6:16 PPG

Penalties – Hunter Q Linseman P (minor, 10-minute misconduct) Holmgren P 5:24, Eriksson P 14:27

Shots on goal by

NORDIQUES 4 6 8 18 FLYERS 19 10 8 37

QUEBEC, Dan Bouchard; PHILADELPHIA, Pete Peeters

Power play – QUE – 1 for 6 5 for 24 in series, PHI – 1 for 2 2 for 13 in series 17,077 at The Spectrum

Thursday, April 9


FIRST PERIOD

1. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 3 (Rick MacLeish) 2:07 2. PHILADELPHIA, Mel Bridgman 1 (Tom Gorence, Al Hill) 14:56

3. QUEBEC, Peter Stastny 1 (unassisted) 16:50 PPG 4. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 4 (Paul Holmgren, Ken Linseman) 18:31 PPG

Penalties – Hunter Q 0:04, Hill P 6:34, Linseman P 16:22, Rochefort Q 16:59

SECOND PERIOD

5. QUEBEC, Anton Stastny 3 (Peter Stastny, Dale Hoganson) 2:31 6. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 5 (unassisted) 5:55 SHG

7. PHILADELPHIA, Tom Gorence 1 (Al Hill, Behn Wilson) 9:47 8. QUEBEC, Jacques Richard 1 (Robbie Ftorek, Dale Hunter) 19:29 PPG

Penalties – Bridgman P 4:45, Richard Q Dailey P 5:26, Cochrane P 10:37, Wilson P 13:56, Hill P 18:37

THIRD PERIOD

9. PHILADELPHIA, Ken Linseman 1 (unassisted) 3:25 GWG 10. QUEBEC, Dale Hunter 2 (Dale Hoganson, Michel Goulet) 10:36

11. QUEBEC, Marc Tardif 1 (Jacques Richard, Mario Marois) 13:25 12. PHILADELPHIA, Mel Bridgman 2 (Al Hill) 15:21

13. PHILADELPHIA, Bobby Clarke 1 (Mel Bridgman, Frank Bathe) 18:46 ENG

Penalties – Goulet Q Bridgman P 4:04, Côté Q 6:12, Côté Q Holmgren P 8:35, Côté Q Wilson P Ftorek Q (major,

10-minute misconduct) Weir Q Cloutier Q Hoganson Q Bridgman P Gorence P (10-minute misconducts) Pichette Q (double minor, game misconduct) Peeters P (double minor, major, 10-minute misconduct)

Nordiques’ bench Flyers’ bench 19:27

Shots on goal by NORDIQUES 13 6 6 25

FLYERS 9 12 10 31 QUEBEC, Dan Bouchard, Michel Plasse (approximately 5:00 of third period); PHILADELPHIA, Pete Peeters

Power play – QUE – 2 for 6, PHI – 1 for 3

17,077 at The Spectrum

Sunday, April 12

PHILADELPHIA 3 @ QUEBEC 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. PHILADELPHIA, Terry Murray 1 (Ken Linseman) 0:07 2. QUEBEC, Robbie Ftorek 1 (Jacques Richard, Peter Stastny) 5:13 PPG

3. PHILADELPHIA, Behn Wilson 1 (Paul Holmgren, Ken Linseman) 7:39 4. PHILADELPHIA, Tom Gorence 2 (Mel Bridgman, Al Hill) 13:34

Penalties – Gorence P Hunter Q 2:23, Linseman P A. Stastny Q 4:09, Wilson P 4:47, Busniuk P 9:48,

Rochefort Q 13:49

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Norwood Q 11:45

THIRD PERIOD 5. QUEBEC, Dale Hunter 3 (Marc Tardif, Dale Hoganson) 15:35

6. QUEBEC, Jacques Richard 2 (Dale Hunter, Pierre Lacroix) 17:08

Penalties – Bathe P 3:11, Eriksson P Hunter Q 6:15, Holmgren P Hunter Q 8:30

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. QUEBEC, Dale Hunter 4 (Marc Tardif, Jacques Richard) 0:37 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

FLYERS 6 9 4 1 22 NORDIQUES 9 8 5 1 23

PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix; QUEBEC, Dan Bouchard

Power play – PHI – 0 for 2, QUE – 1 for 3 15, 130 at Le Colisée





7 CALGARY FLAMES 92 v. 10 CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS 78 GM CLIFF FLETCHER, HC AL MacNEIL v. GM BOB PULFORD, HC KEITH MAGNUSON

FLAMES SWEEP SERIES

Wednesday, April 8

CHICAGO 3 @ CALGARY 4

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Russell Ca 0:09, Ruskowski Ch 1:33

SECOND PERIOD 1. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 1 (Randy Holt, Kent Nilsson) 1:14

2. CHICAGO, Darryl Sutter 1 (Glen Sharpley, Doug Wilson) 17:54 3. CHICAGO, Al Secord 1 (Greg Fox, Keith Brown) 18:03

4. CALGARY, Phil Russell 1 (Ken Houston, Kent Nilsson) 19:29

Penalties – None

THIRD PERIOD 5. CALGARY, Kent Nilsson 1 (Paul Reinhart) 3:47

6. CALGARY, Dan Labraaten 1 (Kent Nilsson, Paul Reinhart) 7:34 PPG GWG 7. CHICAGO, Darryl Sutter 2 (Doug Wilson, Glen Sharpley) 8:40 PPG

Penalties – Secord Ch (minor, major) Peplinski Ca (major) 6:23, Nilsson Ca 8:20, Ruskowski Ch Holt Ca

(majors) 9:15, Brown Ch Houston Ca 15:24

Shots on goal by

BLACK HAWKS 10 8 7 25

FLAMES 7 13 12 33 CHICAGO, Tony Esposito; CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin

Power play – CHI – 1 for 2, CGY – 1 for 2

7,226 at Stampede Corral

Saturday, April 11

CALGARY 5 @ CHICAGO 4 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. CHICAGO, Rick Paterson 1 (unassisted) 2:55 SHG

2. CALGARY, Willi Plett 2 (Paul Reinhart, Kent Nilsson) 3:19 PPG 3. CHICAGO, Al Secord 3 (Terry Ruskowski, Keith Brown) 9:56

4. CALGARY, Ken Houston 1 (Kent Nilsson, Bob MacMillan) 17:34

Penalties – Secord Ch 2:28, Houston Ca 4:11, Murray Ch Labraaten Ca 9:35, Clement Ca 11:56, Hindmarch Ca 14:15

SECOND PERIOD

5. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 4 (Pekka Rautakallio) 10:32 6. CALGARY, Don Lever 1 (Phil Russell) 11:20

Penalties – Plett Ca Ruskowski Ch 9:43, Hutchison Ch 12:02, Plett Ca 13:23

THIRD PERIOD

7. CHICAGO, Al Secord 4 (Rich Preston, Terry Ruskowski) 17:12 8. CHICAGO, Darryl Sutter 3 (Tom Lysiak, Peter Marsh) 19:17

Penalties – None


NO SCORING

Penalties – Wilson Ch 10:41, Russell Ca 13:48

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 9. CALGARY, Willi Plett 3 (Guy Chouinard) 15:17 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

FLAMES 10 12 4 11 11 48 BLACK HAWKS 14 19 15 14 3 65

CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin; CHICAGO, Tony Esposito

Power play – CGY – 1 for 3 3 for 11 in series, CHI – 0 for 5 1 for 11 in series 12,482 at Chicago Stadium

Thursday, April 9

CHICAGO 2 @ CALGARY 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 2 (Willi Plett, Rejean Lemelin) 8:38

Penalties – Black Hawks’ bench (served by Preston) 1:31, Reinhart Ca 3:28, Fox Ch 14:16, Rautakallio Ca 17:21, Sutter Ch 17:54

SECOND PERIOD

2. CHICAGO, Al Secord 2 (Tom Lysiak) 6:53 3. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 3 (Guy Chouinard, Paul Reinhart) 16:15

4. CALGARY, Willi Plett 1 (Ken Houston, Kent Nilsson) 17:12 PPG GWG

Penalties – Reinhart Ca 0:23, P. Marsh Ch 1:51, Kerr Ch 2:23, Holt Ca 13:39, Ruskowski Ch 16:37

THIRD PERIOD 5. CHICAGO, Peter Marsh 1 (Tom Lysiak, Darryl Sutter) 3:57

6. CALGARY, Kent Nilsson 2 (unassisted) 4:47 7. CALGARY, Guy Chouinard 1 (Paul Reinhart, Bob MacMillan) 5:22

8. CALGARY, Bill Clement 1 (Phil Russell) 8:57

Penalties – Secord Ch Holt Ca (majors) 5:38

Shots on goal by

BLACK HAWKS 8 14 18 40

FLAMES 19 12 11 42 CHICAGO, Tony Esposito; CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin

Power play – CHI – 0 for 4, CGY – 1 for 6






8 BOSTON BRUINS 87 v. 9 MINNESOTA NORTH STARS 87 GM HARRY SINDEN, HC GERRY CHEEVERS v. GM LOU NANNE, HC GLEN SONMOR

NORTH STARS SWEEP SERIES

Wednesday, April 8

MINNESOTA 5 @ BOSTON 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 1 (Craig Hartsburg, Brad Maxwell) 5:32 PPG

2. BOSTON, Don Marcotte 1 (Mike Milbury, Terry O’Reilly) 12:54 3. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 1 (Bobby Smith, Craig Hartsburg) 19:28

Penalties – O’Connell B 5:27, Jonathan B Barrett M 6:39, MacAdam M 10:20, Redmond B 14:39

SECOND PERIOD

4. BOSTON, Dwight Foster 1 (unassisted) 2:29 5. BOSTON, Peter McNab 1 (Brad McCrimmon, Rick Middleton) 7:20 PPG

Penalties – Carlson M (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) Milbury B (major) 5:34, Crowder B 8:05

THIRD PERIOD

6. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 2 (unassisted) 0:37 7. BOSTON, Peter McNab 2 (Terry O’Reilly, Don Marcotte) 7:14

8. MINNESOTA, Jack Carlson 1 (Bobby Smith, Greg Smith) 11:55

Penalties – Jonathan B 1:48

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 9. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 3 (Tim Young, Al MacAdam) 3:34 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by NORTH STARS 14 13 11 2 40

BRUINS 10 10 10 2 32 MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; BOSTON, Rogie Vachon

Power play – MIN – 1 for 4, BOS – 1 for 2

8,539 at Boston Garden

Saturday, April 11

BOSTON 3 @ MINNESOTA 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 1 (Steve Christoff, Neal Broten) 3:36

2. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 3 (Tim Young, Steve Payne) 4:57 3. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 3 (Bobby Smith) 12:00 PPG

4. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 6 (Al MacAdam) 18:33 GWG 5. BOSTON, Mike O’Connell 1 (Dwight Foster, Bobby Lalonde) 19:47 SHG

Penalties – Carlson M 5:04, Park B 6:04, O’Reilly B 11:01, O’Reilly B 19:03

SECOND PERIOD

6. MINNESOTA, Greg Smith 1 (unassisted) 18:05 SHG

Penalties – Carlson M 10:41, B. Smith M Marcotte B 13:29, Giles M 17:48

THIRD PERIOD 7. BOSTON, Bobby Lalonde 1 (Mike O’Connell) 11:10 SHG

8. BOSTON, Bobby Lalonde 2 (Mike O’Connell, Dick Redmond) 15:42 SHG 9. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 7 (Tim Young) 18:34 ENG

Penalties – Ciccarelli M (double minor) Jonathan B (double minor, major, game misconduct)

Carlson M McCrimmon B Crowder B 5:18, K. Maxwell M 7:32, Christoff M 11:51, Middleton B 13:59, K. Maxwell M Lalonde B 19:12

Shots on goal by

BRUINS 15 9 15 39 NORTH STARS 16 16 13 45

BOSTON, Rogie Vachon; MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche

Power play – BOS – 0 for 3 2 for 8 in series, MIN – 1 for 6 5 for 19 in series 15,784 at Met Center

Teams set SC record for MOST GOALS, BOTH TEAMS, THREE-GAME SERIES ~ 33

Thursday, April 9

MINNESOTA 9 @ BOSTON 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. BOSTON, Brad Park 1 (unassisted) 0:56 PPG 2. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 1 (Dino Ciccarelli, Fred Barrett) 1:15

3. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 4 (Dino Ciccarelli, Tim Young) 7:00 PPG 4. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 1 (Tim Young, Steve Payne) 9:32

5. BOSTON, Terry O’Reilly 1 (Ray Bourque, Brad Park) 19:29

Penalties – Hartsburg M 0:32, Jonathan B (minor, major) Maxwell M (major) 6:09, Milbury B Carlson M (majors) 10:57, Marcotte B 11:37, O’Reilly B 16:09

SECOND PERIOD

6. BOSTON, Peter McNab 3 (Don Marcotte, Brad Park) 0:41 7. MINNESOTA, Brad Maxwell 1 (Tim Young) 2:49 PPG

8. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 5 (Brad Maxwell, Tim Young) 10:15 9. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 2 (Steve Payne, Bobby Smith) 12:38

Penalties – Carlson M Crowder B (majors) 1:23, Park B 2:23, Marcotte B 3:32, Payne M 4:39,

O’Reilly B (double minor) 13:54, B. Maxwell M 16:47, B. Smith M Park B (minors, majors) 19:38

THIRD PERIOD 10. BOSTON, Don Marcotte 2 (Mike O’Connell) 0:29

11. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 2 (Curt Giles, Steve Christoff) 2:47 PPG GWG 12. MINNESOTA, Kevin Maxwell 1 (Dino Ciccarelli, Jack Carlson) 3:17

13. BOSTON, Keith Crowder 1 (Steve Kasper) 7:07

14. BOSTON, Keith Crowder 2 (Wayne Cashman, Brad Park) 8:05

15. MINNESOTA, Tim Young 1 (Al MacAdam, Greg Smith) 14:25

Penalties – O’Reilly B 1:35, Bourque B 18:14

Shots on goal by

NORTH STARS 12 8 12 32 BRUINS 19 9 12 40

MINNESOTA, Don Beaupre; BOSTON, Rogie Vachon, Marco Baron (0:00 of third period)

Power play – MIN – 3 for 9, BOS – 1 for 3 9,069 at Boston Garden

PETER McNAB BOS stopped on penalty-shot attempt by DON BEAUPRE MIN


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1981 STANLEY CUP QUARTER-FINAL

1 NEW YORK ISLANDERS 110 v. 14 EDMONTON OILERS 76 GM BILL TORREY, HC AL ARBOUR v. GM GLEN SATHER, HC GLEN SATHER

ISLANDERS WIN SERIES IN 6

Thursday, April 16

EDMONTON 2 @ NEW YORK 8

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Bob Nystrom 1 (Garry Howatt, Mike McEwen) 3:14 2. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 1 (Bob Nystrom, Denis Potvin) 19:15 PPG

Penalties – Lumley E Trottier N 4:25, Lowe E 6:36, Hunter E Bossy N 11:09, Persson N 11:20,

Messier E (minor, major) Marini N (major) 17:36

SECOND PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, John Tonelli 1 (Wayne Merrick, Garry Howatt) 2:46 GWG

4. NEW YORK, Hector Marini 2 (Billy Carroll, Bob Lorimer) 3:33 5. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 1 (Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy) 4:30 PPG

6. EDMONTON, Wayne Gretzky 4 (Mark Messier) 8:06 PPG 7. NEW YORK, Clark Gillies 3 (Butch Goring, Hector Marini) 14:17 PPG

Penalties – Coffey E 4:15, Hunter E Langevin N Carroll N 6:56, Weir E 12:56, Merrick N 15:36

THIRD PERIOD

8. NEW YORK, Clark Gillies 4 (Dave Langevin, Hector Marini) 7:15 9. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 2 (Butch Goring, Billy Carroll) 10:50 SHG

10. EDMONTON, Matti Hagman 2 (Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson) 12:27

Penalties – Merrick N 9:51

Shots on goal by

OILERS 8 10 10 28 ISLANDERS 9 11 6 26

EDMONTON, Andy Moog, Gary Edwards (0:00 of third period); NEW YORK, Billy Smith

Power play: EDM – 1 for 4, NYI – 3 for 4 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Sunday, April 19

NEW YORK 2 @ EDMONTON 5

FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Gillies N 4:26, Langevin N (major) Coffey E (minor, major) 6:17, Tonelli N 3:44, Lorimer N 15:07

SECOND PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Wayne Gretzky 5 (unassisted) 2:16 SHG 2. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 6 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies) 12:30 PPG

3. EDMONTON, Wayne Gretzky 6 (Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey) 16:44 PPG

Penalties – Hunter E 0:46, Lariviere E 6:36, Hunter E 11:14, Morrow N 15:07, Gillies N 17:40, Siltanen E 17:47

THIRD PERIOD 4. EDMONTON, Matti Hagman 3 (Glenn Anderson, Mark Messier) 3:24 GWG

5. EDMONTON, Wayne Gretzky 7 (Jari Kurri) 6:59

6. NEW YORK, Clark Gillies 5 (Butch Goring, Hector Marini) 10:33

7. EDMONTON, Jari Kurri 4 (Kevin Lowe) 16:25

Penalties – Lorimer N (minor, major) Hunter E (major) 0:36, Nystrom N 11:50

Shots on goal by

ISLANDERS 6 14 10 30 OILERS 8 9 17 34

NEW YORK, Billy Smith, Roland Melanson (approximately 10:00 of third period); EDMONTON, Andy Moog

Power play – NYI – 1 for 5, EDM – 1 for 7 17,490 at Northlands Coliseum

Wednesday, April 22


FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Doug Hicks 1 (Wayne Gretzky) 6:00

2. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 9 (Mike McEwen, Mike Bossy) 12:56 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 7 (Gord Lane) 16:31

4. EDMONTON, Glenn Anderson 4 (Wayne Gretzky, Brett Callighen) 18:51 PPG

Penalties – Lane N 3:01, Hughes E (double minor) Sutter N 6:58, Lariviere E 11:12, Lowe E Nystrom N 14:35, Morrow N 18:35

SECOND PERIOD

5. EDMONTON, Brett Callighen 4 (Jari Kurri) 18:44

Penalties – None

THIRD PERIOD 6. EDMONTON, Matti Hagman 4 (Glenn Anderson) 15:19 GWG

7. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 8 (Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier) 18:25 PPG

Penalties – Siltanen E 17:56

Shots on goal by OILERS 10 7 5 22

ISLANDERS 9 11 12 32 EDMONTON, Andy Moog; NEW YORK, Billy Smith

Power play: EDM – 1 for 2, NYI – 2 for 3

15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Friday, April 17


FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Glenn Anderson 2 (Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier) 6:11 PPG

Penalties – Coffey E 1:04, Goring N 4:35, McEwen N 13:15, Anderson E 14:59

SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 3 (Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier) 2:26 PPG

3. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 2 (Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin) 4:47 PPG 4. EDMONTON, Risto Siltanen 2 (Matti Hagman, Glenn Anderson) 6:05 PPG

5. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 4 (Butch Goring, Mike McEwen) 9:44 PPG 6. EDMONTON, Glenn Anderson 3 (Mark Messier) 12:23

Penalties – Siltanen E 2:07, Gretzky E 3:28, Coffey E Trottier N 4:41, Semenko E (major)

Merrick N Howatt N 6:55, Coffey E Bourne N (majors) 8:32

THIRD PERIOD 7. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 5 (Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies) 3:47 PPG GWG

8. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 5 (Denis Potvin, Ken Morrow) 7:59 9. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 7 (Bob Bourne) 17:41 SHG ENG

Penalties – Kurri E 2:48, Nystrom N 16:12, Oilers’ bench (served by Semenko) 19:26

Shots on goal by

OILERS 9 7 6 22

ISLANDERS 8 14 7 29 EDMONTON, Andy Moog; NEW YORK, Billy Smith

Power play: EDM – 2 for 4, NYI – 4 for 7


Monday, April 20

NEW YORK 5 @ EDMONTON 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Paul Coffey 4 (unassisted) 3:02 PPG

2. EDMONTON, Jari Kurri 5 (Garry Lariviere, Wayne Gretzky) 5:19 3. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 6 (Mike Bossy, Bob Bourne) 7:57 PPG

4. NEW YORK, Bob Nystrom 2 (John Tonelli, Wayne Merrick) 16:11

Penalties – Gillies N 2:29, Anderson E 6:26, Coffey E 7:41, Morrow N 12:20, Goring N 17:16

SECOND PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 8 (Mike Bossy) 8:59 PPG

6. EDMONTON, Mark Messier 1 (Doug Hicks) 10:46 7. NEW YORK, John Tonelli 2 (Gord Lane) 13:52

Penalties – Trottier N Callighen E 0:31, Sutter N 5:45, Anderson E 8:23, Sutter N 15:45

THIRD PERIOD

8. EDMONTON, Brett Callighen 3 (Glenn Anderson, Wayne Gretzky) 7:00 PPG

Penalties – Lane N 6:17, Hunter E 7:17, Fogolin E 11:36, Trottier N 12:45


9. NEW YORK, Ken Morrow 1 (unassisted) 5:41 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by ISLANDERS 9 13 10 6 38

OILERS 13 6 14 0 33 NEW YORK, Roland Melanson; EDMONTON, Andy Moog

Power play – NYI – 2 for 5, EDM – 2 for 7

17,490 at Northlands Coliseum

Friday, April 24

NEW YORK 5 @ EDMONTON 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Hector Marini 3 (Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier) 4:54

Penalties – Hunter E 0:31, Tonelli N 5:04, Sutter N 8:07, Potvin N 9:33, Lowe E 12:15, Trottier N Lane N Messier E 19:46

SECOND PERIOD

2. EDMONTON, Glenn Anderson 5 (Jari Kurri, Wayne Gretzky) 0:39 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Anders Kallur 1 (Gord Lane, Wayne Merrick) 13:12

4. NEW YORK, Bob Nystrom 3 (Hector Marini, Bob Lorimer) 15:45 GWG

Penalties – Fogolin E 3:00, Gillies N 8:59, Fogolin E 12:29, Potvin N 13:02

THIRD PERIOD

5. EDMONTON, Mark Messier 2 (Glenn Anderson) 5:31 6. NEW YORK, Duane Sutter 1 (unassisted) 9:16

7. NEW YORK, Mike McEwen 3 (Mike Bossy, Billy Smith) 12:38 PPG

Penalties – Trottier N 9:25, Callighen E 10:52


OILERS 8 7 8 23 NEW YORK, Billy Smith; EDMONTON, Andy Moog

Power play – NYI – 1 for 5 13 for 29 in series, EDM – 1 for 7 8 for 31 in series

17,490 at Northlands Coliseum






2 ST. LOUIS BLUES 107 v. 13 NEW YORK RANGERS 74 GM EMILE FRANCIS, HC RED BERENSON v. GM CRAIG PATRICK, HC CRAIG PATRICK

RANGERS WIN SERIES IN 6

Thursday, April 16

NEW YORK 3 @ ST. LOUIS 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Lance Nethery 2 (Jere Gillis, Tom Laidlaw) 7:21

2. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 5 (Brian Sutter, Tony Currie) 11:15 PPG 3. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 3 (Bernie Federko) 14:55

4. ST. LOUIS, Blair Chapman 2 (Larry Patey) 17:39

Penalties – Kea S 7:57, Burns N 10:21

SECOND PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Lance Nethery 3 (Jere Gillis, Chris Kotsopoulos) 1:34

6. ST. LOUIS, Mike Crombeen 3 (Mike Zuke, Jorgen Pettersson) 8:56 GWG 7. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 6 (Tony Currie) 16:42

8. ST. LOUIS, Mike Zuke 4 (Blair Chapman) 19:42

Penalties – Kea S 4:03, Crombeen S 12:46, Kotsopoulos N Babych S 17:41

THIRD PERIOD 9. NEW YORK, Jere Gillis 1 (Ron Duguay, Peter Wallin) 5:39

Penalties – Greschner N 2:33, Hospodar N 19:54

Shots on goal by

RANGERS 11 13 7 31

BLUES 17 5 6 28

NEW YORK, Steve Baker; ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut

Power play – NYR – 0 for 3, STL – 1 for 3 17,550 at The Checkerdome

Sunday, April 19

ST. LOUIS 3 @ NEW YORK 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 2 (Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson) 0:40

2. ST. LOUIS, Wayne Babych 2 (Jorgen Pettersson, Bernie Federko) 2:47 PPG

Penalties – Laidlaw N 1:35, Patey S 3:56, Micheletti S 8:26

SECOND PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 6 (Anders Hedberg, Barry Beck) 5:13 PPG

4. NEW YORK, Barry Beck 3 (Don Maloney) 8:41 5. NEW YORK, Mike Allison 3 (Ron Greschner) 13:49 PPG GWG

6. ST. LOUIS, Bill Stewart 1 (Tony Currie, Bernie Federko) 15:35 7. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 1 (Barry Beck, Ron Duguay) 17:36

Penalties – Hart S 4:10, Nilsson N 10:57, Zuke S 12:38

THIRD PERIOD

8. ST. LOUIS, Tony Currie 3 (Ed Kea) 0:34 9. NEW YORK, Lance Nethery 4 (Jere Gillis) 2:23

Penalties – Micheletti S 14:08, Gillis N 16:07

Shots on goal by

BLUES 6 5 6 17 RANGERS 5 15 7 31

ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut; NEW YORK, Steve Baker

Power play – STL – 1 for 3, NYR – 2 for 5 17,387 at Madison Square Garden

Wednesday, April 22


FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 3 (Ulf Nilsson, Barry Beck) 6:35

2. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 7 (Barry Beck, Peter Wallin) 10:06 PPG 3. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 6 (Mike Zuke, Bernie Federko) 14:17 PPG

Penalties – Kea S 0:50, Duguay N 1:45, Kotsopoulos N 7:34, Babych S 9:58, Don Maloney N 10:35, Zuke S 11:50,

Don Maloney N 13:43, Hospodar N 19:31

SECOND PERIOD

4. NEW YORK, Carol Vadnais 1 (Ron Greschner, Anders Hedberg) 2:54

5. ST. LOUIS, Larry Patey 2 (unassisted) 8:25 6. ST. LOUIS, Jorgen Pettersson 3 (Blake Dunlop, Bryan Maxwell) 14:55

Penalties – Vickers N (major) Stewart S (minor, major) 4:45, Sutter S Allison N (majors) 15:24

THIRD PERIOD

7. ST. LOUIS, Jorgen Pettersson 4 (Mike Zuke) 6:09 PPG GWG

Penalties – Vadnais N 1:27, Nilsson N 4:33, Stewart S 9:10, Patey S Nilsson N 13:11


BLUES 7 13 10 30 NEW YORK, Steve Baker; ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut

Power play – NYR – 1 for 5, STL – 2 for 6

18,066 at The Checkerdome

Friday, April 17


FIRST PERIOD

1. ST. LOUIS, Jorgen Pettersson 2 (Tony Currie) 1:22

2. ST. LOUIS, Larry Patey 1 (Blair Chapman) 2:16 3. NEW YORK, Barry Beck 2 (Ron Duguay) 3:07 SHG

4. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 4 (Tony Currie, Jack Brownschidle) 18:06 PPG

Penalties – Baker N 2:27, Kotsopoulos N 3:46, Sutter S Kotsopoulos N (minors, majors) Laidlaw N (gross misconduct) 12:26, Hart S 15:23, Beck N 16:27, Hart S 18:47, Greschner N 19:35

SECOND PERIOD

5. NEW YORK, Dean Talafous 2 (Chris Kotsopoulos, Barry Beck) 16:24

Penalties – Crombeen S 8:43, Chapman S 13:33, Kotsopoulos N 14:04, Hospodar N 19:16

THIRD PERIOD 6. NEW YORK, Jere Gillis 2 (Lance Nethery) 7:30

7. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 4 (PENALTY SHOT) 8:29 8. NEW YORK, Mike Allison 2 (Steve Vickers, Peter Wallin) 10:16

9. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 5 (Joe Micheletti) 15:04 10. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 6 (Steve Vickers) 19:13

Penalties – Vadnais N Kotsopoulos N (minor, 10-minute misconduct) Maxwell S (minor, major, 10-minute

misconduct) 7:54


BLUES 13 6 10 29 NEW YORK, Steve Baker; ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut

Power play – NYR – 0 for 4, STL – 1 for 7

18,437 at The Checkerdome

Monday, April 20


FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 5 (Ron Greschner, Tom Laidlaw) 6:14

2. ST. LOUIS, Tony Currie 4 (Mike Zuke, Joe Micheletti) 7:40 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 7 (Steve Vickers, Dean Talafous) 18:37 GWG

Penalties – Patey S (major) Vickers N (minor, major) 0:45, Maxwell S Allison N (majors) 3:03,

Sutter S Hospodar N (double minor) 5:11, Nilsson N 6:32, Dunlop S 9:25, Talafous N 12:19, Sutter S Kotsopoulos N 12:39, Hart S Allison N 19:25, Hedberg N 19:48

SECOND PERIOD

4. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 2 (Ulf Nilsson) 9:01 PPG

Penalties – Nethery N 3:12, Kea S 7:13, Hart S Greschner N (majors) 9:01, Maxwell S Kotsopoulos N (majors) 9:26, Patey S Vadnais N 13:33, Hart S Vickers N 14:40, Sutter S Hospodar N (minors, 10-minute misconducts)

16:49, Micheletti S 19:25

THIRD PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 3 (Ron Duguay) 3:24

Penalties – Nilsson N 3:55, Nilsson N 10:37, Rangers’ bench (served by Wallin) 13:00


RANGERS 11 6 11 28 ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut; NEW YORK, Steve Baker

Power play – STL – 1 for 9, NYR – 1 for 3


Friday, April 24


FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 4 (Dean Talafous, Carol Vadnais) 3:27

2. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 6 (Ulf Nilsson) 5:49 3. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 8 (Dean Talafous) 16:10

Penalties – Sutter S Hospodar N (minors, majors, 10-minute misconducts) 3:59, Dunlop S 6:57, Hedberg N 15:21

SECOND PERIOD

4. NEW YORK, Barry Beck 4 (Ulf Nilsson) 1:59

5. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 7 (Jack Brownschidle) 2:16

6. ST. LOUIS, Rick Lapointe 2 (Blair Chapman, Jorgen Pettersson) 3:14 7. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 8 (Joe Micheletti) 4:06

8. NEW YORK, Lance Nethery 5 (Peter Wallin) 17:03 GWG

Penalties – Greschner N 4:43, Kea S 9:00

THIRD PERIOD 9. NEW YORK, Peter Wallin 1 (Jere Gillis, Lance Nethery) 4:31

10. ST. LOUIS, Ed Kea 1 (unassisted) 6:00 11. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 8 (Anders Hedberg) 14:54

Penalties – Duguay N Hart S 20:00

Shots on goal by

BLUES 4 6 5 15 RANGERS 5 8 7 20

ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut, ; NEW YORK, Steve Baker

Power play – STL – 0 for 2 6 for 30 in series, NYR – 0 for 2 4 for 22 23 in series 17,384 at Madison Square Garden






5 BUFFALO SABRES 99 v. 9 MINNESOTA NORTH STARS 87 GM SCOTTY BOWMAN, HC ROGER NEILSON v. GM LOU NANNE, HC GLEN SONMOR

NORTH STARS WIN SERIES IN 5

Thursday, April 16

MINNESOTA 4 @ BUFFALO 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 2 (unassisted) 9:40 SHG

Penalties – Giles M 5:09, G. Smith M Savard B 6:18, Carlson M 7:51, Ruff B 10:45, Carlson M Van Boxmeer B 16:06, Haworth B 18:30

SECOND PERIOD

2. BUFFALO, André Savard 4 (Rob McClanahan, John Van Boxmeer) 5:13 PPG 3. BUFFALO, Lindy Ruff 3 (Gilbert Perreault, Alan Haworth) 11:20

Penalties – Hartsburg M 3:33, B. Maxwell M 13:28

THIRD PERIOD

4. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 4 (Kent-Erik Andersson, Kevin Maxwell) 1:46 5. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 8 (Tim Young, Gordie Roberts) 11:58

6. BUFFALO, Craig Ramsay 1 (Bill Hajt, Richie Dunn) 14:46

Penalties – None

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 9 (Brad Maxwell, Al MacAdam) 0:22 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by NORTH STARS 8 9 8 1 26

SABRES 10 14 8 0 32 MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; BUFFALO, Don Edwards

Power play – MIN – 0 for 2, BUF – 1 for 4

15,320 at The Aud

Sunday, April 19

BUFFALO 4 @ MINNESOTA 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 6 (Steve Christoff, Curt Giles) 6:41 PPG 2. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 3 (Steve Christoff, Neal Broten) 12:17

3. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 5 (Steve Payne) 13:14 4. BUFFALO, Alan Haworth 3 (Gilbert Perreault, Derek Smith) 18:10 PPG

Penalties – Ramsey B 5:35, McClanahan B Barrett M 6:50, Meloche M (served by Broten) 8:39,

Carlson M (double minor) 17:52

SECOND PERIOD 5. BUFFALO, Gilbert Perreault 1 (Gilles Hamel, Mike Ramsey) 11:13

6. BUFFALO, Ric Seiling 1 (André Savard, Craig Ramsay) 19:40

Penalties – McClanahan B 0:51, Schoenfeld B 7:40, Giles M 14:36, B. Maxwell M Hamel B 15:17, D. Smith B 15:25,

Schoenfeld B Meloche M (served by Payne) 17:05

THIRD PERIOD

7. MINNESOTA, Kevin Maxwell 2 (Kent-Erik Andersson, Greg Smith) 8:46

8. MINNESOTA, Neal Broten 1 (Steve Christoff, Brad Palmer) 9:09 GWG 9. BUFFALO, Derek Smith 1 (Gilbert Perreault, Alan Haworth) 18:16 PPG

10. MINNESOTA, Tim Young 2 (Dino Ciccarelli, Steve Payne) 19:22 ENG

Penalties – Dunn B K. Maxwell M 4:57, Schoenfeld B 14:15, Christoff M 14:50, Savard B 15:11, Giles M 16:49

Shots on goal by SABRES 15 9 11 35

NORTH STARS 18 15 16 49 BUFFALO, Don Edwards; MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche

Power play – BUF – 2 for 5, MIN – 1 for 5

15,784 at Met Center

Wednesday, April 22

MINNESOTA 4 @ BUFFALO 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, J.F. Sauvé 2 (Tony McKegney, Ric Seiling) 5:06 PPG

2. MINNESOTA, Ken Solheim 1 (Dino Ciccarelli) 15:38

Penalties – Hartsburg M 3:19, McKegney B 8:52, G. Smith M McClanahan B (double minors, majors) 11:11, Shmyr M 16:46

SECOND PERIOD

3. MINNESOTA, Kent-Erik Andersson 2 (Neal Broten, Brad Palmer) 3:14

4. MINNESOTA, Brad Maxwell 2 (Kent-Erik Andersson, Brad Palmer) 18:01 GWG

Penalties – G. Smith M Playfair B 2:53, Broten M 7:09

THIRD PERIOD 5. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 6 (Steve Payne, Tim Young) 0:18

6. BUFFALO, Bob Hess 1 (Mike Ramsey) 2:03

Penalties – G. Smith M Patrick B 9:25

Shots on goal by NORTH STARS 12 9 12 33

SABRES 15 10 14 39 MINNESOTA, Don Beaupre; BUFFALO, Don Edwards

Power play – MIN – 0 for 1 4 for 16 in series, BUF – 1 for 3 6 for 16 in series

15,796 at The Aud

Friday, April 17

MINNESOTA 5 @ BUFFALO 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Tony McKegney 3 (Richie Dunn, Gilbert Perreault) 9:16 PPG

Penalties – Schoenfeld B 1:17, Roberts M 8:34, Ramsey B 11:04, Young M 18:28

SECOND PERIOD 2. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 1 (Curt Giles) 14:47 PPG

3. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 2 (Kevin Maxwell) 18:17

Penalties – Christoff M Dunn B 8:26, Ramsay B 12:59

THIRD PERIOD 4. BUFFALO, Tony McKegney 4 (Mike Moller, Derek Smith) 2:01

5. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 4 (Craig Hartsburg) 4:01 GWG 6. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 2 (unassisted) 9:59

7. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 5 (unassisted) 19:35 ENG

Penalties – G. Smith M Van Boxmeer B (majors) 9:00

Shots on goal by NORTH STARS 6 12 8 26

SABRES 10 8 9 27

MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; BUFFALO, Don Edwards

Power play – MIN – 1 for 3, BUF – 1 for 2 14,751 at The Aud

Monday, April 20

BUFFALO 5 @ MINNESOTA 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, J.F. Sauvé 1 (John Van Boxmeer, Ric Seiling) 9:39

Penalties – Ruff B 12:20, Savard B 19:30

SECOND PERIOD 2. BUFFALO, Gilbert Perreault 2 (Tony McKegney, Alan Haworth) 2:04

3. BUFFALO, Alan Haworth 4 (Tony McKegney, Gilbert Perreault) 6:35 PPG 4. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 7 (Bobby Smith, Jack Carlson) 7:29

5. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 3 (Gordie Roberts, Curt Giles) 10:16 PPG 6. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 10 (Craig Hartsburg, Bobby Smith) 19:46 PPG

Penalties – G. Smith M 5:33, Hamel B 8:45, Young M 11:16, Carlson M Hajt B (minors, majors) 17:19,

Young M Savard B (majors) 18:16, Christoff M Playfair B B. Maxwell M Ruff B (majors) 19:06, Perreault B 19:29

THIRD PERIOD 7. BUFFALO, John Van Boxmeer 1 (Craig Ramsay, Steve Patrick) 4:58

8. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 3 (Kent-Erik Andersson) 18:54

Penalties – Schoenfeld B 15:43


9. BUFFALO, Craig Ramsay 5 (André Savard, John Van Boxmeer) 16:32 GWG

Penalties – Ruff B Christoff M (majors) 1:47

Shots on goal by SABRES 13 10 9 6 38

NORTH STARS 9 15 14 12 50 BUFFALO, Don Edwards; MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche

Power play – BUF – 1 for 2, MIN – 2 for 5







6 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 97 v. 7 CALGARY FLAMES 92 GM KEITH ALLEN, HC PAT QUINN v. GM CLIFF FLETCHER, HC AL MacNEIL

FLAMES WIN SERIES IN 7

Thursday, April 16

CALGARY 0 @ PHILADELPHIA 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Paul Holmgren 3 (Bill Barber, Ken Linseman) 3:30 PPG GWG

2. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 6 (Rick MacLeish, Thomas Eriksson) 8:41

Penalties – Plett C 2:31, Wilson P 9:03

SECOND PERIOD 3. PHILADELPHIA, Paul Holmgren 4 (Brian Propp, Ken Linseman) 10:44

4. PHILADELPHIA, Terry Murray 2 (Bobby Clarke) 19:26

Penalties – Flyers’ bench (served by Propp) 13:37

THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Wilson P 0:56, Lever C Bathe P (majors) 7:45, Hill P 11:21, Chouinard C 12:47

Shots on goal by

FLAMES 6 15 14 35 FLYERS 12 11 5 28

CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin; PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix

Power play – CGY – 0 for 4, PHI – 1 for 2


Sunday, April 19

PHILADELPHIA 1 @ CALGARY 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. CALGARY, Don Lever 2 (Guy Chouinard, Bob MacMillan) 5:25 2. PHILADELPHIA, Rick MacLeish 3 (Behn Wilson, Bill Barber) 9:54 PPG

Penalties – Bailey P 2:43, Wilson P 3:24, Marsh C 9:19, Murdoch C 9:39,

Holmgren P (minor, major) Russell C (major) 10:16, Propp P 17:20, Plett C 18:09

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Wilson P 0:56, Linseman P 7:42, Marsh C 15:33

THIRD PERIOD

3. CALGARY, Willi Plett 5 (Phil Russell) 2:25 GWG

Penalties – Peplinski C 3:56, Linseman P 4:47, Linseman P 19:49

Shots on goal by FLYERS 19 19 10 48

FLAMES 9 7 9 25 PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix; CALGARY, Pat Riggin

Power play – PHI – 1 for 5, CGY – 0 for 8


Wednesday, April 22


FIRST PERIOD

1. PHILADELPHIA, Rick MacLeish 5 (Bill Barber, Behn Wilson) 1:08 PPG 2. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 4 (Ken Linseman, Mike Busniuk) 4:39

3. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 5 (Ken Linseman, Behn Wilson) 9:06 4. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 6 (Paul Holmgren, Ken Linseman) 12:48

5. CALGARY, Phil Russell 2 (Don Lever) 14:56 6. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 6 (unassisted) 15:57 GWG

Penalties – Plett C 0:46, Holt C Busniuk P 7:09, Plett C Bridgman P 17:07, Wilson P 17:13

SECOND PERIOD

7. CALGARY, Ken Houston 3 (Paul Reinhart, Guy Chouinard) 8:31 PPG 8. PHILADELPHIA, Glen Cochrane 1 (Rick MacLeish, Mel Bridgman) 10:16

9. PHILADELPHIA, Tim Kerr 1 (Behn Wilson, Rick MacLeish) 18:21 PPG

Penalties – Plett C Cochrane P 1:56, Murdoch C 3:53, Bridgman P 7:59, Holt C Busniuk P (minors, majors) 13:17, Lever C Russell C Gorence P Bailey P (majors, 10-minute misconducts) Plett C (major, game misconduct)

Peplinski C (major) Murdoch C (10-minute misconduct) Cochrane P (minor, major) Bridgman P (10-minute misconduct) Flames’ bench (served by Houston) Flyers’ bench (served by Flockhart) 13:55, Wilson P 17:33

THIRD PERIOD

10. CALGARY, Bob Gould 1 (unassisted) 1:41 11. PHILADELPHIA, Ron Flockhart 1 (Bobby Clarke, Glen Cochrane) 3:38

12. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 10 (Ken Linseman, Paul Holmgren) 11:04 PPG 13. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 5 (Ken Houston, Don Lever) 16:31 PPG

Penalties – Peplinski C Cochrane P (majors) Linseman P 5:05, Marsh C 10:33, Holt C Hill P 13:46, Kerr P 15:00,

Flockhart P 17:18, Bathe P 17:33

Shots on goal by

FLAMES 3 8 16 27 FLYERS 13 14 8 35

CALGARY, Pat Riggin; PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix

Power play – CGY – 2 for 6, PHI – 3 for 4 17,077 at The Spectrum

Friday, April 17


FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 7 (Behn Wilson, Rick MacLeish) 8:49

2. CALGARY, Paul Reinhart 1 (Guy Chouinard) 12:34 PPG 3. PHILADELPHIA, Rick MacLeish 2 (Brian Propp, Bill Barber) 16:16 PPG

4. CALGARY, Kent Nilsson 3 (Ken Houston, Don Lever) 18:02

Penalties – Murdoch C 4:35, Eriksson P 11:32, Plett C Holmgren P (minors, majors) 14:23, Murdoch C Linseman P Reinhart C 15:43

SECOND PERIOD

5. CALGARY, Ken Houston 2 (Guy Chouinard, Kent Nilsson) 5:58 PPG 6. CALGARY, Willi Plett 4 (Guy Chouinard, Brad Marsh) 10:45

7. CALGARY, Jamie Hislop 1 (Phil Russell, Jim Peplinski) 17:08 PPG GWG

Penalties – MacMillan C Clarke P 2:00, Hill P 5:37, Plett C Leach P 7:25, Holt C 11:39, Murdoch C Hill P (double minor) 15:06

THIRD PERIOD

8. PHILADELPHIA, Behn Wilson 2 (Ken Linseman, Paul Holmgren) 13:37 PPG 9. PHILADELPHIA, Tom Gorence 3 (Brian Propp, Behn Wilson) 17:08

Penalties – Hill P 8:20, Plett C (major) 8:54

Shots on goal by

FLAMES 10 10 2 22

FLYERS 14 13 19 46 CALGARY, Pat Riggin; PHILADELPHIA, Pete Peeters

Power play – CGY – 3 for 4, PHI – 2 for 4


Monday, April 20


FIRST PERIOD

1. CALGARY, Jamie Hislop 2 (Bill Clement, Bob Murdoch) 4:38 2. PHILADELPHIA, Paul Holmgren 5 (Behn Wilson, Ken Linseman) 19:43 PPG

Penalties – Linseman P 0:37, Murdoch C Holmgren P 9:28, Linseman P 9:33, Peplinski C 13:05, Murdoch C 18:29

SECOND PERIOD

3. CALGARY, Jim Peplinski 1 (Brad Marsh, Randy Holt) 6:38 4. CALGARY, Don Lever 3 (Bob Gould, Bob Murdoch) 7:10

Penalties – Russell C 12:55

THIRD PERIOD

5. PHILADELPHIA, Rick MacLeish 4 (Bill Barber, Tim Kerr) 7:21 6. PHILADELPHIA, Bobby Clarke 2 (Tim Kerr, Reid Bailey) 9:23

7. CALGARY, Randy Holt 1 (Jim Peplinski, Brad Marsh) 10:00

8. CALGARY, Randy Holt 2 (Jim Peplinski, Willi Plett) 14:44 GWG

9. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 8 (Bobby Clarke, Behn Wilson) 15:59 PPG

Penalties – Propp P 3:11, Propp P Plett C Holt C (minors, 10-minute misconducts) Linseman P Peplinski C

(double minors, 10-minute misconducts) 15:02


FLAMES 11 10 7 28 PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix; CALGARY, Pat Riggin



Friday, April 24


FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Houston C 2:25, Wilson P 3:58, Bailey P 16:07

SECOND PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Ken Linseman 3 (Paul Holmgren) 3:35

2. PHILADELPHIA, Bobby Clarke 3 (Frank Bathe) 3:51 3. CALGARY, Guy Chouinard 2 (Paul Reinhart) 16:13

4. PHILADELPHIA, Ken Linseman 4 (Brian Propp, Paul Holmgren) 18:34 GWG

Penalties – Wilson P 12:42

THIRD PERIOD 5. CALGARY, Ken Houston 4 (Bob MacMillan, Guy Chouinard) 13:49 PPG

Penalties – Bailey P 13:31, Peplinski C 14:55, Holt C (gross misconduct) 20:00


FLAMES 10 14 12 36 PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix; CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin








6 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 97 v. 7 CALGARY FLAMES 92 GM KEITH ALLEN, HC PAT QUINN v. GM CLIFF FLETCHER, HC AL MacNEIL

FLAMES WIN SERIES IN 7

Sunday, April 26


FIRST PERIOD 1. CALGARY, Willi Plett 6 (Guy Chouinard, Don Lever) 3:03 PPG 2. CALGARY, Ken Houston 5 (Guy Chouinard, Paul Reinhart) 8:33 PPG GWG Penalties – Flyers’ bench (served by Propp) 1:26, Wilson P 3:19, Clement C 5:13, Holmgren P 5:48, Holmgren P 7:57, Houston C 10:40, Murdoch C 13:18, Holmgren P 14:49

SECOND PERIOD 3. CALGARY, Kevin Lavallee 1 (Paul Reinhart, Willi Plett) 13:00 PPG 4. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 11 (Tim Kerr) 13:49 Penalties – Holmgren P 4:31, Reinhart C Propp P 6:57, Cochrane P 11:14, Marsh C Propp P 17:27

THIRD PERIOD 5. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 6 (Kent Nilsson, Paul Reinhart) 6:09

Penalties – Wilson P 15:19 Shots on goal by FLAMES 10 9 6 25 FLYERS 8 10 14 32 CALGARY, Pat Riggin; PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix Power play – CGY – 3 for 8 9 for 37 in series, PHI – 0 for 3 9 for 24 in series 17,077 at The Spectrum




1981 STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINAL

1 NEW YORK ISLANDERS 110 v. 13 NEW YORK RANGERS 74 GM BILL TORREY, HC AL ARBOUR v. GM CRAIG PATRICK, HC CRAIG PATRICK

ISLANDERS SWEEP SERIES

Tuesday, April 28

RANGERS 2 @ ISLANDERS 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. RANGERS, Anders Hedberg 7 (Peter Wallin) 12:10 PPG

Penalties – Sutter NYI 8:21, Greschner NYR 9:29, Tonelli NYI 11:44, Kotsopoulos NYR 13:02, Laidlaw NYR 14:52,

Lane NYI 17:14

SECOND PERIOD 2. ISLANDERS, Duane Sutter 2 (Gord Lane) 0:16

3. RANGERS, Ed Hospodar 2 (Peter Wallin, Lance Nethery) 3:34 4. ISLANDERS, Mike McEwen 4 (Bryan Trottier) 4:50 PPG

5. ISLANDERS, John Tonelli 3 (Butch Goring, Mike McEwen) 6:47 GWG

Penalties – Vadnais NYR 4:45, Baker NYR (served by Sulliman) 8:10

THIRD PERIOD

6. ISLANDERS, John Tonelli 4 (Anders Kallur) 5:45 7. ISLANDERS, Bill Carroll 2 (Wayne Merrick, Hector Marini) 15:23

Penalties – Vadnais NYR Nystrom NYI 7:32

Shots on goal by

RANGERS 6 5 9 20

ISLANDERS 9 14 8 31

RANGERS, Steve Baker; ISLANDERS, Billy Smith

Power play: NYR – 1 for 3, NYI – 1 for 5 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Saturday, May 2

ISLANDERS 5 @ RANGERS 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. ISLANDERS, Mike Bossy 11 (Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin) 14:38 PPG

2. ISLANDERS, Bob Bourne 3 (Mike McEwen, Bryan Trottier) 18:33 PPG GWG

Penalties – Duguay NYR 4:54, Gillies NYI 9:57, Fotiu NYR 13:51, Tonelli NYI 15:03, Duguay NYR 18:16

SECOND PERIOD 3. ISLANDERS, Ken Morrow 2 (Bob Nystrom) 15:31

4. ISLANDERS, Bob Nystrom 4 (Wayne Merrick) 19:55

Penalties – Merrick NYI 4:44, Fotiu NYR 7:47, Goring NYI 9:37, Laidlaw NYR 11:21, Allison NYR 11:42,

Langevin NYI 16:44

THIRD PERIOD

5. RANGERS, Peter Wallin 2 (Tom Laidlaw) 5:13 6. ISLANDERS, Wayne Merrick 3 (John Tonelli, Bob Nystrom) 14:54

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

ISLANDERS 8 17 6 31 RANGERS 8 4 13 25

ISLANDERS, Billy Smith; RANGERS, Steve Baker

Power play – NYI – 2 for 6, NYR – 0 for 5 17,381 at Madison Square Garden

Thursday, April 30

RANGERS 3 @ ISLANDERS 7

FIRST PERIOD 1. ISLANDERS, Wayne Merrick 2 (Denis Potvin) 0:48

2. RANGERS, Doug Sulliman 1 (Don Maloney) 1:57 3. RANGERS, Dean Talafous 3 (Ron Duguay, Steve Vickers) 8:18

4. RANGERS, Anders Hedberg 8 (Ulf Nilsson, Ron Greschner) 16:29 PPG

Penalties – Trottier NYI 9:36, Don Maloney NYR 12:08, Langevin NYI 15:35, Hospodar NYR 17:38

SECOND PERIOD 5. ISLANDERS, Butch Goring 3 (Bob Lorimer) 8:11 SHG

6. ISLANDERS, Mike Bossy 9 (Mike McEwen, Denis Potvin) 10:21 PPG 7. ISLANDERS, Butch Goring 4 (Gord Lane, John Tonelli) 12:44 GWG

Penalties – Duguay NYR 5:32, McEwen NYI 7:22, Duguay NYR 10:16, Gillis NYR Marini NYI (minors, majors) 10:55, Trottier NYI 18:31, Hospodar NYR 19:39

THIRD PERIOD

8. ISLANDERS, Clark Gillies 6 (Mike Bossy, Mike McEwen) 12:59 PPG 9. ISLANDERS, Anders Kallur 2 (Bryan Trottier) 14:27 SHG

10. ISLANDERS, Mike Bossy 10 (Ken Morrow) 17:47

Penalties – Kallur NYI 10:15, Laidlaw NYR 12:47, Lane NYI 13:14, Lane NYI 18:20, Vadnais NYR 18:48


ISLANDERS 6 11 12 29 RANGERS, Steve Baker; ISLANDERS, Billy Smith

Power play: NYR – 1 for 7, NYI – 2 for 6


Tuesday, May 5

ISLANDERS 5 @ RANGERS 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. ISLANDERS, John Tonelli 5 (Bob Nystrom, Wayne Merrick) 1:02

2. ISLANDERS, Mike Bossy 12 (unassisted) 13:46 PPG 3. ISLANDERS, Mike Bossy 13 (Bryan Trottier) 17:11 PPG GWG

Penalties – Kallur NYI 2:22, Lane NYI Allison NYR 4:17, Carroll NYI 8:27, Hughes NYR 13:31,

Hughes NYR 16:16, Nystrom NYI Wallin NYR 17:59

SECOND PERIOD 4. ISLANDERS, Butch Goring 5 (Bob Lorimer) 1:29 SHG

5. RANGERS, Ron Greschner 4 (Chris Kotsopoulos, Anders Hedberg) 13:39 PPG

6. RANGERS, Barry Beck 5 (Ron Duguay, Steve Vickers) 17:22 PPG

Penalties – D. Potvin NYI 0:22, Gillies NYI 13:06, Bossy NYI 15:33, Gillies NYI Kotsopoulos NYR 19:22

THIRD PERIOD

7. ISLANDERS, Duane Sutter 3 (Bill Carroll) 10:49

Penalties – None


RANGERS 7 13 9 29 ISLANDERS, Billy Smith; RANGERS, Steve Baker

Power play – NYI – 2 for 2 7 for 19 in series, NYR – 2 for 5 4 for 20 in series





1981 STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINAL

7 CALGARY FLAMES 92 v. 9 MINNESOTA NORTH STARS 87 GM CLIFF FLETCHER, HC AL MacNEIL v. GM LOU NANNE, HC GLEN SONMOR

NORTH STARS WIN SERIES IN 6

Tuesday, April 28

MINNESOTA 4 @ CALGARY 1

FIRST PERIOD

1. MINNESOTA, Craig Hartsburg 1 (unassisted) 15:00 PPG

Penalties – K. Maxwell M 6:13, Russell C 13:09, Houston C 17:01

SECOND PERIOD 2. MINNESOTA, Tim Young 3 (Brad Palmer) 4:38 GWG

3. CALGARY, Jim Peplinski 2 (Kevin Lavallee, Brad Marsh) 15:12 4. MINNESOTA, Gordie Roberts 1 (Tim Young) 19:48 SHG

Penalties – G. Smith M 2:21, Reinhart C 10:09, B. Maxwell M 18:20

THIRD PERIOD

5. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 7 (Tim Young) 0:12 SHG

Penalties – Chouinard C 8:38, McCarthy M 11:45, G. Smith M 15:41, Houston C (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 17:01, Clement C B. Smith M 19:18

Shots on goal by

NORTH STARS 16 18 10 44 FLAMES 7 18 11 36

MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; CALGARY, Pat Riggin

Power play – MIN – 1 for 5, CGY – 0 for 5


Sunday, May 3

CALGARY 4 @ MINNESOTA 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. CALGARY, Ken Houston 6 (Bob MacMillan, Paul Reinhart) 3:23 2. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 4 (unassisted) 6:43

3. MINNESOTA, Brad Maxwell 3 (Steve Payne, Bobby Smith) 16:06

Penalties – Murdoch C 7:03, B. Maxwell M 12:06, Plett C 13:58, K. Maxwell M 16:24, G. Smith M Houston C 16:50

SECOND PERIOD 4. CALGARY, Bob Murdoch 1 (Ken Houston, Bob MacMillan) 2:00

5. CALGARY, Bob Gould 2 (Phil Russell, Brad Marsh) 6:54 6. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 11 (Brad Maxwell, Bobby Smith) 9:00 PPG

7. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 4 (Al MacAdam, Craig Hartsburg) 12:37 PPG 8. CALGARY, Bill Clement 2 (Willi Plett, Phil Russell) 17:40

Penalties – Hartsburg M 3:52, Rautakallio C 7:57, K. Maxwell M Lavallee C 9:41, Roberts M 10:10,

Rautakallio C 11:43, Ciccarelli M Peplinski C 15:11

THIRD PERIOD 9. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 4 (Neal Broten, Brad Palmer) 4:24 GWG

10. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 5 (Al MacAdam, Craig Hartsburg) 19:31 ENG

Penalties – G. Smith M 11:14, B. Maxwell M Gould C 19:08

Shots on goal by FLAMES 8 14 12 34

NORTH STARS 14 11 5 30 CALGARY, Pat Riggin; MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche

Power play – CGY – 0 for 5, MIN – 2 for 4


Thursday, May 7


FIRST PERIOD 1. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 7 (Paul Reinhart, Kent Nilsson) 18:54 PPG

Penalties – Peplinski C 2:29, K. Maxwell M 5:07, Houston C 7:54, Plett C 12:23, Carlson M 17:39

SECOND PERIOD

2. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 8 (Pekka Rautakallio, Guy Chouinard) 0:55 GWG

Penalties – Russell C 10:07, Reinhart C 16:38

THIRD PERIOD

3. CALGARY, Willi Plett 7 (Paul Reinhart, Guy Chouinard) 3:54 PPG 4. MINNESOTA, Craig Hartsburg 2 (Brad Maxwell, Steve Payne) 16:02 PPG

Penalties – Giles M 1:55, Plett C 12:23, Murdoch C 14:58, Roberts M Houston C 19:18

Shots on goal by



Power play – MIN – 1 for 7, CGY – 2 for 3 7,226 at Stampede Corral

Thursday, April 30


FIRST PERIOD 1. CALGARY, Pekka Rautakallio 1 (Don Lever, Ken Houston) 3:11

2. CALGARY, Guy Chouinard 3 (Pekka Rautakallio, Don Lever) 8:35

Penalties – Plett C 9:04, Plett C B. Maxwell M 11:38, Murdoch C 18:50

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Hartsburg M Peplinski C 3:19, Giles M 7:18, Plett C 9:45, MacMillan C Broten M (majors) 19:31

THIRD PERIOD 3. MINNESOTA, Curt Giles 1 (Al MacAdam, Bobby Smith) 4:24

4. CALGARY, Kevin Lavallee 2 (Ken Houston) 6:45 GWG 5. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 4 (Brad Maxwell, Craig Hartsburg) 10:34 PPG

Penalties – Plett C 10:27

Shots on goal by



Power play – MIN – 1 for 4, CGY – 0 for 1


Tuesday, May 5


FIRST PERIOD 1. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 8 (Steve Payne, Bobby Smith) 3:01 PPG

2. CALGARY, Pekka Rautakallio 2 (Don Lever, Kevin Lavallee) 9:26 PPG

3. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 6 (Neal Broten, Gordie Roberts) 13:18 PPG 4. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 6 (unassisted) 16:32

Penalties – Labraaten C 1:51, K. Maxwell M 3:44, Roberts M 7:38, Lavallee C 11:31,

Murdoch C Hartsburg M 15:52, Barrett M 18:36

SECOND PERIOD 5. CALGARY, Jamie Hislop 3 (Kevin Lavallee) 1:31

6. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 9 (Tom McCarthy, Bobby Smith) 2:44 7. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 10 (Tom McCarthy, Bobby Smith) 3:56 GWG

8. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 5 (Kevin Maxwell) 10:51

Penalties – K. Maxwell M 8:38, Plett C 11:07, Russell C 12:29, Russell C 19:03

THIRD PERIOD 9. MINNESOTA, Kevin Maxwell 3 (unassisted) 8:44 SHG

10. CALGARY, Bob Gould 3 (Guy Chouinard, Bob Murdoch) 10:22 11. CALGARY, Mike Dwyer 1 (Bob Murdoch) 10:37

Penalties – Barrett M 8:01, B. Maxwell M 19:08, Plett C North Stars’ bench (served by McCarthy) 19:52

Shots on goal by

FLAMES 8 10 15 33 NORTH STARS 19 16 9 44

CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin, Pat Riggin (10:51 of second period); MINNESOTA, Don Beaupre

Power play – CGY – 1 for 6, MIN – 2 for 5 15,784 at Met Center

Saturday, May 9


FIRST PERIOD

1. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 8 (Steve Payne, Brad Maxwell) 13:52 PPG

Penalties – Reinhart C 3:59, Roberts M 8:19, Roberts M Holt C (majors) 10:40, McCarthy M 11:15, Gould C 13:40, Plett C Payne N 13:57, North Stars’ bench (served by Christoff) 15:40

SECOND PERIOD

2. CALGARY, Willi Plett 8 (Phil Russell, Pekka Rautakallio) 2:57 PPG 3. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 11 (Neal Broten, Gordie Roberts) 11:38

Penalties – B. Maxwell M Plett C 0:18, Barrett M 1:35, Reinhart C 9:25, Plett C 17:26

THIRD PERIOD

4. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 12 (Bobby Smith, Craig Hartsburg) 5:59 PPG

5. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 6 (Kevin Maxwell) 14:09 SHG GWG

6. CALGARY, Ken Houston 7 (Paul Reinhart, Kent Nilsson) 15:07 PPG 7. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 7 (Steve Christoff, Bobby Smith) 18:40

8. CALGARY, Don Lever 4 (Ken Houston, Guy Chouinard) 19:20

Penalties – Murdoch C 5:05, Andersson M 6:20, Hartsburg M 13:33

Shots on goal by FLAMES 10 5 11 26

NORTH STARS 11 13 11 35 CALGARY, Pat Riggin; MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche

Power play – CGY – 2 for 6 5 for 26 in series, MIN – 2 for 5 9 for 30 in series





1981 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

1 NEW YORK ISLANDERS 110 v. 9 MINNESOTA NORTH STARS 87 GM BILL TORREY, HC AL ARBOUR v. GM LOU NANNE, HC GLEN SONMOR

ISLANDERS WIN SERIES IN 5

Tuesday, May 12

MINNESOTA 3 @ NEW YORK 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Anders Kallur 3 (Dave Langevin, Butch Goring) 2:54

2. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 10 (Bill Carroll) 14:38 SHG 3. NEW YORK, Anders Kallur 4 (Bryan Trottier) 15:25 SHG

Penalties – B. Maxwell M 6:44, Bourne N (major) 11:12, McCarthy M 19:45

SECOND PERIOD

4. NEW YORK, Bill Carroll 3 (Duane Sutter, Bob Nystrom) 9:58 GWG 5. MINNESOTA, Kent-Erik Andersson 2 (Dino Ciccarelli) 13:04

Penalties – G. Smith M 6:06, Tonelli N 14:13, Trottier N 17:29

THIRD PERIOD

6. NEW YORK, Wayne Merrick 4 (unassisted) 0:58 7. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 13 (Craig Hartsburg, Bobby Smith) 3:08 PPG

8. NEW YORK, Wayne Merrick 5 (Dave Langevin, John Tonelli) 13:15 9. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 12 (Tom McCarthy) 15:14

Penalties – Lane N 2:39, Trottier N 18:09

Shots on goal by

NORTH STARS 8 8 10 26

ISLANDERS 10 10 3 23

MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; NEW YORK, Billy Smith

Power play: MIN – 1 for 5, NYI – 0 for 3


Sunday, May 17

NEW YORK 7 @ MINNESOTA 5

FIRST PERIOD

1. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 7 (Craig Hartsburg, Dino Ciccarelli) 3:25 PPG 2. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 15 (Tim Young, Al MacAdam) 14:09

3. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 16 (Clark Gillies) 14:47 4. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 7 (Craig Hartsburg, Steve Payne) 16:30 PPG

Penalties – Nystrom N 2:10, Younghans M 3:55, Payne M 6:37, Nystrom N Younghans M 7:05, Trottier N 7:19,

Langevin N 11:26, Nystrom N 15:20

SECOND PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Bob Nystrom 6 (John Tonelli, Wayne Merrick) 4:10

6. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 6 (Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy) 7:16 PPG 7. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 7 (Clark Gillies) 11:51

Penalties – B. Smith M 5:39, Gillies N G. Smith M 5:56, Gillies N 9:40, Trottier N 16:00, McEwen N 18:25

THIRD PERIOD

8. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 16 (Tim Young, Steve Christoff) 1:11 9. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 17 (Bryan Trottier) 2:05

10. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 8 (Bill Carroll, Denis Potvin) 6:34 GWG 11. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 14 (Bobby Smith) 13:35

12. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 11 (Mike Bossy, Wayne Merrick) 19:16 ENG

Penalties – Tonelli N 4:15


NORTH STARS 8 7 13 28 NEW YORK, Billy Smith; MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche

Power play: NYI – 1 for 3, MIN – 2 for 8

15, 784 at Met Center

DINO CICCARELLI MIN sets SC record for MOST GOALS, ROOKIE, ONE YEAR ~ 14 DINO CICCARELLI MIN sets SC record for MOST POINTS, ROOKIE, ONE YEAR ~ 21

Thursday, May 21


FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 9 (Bob Bourne) 5:12 PPG 2. NEW YORK, Wayne Merrick 6 (John Tonelli, Bob Nystrom) 5:37 GWG

3. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 10 (Clark Gillies, Mike Bossy) 10:03

4. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 8 (unassisted) 16:06

Penalties – Nystrom N 0:56, Palmer M 3:52, Lorimer N 19:00

SECOND PERIOD

5. NEW YORK, Bob Bourne 4 (Bill Carroll, Anders Kallur) 19:21

Penalties – Shmyr M 7:33, G. Smith M 14:33, K. Maxwell M Lane N 19:55

THIRD PERIOD 6. NEW YORK, Mike McEwen 6 (Bryan Trottier) 17:06

Penalties – Lorimer N 3:47, B. Maxwell M Tonelli N 7:57, Lane N 11:48, K. Maxwell M B. Smith N 16:42

Shots on goal by

NORTH STARS 15 4 6 25 ISLANDERS 10 16 7 33

MINNESOTA, Don Beaupre; NEW YORK, Billy Smith

Power play: MIN – 0 for 4 6 for 32 33 in series, NYI – 1 for 3 5 for 16 in series 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Thursday, May 14


FIRST PERIOD 1. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 13 (Craig Hartsburg, Steve Christoff) 3:38 PPG

2. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 14 (Mike McEwen, Denis Potvin) 4:33 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Bob Nystrom 5 (Wayne Merrick, John Tonelli) 14:39

4. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 7 (Wayne Merrick) 17:48

Penalties – Kallur N 1:31, Trottier N 2:15, Barrett M 4:08, Langevin N 4:53, Morrow N MacAdam M 5:04, Barrett M Bourne N 19:15

SECOND PERIOD

5. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 8 (Neal Broten, Greg Smith) 9:15

Penalties – Tonelli N 10:26

THIRD PERIOD 6. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 14 (Tim Young, Gordie Roberts) 0:30

7. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 8 (Butch Goring) 8:00 PPG GWG 8. NEW YORK, Ken Morrow 3 (Denis Potvin, Wayne Merrick) 11:57

9. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 15 (Bryan Trottier, Bob Bourne) 16:22

Penalties – Potvin N 3:39, Broten M 6:22, Barrett M Trottier N 7:01, Trottier N 12:58, Potvin N 13:31, B. Maxwell M Bourne N (majors) Ciccarelli M Lane N (minors, 10-minute misconducts) 16:44

Shots on goal by

NORTH STARS 9 11 8 28 ISLANDERS 11 11 16 38

MINNESOTA, Don Beaupre; NEW YORK, Billy Smith

Power play: MIN – 1 for 7, NYI – 2 for 2 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Tuesday, May 19

NEW YORK 2 @ MINNESOTA 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Gord Lane 1 (Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier) 3:47 2. MINNESOTA, Craig Hartsburg 3 (Bobby Smith, Brad Maxwell) 11:34 PPG

Penalties – Gillies N 1:00, Hartsburg M 4:00, Langevin N 10:03, Roberts M 12:23, Gillies N 13:44, Giles M 16:21

SECOND PERIOD

3. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 9 (Steve Payne, Brad Maxwell) 5:15 4. NEW YORK, Mike McEwen 5 (John Tonelli, Anders Kallur) 7:37 PPG

Penalties – Nystrom N 3:12, Palmer M 5:47, Potvin N 9:13, Lorimer N (major) Ciccarelli M (minor, major) 11:30,

Langevin N 14:54

THIRD PERIOD 5. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 17 (Brad Maxwell, Al MacAdam) 12:26 GWG

6. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 9 (Al MacAdam, Brad Maxwell) 18:12 PPG

Penalties – Kallur N 6:17, Potvin N 16:39


NORTH STARS 13 10 11 34 NEW YORK, Billy Smith; MINNESOTA, Don Beaupre

Power play: NYI – 1 for 5, MIN – 2 for 8


B U T C H G O R I N G

NEW YORK ISLANDERS 1981 CONN SMYTHE TROPHY WINNER

10 goals, 10 assists, 4 PP goals, 2 SHG, 2 GWG in 18 games


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