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NEW YORK ISLANDERS STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS 1 9 8 8 9 1

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

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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 Thursday, April 9 TORONTO 2 @ NEW YORK 9 TORONTO 1 @ NEW YORK 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Bill Carroll 1 (Butch Goring, Denis Potvin) 5:27 SHG NO SCORING 2. NEW YORK, Clark Gillies 1 (Butch Goring, Hector Marini) 11:26 PPG Penalties – Melrose T 0:28, Salming T 4:45, Melrose T Gillies N 11:51, Lorimer N 14:38, Howatt N 17:05 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 1. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 3 (unassisted) 7:39 SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 3 (Stefan Persson, Mike Bossy) 8:18 GWG 3. TORONTO, Bill Derlago 1 (Borje Salming) 1:39 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 4 (Mike Bossy, Stefan Persson) 19:16 PPG 4. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 1 (Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier) 7:34 PPG GWG 5. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 1 (unassisted) 8:00 Penalties – Turnbull T 3:18, Vaive T Langevin N 13:35, Salming T 17:57 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 THIRD PERIOD 4. TORONTO, Bruce Boudreau 1 (Ron Sedlbauer, René Robert) 6:06 Penalties – Marini N 5:12, Maple Leafs’ bench (served by Maloney) 7:12, Sittler T 8:56, Melrose T 13:22 5. NEW YORK, Mike McEwen 1 (Bill Carroll, Wayne Merrick) 9:27 6. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 5 (Mike Bossy) 13:40 THIRD PERIOD 8. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 2 (Bryan Trottier, Bob Bourne) 2:25 Penalties – Bourne N 2:35, Vaive T 3:12, Persson N 17:52, Sedlbauer T 18:21 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 Shots on goal by 11. TORONTO, Ian Turnbull 1 (René Robert, Barry Melrose) 17:00 MAPLE LEAFS 9 7 10 26 ISLANDERS 5 11 11 27 Penalties – Paiement T 5:18, Duris T Howatt N (double minor) 9:17, Melrose T Langevin N 9:50, TORONTO, Michel Larocque, Jiri Crha; NEW YORK, Billy Smith Boschman T Lorimer N (minors, majors) 13:24 Power play: TOR – 0 for 4, NYI – 1 for 6 Shots on goal by 15,009 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum 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

Wednesday, April 8 Thursday, April 9 PITTSBURGH 2 @ ST. LOUIS 4 PITTSBURGH 6 @ ST. LOUIS 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Greg Malone 1 (Randy Carlyle, Peter Lee) 0:15 1. ST. LOUIS, Joe Micheletti 1 (Bernie Federko) 2:35 PPG 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 0:59, Currie S 4:24, Maxwell S 6:21, Blues’ bench 11:28, Lee P Micheletti S 12:54, Baxter P 16:10 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 SECOND PERIOD 2. PITTSBURGH, Randy Carlyle 1 (George Ferguson, Mike Bullard) 2:03 4. PITTSBURGH, Rod Schutt 1 (Greg Malone, Peter Lee) 13:21 3. ST. LOUIS, Tony Currie 2 (unassisted) 3:11 5. ST. LOUIS, Jorgen Pettersson 1 (Blake Dunlop) 14:44 GWG 4. PITTSBURGH, Gregg Sheppard 1 (Mike Bullard, George Ferguson) 4:58 5. PITTSBURGH, Mario Faubert 1 (Rick Kehoe, Rod Schutt) 6:59 PPG Penalties – Baxter P 1:49, Sutter S Stackhouse P 4:10, Chapman S Malone P 5:01, Maxwell S Baxter P (minors, 6. PITTSBURGH, George Ferguson 1 (Gregg Sheppard) 11:13 majors, 10-minute misconducts) Babych S 10:07, Faubert P 10:54, Johnson P 15:27, Lapointe S 19:08 Penalties – Lapointe S 5:29, Babych S 12:49, Patey S Lonsberry P 13:09, Stackhouse P 15:55 THIRD PERIOD 6. ST. LOUIS, Mike Crombeen 1 (Larry Patey) 19:59 ENG THIRD PERIOD 7. PITTSBURGH, Rod Schutt 2 (Greg Malone, Peter Lee) 0:35 GWG Penalties – Chapman S Gardner P 4:03, Sutter S Price P (minors, majors) 12:04, Currie S Malone P 15:18 8. PITTSBURGH, Randy Carlyle 2 (Rod Schutt, Peter Lee) 3:06 9. ST. LOUIS, Blair Chapman 1 (Joe Micheletti, Bernie Federko) 10:49 Shots on goal by 10. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 1 (Tony Currie, Blake Dunlop) 16:04 PPG PENGUINS 9 8 9 26 BLUES 14 20 14 48 Penalties – Rissling P 15:10 PITTSBURGH, Greg Millen; ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut Shots on goal by Power play – PIT – 0 for 4, STL – 1 for 5 PENGUINS 10 12 8 30 16,053 at The Checkerdome BLUES 6 8 9 23 PITTSBURGH, Greg Millen; ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut

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

Saturday, April 11 Sunday, April 12 ST. LOUIS 5 @ PITTSBURGH 4 ST. LOUIS 3 @ PITTSBURGH 6

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Rod Schutt 3 (Greg Malone, Ron Stackhouse) 6:04 PPG 1. ST. LOUIS, Ralph Klassen 2 (Larry Patey, Joe Micheletti) 5:53 2. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 1 (Bernie Federko, Joe Micheletti) 11:51 PPG 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 – 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 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 3. ST. LOUIS, Ralph Klassen 1 (Blair Chapman, Rick Lapointe) 6:36 SECOND PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Mike Bullard 1 (George Ferguson, Pat Price) 8:57 4. PITTSBURGH, Mark Johnson 2 (Rick Kehoe, Marc Chorney) 7:45 PPG 5. ST. LOUIS, Wayne Babych 1 (Ed Kea, Jack Brownschidle) 9:58 5. PITTSBURGH, Randy Carlyle 3 (unassisted) 11:49 SHG 6. PITTSBURGH, Mark Johnson 1 (Randy Carlyle, Gary Rissling) 10:31 6. ST. LOUIS, Mike Zuke 3 (Joe Micheletti, Tony Currie) 13:55 PPG 7. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 2 (Joe Micheletti, Tony Currie) 14:38 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, Penalties – Hart S Schutt P 7:16, Hart S 12:06, Crombeen S Carlyle P 12:33, Ferguson P 14:15, Monahan S 15:08, Johnson P 18:15 Patey S (major) Price P 17:09, Maxwell S 18:11, Lee P 20:00 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 7. PITTSBURGH, Mike Bullard 3 (George Ferguson) 0:44 GWG 8. PITTSBURGH, Gregg Sheppard 2 (Randy Carlyle, George Ferguson) 5:08 PPG 8. PITTSBURGH, Randy Carlyle 4 (Mike Bullard, Gregg Sheppard) 9:21 9. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 3 (Tony Currie, Brian Sutter) 15:54 GWG 9. PITTSBURGH, Pat Price 1 (Gregg Sheppard) 14:02

Penalties – Lapointe S 4:44, Brownschidle S Gardner P 17:21 Penalties – Sutter S Gardner P 13:25

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BLUES 14 8 10 32 BLUES 11 5 8 24 PENGUINS 8 15 8 31 PENGUINS 14 10 10 34 ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut ; PITTSBURGH, Greg Millen ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut ; PITTSBURGH, Greg Millen

Power play – STL – 2 for 6, PIT – 2 for 8 Power play – STL – 2 for 4, PIT – 2 for 5 14,646 at Civic Arena 12,042 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 PITTSBURGH, Greg Millen; ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut

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

1981 PRELIMINARY ROUND 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 Thursday, April 9 EDMONTON 6 @ MONTREAL 3 EDMONTON 3 @ MONTREAL 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Glenn Anderson 1 (Wayne Gretzky) 6:41 1. EDMONTON, Paul Coffey 2 (unassisted) 5:24 2. MONTREAL, Steve Shutt 1 (Pierre Mondou) 11:15 3. EDMONTON, Jari Kurri 1 (Wayne Gretzky, Brett Callighen) 11:42 Penalties – Hunter E 0:39, Lowe E (major) Tremblay M (minor, major) 3:00, Hunter E 13:31, Acton M 14:43, 4. EDMONTON, Jari Kurri 2 (Wayne Gretzky) 17:36 Hagman E 19:27

Penalties – Hunter E Engblom M 1:57, Messier E Napier M 8:33, Siltanen E 15:11, Langway M 19:06 SECOND PERIOD 2. MONTREAL, Gaston Gingras 1 (Pierre Larouche, Larry Robinson) 0:32 PPG SECOND PERIOD 3. EDMONTON, Risto Siltanen 1 (Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri) 4:43 PPG GWG NO SCORING Penalties – Unger E Engblom M Acton M 3:49, Anderson E 6:32, Hagman E 14:03 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, THIRD PERIOD Coffey E Shutt M 20:00 4. EDMONTON, Jari Kurri 3 (Wayne Gretzky, Brett Callighen) 14:27

THIRD PERIOD Penalties – Lambert M 15:30, Lariviere E 17:00 5. EDMONTON, Brett Callighen 1 (Wayne Gretzky) 1:14 GWG 6. MONTREAL, Doug Risebrough 1 (unassisted) 7:39 PPG Shots on goal by 7. EDMONTON, Paul Coffey 1 (Garry Lariviere, Jari Kurri) 13:38 OILERS 12 10 7 29 8. MONTREAL, Réjean Houle 1 (Pierre Larouche, Steve Shutt) 16:55 CANADIENS 14 16 11 41 9. EDMONTON, Brett Callighen 2 (Wayne Gretzky) 19:21 ENG EDMONTON, Andy Moog; MONTREAL, Richard Sevigny

Penalties – Houle M 2:45, Gretzky E 6:42, Kurri E 10:41, Shutt M 11:46, Fogolin E 12:29 Power play – EDM – 1 for 4, MTL – 1 for 6 15,527 at Montreal Forum 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

Wednesday, April 8 Thursday, April 9 NEW YORK 3 @ LOS ANGELES 1 NEW YORK 4 @ LOS ANGELES 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 1 (Ron Greschner, Barry Beck) 9:04 1. NEW YORK, Ed Hospodar 1 (unassisted) 0:37 2. LOS ANGELES, Larry Murphy 1 (Mark Hardy, Dave Taylor) 8:22 PPG Penalties – Korab L 4:58, Hospodar N (double minor) Dionne L 8:09, Korab L 11:51, Greschner N Wells L 16:12 3. LOS ANGELES, Marcel Dionne 1 (Mark Hardy, Dave Taylor) 8:48 PPG

SECOND PERIOD Penalties – Chartraw L 2:44, Wallin N 6:28, Beck N (major) Terrion L Duguay N 7:51, Taylor L Vadnais N 8:48, 2. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 1 (Anders Hedberg) 1:25 GWG 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 Penalties – Vadnais N (minor, major) Hopkins L 6:39, Nethery N 13:30, Nilsson N 17:02 Jensen L Dave Maloney N Dionne L Don Maloney N St. Laurent L (majors) Rangers’ bench Kings’ bench (double minors) 20:00 THIRD PERIOD 3. LOS ANGELES, Billy Harris 1 (Dan Bonar) 12:31 SECOND PERIOD 4. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 1 (unassisted) 19:53 ENG 4. LOS ANGELES, Dave Taylor 1 (Rick Chartraw, Steve Jensen) 15:04 PPG 5. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 2 (Tom Laidlaw) 16:44 Penalties – Vadnais N Taylor L 11:10 Penalties – Bonar L (minor, major) Nilsson N (major) 1:43, Johnstone N Taylor L 5:35, Johnstone N Taylor L 9:01, Shots on goal by Duguay N 11:34, Dave Maloney N 13:42, Hopkins L Bonar L Nilsson N Dave Maloney N 16:02 RANGERS 6 6 7 19 KINGS 5 11 16 32 THIRD PERIOD NEW YORK, Steve Baker; LOS ANGELES, Mario Lessard 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 Power play – NYR – 0 for 2, LA – 0 for 4 8. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 2 (Dave Maloney) 11:17 12,305 at The Forum 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 Saturday, April 11 LOS ANGELES 3 @ NEW YORK 6 LOS ANGELES 3 @ NEW YORK 10 FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 4 (Barry Beck) 0:46 1. LOS ANGELES, Mark Hardy 1 (Billy Harris, Marcel Dionne) 1:36 PPG 2. LOS ANGELES, Greg Terrion 1 (Jim Fox, Steve Jensen) 1:47 PPG 2. NEW YORK, Don Maloney 1 (Ron Greschner) 1:51 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Lance Nethery 1 (Jere Gillis, John Hughes) 5:53 3. LOS ANGELES, Dave Taylor 2 (Marcel Dionne, Larry Murphy) 2:48 4. LOS ANGELES, Dan Bonar 1 (Don Luce) 13:26 SHG 4. NEW YORK, Barry Beck 1 (unassisted) 8:28 5. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 1 (Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg) 14:29 Penalties – Don Maloney N 1:21, Hardy L 2:36, Lewis L 9:29, Greschner N 10:16, L. Murphy L 13:11, 6. NEW YORK, Ed Johnstone 1 (Don Maloney) 19:44 GWG Korab L 17:26, Johnstone N 18:58

Penalties – Wallin N 1:07, Luce L 1:41, Lewis L 3:20, St. Laurent L 10:06 SECOND PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 5 (Ed Johnstone, Don Maloney) 8:22 SECOND PERIOD 6. LOS ANGELES, Larry Murphy 3 (unassisted) 14:30 7. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 3 (Steve Vickers, Dean Talafous) 7:34 8. NEW YORK, Ed Johnstone 2 (Don Maloney, Mike Allison) 12:25 Penalties – Hughes N 5:56 9. NEW YORK, Dean Talafous 1 (Ron Duguay, Carol Vadnais) 13:40 10. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 3 (Anders Hedberg, Ron Greschner) 16:44 THIRD PERIOD 7. NEW YORK, Tom Laidlaw 1 (Ron Duguay) 6:44 GWG Penalties – Jensen L 4:46 8. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 3 (Ron Greschner, Carol Vadnais) 12:11 9. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 5 (Dean Talafous, Steve Vickers) 15:08 THIRD PERIOD 11. NEW YORK, Mike Allison 1 (Don Maloney) 2:51 Penalties – Allison N Taylor L 8:12 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 Shots on goal by KINGS 6 8 14 28 Penalties – Korab L 7:06, Kotsopoulos N 8:25 RANGERS 16 16 16 48 LOS ANGELES, Mario Lessard; NEW YORK, Steve Baker Shots on goal by KINGS 10 6 10 26 Power play – LA – 1 for 4 5 for 16 in series, NYR – 0 for 4 3 for 15 16 in series RANGERS 13 17 8 38 17,387 at Madison Square Garden 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

1981 PRELIMINARY ROUND 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 Thursday, April 9 VANCOUVER 2 @ BUFFALO 3 OVERTIME VANCOUVER 2 @ BUFFALO 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. VANCOUVER, Darcy Rota 1 (Doug Halward, Kevin McCarthy) 12:31 PPG 1. BUFFALO, Alan Haworth 2 (Gilbert Perreault, John Van Boxmeer) 5:02 PPG 2. VANCOUVER, Jerry Butler 1 (Thomas Gradin) 7:40 Penalties – Halward V 2:27, Ruff B 7:01, Playfair B 10:57 3. BUFFALO, André Savard 2 (Craig Ramsay) 9:09 4. BUFFALO, Danny Gare 1 (Gilbert Perreault, John Van Boxmeer) 19:41 PPG GWG SECOND PERIOD 2. BUFFALO, Ric Seiling 1 (Craig Ramsay, Richie Dunn) 0:14 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, 3. VANCOUVER, Curt Fraser 1 (Thomas Gradin, Stan Smyl) 4:51 Williams V Playfair B (minors, majors, 10-minute misconducts) Manno V 19:16

Penalties – Ruff B Campbell V (minors, majors) 1:37, Manno V 6:22, Williams V Hajt B 9:00, Snepsts V 9:48, SECOND PERIOD Lanz V 14:02, Schoenfeld B 19:07 5. BUFFALO, André Savard 3 (Richie Dunn) 4:05 6. BUFFALO, Lindy Ruff 1 (Richie Dunn, John Van Boxmeer) 15:52 PPG THIRD PERIOD 4. BUFFALO, André Savard 1 (unassisted) 18:52 Penalties – Hajt B 4:34, Minor V 15:28

Penalties – Snepsts V Gare B 17:34 THIRD PERIOD 7. VANCOUVER, Stan Smyl 1 (Thomas Gradin, Colin Campbell) 1:59 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. BUFFALO, Alan Haworth 1 (Lindy Ruff, Bill Hajt) 5:00 GWG 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 Penalties – None Shots on goal by Shots on goal by CANUCKS 7 10 5 22 CANUCKS 6 5 7 1 19 SABRES 18 10 9 37 SABRES 6 15 4 2 27 VANCOUVER, Richard Brodeur; BUFFALO, Don Edwards VANCOUVER, Richard Brodeur; BUFFALO, Don Edwards Power play – VAN – 0 for 5, BUF – 3 for 5 Power play – VAN – 1 for 3, BUF – 0 for 4 12,665 at The Aud 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

1981 PRELIMINARY ROUND 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 Thursday, April 9 QUEBEC 4 @ PHILADELPHIA 6 QUEBEC 5 @ PHILADELPHIA 8

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 1 (Behn Wilson, Terry Murray) 6:45 1. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 3 (Rick MacLeish) 2:07 2. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 1 (Ken Linseman, Reid Bailey) 9:09 2. PHILADELPHIA, Mel Bridgman 1 (Tom Gorence, Al Hill) 14:56 3. QUEBEC, Anton Stastny 1 (Peter Stastny, Michel Goulet) 14:08 3. QUEBEC, Peter Stastny 1 (unassisted) 16:50 PPG 4. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 2 (Ken Linseman, Paul Holmgren) 16:00 4. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 4 (Paul Holmgren, Ken Linseman) 18:31 PPG

Penalties – Linseman P 2:06, Richard Q 3:50, Propp P 12:07, Clackson Q Gorence P 16:45 Penalties – Hunter Q 0:04, Hill P 6:34, Linseman P 16:22, Rochefort Q 16:59

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 5. QUEBEC, Michel Goulet 1 (Peter Stastny, Anton Stastny) 1:28 5. QUEBEC, Anton Stastny 3 (Peter Stastny, Dale Hoganson) 2:31 6. QUEBEC, Dale Hunter 1 (Jacques Richard, Marc Tardif) 4:34 6. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 5 (unassisted) 5:55 SHG 7. PHILADELPHIA, Tom Gorence 1 (Al Hill, Behn Wilson) 9:47 Penalties – Dailey P 9:37, Marois Q 12:17, Marois Q 14:38 8. QUEBEC, Jacques Richard 1 (Robbie Ftorek, Dale Hunter) 19:29 PPG

THIRD PERIOD Penalties – Bridgman P 4:45, Richard Q Dailey P 5:26, Cochrane P 10:37, Wilson P 13:56, Hill P 18:37 7. PHILADELPHIA, Paul Holmgren 1 (Brian Propp, Ken Linseman) 1:41 8. PHILADELPHIA, Al Hill 1 (Tom Gorence, Bob Dailey) 9:59 GWG THIRD PERIOD 9. QUEBEC, Anton Stastny 2 (Peter Stastny, Michel Goulet) 17:55 PPG 9. PHILADELPHIA, Ken Linseman 1 (unassisted) 3:25 GWG 10. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 2 (unassisted) 19:19 ENG 10. QUEBEC, Dale Hunter 2 (Dale Hoganson, Michel Goulet) 10:36 11. QUEBEC, Marc Tardif 1 (Jacques Richard, Mario Marois) 13:25 Penalties – Clackson Q 6:40, Holmgren P 17:30, Clackson Q (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct, game 12. PHILADELPHIA, Mel Bridgman 2 (Al Hill) 15:21 misconduct) Bouchard Q (double minor, 10-minute misconduct) Fitchner Q Richard Q Hunter Q Lacroix Q 13. PHILADELPHIA, Bobby Clarke 1 (Mel Bridgman, Frank Bathe) 18:46 ENG 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 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) Shots on goal by Pichette Q (double minor, game misconduct) Peeters P (double minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) NORDIQUES 5 12 3 20 Nordiques’ bench Flyers’ bench 19:27 FLYERS 14 16 15 45 QUEBEC, Dan Bouchard; PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix Shots on goal by NORDIQUES 13 6 6 25 Power play – QUE – 1 for 5, PHI – 0 for 4 FLYERS 9 12 10 31 17,077 at The Spectrum 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

Saturday, April 11 Sunday, April 12 PHILADELPHIA 0 @ QUEBEC 2 PHILADELPHIA 3 @ QUEBEC 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. PHILADELPHIA, Terry Murray 1 (Ken Linseman) 0:07 2. QUEBEC, Robbie Ftorek 1 (Jacques Richard, Peter Stastny) 5:13 PPG Penalties – Holmgren P 10:57, Hill P 17:50 3. PHILADELPHIA, Behn Wilson 1 (Paul Holmgren, Ken Linseman) 7:39 4. PHILADELPHIA, Tom Gorence 2 (Mel Bridgman, Al Hill) 13:34 SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING 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 Penalties – Bridgman P 16:45 SECOND PERIOD THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING 1. QUEBEC, Michel Goulet 2 (Peter Stastny, Pierre Lacroix) 9:48 GWG 2. QUEBEC, Peter Stastny 2 (Anton Stastny, Michel Goulet) 17:26 Penalties – Norwood Q 11:45

Penalties – Ftorek Q 11:58, Bridgman P Weir Q (majors) 14:22, Linseman P Holmgren P P. Stastny Q Goulet Q THIRD PERIOD (majors) Bailey P 17:46, Hunter Q 19:44 5. QUEBEC, Dale Hunter 3 (Marc Tardif, Dale Hoganson) 15:35 6. QUEBEC, Jacques Richard 2 (Dale Hunter, Pierre Lacroix) 17:08 Shots on goal by FLYERS 12 8 12 32 Penalties – Bathe P 3:11, Eriksson P Hunter Q 6:15, Holmgren P Hunter Q 8:30 NORDIQUES 9 16 6 31 PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix; QUEBEC, Dan Bouchard FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. QUEBEC, Dale Hunter 4 (Marc Tardif, Jacques Richard) 0:37 GWG Power play – PHI – 0 for 2, QUE – 0 for 4 15,081 at Le Colisée 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

Tuesday, April 14 QUEBEC 2 @ PHILADELPHIA 5

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

1981 PRELIMINARY ROUND 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 Thursday, April 9 CHICAGO 3 @ CALGARY 4 CHICAGO 2 @ CALGARY 6

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 2 (Willi Plett, Rejean Lemelin) 8:38

Penalties – Russell Ca 0:09, Ruskowski Ch 1:33 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 1. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 1 (Randy Holt, Kent Nilsson) 1:14 SECOND PERIOD 2. CHICAGO, Darryl Sutter 1 (Glen Sharpley, Doug Wilson) 17:54 2. CHICAGO, Al Secord 2 (Tom Lysiak) 6:53 3. CHICAGO, Al Secord 1 (Greg Fox, Keith Brown) 18:03 3. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 3 (Guy Chouinard, Paul Reinhart) 16:15 4. CALGARY, Phil Russell 1 (Ken Houston, Kent Nilsson) 19:29 4. CALGARY, Willi Plett 1 (Ken Houston, Kent Nilsson) 17:12 PPG GWG

Penalties – None Penalties – Reinhart Ca 0:23, P. Marsh Ch 1:51, Kerr Ch 2:23, Holt Ca 13:39, Ruskowski Ch 16:37

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 5. CALGARY, Kent Nilsson 1 (Paul Reinhart) 3:47 5. CHICAGO, Peter Marsh 1 (Tom Lysiak, Darryl Sutter) 3:57 6. CALGARY, Dan Labraaten 1 (Kent Nilsson, Paul Reinhart) 7:34 PPG GWG 6. CALGARY, Kent Nilsson 2 (unassisted) 4:47 7. CHICAGO, Darryl Sutter 2 (Doug Wilson, Glen Sharpley) 8:40 PPG 7. CALGARY, Guy Chouinard 1 (Paul Reinhart, Bob MacMillan) 5:22 8. CALGARY, Bill Clement 1 (Phil Russell) 8:57 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 Penalties – Secord Ch Holt Ca (majors) 5:38

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BLACK HAWKS 10 8 7 25 BLACK HAWKS 8 14 18 40 FLAMES 7 13 12 33 FLAMES 19 12 11 42 CHICAGO, Tony Esposito; CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin CHICAGO, Tony Esposito; CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin

Power play – CHI – 1 for 2, CGY – 1 for 2 Power play – CHI – 0 for 4, CGY – 1 for 6 7,226 at Stampede Corral 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

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 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

1981 PRELIMINARY ROUND 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

Thursday, April 9 Wednesday, April 8 MINNESOTA 9 @ BOSTON 6 MINNESOTA 5 @ BOSTON 4 OVERTIME FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Brad Park 1 (unassisted) 0:56 PPG 1. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 1 (Craig Hartsburg, Brad Maxwell) 5:32 PPG 2. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 1 (Dino Ciccarelli, Fred Barrett) 1:15 2. BOSTON, Don Marcotte 1 (Mike Milbury, Terry O’Reilly) 12:54 3. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 4 (Dino Ciccarelli, Tim Young) 7:00 PPG 3. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 1 (Bobby Smith, Craig Hartsburg) 19:28 4. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 1 (Tim Young, Steve Payne) 9:32 5. BOSTON, Terry O’Reilly 1 (Ray Bourque, Brad Park) 19:29 Penalties – O’Connell B 5:27, Jonathan B Barrett M 6:39, MacAdam M 10:20, Redmond B 14:39 Penalties – Hartsburg M 0:32, Jonathan B (minor, major) Maxwell M (major) 6:09, SECOND PERIOD Milbury B Carlson M (majors) 10:57, Marcotte B 11:37, O’Reilly B 16:09 4. BOSTON, Dwight Foster 1 (unassisted) 2:29 5. BOSTON, Peter McNab 1 (Brad McCrimmon, Rick Middleton) 7:20 PPG SECOND PERIOD 6. BOSTON, Peter McNab 3 (Don Marcotte, Brad Park) 0:41 Penalties – Carlson M (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) Milbury B (major) 5:34, Crowder B 8:05 7. MINNESOTA, Brad Maxwell 1 (Tim Young) 2:49 PPG 8. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 5 (Brad Maxwell, Tim Young) 10:15 THIRD PERIOD 9. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 2 (Steve Payne, Bobby Smith) 12:38 6. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 2 (unassisted) 0:37 7. BOSTON, Peter McNab 2 (Terry O’Reilly, Don Marcotte) 7:14 Penalties – Carlson M Crowder B (majors) 1:23, Park B 2:23, Marcotte B 3:32, Payne M 4:39, 8. MINNESOTA, Jack Carlson 1 (Bobby Smith, Greg Smith) 11:55 O’Reilly B (double minor) 13:54, B. Maxwell M 16:47, B. Smith M Park B (minors, majors) 19:38

Penalties – Jonathan B 1:48 THIRD PERIOD 10. BOSTON, Don Marcotte 2 (Mike O’Connell) 0:29 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 11. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 2 (Curt Giles, Steve Christoff) 2:47 PPG GWG 9. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 3 (Tim Young, Al MacAdam) 3:34 GWG 12. MINNESOTA, Kevin Maxwell 1 (Dino Ciccarelli, Jack Carlson) 3:17 13. BOSTON, Keith Crowder 1 (Steve Kasper) 7:07 Penalties – None 14. BOSTON, Keith Crowder 2 (Wayne Cashman, Brad Park) 8:05 15. MINNESOTA, Tim Young 1 (Al MacAdam, Greg Smith) 14:25 Shots on goal by NORTH STARS 14 13 11 2 40 Penalties – O’Reilly B 1:35, Bourque B 18:14 BRUINS 10 10 10 2 32 MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; BOSTON, Rogie Vachon Shots on goal by NORTH STARS 12 8 12 32 Power play – MIN – 1 for 4, BOS – 1 for 2 BRUINS 19 9 12 40 8,539 at Boston Garden 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

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

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 Friday, April 17 EDMONTON 2 @ NEW YORK 8 EDMONTON 3 @ NEW YORK 6

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Bob Nystrom 1 (Garry Howatt, Mike McEwen) 3:14 1. EDMONTON, Glenn Anderson 2 (Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier) 6:11 PPG 2. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 1 (Bob Nystrom, Denis Potvin) 19:15 PPG Penalties – Coffey E 1:04, Goring N 4:35, McEwen N 13:15, Anderson E 14:59 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 2. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 3 (Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier) 2:26 PPG SECOND PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 2 (Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin) 4:47 PPG 3. NEW YORK, John Tonelli 1 (Wayne Merrick, Garry Howatt) 2:46 GWG 4. EDMONTON, Risto Siltanen 2 (Matti Hagman, Glenn Anderson) 6:05 PPG 4. NEW YORK, Hector Marini 2 (Billy Carroll, Bob Lorimer) 3:33 5. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 4 (Butch Goring, Mike McEwen) 9:44 PPG 5. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 1 (Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy) 4:30 PPG 6. EDMONTON, Glenn Anderson 3 (Mark Messier) 12:23 6. EDMONTON, Wayne Gretzky 4 (Mark Messier) 8:06 PPG 7. NEW YORK, Clark Gillies 3 (Butch Goring, Hector Marini) 14:17 PPG 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 Penalties – Coffey E 4:15, Hunter E Langevin N Carroll N 6:56, Weir E 12:56, Merrick N 15:36 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 7. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 5 (Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies) 3:47 PPG GWG 8. NEW YORK, Clark Gillies 4 (Dave Langevin, Hector Marini) 7:15 8. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 5 (Denis Potvin, Ken Morrow) 7:59 9. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 2 (Butch Goring, Billy Carroll) 10:50 SHG 9. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 7 (Bob Bourne) 17:41 SHG ENG 10. EDMONTON, Matti Hagman 2 (Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson) 12:27 Penalties – Kurri E 2:48, Nystrom N 16:12, Oilers’ bench (served by Semenko) 19:26 Penalties – Merrick N 9:51 Shots on goal by Shots on goal by OILERS 9 7 6 22 OILERS 8 10 10 28 ISLANDERS 8 14 7 29 ISLANDERS 9 11 6 26 EDMONTON, Andy Moog; NEW YORK, Billy Smith EDMONTON, Andy Moog, Gary Edwards (0:00 of third period); NEW YORK, Billy Smith Power play: EDM – 2 for 4, NYI – 4 for 7 Power play: EDM – 1 for 4, NYI – 3 for 4 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Sunday, April 19 Monday, April 20 NEW YORK 2 @ EDMONTON 5 NEW YORK 5 @ EDMONTON 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. EDMONTON, Paul Coffey 4 (unassisted) 3:02 PPG 2. EDMONTON, Jari Kurri 5 (Garry Lariviere, Wayne Gretzky) 5:19 Penalties – Gillies N 4:26, Langevin N (major) Coffey E (minor, major) 6:17, Tonelli N 3:44, Lorimer N 15:07 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 SECOND PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Wayne Gretzky 5 (unassisted) 2:16 SHG Penalties – Gillies N 2:29, Anderson E 6:26, Coffey E 7:41, Morrow N 12:20, Goring N 17:16 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 SECOND PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 8 (Mike Bossy) 8:59 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 6. EDMONTON, Mark Messier 1 (Doug Hicks) 10:46 7. NEW YORK, John Tonelli 2 (Gord Lane) 13:52 THIRD PERIOD 4. EDMONTON, Matti Hagman 3 (Glenn Anderson, Mark Messier) 3:24 GWG Penalties – Trottier N Callighen E 0:31, Sutter N 5:45, Anderson E 8:23, Sutter N 15:45 5. EDMONTON, Wayne Gretzky 7 (Jari Kurri) 6:59 6. NEW YORK, Clark Gillies 5 (Butch Goring, Hector Marini) 10:33 THIRD PERIOD 7. EDMONTON, Jari Kurri 4 (Kevin Lowe) 16:25 8. EDMONTON, Brett Callighen 3 (Glenn Anderson, Wayne Gretzky) 7:00 PPG

Penalties – Lorimer N (minor, major) Hunter E (major) 0:36, Nystrom N 11:50 Penalties – Lane N 6:17, Hunter E 7:17, Fogolin E 11:36, Trottier N 12:45

Shots on goal by FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD ISLANDERS 6 14 10 30 9. NEW YORK, Ken Morrow 1 (unassisted) 5:41 GWG OILERS 8 9 17 34 NEW YORK, Billy Smith, Roland Melanson (approximately 10:00 of third period); EDMONTON, Andy Moog Penalties – None

Power play – NYI – 1 for 5, EDM – 1 for 7 Shots on goal by 17,490 at Northlands Coliseum 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

Wednesday, April 22 Friday, April 24 EDMONTON 4 @ NEW YORK 3 NEW YORK 5 @ EDMONTON 2

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Doug Hicks 1 (Wayne Gretzky) 6:00 1. NEW YORK, Hector Marini 3 (Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier) 4:54 2. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 9 (Mike McEwen, Mike Bossy) 12:56 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 7 (Gord Lane) 16:31 Penalties – Hunter E 0:31, Tonelli N 5:04, Sutter N 8:07, Potvin N 9:33, Lowe E 12:15, 4. EDMONTON, Glenn Anderson 4 (Wayne Gretzky, Brett Callighen) 18:51 PPG Trottier N Lane N Messier E 19:46

Penalties – Lane N 3:01, Hughes E (double minor) Sutter N 6:58, Lariviere E 11:12, Lowe E Nystrom N 14:35, SECOND PERIOD Morrow N 18:35 2. EDMONTON, Glenn Anderson 5 (Jari Kurri, Wayne Gretzky) 0:39 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Anders Kallur 1 (Gord Lane, Wayne Merrick) 13:12 SECOND PERIOD 4. NEW YORK, Bob Nystrom 3 (Hector Marini, Bob Lorimer) 15:45 GWG 5. EDMONTON, Brett Callighen 4 (Jari Kurri) 18:44 Penalties – Fogolin E 3:00, Gillies N 8:59, Fogolin E 12:29, Potvin N 13:02 Penalties – None THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 5. EDMONTON, Mark Messier 2 (Glenn Anderson) 5:31 6. EDMONTON, Matti Hagman 4 (Glenn Anderson) 15:19 GWG 6. NEW YORK, Duane Sutter 1 (unassisted) 9:16 7. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 8 (Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier) 18:25 PPG 7. NEW YORK, Mike McEwen 3 (Mike Bossy, Billy Smith) 12:38 PPG

Penalties – Siltanen E 17:56 Penalties – Trottier N 9:25, Callighen E 10:52

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by OILERS 10 7 5 22 ISLANDERS 9 12 5 26 ISLANDERS 9 11 12 32 OILERS 8 7 8 23 EDMONTON, Andy Moog; NEW YORK, Billy Smith NEW YORK, Billy Smith; EDMONTON, Andy Moog

Power play: EDM – 1 for 2, NYI – 2 for 3 Power play – NYI – 1 for 5 13 for 29 in series, EDM – 1 for 7 8 for 31 in series 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum 17,490 at Northlands Coliseum

1981 STANLEY CUP QUARTER-FINAL 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 Friday, April 17 NEW YORK 3 @ ST. LOUIS 6 NEW YORK 6 @ ST. LOUIS 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Lance Nethery 2 (Jere Gillis, Tom Laidlaw) 7:21 1. ST. LOUIS, Jorgen Pettersson 2 (Tony Currie) 1:22 2. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 5 (Brian Sutter, Tony Currie) 11:15 PPG 2. ST. LOUIS, Larry Patey 1 (Blair Chapman) 2:16 3. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 3 (Bernie Federko) 14:55 3. NEW YORK, Barry Beck 2 (Ron Duguay) 3:07 SHG 4. ST. LOUIS, Blair Chapman 2 (Larry Patey) 17:39 4. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 4 (Tony Currie, Jack Brownschidle) 18:06 PPG

Penalties – Kea S 7:57, Burns N 10:21 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, Lance Nethery 3 (Jere Gillis, Chris Kotsopoulos) 1:34 SECOND PERIOD 6. ST. LOUIS, Mike Crombeen 3 (Mike Zuke, Jorgen Pettersson) 8:56 GWG 5. NEW YORK, Dean Talafous 2 (Chris Kotsopoulos, Barry Beck) 16:24 7. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 6 (Tony Currie) 16:42 8. ST. LOUIS, Mike Zuke 4 (Blair Chapman) 19:42 Penalties – Crombeen S 8:43, Chapman S 13:33, Kotsopoulos N 14:04, Hospodar N 19:16

Penalties – Kea S 4:03, Crombeen S 12:46, Kotsopoulos N Babych S 17:41 THIRD PERIOD 6. NEW YORK, Jere Gillis 2 (Lance Nethery) 7:30 THIRD PERIOD 7. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 4 (PENALTY SHOT) 8:29 9. NEW YORK, Jere Gillis 1 (Ron Duguay, Peter Wallin) 5:39 8. NEW YORK, Mike Allison 2 (Steve Vickers, Peter Wallin) 10:16 9. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 5 (Joe Micheletti) 15:04 Penalties – Greschner N 2:33, Hospodar N 19:54 10. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 6 (Steve Vickers) 19:13

Shots on goal by Penalties – Vadnais N Kotsopoulos N (minor, 10-minute misconduct) Maxwell S (minor, major, 10-minute RANGERS 11 13 7 31 misconduct) 7:54 BLUES 17 5 6 28 NEW YORK, Steve Baker; ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut Shots on goal by RANGERS 5 16 9 30 Power play – NYR – 0 for 3, STL – 1 for 3 BLUES 13 6 10 29 17,550 at The Checkerdome NEW YORK, Steve Baker; ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut

Power play – NYR – 0 for 4, STL – 1 for 7 18,437 at The Checkerdome

Sunday, April 19 Monday, April 20 ST. LOUIS 3 @ NEW YORK 6 ST. LOUIS 1 @ NEW YORK 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 2 (Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson) 0:40 1. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 5 (Ron Greschner, Tom Laidlaw) 6:14 2. ST. LOUIS, Wayne Babych 2 (Jorgen Pettersson, Bernie Federko) 2:47 PPG 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 – Laidlaw N 1:35, Patey S 3:56, Micheletti S 8:26 Penalties – Patey S (major) Vickers N (minor, major) 0:45, Maxwell S Allison N (majors) 3:03, SECOND PERIOD Sutter S Hospodar N (double minor) 5:11, Nilsson N 6:32, Dunlop S 9:25, Talafous N 12:19, 3. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 6 (Anders Hedberg, Barry Beck) 5:13 PPG Sutter S Kotsopoulos N 12:39, Hart S Allison N 19:25, Hedberg N 19:48 4. NEW YORK, Barry Beck 3 (Don Maloney) 8:41 5. NEW YORK, Mike Allison 3 (Ron Greschner) 13:49 PPG GWG SECOND PERIOD 6. ST. LOUIS, Bill Stewart 1 (Tony Currie, Bernie Federko) 15:35 4. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 2 (Ulf Nilsson) 9:01 PPG 7. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 1 (Barry Beck, Ron Duguay) 17:36 Penalties – Nethery N 3:12, Kea S 7:13, Hart S Greschner N (majors) 9:01, Maxwell S Kotsopoulos N (majors) Penalties – Hart S 4:10, Nilsson N 10:57, Zuke S 12:38 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 8. ST. LOUIS, Tony Currie 3 (Ed Kea) 0:34 THIRD PERIOD 9. NEW YORK, Lance Nethery 4 (Jere Gillis) 2:23 5. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 3 (Ron Duguay) 3:24

Penalties – Micheletti S 14:08, Gillis N 16:07 Penalties – Nilsson N 3:55, Nilsson N 10:37, Rangers’ bench (served by Wallin) 13:00

Shots on goal by BLUES 6 5 6 17 Shots on goal by RANGERS 5 15 7 31 BLUES 8 16 10 34 ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut; NEW YORK, Steve Baker RANGERS 11 6 11 28 ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut; NEW YORK, Steve Baker Power play – STL – 1 for 3, NYR – 2 for 5 17,387 at Madison Square Garden Power play – STL – 1 for 9, NYR – 1 for 3 17,389 at Madison Square Garden

Wednesday, April 22 Friday, April 24 NEW YORK 3 @ ST. LOUIS 4 ST. LOUIS 4 @ NEW YORK 7

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 3 (Ulf Nilsson, Barry Beck) 6:35 1. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 4 (Dean Talafous, Carol Vadnais) 3:27 2. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 7 (Barry Beck, Peter Wallin) 10:06 PPG 2. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 6 (Ulf Nilsson) 5:49 3. ST. LOUIS, Brian Sutter 6 (Mike Zuke, Bernie Federko) 14:17 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 8 (Dean Talafous) 16:10

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, Penalties – Sutter S Hospodar N (minors, majors, 10-minute misconducts) 3:59, Dunlop S 6:57, Hedberg N 15:21 Don Maloney N 13:43, Hospodar N 19:31 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 4. NEW YORK, Barry Beck 4 (Ulf Nilsson) 1:59 4. NEW YORK, Carol Vadnais 1 (Ron Greschner, Anders Hedberg) 2:54 5. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 7 (Jack Brownschidle) 2:16 5. ST. LOUIS, Larry Patey 2 (unassisted) 8:25 6. ST. LOUIS, Rick Lapointe 2 (Blair Chapman, Jorgen Pettersson) 3:14 6. ST. LOUIS, Jorgen Pettersson 3 (Blake Dunlop, Bryan Maxwell) 14:55 7. ST. LOUIS, Bernie Federko 8 (Joe Micheletti) 4:06 8. NEW YORK, Lance Nethery 5 (Peter Wallin) 17:03 GWG Penalties – Vickers N (major) Stewart S (minor, major) 4:45, Sutter S Allison N (majors) 15:24 Penalties – Greschner N 4:43, Kea S 9:00 THIRD PERIOD 7. ST. LOUIS, Jorgen Pettersson 4 (Mike Zuke) 6:09 PPG GWG THIRD PERIOD 9. NEW YORK, Peter Wallin 1 (Jere Gillis, Lance Nethery) 4:31 Penalties – Vadnais N 1:27, Nilsson N 4:33, Stewart S 9:10, Patey S Nilsson N 13:11 10. ST. LOUIS, Ed Kea 1 (unassisted) 6:00 11. NEW YORK, Ulf Nilsson 8 (Anders Hedberg) 14:54 Shots on goal by RANGERS 17 9 11 37 Penalties – Duguay N Hart S 20:00 BLUES 7 13 10 30 NEW YORK, Steve Baker; ST. LOUIS, Mike Liut Shots on goal by BLUES 4 6 5 15 Power play – NYR – 1 for 5, STL – 2 for 6 RANGERS 5 8 7 20 18,066 at The Checkerdome 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

1981 STANLEY CUP QUARTER-FINAL 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 Friday, April 17 MINNESOTA 4 @ BUFFALO 3 OVERTIME MINNESOTA 5 @ BUFFALO 2

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 2 (unassisted) 9:40 SHG 1. BUFFALO, Tony McKegney 3 (Richie Dunn, Gilbert Perreault) 9:16 PPG

Penalties – Giles M 5:09, G. Smith M Savard B 6:18, Carlson M 7:51, Ruff B 10:45, Penalties – Schoenfeld B 1:17, Roberts M 8:34, Ramsey B 11:04, Young M 18:28 Carlson M Van Boxmeer B 16:06, Haworth B 18:30 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 1 (Curt Giles) 14:47 PPG 2. BUFFALO, André Savard 4 (Rob McClanahan, John Van Boxmeer) 5:13 PPG 3. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 2 (Kevin Maxwell) 18:17 3. BUFFALO, Lindy Ruff 3 (Gilbert Perreault, Alan Haworth) 11:20 Penalties – Christoff M Dunn B 8:26, Ramsay B 12:59 Penalties – Hartsburg M 3:33, B. Maxwell M 13:28 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 4. BUFFALO, Tony McKegney 4 (Mike Moller, Derek Smith) 2:01 4. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 4 (Kent-Erik Andersson, Kevin Maxwell) 1:46 5. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 4 (Craig Hartsburg) 4:01 GWG 5. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 8 (Tim Young, Gordie Roberts) 11:58 6. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 2 (unassisted) 9:59 6. BUFFALO, Craig Ramsay 1 (Bill Hajt, Richie Dunn) 14:46 7. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 5 (unassisted) 19:35 ENG

Penalties – None Penalties – G. Smith M Van Boxmeer B (majors) 9:00

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD Shots on goal by 7. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 9 (Brad Maxwell, Al MacAdam) 0:22 GWG NORTH STARS 6 12 8 26 SABRES 10 8 9 27 Penalties – None MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; BUFFALO, Don Edwards

Shots on goal by Power play – MIN – 1 for 3, BUF – 1 for 2 NORTH STARS 8 9 8 1 26 14,751 at The Aud 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 Monday, April 20 BUFFALO 4 @ MINNESOTA 6 BUFFALO 5 @ MINNESOTA 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 6 (Steve Christoff, Curt Giles) 6:41 PPG 1. BUFFALO, J.F. Sauvé 1 (John Van Boxmeer, Ric Seiling) 9:39 2. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 3 (Steve Christoff, Neal Broten) 12:17 3. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 5 (Steve Payne) 13:14 Penalties – Ruff B 12:20, Savard B 19:30 4. BUFFALO, Alan Haworth 3 (Gilbert Perreault, Derek Smith) 18:10 PPG SECOND PERIOD Penalties – Ramsey B 5:35, McClanahan B Barrett M 6:50, Meloche M (served by Broten) 8:39, 2. BUFFALO, Gilbert Perreault 2 (Tony McKegney, Alan Haworth) 2:04 Carlson M (double minor) 17:52 3. BUFFALO, Alan Haworth 4 (Tony McKegney, Gilbert Perreault) 6:35 PPG 4. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 7 (Bobby Smith, Jack Carlson) 7:29 SECOND PERIOD 5. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 3 (Gordie Roberts, Curt Giles) 10:16 PPG 5. BUFFALO, Gilbert Perreault 1 (Gilles Hamel, Mike Ramsey) 11:13 6. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 10 (Craig Hartsburg, Bobby Smith) 19:46 PPG 6. BUFFALO, Ric Seiling 1 (André Savard, Craig Ramsay) 19:40 Penalties – G. Smith M 5:33, Hamel B 8:45, Young M 11:16, Carlson M Hajt B (minors, majors) 17:19, 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, Young M Savard B (majors) 18:16, Christoff M Playfair B B. Maxwell M Ruff B (majors) 19:06, Perreault B 19:29 Schoenfeld B Meloche M (served by Payne) 17:05 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 7. BUFFALO, John Van Boxmeer 1 (Craig Ramsay, Steve Patrick) 4:58 7. MINNESOTA, Kevin Maxwell 2 (Kent-Erik Andersson, Greg Smith) 8:46 8. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 3 (Kent-Erik Andersson) 18:54 8. MINNESOTA, Neal Broten 1 (Steve Christoff, Brad Palmer) 9:09 GWG 9. BUFFALO, Derek Smith 1 (Gilbert Perreault, Alan Haworth) 18:16 PPG Penalties – Schoenfeld B 15:43 10. MINNESOTA, Tim Young 2 (Dino Ciccarelli, Steve Payne) 19:22 ENG FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD Penalties – Dunn B K. Maxwell M 4:57, Schoenfeld B 14:15, Christoff M 14:50, Savard B 15:11, Giles M 16:49 9. BUFFALO, Craig Ramsay 5 (André Savard, John Van Boxmeer) 16:32 GWG

Shots on goal by Penalties – Ruff B Christoff M (majors) 1:47 SABRES 15 9 11 35 NORTH STARS 18 15 16 49 Shots on goal by BUFFALO, Don Edwards; MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche SABRES 13 10 9 6 38 NORTH STARS 9 15 14 12 50 Power play – BUF – 2 for 5, MIN – 1 for 5 BUFFALO, Don Edwards; MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche 15,784 at Met Center Power play – BUF – 1 for 2, MIN – 2 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

1981 STANLEY CUP QUARTER-FINAL 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 Friday, April 17 CALGARY 0 @ PHILADELPHIA 4 CALGARY 5 @ PHILADELPHIA 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Paul Holmgren 3 (Bill Barber, Ken Linseman) 3:30 PPG GWG 1. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 7 (Behn Wilson, Rick MacLeish) 8:49 2. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 6 (Rick MacLeish, Thomas Eriksson) 8:41 2. CALGARY, Paul Reinhart 1 (Guy Chouinard) 12:34 PPG 3. PHILADELPHIA, Rick MacLeish 2 (Brian Propp, Bill Barber) 16:16 PPG Penalties – Plett C 2:31, Wilson P 9:03 4. CALGARY, Kent Nilsson 3 (Ken Houston, Don Lever) 18:02

SECOND PERIOD Penalties – Murdoch C 4:35, Eriksson P 11:32, Plett C Holmgren P (minors, majors) 14:23, 3. PHILADELPHIA, Paul Holmgren 4 (Brian Propp, Ken Linseman) 10:44 Murdoch C Linseman P Reinhart C 15:43 4. PHILADELPHIA, Terry Murray 2 (Bobby Clarke) 19:26 SECOND PERIOD Penalties – Flyers’ bench (served by Propp) 13:37 5. CALGARY, Ken Houston 2 (Guy Chouinard, Kent Nilsson) 5:58 PPG 6. CALGARY, Willi Plett 4 (Guy Chouinard, Brad Marsh) 10:45 THIRD PERIOD 7. CALGARY, Jamie Hislop 1 (Phil Russell, Jim Peplinski) 17:08 PPG GWG NO SCORING Penalties – MacMillan C Clarke P 2:00, Hill P 5:37, Plett C Leach P 7:25, Holt C 11:39, Penalties – Wilson P 0:56, Lever C Bathe P (majors) 7:45, Hill P 11:21, Chouinard C 12:47 Murdoch C Hill P (double minor) 15:06

Shots on goal by THIRD PERIOD FLAMES 6 15 14 35 8. PHILADELPHIA, Behn Wilson 2 (Ken Linseman, Paul Holmgren) 13:37 PPG FLYERS 12 11 5 28 9. PHILADELPHIA, Tom Gorence 3 (Brian Propp, Behn Wilson) 17:08 CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin; PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix Penalties – Hill P 8:20, Plett C (major) 8:54 Power play – CGY – 0 for 4, PHI – 1 for 2 17,077 at The Spectrum 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 17,077 at The Spectrum

Sunday, April 19 Monday, April 20 PHILADELPHIA 1 @ CALGARY 2 PHILADELPHIA 4 @ CALGARY 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CALGARY, Don Lever 2 (Guy Chouinard, Bob MacMillan) 5:25 1. CALGARY, Jamie Hislop 2 (Bill Clement, Bob Murdoch) 4:38 2. PHILADELPHIA, Rick MacLeish 3 (Behn Wilson, Bill Barber) 9:54 PPG 2. PHILADELPHIA, Paul Holmgren 5 (Behn Wilson, Ken Linseman) 19:43 PPG

Penalties – Bailey P 2:43, Wilson P 3:24, Marsh C 9:19, Murdoch C 9:39, Penalties – Linseman P 0:37, Murdoch C Holmgren P 9:28, Linseman P 9:33, Peplinski C 13:05, Murdoch C 18:29 Holmgren P (minor, major) Russell C (major) 10:16, Propp P 17:20, Plett C 18:09 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. CALGARY, Jim Peplinski 1 (Brad Marsh, Randy Holt) 6:38 NO SCORING 4. CALGARY, Don Lever 3 (Bob Gould, Bob Murdoch) 7:10

Penalties – Wilson P 0:56, Linseman P 7:42, Marsh C 15:33 Penalties – Russell C 12:55

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. CALGARY, Willi Plett 5 (Phil Russell) 2:25 GWG 5. PHILADELPHIA, Rick MacLeish 4 (Bill Barber, Tim Kerr) 7:21 6. PHILADELPHIA, Bobby Clarke 2 (Tim Kerr, Reid Bailey) 9:23 Penalties – Peplinski C 3:56, Linseman P 4:47, Linseman P 19:49 7. CALGARY, Randy Holt 1 (Jim Peplinski, Brad Marsh) 10:00 8. CALGARY, Randy Holt 2 (Jim Peplinski, Willi Plett) 14:44 GWG Shots on goal by 9. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 8 (Bobby Clarke, Behn Wilson) 15:59 PPG FLYERS 19 19 10 48 FLAMES 9 7 9 25 Penalties – Propp P 3:11, Propp P Plett C Holt C (minors, 10-minute misconducts) Linseman P Peplinski C PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix; CALGARY, Pat Riggin (double minors, 10-minute misconducts) 15:02

Power play – PHI – 1 for 5, CGY – 0 for 8 Shots on goal by 7,226 at Stampede Corral FLYERS 8 10 14 32 FLAMES 11 10 7 28 PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix; CALGARY, Pat Riggin

Power play – PHI – 2 for 4, CGY – 0 for 3 7,226 at Stampede Corral

Wednesday, April 22 Friday, April 24 CALGARY 4 @ PHILADELPHIA 9 PHILADELPHIA 3 @ CALGARY 2

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Rick MacLeish 5 (Bill Barber, Behn Wilson) 1:08 PPG NO SCORING 2. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 4 (Ken Linseman, Mike Busniuk) 4:39 3. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 5 (Ken Linseman, Behn Wilson) 9:06 Penalties – Houston C 2:25, Wilson P 3:58, Bailey P 16:07 4. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Propp 6 (Paul Holmgren, Ken Linseman) 12:48 5. CALGARY, Phil Russell 2 (Don Lever) 14:56 SECOND PERIOD 6. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 6 (unassisted) 15:57 GWG 1. PHILADELPHIA, Ken Linseman 3 (Paul Holmgren) 3:35 2. PHILADELPHIA, Bobby Clarke 3 (Frank Bathe) 3:51 Penalties – Plett C 0:46, Holt C Busniuk P 7:09, Plett C Bridgman P 17:07, Wilson P 17:13 3. CALGARY, Guy Chouinard 2 (Paul Reinhart) 16:13 4. PHILADELPHIA, Ken Linseman 4 (Brian Propp, Paul Holmgren) 18:34 GWG SECOND PERIOD 7. CALGARY, Ken Houston 3 (Paul Reinhart, Guy Chouinard) 8:31 PPG Penalties – Wilson P 12:42 8. PHILADELPHIA, Glen Cochrane 1 (Rick MacLeish, Mel Bridgman) 10:16 9. PHILADELPHIA, Tim Kerr 1 (Behn Wilson, Rick MacLeish) 18:21 PPG THIRD PERIOD 5. CALGARY, Ken Houston 4 (Bob MacMillan, Guy Chouinard) 13:49 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) Penalties – Bailey P 13:31, Peplinski C 14:55, Holt C (gross misconduct) 20:00 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 Shots on goal by FLYERS 8 10 9 27 THIRD PERIOD FLAMES 10 14 12 36 10. CALGARY, Bob Gould 1 (unassisted) 1:41 PHILADELPHIA, Rick St. Croix; CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin 11. PHILADELPHIA, Ron Flockhart 1 (Bobby Clarke, Glen Cochrane) 3:38 12. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 10 (Ken Linseman, Paul Holmgren) 11:04 PPG Power play – PHI – 0 for 2, CGY – 1 for 4 13. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 5 (Ken Houston, Don Lever) 16:31 PPG 7,226 at Stampede Corral

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

1981 STANLEY CUP QUARTER-FINAL 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 CALGARY 4 @ PHILADELPHIA 1

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 Thursday, April 30 RANGERS 2 @ ISLANDERS 5 RANGERS 3 @ ISLANDERS 7

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. RANGERS, Anders Hedberg 7 (Peter Wallin) 12:10 PPG 1. ISLANDERS, Wayne Merrick 2 (Denis Potvin) 0:48 2. RANGERS, Doug Sulliman 1 (Don Maloney) 1:57 Penalties – Sutter NYI 8:21, Greschner NYR 9:29, Tonelli NYI 11:44, Kotsopoulos NYR 13:02, Laidlaw NYR 14:52, 3. RANGERS, Dean Talafous 3 (Ron Duguay, Steve Vickers) 8:18 Lane NYI 17:14 4. RANGERS, Anders Hedberg 8 (Ulf Nilsson, Ron Greschner) 16:29 PPG

SECOND PERIOD Penalties – Trottier NYI 9:36, Don Maloney NYR 12:08, Langevin NYI 15:35, Hospodar NYR 17:38 2. ISLANDERS, Duane Sutter 2 (Gord Lane) 0:16 3. RANGERS, Ed Hospodar 2 (Peter Wallin, Lance Nethery) 3:34 SECOND PERIOD 4. ISLANDERS, Mike McEwen 4 (Bryan Trottier) 4:50 PPG 5. ISLANDERS, Butch Goring 3 (Bob Lorimer) 8:11 SHG 5. ISLANDERS, John Tonelli 3 (Butch Goring, Mike McEwen) 6:47 GWG 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 – Vadnais NYR 4:45, Baker NYR (served by Sulliman) 8:10 Penalties – Duguay NYR 5:32, McEwen NYI 7:22, Duguay NYR 10:16, THIRD PERIOD Gillis NYR Marini NYI (minors, majors) 10:55, Trottier NYI 18:31, Hospodar NYR 19:39 6. ISLANDERS, John Tonelli 4 (Anders Kallur) 5:45 7. ISLANDERS, Bill Carroll 2 (Wayne Merrick, Hector Marini) 15:23 THIRD PERIOD 8. ISLANDERS, Clark Gillies 6 (Mike Bossy, Mike McEwen) 12:59 PPG Penalties – Vadnais NYR Nystrom NYI 7:32 9. ISLANDERS, Anders Kallur 2 (Bryan Trottier) 14:27 SHG 10. ISLANDERS, Mike Bossy 10 (Ken Morrow) 17:47 Shots on goal by RANGERS 6 5 9 20 Penalties – Kallur NYI 10:15, Laidlaw NYR 12:47, Lane NYI 13:14, Lane NYI 18:20, Vadnais NYR 18:48 ISLANDERS 9 14 8 31 RANGERS, Steve Baker; ISLANDERS, Billy Smith Shots on goal by RANGERS 8 4 8 20 Power play: NYR – 1 for 3, NYI – 1 for 5 ISLANDERS 6 11 12 29 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum RANGERS, Steve Baker; ISLANDERS, Billy Smith

Power play: NYR – 1 for 7, NYI – 2 for 6 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Saturday, May 2 Tuesday, May 5 ISLANDERS 5 @ RANGERS 1 ISLANDERS 5 @ RANGERS 2

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. ISLANDERS, Mike Bossy 11 (Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin) 14:38 PPG 1. ISLANDERS, John Tonelli 5 (Bob Nystrom, Wayne Merrick) 1:02 2. ISLANDERS, Bob Bourne 3 (Mike McEwen, Bryan Trottier) 18:33 PPG GWG 2. ISLANDERS, Mike Bossy 12 (unassisted) 13:46 PPG 3. ISLANDERS, Mike Bossy 13 (Bryan Trottier) 17:11 PPG GWG Penalties – Duguay NYR 4:54, Gillies NYI 9:57, Fotiu NYR 13:51, Tonelli NYI 15:03, Duguay NYR 18:16 Penalties – Kallur NYI 2:22, Lane NYI Allison NYR 4:17, Carroll NYI 8:27, Hughes NYR 13:31, SECOND PERIOD Hughes NYR 16:16, Nystrom NYI Wallin NYR 17:59 3. ISLANDERS, Ken Morrow 2 (Bob Nystrom) 15:31 4. ISLANDERS, Bob Nystrom 4 (Wayne Merrick) 19:55 SECOND PERIOD 4. ISLANDERS, Butch Goring 5 (Bob Lorimer) 1:29 SHG Penalties – Merrick NYI 4:44, Fotiu NYR 7:47, Goring NYI 9:37, Laidlaw NYR 11:21, Allison NYR 11:42, 5. RANGERS, Ron Greschner 4 (Chris Kotsopoulos, Anders Hedberg) 13:39 PPG Langevin NYI 16:44 6. RANGERS, Barry Beck 5 (Ron Duguay, Steve Vickers) 17:22 PPG

THIRD PERIOD Penalties – D. Potvin NYI 0:22, Gillies NYI 13:06, Bossy NYI 15:33, Gillies NYI Kotsopoulos NYR 19:22 5. RANGERS, Peter Wallin 2 (Tom Laidlaw) 5:13 6. ISLANDERS, Wayne Merrick 3 (John Tonelli, Bob Nystrom) 14:54 THIRD PERIOD 7. ISLANDERS, Duane Sutter 3 (Bill Carroll) 10:49 Penalties – None Penalties – None Shots on goal by ISLANDERS 8 17 6 31 Shots on goal by RANGERS 8 4 13 25 ISLANDERS 8 8 7 23 ISLANDERS, Billy Smith; RANGERS, Steve Baker RANGERS 7 13 9 29 ISLANDERS, Billy Smith; RANGERS, Steve Baker Power play – NYI – 2 for 6, NYR – 0 for 5 17,381 at Madison Square Garden Power play – NYI – 2 for 2 7 for 19 in series, NYR – 2 for 5 4 for 20 in series 17,380 at Madison Square Garden

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 Thursday, April 30 MINNESOTA 4 @ CALGARY 1 MINNESOTA 2 @ CALGARY 3

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. MINNESOTA, Craig Hartsburg 1 (unassisted) 15:00 PPG 1. CALGARY, Pekka Rautakallio 1 (Don Lever, Ken Houston) 3:11 2. CALGARY, Guy Chouinard 3 (Pekka Rautakallio, Don Lever) 8:35 Penalties – K. Maxwell M 6:13, Russell C 13:09, Houston C 17:01 Penalties – Plett C 9:04, Plett C B. Maxwell M 11:38, Murdoch C 18:50 SECOND PERIOD 2. MINNESOTA, Tim Young 3 (Brad Palmer) 4:38 GWG SECOND PERIOD 3. CALGARY, Jim Peplinski 2 (Kevin Lavallee, Brad Marsh) 15:12 NO SCORING 4. MINNESOTA, Gordie Roberts 1 (Tim Young) 19:48 SHG Penalties – Hartsburg M Peplinski C 3:19, Giles M 7:18, Plett C 9:45, MacMillan C Broten M (majors) 19:31 Penalties – G. Smith M 2:21, Reinhart C 10:09, B. Maxwell M 18:20 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. MINNESOTA, Curt Giles 1 (Al MacAdam, Bobby Smith) 4:24 5. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 7 (Tim Young) 0:12 SHG 4. CALGARY, Kevin Lavallee 2 (Ken Houston) 6:45 GWG 5. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 4 (Brad Maxwell, Craig Hartsburg) 10:34 PPG 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 Penalties – Plett C 10:27

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by NORTH STARS 16 18 10 44 NORTH STARS 13 7 8 28 FLAMES 7 18 11 36 FLAMES 9 13 11 33 MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; CALGARY, Pat Riggin MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; CALGARY, Pat Riggin

Power play – MIN – 1 for 5, CGY – 0 for 5 Power play – MIN – 1 for 4, CGY – 0 for 1 7,226 at Stampede Corral 7,226 at Stampede Corral

Sunday, May 3 Tuesday, May 5 CALGARY 4 @ MINNESOTA 6 CALGARY 4 @ MINNESOTA 7

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CALGARY, Ken Houston 6 (Bob MacMillan, Paul Reinhart) 3:23 1. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 8 (Steve Payne, Bobby Smith) 3:01 PPG 2. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 4 (unassisted) 6:43 2. CALGARY, Pekka Rautakallio 2 (Don Lever, Kevin Lavallee) 9:26 PPG 3. MINNESOTA, Brad Maxwell 3 (Steve Payne, Bobby Smith) 16:06 3. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 6 (Neal Broten, Gordie Roberts) 13:18 PPG 4. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 6 (unassisted) 16:32 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 Penalties – Labraaten C 1:51, K. Maxwell M 3:44, Roberts M 7:38, Lavallee C 11:31, SECOND PERIOD Murdoch C Hartsburg M 15:52, Barrett M 18:36 4. CALGARY, Bob Murdoch 1 (Ken Houston, Bob MacMillan) 2:00 5. CALGARY, Bob Gould 2 (Phil Russell, Brad Marsh) 6:54 SECOND PERIOD 6. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 11 (Brad Maxwell, Bobby Smith) 9:00 PPG 5. CALGARY, Jamie Hislop 3 (Kevin Lavallee) 1:31 7. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 4 (Al MacAdam, Craig Hartsburg) 12:37 PPG 6. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 9 (Tom McCarthy, Bobby Smith) 2:44 8. CALGARY, Bill Clement 2 (Willi Plett, Phil Russell) 17:40 7. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 10 (Tom McCarthy, Bobby Smith) 3:56 GWG 8. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 5 (Kevin Maxwell) 10:51 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 Penalties – K. Maxwell M 8:38, Plett C 11:07, Russell C 12:29, Russell C 19:03

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 9. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 4 (Neal Broten, Brad Palmer) 4:24 GWG 9. MINNESOTA, Kevin Maxwell 3 (unassisted) 8:44 SHG 10. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 5 (Al MacAdam, Craig Hartsburg) 19:31 ENG 10. CALGARY, Bob Gould 3 (Guy Chouinard, Bob Murdoch) 10:22 11. CALGARY, Mike Dwyer 1 (Bob Murdoch) 10:37 Penalties – G. Smith M 11:14, B. Maxwell M Gould C 19:08 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 14 12 34 Shots on goal by NORTH STARS 14 11 5 30 FLAMES 8 10 15 33 CALGARY, Pat Riggin; MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche NORTH STARS 19 16 9 44 CALGARY, Rejean Lemelin, Pat Riggin (10:51 of second period); MINNESOTA, Don Beaupre Power play – CGY – 0 for 5, MIN – 2 for 4 15,784 at Met Center Power play – CGY – 1 for 6, MIN – 2 for 5 15,784 at Met Center

Thursday, May 7 Saturday, May 9 MINNESOTA 1 @ CALGARY 3 CALGARY 3 @ MINNESOTA 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CALGARY, Bob MacMillan 7 (Paul Reinhart, Kent Nilsson) 18:54 PPG 1. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 8 (Steve Payne, Brad Maxwell) 13:52 PPG

Penalties – Peplinski C 2:29, K. Maxwell M 5:07, Houston C 7:54, Plett C 12:23, Carlson M 17:39 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, Bob MacMillan 8 (Pekka Rautakallio, Guy Chouinard) 0:55 GWG SECOND PERIOD 2. CALGARY, Willi Plett 8 (Phil Russell, Pekka Rautakallio) 2:57 PPG Penalties – Russell C 10:07, Reinhart C 16:38 3. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 11 (Neal Broten, Gordie Roberts) 11:38

THIRD PERIOD Penalties – B. Maxwell M Plett C 0:18, Barrett M 1:35, Reinhart C 9:25, Plett C 17:26 3. CALGARY, Willi Plett 7 (Paul Reinhart, Guy Chouinard) 3:54 PPG 4. MINNESOTA, Craig Hartsburg 2 (Brad Maxwell, Steve Payne) 16:02 PPG THIRD PERIOD 4. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 12 (Bobby Smith, Craig Hartsburg) 5:59 PPG Penalties – Giles M 1:55, Plett C 12:23, Murdoch C 14:58, Roberts M Houston C 19:18 5. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 6 (Kevin Maxwell) 14:09 SHG GWG 6. CALGARY, Ken Houston 7 (Paul Reinhart, Kent Nilsson) 15:07 PPG Shots on goal by 7. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 7 (Steve Christoff, Bobby Smith) 18:40 NORTH STARS 10 11 13 34 8. CALGARY, Don Lever 4 (Ken Houston, Guy Chouinard) 19:20 FLAMES 7 7 13 27 MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; CALGARY, Pat Riggin Penalties – Murdoch C 5:05, Andersson M 6:20, Hartsburg M 13:33

Power play – MIN – 1 for 7, CGY – 2 for 3 Shots on goal by 7,226 at Stampede Corral 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 15,784 at Met Center

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 Thursday, May 14 MINNESOTA 3 @ NEW YORK 6 MINNESOTA 3 @ NEW YORK 6

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Anders Kallur 3 (Dave Langevin, Butch Goring) 2:54 1. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 13 (Craig Hartsburg, Steve Christoff) 3:38 PPG 2. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 10 (Bill Carroll) 14:38 SHG 2. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 14 (Mike McEwen, Denis Potvin) 4:33 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Anders Kallur 4 (Bryan Trottier) 15:25 SHG 3. NEW YORK, Bob Nystrom 5 (Wayne Merrick, John Tonelli) 14:39 4. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 7 (Wayne Merrick) 17:48 Penalties – B. Maxwell M 6:44, Bourne N (major) 11:12, McCarthy M 19:45 Penalties – Kallur N 1:31, Trottier N 2:15, Barrett M 4:08, Langevin N 4:53, Morrow N MacAdam M 5:04, SECOND PERIOD Barrett M Bourne N 19:15 4. NEW YORK, Bill Carroll 3 (Duane Sutter, Bob Nystrom) 9:58 GWG 5. MINNESOTA, Kent-Erik Andersson 2 (Dino Ciccarelli) 13:04 SECOND PERIOD 5. MINNESOTA, Brad Palmer 8 (Neal Broten, Greg Smith) 9:15 Penalties – G. Smith M 6:06, Tonelli N 14:13, Trottier N 17:29 Penalties – Tonelli N 10:26 THIRD PERIOD 6. NEW YORK, Wayne Merrick 4 (unassisted) 0:58 THIRD PERIOD 7. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 13 (Craig Hartsburg, Bobby Smith) 3:08 PPG 6. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 14 (Tim Young, Gordie Roberts) 0:30 8. NEW YORK, Wayne Merrick 5 (Dave Langevin, John Tonelli) 13:15 7. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 8 (Butch Goring) 8:00 PPG GWG 9. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 12 (Tom McCarthy) 15:14 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 – Lane N 2:39, Trottier N 18:09 Penalties – Potvin N 3:39, Broten M 6:22, Barrett M Trottier N 7:01, Trottier N 12:58, Potvin N 13:31, Shots on goal by B. Maxwell M Bourne N (majors) Ciccarelli M Lane N (minors, 10-minute misconducts) 16:44 NORTH STARS 8 8 10 26 ISLANDERS 10 10 3 23 Shots on goal by MINNESOTA, Gilles Meloche; NEW YORK, Billy Smith NORTH STARS 9 11 8 28 ISLANDERS 11 11 16 38 Power play: MIN – 1 for 5, NYI – 0 for 3 MINNESOTA, Don Beaupre; NEW YORK, Billy Smith 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum Power play: MIN – 1 for 7, NYI – 2 for 2 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Sunday, May 17 Tuesday, May 19 NEW YORK 7 @ MINNESOTA 5 NEW YORK 2 @ MINNESOTA 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. MINNESOTA, Steve Christoff 7 (Craig Hartsburg, Dino Ciccarelli) 3:25 PPG 1. NEW YORK, Gord Lane 1 (Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier) 3:47 2. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 15 (Tim Young, Al MacAdam) 14:09 2. MINNESOTA, Craig Hartsburg 3 (Bobby Smith, Brad Maxwell) 11:34 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 16 (Clark Gillies) 14:47 4. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 7 (Craig Hartsburg, Steve Payne) 16:30 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

Penalties – Nystrom N 2:10, Younghans M 3:55, Payne M 6:37, Nystrom N Younghans M 7:05, Trottier N 7:19, SECOND PERIOD Langevin N 11:26, Nystrom N 15:20 3. MINNESOTA, Al MacAdam 9 (Steve Payne, Brad Maxwell) 5:15 4. NEW YORK, Mike McEwen 5 (John Tonelli, Anders Kallur) 7:37 PPG SECOND PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Bob Nystrom 6 (John Tonelli, Wayne Merrick) 4:10 Penalties – Nystrom N 3:12, Palmer M 5:47, Potvin N 9:13, Lorimer N (major) Ciccarelli M (minor, major) 11:30, 6. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 6 (Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy) 7:16 PPG Langevin N 14:54 7. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 7 (Clark Gillies) 11:51 THIRD PERIOD 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 5. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 17 (Brad Maxwell, Al MacAdam) 12:26 GWG 6. MINNESOTA, Bobby Smith 9 (Al MacAdam, Brad Maxwell) 18:12 PPG THIRD PERIOD 8. MINNESOTA, Steve Payne 16 (Tim Young, Steve Christoff) 1:11 Penalties – Kallur N 6:17, Potvin N 16:39 9. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 17 (Bryan Trottier) 2:05 10. NEW YORK, Butch Goring 8 (Bill Carroll, Denis Potvin) 6:34 GWG Shots on goal by 11. MINNESOTA, Dino Ciccarelli 14 (Bobby Smith) 13:35 ISLANDERS 12 12 11 35 12. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 11 (Mike Bossy, Wayne Merrick) 19:16 ENG NORTH STARS 13 10 11 34 NEW YORK, Billy Smith; MINNESOTA, Don Beaupre Penalties – Tonelli N 4:15 Power play: NYI – 1 for 5, MIN – 2 for 8 Shots on goal by 15,784 at Met Center ISLANDERS 11 8 10 29 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 MINNESOTA 1 @ NEW YORK 5

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 B U T C H G O R I N G ISLANDERS 10 16 7 33 MINNESOTA, Don Beaupre; NEW YORK, Billy Smith NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Power play: MIN – 0 for 4 6 for 32 33 in series, NYI – 1 for 3 5 for 16 in series 1981 CONN SMYTHE TROPHY WINNER 15,008 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum 10 goals, 10 assists, 4 PP goals, 2 SHG, 2 GWG in 18 games