Colorado Rockies at New York Rangers

Wed, Dec 31, 1980 · Madison Square Garden · 1980–81 Regular Season

Colorado Rockies

6 – 4

Final

New York Rangers

The Colorado Rockies beat the New York Rangers 6–4 on Wed, Dec 31, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. Ed Cooper led the way with 3 points. Jari Kaarela made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–30.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
CLR	6	24
NYR	4	30

Colorado Rockies

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
12	Ed Cooper	L	2	1	3	0	2	2
5	Rob Ramage	D	0	2	2	-1	2	3
22	Joel Quenneville	D	0	2	2	-1	0	1
9	Lanny Mcdonald	R	1	1	2	+1	0	3
11	Walt McKechnie	C	2	0	2	+1	0	2
4	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	+2	2	3
27	Ron Delorme	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2
14	Rene Robert	R	1	0	1	+2	0	4
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0
8	Doug Berry	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1
21	Barry Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Joseph Ward	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Bobby Sheehan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jack Hughes	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0
15	Jack Valiquette	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2
20	Mike Gillis	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1
26	Mike Kitchen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Jari Kaarela	W	30	26	4	.867	60:00

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	1	1	2	0	0	2
3	Barry Beck	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0
2	Tom Laidlaw	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	1	1	0	0	6
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	1	0	1	0	0	1
19	Dean Talafous	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1
25	Jeff Bandura	D	0	1	1	-3	0	1
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3
14	Mike Allison	R	1	0	1	0	2	4
12	Don Maloney	L	0	0	0	0	0	1
16	Dave Silk	R	0	0	0	-3	0	0
27	Gary Burns	L	0	0	0	-4	0	1
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1
9	Doug Sulliman	L	0	0	0	+1	0	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Wayne Thomas	L	23	18	5	.783	59:11