BOS @ MNS - 1979-01-06

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Saturday, January 6, 1979 — Metropolitan Sports Center

BOS

Boston Bruins

5—2

MNS

Minnesota North Stars

Final

BOS: Don CherryMNS: Glen Sonmor

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Hits

Penalties

Goals (7)

18:49

BOS

Jean Ratelle(13)

Unassisted

1-0

10:00

BOS

Don Marcotte(15)

Assists: Bob Miller, Rick Middleton

2-0

6:29

BOS

Rick Middleton(18)

Game Timeline

Penalties (8)

18:14

BOS

Wayne Cashmanhooking

2 min

11:26

BOS

John Wensinkfighting

5 minMAJ

11:26

MNS

Greg Smithfighting

5 minMAJ

Box Score

BOS Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	Hits	Blk	PIM	FO	TOI	SH
John WensinkL	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	5	-	0:00	0
Al SecordL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

On This Day (Jan 6)

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2026PHI 5 - ANA 2

2026NYI 9 - NJD 0

2026TBL 4 - COL 2

2026TOR 4 - FLA 1

Healthy Scratches

BOS

Ab DeMarco Jr.(D)Graeme Nicolson(D)Brad Park(D)Bill Bennett(L)Stan Jonathan(L)Dwight Foster(R)Thomas Songin(R)

MNS

Mike Eaves(C)John Baby(D)Fred Barrett(D)Don Jackson(D)Brad Maxwell(D)Jim McKenny(D)Jack Carlson(L)Mike Fidler(L)Dan Chicoine(R)Alex Pirus(R)Jim Roberts(R)

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goal

Assists: Don Marcotte

11:02

BOS

Mike Walton(11)

Assists: Bobby Schmautz, Jean Ratelle

4-0

6:44

MNS

Ron Zanussi(10)

Assists: Bobby Smith, Jean Potvin

4-1

18:05

MNS

Steve Payne(5)

Assists: Bobby Smith

4-2

0:11

BOS

John Wensink(24)

Unassisted

5-2

10:06

MNS

Bryan Maxwellfighting

5 minMAJ

7:59

BOS

Al Simscross-checking

2 min

0:51

MNS

Bryan Maxwelltripping

2 min

9:34

BOS

Wayne Cashmantripping

2 min

MNS Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	PIM	FO	TOI
Greg SmithD	0	0	0	0	2	5	-	0:00
Glen SharpleyC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	-	0:00
Kent-Erik AnderssonR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	-	0:00
Ron ZanussiR	1	0	1	0	3	0	-	0:00
J.P. PariseL	0	0	0	0	5	0	-	0:00
Per-Olov BrasarC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	-	0:00
Bobby SmithC	0	2	2	-1	2	0	-	0:00
Tim YoungC	0	0	0	0	2	0	-	0:00
Kris ManeryR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	-	0:00
Mike PolichC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-	0:00
Al MacAdamR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-	0:00
Tom YounghansR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-	0:00
Bill ButtersD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0:00
Gary SargentD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	-	0:00
Steve PayneL	1	0	1	-2	4	0	-	0:00
Jean PotvinD	0	1	1	-3	0	0	-	0:00
Bryan MaxwellD	0	0	0	-2	1	7	-	0:00

Goalies

Goalie	Team	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jim Pettie	BOS	28	26	2	.929	60:00
Gilles Gilbert	BOS	0	0	0	.0	0:00
Gilles Meloche	MNS	36	32	4	.889	59:36
Gary Edwards	MNS	0	0	0	.0	0:00

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Goals (7)

Game Timeline

Penalties (8)

Box Score

BOS Skaters

On This Day (Jan 6)

Healthy Scratches

BOS

MNS

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