December 5th, 1982
St Louis Blues (18-10-4) at
Montreal Canadiens (18-14-2)
The St Louis Blues come to town to face the Habs at the Bell Center. Just a few days ago, November 28th the Blues beat Montreal 4-2 in St Louis. RW
Petr Hunka scored a pair in the win. Newly acquired RW
Daniel Mikulecky will play on the 4th line with C
Jim Rutgers and LW
Dave Lyon.
The Blues do not give up many shots in a game, the are ranked 5th with just 27 shots against per game. As well the 5th place team in the Western Conference is strong on the PP, they are ranked 5th at 19.7 %.
LW
Cole Rempel leads the Blues with 15 goals and all leads the team with 28 points. The 21 year old won the Calder Trophy in 1982 can play at both ends of the rink. A strong stick-checker defensively and a tough to move in front of the net screener on offense. After having a 31 goal rookie season, Rempel now has 46 goals, 43 assists for 89 points with 60 PIMs and a +21 rating in 109 career NHL games. Rempel was the Blues 123rd overall pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.
RD
Nick Shellenberg leads the Blues with 17 assists for 20 points this year. The 20 year old is a great checker with a great shot from the point. In his 2nd season as a Blue, Schellenberg has 8 career NHL goals, 37 assists for 45 points with 56 PIMs and a +19 rating. Schellenberg was the 3rd overall pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Blues.
C
Patrick Westaway is 2nd on the Blues with 25 points including 9 goals this season. After an Award winning career in the QMJHL league for the Drummondville Voltiguers, he is in his rookie season with the Blues. The 19 year old Westaway is a great skater with uncanny passing skills. In 91 games with the Voltigeurs he had 57 goals and 142 points before being selected 29th overall by the Blues in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.
G
Antonio Rios will start for the Blues, he has 16 wins in 25 starts with a .919 save %. G
Mike Blackshear will start for Montreal, he has 15 wins in 28 starts with an .886 save %.
It didn't take long, at 1:58 of the 1st St Louis LW
Mitchell Baslyk gets his 2nd of the season to give the Blues an early 1-0 lead. Montreal answered really quickly. RD
Martin Sulc gets his 3rd at 2:33 of the 1st and its tied 1-1. Nearly 5 minutes into the game, Montreal will be down to 5 defenseman as LD
Marc-Andre Berube leaves the game with a hand injury. That is going to put pressure on the Habs D. Speaking of Habs defense, RD
Marek Bartolcic scores his 5th of the year at 8:28 to make it 2-1 Montreal. St Louis ties it up with their strong PP, RW
Cliff Nicks gets his 9th at 12:16 and its 2-2. The period ends 2-2 with Montreal out shooting St Louis 13 to 11.
Montreal grabs a 3-2 lead at 8:20 of the 2nd when LW
Dave Lyon gets his 2nd of the season. Newcomer RW
Daniel Mikulecky gets his 1st point as a Hab with an assist. Thats how the period ends, 3-2 Montreal. The shots were 12 to 4 for Montreal in the 2nd.
Montreal ups its lead to 4-2 at 5:45 of the 3rd when RW
Al Ladd scores his 11th of the season. Montreal opens up a 3 goal lead at 6:50 when C
Dave Wright gets his 17th of the year. Its now 5-2 Montreal. Montreal completes the win by holding the Blues to 8 shots in the 3rd.
RD
Marek Bartolcic is the games 1st star with a goal and an assist and 20:57 of ice time. The 20 year old Bartolcic now has 5 goals and 11 points in 21 games. In 56 NHL games over the past 2 season's he has 6 goals, 15 assists for 21 points with 22 PIMs and a +8 rating. Bartolcic was Montreal's 203rd overall pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.
Montreal Canadiens LD
Marc-Andre Berube is listed as day to day with a thumb Contusion. The 33 year old Berube has 1 goal and 10 points in 35 games this season. Berube is in his 3rd season with Montreal, in 171 career games he has 10 goals, 42 assists for 52 points with 101 PIMs and a +11 rating.
Montreal 5 St Louis 2
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | STL | Mitchell Baslyk | 2 | Marc-Olivier Morin | Scott Weimer |
| 1st | MTL | Martin Sulc | 3 | Jim Rutgers | Daniel Mikulecky |
| 1st | MTL | Marek Bartolcic | 5 | Jiri Bohm |
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| 1st | STL | Cliff Nicks (PP) | 9 | Nick Schellenberg |
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| 2nd | MTL | Dave Lyon | 2 | Daniel Mikulecky | Andrew Rickford |
| 3rd | MTL | Al Ladd | 11 | Martin Sulc | Andrew Rickford |
| 3rd | MTL | Dave Wright | 17 | Jiri Bohm | Marek Bartolcic |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| STL | Antonio Rios | 33 | 5 |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 23 | 2 |
Around the league................
Nashville Predators G
Walter Bowman made 29 saves in a 4-0 win over the Avalanche. The 21 year old Bowman now has 15 wins with a 2.44 GAA and .915 save %. In his 2nd year as a Predator, he now has a 18-10-4 record with 3 SO's, a 2.58 GAA and .913 save % in 33 career NHL games. Bowman was selected 197th overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by Nashville after playing in the OHL for the Windsor Spitfires.