7 April 1982: Only one team looked ready to play as the 81-82 Smythe Division semi-finals got underway at the Pacific Coliseum.
The Flames outshot the Canucks 19-4 in the opening twenty minutes and, although they held only a 1-0 lead thanks to strong play by Richard Brodeur in the Vancouver net, the tone had been set. There were three fights in the first period as Calgary players twice answered challenges from Tiger Williams, before Jim Peplinski finally opened the scoring at 17:35.
The second stanza was more evenly-played, but was still full of shenanigans; Williams got into his third scrap of the evening very early in the period, and it was the penalty box that gave Calgary a key edge midway through the period. Darcy Rota went off for hooking at 8:50, and a minute later Lanny MacDonald whacked a Mel Bridgeman pass over the glove of Brodeur for a two-goal lead which Calgary took into the dressing room.
The final twenty minutes saw many fewer whistles blown, but the change in attitude didn't help the Canucks. Jamie Hislop and Gary McAdam both scored on shots which Brodeur would probably have liked to see again, and all the home team could muster was a power-play consolation prize about two minutes before what was left of the British Columbia crowd had leaked quietly out of the building.
Pekka Rautakallio recorded two assists, five shots on goal and a +2 while Phil Russell landed three hits for Calgary; for the Canucks, Stan Smyl dropped three hits while Lars Lindgren took five shots. FINAL: Calgary 4, Vancouver 1.
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| Pekka Rautakallio led from the back with two points and five shots |
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