Visitor: Minnesota North Stars

Home: Pittsburgh Penguins

Date: May 15, 1991

Stanley Cup Finals Game 1

Scoring:

Team 1 2 3 Final

MIN 2 2 1 5

PIT 1 2 1 4

Visitor playmakers:

Neal Broten, Ulf Dahlen, Marc Bureau

Home playmakers:

Ulf Samuelsson, Mario Lemieux, Scott Young, Joe Mullen

Network: (KDKA Pittsburgh)

Announcers: Mike Lange, Paul Steigerwald

Pregame: Yes

Intermissions: Yes. 1^st – Interview with Larry Murphy. 2^nd – “Back-Checking the Pens,” review of 1981 Stanley Cup finals between Minnesota and the Islanders.

Postgame: No

Commercials: No

Grade: Good. Decent commercial edits, some minor broadcast interference here and there.

Notes: Pittsburgh escapes an early onslaught by the North Stars and score first when Ulf Samuelsson scores from the point near the blue line after a faceoff. Broten ties it up 3 minutes later, and Dahlen puts the Stars ahead not long after. Mario ties it up in the second period with a sweet shorthanded goal, making it look easy. Bureau returns the favor three minutes later, scoring his own shorthanded goal. Young ties it up again with a blast from the blue line. Broten puts Minnesota up again with less than three minutes left in the second period. Bobby Smith gives the North Stars game one about halfway through the third period. The Pens get another goal past the foot of Jim Casey, but it’s not enough and Minnesota outplays them for the remainder of the game.

Thanks Jim!

Running time: 2:28 (2 discs)