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All NHL game summaries from April 9, 1972



Team123F
New York Rangers (51-18-13) 4 0 2 6
Montreal Canadiens (47-19-16) 2 1 1 4
New York Rangers lead, 3 games to 1   (best of 7)

1: NYR,Bill Fairbairn 3 (Bobby Rousseau, Brad Park), 4:47 - PP
NYR,Bobby Rousseau 1 (Dale Rolfe), 7:24
MTL,Jacques Lemaire 1 (Guy Lafleur, Marc Tardif), 11:22
NYR,Bobby Rousseau 2 (Bruce MacGregor, Jim Neilson), 13:48
MTL,Marc Tardif 2 (Guy Lafleur), 18:15
NYR,Vic Hadfield 3 (Pete Stemkowski, Bill Fairbairn), 19:41
2: MTL,Yvan Cournoyer 1 (Frank Mahovlich, J.C. Tremblay), 13:21
3: MTL,Terry Harper 1 (Guy Lapointe, Henri Richard), 5:48
NYR,Pete Stemkowski 1, 14:55
NYR,Ted Irvine 2 (Jim Neilson, Bruce MacGregor), 19:26 - EN
Penalties:

1: Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Roughing] 4:08
Jim Neilson, NYR [Hooking] 5:52
Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Holding] 6:20
2: Dale Rolfe, NYR [Tripping] 2:56
Serge Savard, MTL [Hooking] 18:12
3: Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Game misconduct] 0:51
Marc Tardif, MTL [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 0:51
Bill Fairbairn, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 0:51
Claude Larose, MTL [Fighting] 7:55
Glen Sather, NYR [Fighting] 7:55
Penalty time: NYR: 26 minutes MTL: 18 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ed Giacomin 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Park 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Gary Doak 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Rolfe 5 D 0 1 1 2 1 0
Glen Sather 6 LW 0 0 0 5 -1 0
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Phil Goyette 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bill Fairbairn 10 RW 1 1 2 7 1 2
Vic Hadfield 11 LW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Ron Stewart 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce MacGregor 14 C 0 2 2 0 2 1
Jim Neilson 15 D 0 2 2 2 0 2
Rod Seiling 16 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 10 0 4
Gene Carr 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pete Stemkowski 21 C 1 1 2 0 2 5
Bobby Rousseau 22 RW 2 1 3 0 0 8
Ted Irvine 27 LW 1 0 1 0 0 2
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)429
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)429

MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
J.C. Tremblay 3 D 0 1 1 0 1 4
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Jimmy Roberts 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 0 2 2 0 1 1
Marc Tardif 11 LW 1 1 2 7 1 3
Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Rejean Houle 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Claude Larose 15 RW 0 0 0 5 -1 1
Henri Richard 16 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Larry Pleau 17 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Terry Harper 19 D 1 0 1 0 0 1
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 0 0 0 4 -1 3
Bob Murdoch 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 1 0 1 0 -1 6
Pierre Bouchard 26 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Frank Mahovlich 27 LW 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Ken Dryden 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-533
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-533
Shots: NYR: 8- 5-16-29 MTL: 15- 7-11-33 Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 3-1-0) MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 1-3-0) Referee: Bill Friday Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Malcolm Ashford Attendance: 17,661



Team1234F
Chicago Blackhawks (50-17-15) 1 1 3 1 6
Pittsburgh Penguins (26-42-14) 0 4 1 0 5
Chicago Blackhawks win, 4 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: CHI,Jim Pappin 2 (Bill White, Pat Stapleton), 3:08
2: PIT,Ken Schinkel 1 (Greg Polis, Bryan Hextall), 9:13
PIT,Syl Apps 1 (Jean Pronovost, Darryl Edestrand), 14:10
CHI,Bobby Hull 1 (Pat Stapleton, Christian Bordeleau), 16:40
PIT,Ken Schinkel 2 (Bryan Hextall, Greg Polis), 17:19
PIT,Ron Schock 1 (Nick Harbaruk), 19:30
3: CHI,Bobby Hull 2 (Christian Bordeleau, Chico Maki), 1:22
CHI,Bobby Hull 3 (Bill White), 11:28
CHI,Dennis Hull 1 (Christian Bordeleau), 15:38
PIT,Bob Leiter 3 (Al McDonough, Tim Horton), 17:52
4: CHI,Pit Martin 4 (Jim Pappin, Dennis Hull), :12
Penalties:

1: Ron Schock, PIT [Hooking] 6:34
Duane Rupp, PIT [Hi-sticking] 7:41
Stan Mikita, CHI [Slashing] 7:41
Bill White, CHI [Holding] 12:49
2: Gerry Desjardins, CHI [Delay of game] 10:10
Steve Cardwell, PIT [Delay of game] 11:13
3: Ron Schock, PIT [Hooking] 5:54
Gerry Desjardins, CHI [Hi-sticking] 10:04
Ron Schock, PIT [Hi-sticking] 10:04
Duane Rupp, PIT [Hooking] 13:01
4: none
Penalty time: CHI: 8 minutes PIT: 12 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill White 2 D 0 2 2 2 1 1
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doug Jarrett 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Angotti 6 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pit Martin 7 C 1 0 1 0 0 1
Jim Pappin 8 RW 1 1 2 0 1 3
Bobby Hull 9 LW 3 0 3 0 2 5
Dennis Hull 10 LW 1 1 2 0 1 5
Pat Stapleton 12 D 0 2 2 0 1 2
Bryan Campbell 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Eric Nesterenko 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chico Maki 16 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Stan Mikita 21 C 0 0 0 2 -3 2
Jerry Korab 22 D 0 0 0 0 -1 5
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 0 0 0 4 2
Gerry Desjardins 30 G 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)432
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)432

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duane Rupp 2 D 0 0 0 4 -2 1
Tim Horton 3 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Dave Burrows 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bryan Watson 5 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Bryan Hextall 7 C 0 2 2 0 1 4
Val Fonteyne 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Al McDonough 9 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Nick Harbaruk 11 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 5
Ken Schinkel 12 RW 2 0 2 0 2 3
Ron Schock 17 C 1 0 1 6 0 3
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Cardwell 20 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Greg Polis 22 RW 0 2 2 0 1 2
Bob Leiter 23 C 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Eddie Shack 24 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darryl Edestrand 25 D 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Syl Apps 26 C 1 0 1 0 -1 6
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-434
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-434
Shots: CHI: 15- 7- 9- 1-32 PIT: 10-14-10- 0-34 Goalies: CHI: Gerry Desjardins (W, 1-0-0) PIT: Jim Rutherford (L, 0-4-0) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Bob Kilger Attendance: 12,415



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (39-31-12) 1 1 0 2
St. Louis Blues (30-41-11) 0 2 1 3
Series tied, 2-2   (best of 7)

1: MIN,Jude Drouin 3 (Bill Goldsworthy, Tom Reid), 10:56
2: MIN,Danny Grant 2 (Bill Goldsworthy, Dennis O'Brien), :31
STL,Phil Roberto 4, 12:12
STL,Kevin O'Shea 1 (Bob Plager), 13:45
3: STL,Barclay Plager 1 (Phil Roberto, Garry Unger), 11:50 - PP
Penalties:

1: Dennis Hextall, MIN [Cross checking] 12:12
Phil Roberto, STL [Elbowing, Misconduct] 13:14
2: Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Tripping] 7:29
Ted Harris, MIN [Hi-sticking] 17:39
Kevin O'Shea, STL [Hi-sticking] 17:39
Frank St. Marseille, STL [Holding] 19:00
3: Bill Plager, STL [Charging] 6:55
Dennis Hextall, MIN [Roughing] 8:08
Barclay Plager, STL [Roughing] 8:08
Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Charging] 10:07
Andre Dupont, STL [Roughing] 10:07
Dennis Hextall, MIN [Interference] 11:11
Penalty time: MIN: 12 minutes STL: 22 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Gibbs 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ted Harris 4 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Dennis O'Brien 5 D 0 1 1 4 0 2
Bill Goldsworthy 8 RW 0 2 2 0 1 4
Charlie Burns 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Murray Oliver 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
J.P. Parise 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ted Hampson 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jude Drouin 16 C 1 0 1 0 1 5
Bob Nevin 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tom Reid 20 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Danny Grant 21 LW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 0 0 6 0 2
Lou Nanne 23 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Paradise 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Cameron 28 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dean Prentice 29 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Cesare Maniago 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)030
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)030

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Andre Dupont 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 3
Bob Plager 5 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Chris Evans 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Unger 7 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Barclay Plager 8 D 1 0 1 2 0 5
Frank St. Marseille 9 RW 0 0 0 2 0 3
Gary Sabourin 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 5
Terry Crisp 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Mike Murphy 14 RW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Jack Egers 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 6
Phil Roberto 17 RW 1 1 2 12 1 3
Curt Bennett 19 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Gerry Odrowski 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Kevin O'Shea 21 RW 1 0 1 2 -1 1
Danny O'Shea 22 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bill Plager 23 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Larry Hornung 25 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jacques Caron 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)038
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)038
Shots: MIN: 10-11- 9-30 STL: 13-14-11-38 Goalies: MIN: Cesare Maniago (L, 1-1-0) STL: Jacques Caron (W, 2-1-0) Referee: John Ashley Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Willard Norris Attendance: 17,576



Team123F
Boston Bruins (57-14-11) 1 0 4 5
Toronto Maple Leafs (34-34-14) 1 2 1 4
Boston Bruins lead, 3 games to 1   (best of 7)

1: BOS,Johnny Bucyk 2 (John McKenzie, Carol Vadnais), 16:36
TOR,Dave Keon 2, 17:45
2: TOR,Ron Ellis 1 (Paul Henderson, Norm Ullman), 11:11 - PP
TOR,Jim McKenny 2, 17:57 - SH
3: BOS,Ken Hodge 1 (Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr), 1:15
TOR,Paul Henderson 1 (Norm Ullman, Ron Ellis), 4:50
BOS,Ed Westfall 1 (Derek Sanderson, Bobby Orr), 8:03 - SH
BOS,Phil Esposito 4 (Bobby Orr, Ken Hodge), 9:49
BOS,Ken Hodge 2 (Phil Esposito), 16:11
Penalties:

1: Carol Vadnais, BOS [Interference] 3:04
Mike Pelyk, TOR [Tripping] 5:40
Ken Hodge, BOS [Roughing] 7:47
Wayne Cashman, BOS [Roughing] 7:47
Bob Baun, TOR [Roughing] 7:47
Mike Pelyk, TOR [Roughing] 7:47
Ken Hodge, BOS [Boarding] 13:34
Phil Esposito, BOS [Hi-sticking] 19:56
Brian Glennie, TOR [Misconduct] 19:56
Wayne Cashman, BOS [Misconduct] 19:56
Ken Hodge, BOS [Roughing] 19:56
Jim Harrison, TOR [Roughing] 19:56
2: Derek Sanderson, BOS [Holding, Misconduct] 0:18
Rick Kehoe, TOR [Hi-sticking] 4:47
Jim McKenny, TOR [Holding] 7:33
Johnny Bucyk, BOS [Slashing] 9:43
Mike Pelyk, TOR [Interference] 16:17
3: Phil Esposito, BOS [Hooking] 6:24
Penalty time: BOS: 38 minutes TOR: 24 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Eddie Johnston 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Orr 4 D 0 3 3 0 2 4
Phil Esposito 7 C 1 2 3 4 1 7
Ken Hodge 8 RW 2 1 3 6 1 3
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 1 0 1 2 0 4
Carol Vadnais 10 D 0 1 1 2 0 3
Mike Walton 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 5
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 0 0 12 1 0
Garnet "Ace" Bailey 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derek Sanderson 16 C 0 1 1 12 1 3
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Ed Westfall 18 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
John McKenzie 19 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 0 0 0 3 0
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Awrey 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 4 defensemen)936
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 4 defensemen)936

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Ley 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Selwood 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Mike Pelyk 4 D 0 0 0 6 -2 2
Ron Ellis 6 RW 1 1 2 0 -2 4
Jim Harrison 7 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Pierre Jarry 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Norm Ullman 9 C 0 2 2 0 -3 4
Guy Trottier 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy MacMillan 12 RW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Dave Keon 14 C 1 0 1 0 0 5
Rick Kehoe 16 RW 0 0 0 2 1 4
Denis Dupere 17 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim McKenny 18 D 1 0 1 2 0 5
Paul Henderson 19 LW 1 1 2 0 -3 8
Garry Monahan 20 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Baun 21 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brian Glennie 24 D 0 0 0 10 1 0
Bernie Parent 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1142
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1142
Shots: BOS: 13-10-13-36 TOR: 15-12-15-42 Goalies: BOS: Eddie Johnston (W, 2-0-0) TOR: Bernie Parent (L, 1-2-0) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Terry Pierce, John D'Amico Attendance: 16,485



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