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All NHL game summaries from December 7, 1972



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (8-17-2) 0 0 2 2
Atlanta Flames (11-13-5) 2 1 2 5

1: ATL,Rey Comeau 6 (Leon Rochefort, Jacques Richard), 4:57 - PP
ATL,Rey Comeau 7 (Ernie Hicke, Noel Price), 9:03
2: ATL,Keith McCreary 8 (Billy MacMillan, Curt Bennett), 4:32
3: VAN,Don Tannahill 7 (Gregg Boddy, Gerry O'Flaherty), 5:00
ATL,Ernie Hicke 4 (Bob Leiter, Larry Romanchych), 12:32
ATL,Bill Plager 1 (Billy MacMillan, Keith McCreary), 14:44
VAN,Andre Boudrias 7 (Bobby Schmautz, Barry Wilkins), 18:34
Penalties:

1: Dale Tallon, VAN [Hooking] 4:10
Rey Comeau, ATL [Boarding] 5:46
Bill Plager, ATL [Elbowing, Fighting] 5:51
Orland Kurtenbach, VAN [Game misconduct] 5:51
Dave Balon, VAN [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 5:51
Pat Quinn, ATL [Tripping] 7:00
2: Bobby Lalonde, VAN [Slashing] 14:16
Rey Comeau, ATL [Hooking] 19:09
3: none
Penalty time: VAN: 21 minutes ATL: 13 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jocelyn Guevremont 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 6
Barry Wilkins 4 D 0 1 1 0 -2 5
Jim Hargreaves 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Andre Boudrias 7 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Bobby Schmautz 8 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Dale Tallon 9 D 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Don Lever 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Tannahill 16 LW 1 0 1 0 0 2
John Wright 17 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Richard Lemieux 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Lalonde 20 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Dave Balon 21 LW 0 0 0 7 -1 0
Gregg Boddy 22 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gerry O'Flaherty 23 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 4
Orland Kurtenbach 25 C 0 0 0 10 0 0
Ed Dyck 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1030
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1030

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Phil Myre 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Plager 2 D 1 0 1 7 1 1
Pat Quinn 3 D 0 0 0 2 2 3
Noel Price 4 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Curt Bennett 5 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Randy Manery 7 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Lew Morrison 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith McCreary 9 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Norm Gratton 10 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Leon Rochefort 11 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Ernie Hicke 12 LW 1 1 2 0 0 3
Jacques Richard 15 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Bob Leiter 16 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
John Stewart 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rey Comeau 18 C 2 0 2 4 0 3
Billy MacMillan 20 RW 0 2 2 0 2 1
Larry Romanchych 21 RW 0 1 1 0 2 1
Noel Picard 22 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1026
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1026
Shots: VAN: 8- 8-14-30 ATL: 9- 9- 8-26 Goalies: VAN: Ed Dyck (L, 3-8-0) ATL: Phil Myre (W, 9-7-3) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Alan Glaspell Attendance: 11,018



Team123F
St. Louis Blues (8-12-5) 0 0 0 0
Boston Bruins (16-7-3) 3 1 1 5

1: BOS,Wayne Cashman 9 (Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge), 12:04
BOS,Mike Walton 13, 17:01
BOS,Don Marcotte 13 (Gregg Sheppard, Bobby Orr), 19:48
2: BOS,Phil Esposito 16 (Mike Walton, Fred Stanfield), 11:06 - PP
3: BOS,Mike Walton 14 (Fred Stanfield), 3:02
Penalties:

1: Johnny Bucyk, BOS [Tripping] 1:29
Bobby Orr, BOS [Elbowing] 6:48
2: Wayne Cashman, BOS [Slashing, Misconduct] 5:04
Barclay Plager, STL [Cross checking] 10:51
Ken Hodge, BOS [Charging, Roughing] 12:09
Bob McCord, STL [Game misconduct] 12:09
Bob Johnson, STL [Roughing] 12:09
Barclay Plager, STL [Slashing, Fighting] 14:57
Phil Esposito, BOS [Slashing, Fighting] 14:57
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing] 19:21
3: Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 6:28
Floyd Thomson, STL [Fighting] 6:28
Carol Vadnais, BOS [Charging] 7:14
Chris Evans, STL [Tripping] 11:21
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Slashing, Fighting] 15:22
Floyd Thomson, STL [Slashing, Fighting] 15:22
Penalty time: STL: 35 minutes BOS: 43 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Andre Dupont 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Bob Plager 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Chris Evans 6 D 0 0 0 2 0 3
Garry Unger 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Barclay Plager 8 D 0 0 0 9 -2 2
Frank St. Marseille 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 4
Gary Sabourin 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Fran Huck 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Murphy 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jack Egers 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Phil Roberto 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Floyd Thomson 18 LW 0 0 0 12 -2 0
Kevin O'Shea 21 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Danny O'Shea 22 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jean Hamel 23 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Bob McCord 24 D 0 0 0 10 -1 1
Bob Johnson 31 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2025
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2025

BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Eddie Johnston 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Orr 4 D 0 1 1 2 2 2
Nick Beverley 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 7 C 1 1 2 7 1 4
Ken Hodge 8 RW 0 1 1 4 1 0
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 0 0 0 2 2 1
Carol Vadnais 10 D 0 0 0 2 2 2
Mike Walton 11 C 2 1 3 0 2 5
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 1 0 1 12 1 1
Garnet "Ace" Bailey 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred O'Donnell 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 0 2 2 0 2 1
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Don Marcotte 21 LW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 0 0 14 1 1
Don Awrey 26 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Doug Roberts 28 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2022
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2022
Shots: STL: 8-11- 6-25 BOS: 10- 7- 5-22 Goalies: STL: Bob Johnson (L, 1-1-0) BOS: Eddie Johnston (W, 11-7-0) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Jim Christison Attendance: 15,003



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (11-12-2) 0 0 1 1
Buffalo Sabres (13-8-7) 2 2 2 6

1: BUF,Gerry Meehan 14 (Hugh Harris, Mike Robitaille), 1:01
BUF,Rene Robert 16 (Rick Martin, Jim Lorentz), 19:42 - PP
2: BUF,Rene Robert 17 (Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin), 3:42
BUF,Craig Ramsay 6 (Don Luce), 15:09
3: BUF,Hugh Harris 4 (Jim Lorentz, Gerry Meehan), 1:41
DET,Tim Ecclestone 7 (Alex Delvecchio, Nick Libett), 2:56
BUF,Gerry Meehan 15 (Hugh Harris, Rick Martin), 4:56 - PP
Penalties:

1: Rene Robert, BUF [Interference] 8:31
Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Elbowing] 14:18
Ron Stackhouse, DET [Slashing] 17:53
2: Steve Atkinson, BUF [Fighting] 19:11
Guy Charron, DET [Fighting] 19:11
3: Thommie Bergman, DET [Hooking] 4:42
Penalty time: DET: 9 minutes BUF: 9 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Roy Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Johnston 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Thommie Bergman 4 D 0 0 0 2 -3 1
Marcel Dionne 5 C 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Red Berenson 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 5
Guy Charron 8 C 0 0 0 5 0 1
Alex Delvecchio 10 C 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Bob Cook 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 1 1 0 0 6
Al Karlander 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Henry Boucha 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tim Ecclestone 17 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 4
Len Fontaine 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Doak 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mickey Redmond 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 5
Ron Stackhouse 21 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Bill Collins 22 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Serge Lajeunesse 25 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Denis DeJordy 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1538
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1538

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tim Horton 2 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Mike Robitaille 3 D 0 1 1 0 1 3
Larry Hillman 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 2 1 3
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 3 3 0 1 2
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 2 2 0 2 3
Butch Deadmarsh 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Larry Mickey 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rene Robert 14 RW 2 0 2 2 1 4
Gerry Meehan 15 C 2 1 3 0 2 6
Randy Wyrozub 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Terbenche 18 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Steve Atkinson 19 RW 0 0 0 5 1 1
Don Luce 20 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Hugh Harris 21 C 1 2 3 0 2 5
Dave Dryden 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1532
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1532
Shots: DET: 12-11-15-38 BUF: 10-13- 9-32 Goalies: DET: Roy Edwards (L, 9-7-2),
Denis DeJordy BUF: Dave Dryden (W, 3-3-3) Referee: Lloyd Gilmour Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Swede Knox Attendance: 15,668



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (14-10-3) 1 0 1 2
Philadelphia Flyers (12-11-4) 2 1 3 6

1: MIN,Dean Prentice 9 (Murray Oliver, Ted Harris), :36
PHI,Bobby Clarke 14, 3:38
PHI,Bill Flett 13 (Bobby Clarke), 11:56
2: PHI,Rick MacLeish 17 (Gary Dornhoefer, Brent Hughes), 10:34 - PP
3: PHI,Gary Dornhoefer 13 (Rick MacLeish, Barry Ashbee), :51
MIN,J.P. Parise 9 (Barry Gibbs, Bill Goldsworthy), 7:04
PHI,Tom Bladon 3 (Bobby Clarke, Simon Nolet), 12:51 - PP
PHI,Bill Flett 14 (Bob Kelly, Bobby Clarke), 15:29
Penalties:

1: Bill Goldsworthy, MIN [Cross checking] 6:26
Bob Kelly, PHI [Fighting] 11:44
Ted Harris, MIN [Fighting] 11:44
Barry Ashbee, PHI [Hooking] 17:50
Joe Watson, PHI [Roughing] 18:56
Bill Goldsworthy, MIN [Roughing] 18:56
2: Dennis Hextall, MIN [Hooking] 6:57
Barry Gibbs, MIN [Slashing] 9:40
Rick MacLeish, PHI [Hooking] 13:50
3: Bill Flett, PHI [Hooking] 1:13
Barry Ashbee, PHI [Hooking] 7:12
Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Hooking] 11:03
Penalty time: MIN: 15 minutes PHI: 15 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Gibbs 2 D 0 1 1 2 1 1
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ted Harris 4 D 0 1 1 5 0 2
Dennis O'Brien 5 D 0 0 0 2 -3 1
Doug Mohns 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Goldsworthy 8 RW 0 1 1 4 0 3
Charlie Burns 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Murray Oliver 10 C 0 1 1 0 -1 4
J.P. Parise 11 LW 1 0 1 0 0 5
Jude Drouin 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Bob Nevin 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Tom Reid 20 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Danny Grant 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Lou Nanne 23 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Dean Prentice 29 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Cesare Maniago 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1032
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1032

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ed Van Impe 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Barry Ashbee 4 D 0 1 1 4 3 0
Brent Hughes 5 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Wayne Hillman 6 D 0 0 0 0 3 2
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Schultz 8 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 1 1 5 0 5
Bill Clement 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 1 1 2 0 0 3
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Bobby Clarke 16 C 1 3 4 0 2 4
Simon Nolet 17 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 1 2 2 1 9
Bill Flett 21 RW 2 0 2 2 2 4
Tom Bladon 23 D 1 0 1 0 0 1
Michel Belhumeur 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1038
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1038
Shots: MIN: 13- 9-10-32 PHI: 10-10-18-38 Goalies: MIN: Cesare Maniago (L, 4-7-1) PHI: Michel Belhumeur (W, 2-1-1) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Willard Norris, Bob Mclaren Attendance: 14,533



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