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All NHL game summaries from December 16, 1973



Team123F
Pittsburgh Penguins (9-16-4) 1 0 1 2
Atlanta Flames (13-11-6) 1 0 0 1

1: PIT,Al McDonough 12, :41
ATL,John Stewart 6 (Curt Bennett, Chuck Arnason), 18:23 - PP
2: no scoring
3: PIT,Al McDonough 13 (Lowell MacDonald, Syl Apps), 14:14
Penalties:

1: Bryan Watson, PIT [Tripping] 2:43
Jim Wiley, PIT [Tripping] 13:48
Bryan Watson, PIT [Elbowing] 17:22
2: Larry Romanchych, ATL [Tripping] 0:34
Noel Price, ATL [Hooking] 14:00
3: none
Penalty time: PIT: 6 minutes ATL: 4 minutes
PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Burrows 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bryan Watson 5 D 0 0 0 4 2 0
Bryan Hextall 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jim Wiley 8 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Al McDonough 9 RW 2 0 2 0 2 4
Ted Snell 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bernie Lukowich 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Bianchin 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Lalonde 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Schock 17 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lowell MacDonald 18 LW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Yvon Labre 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Greg Polis 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry Bignell 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Beverley 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Syl Apps 26 C 0 1 1 0 2 3
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1022
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1022

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Phil Myre 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Quinn 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Noel Price 4 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Curt Bennett 5 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Randy Manery 7 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Lew Morrison 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith McCreary 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Butch Deadmarsh 10 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Leon Rochefort 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Chuck Arnason 14 RW 0 1 1 0 0 4
Jacques Richard 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Bob Leiter 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
John Stewart 17 LW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Rey Comeau 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Arnie Brown 19 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Larry Romanchych 21 RW 0 0 0 2 -2 3
Bob Murray 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1032
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1032
Shots: PIT: 4- 7-11-22 ATL: 13-10- 9-32 Goalies: PIT: Jim Rutherford (W, 5-6-3) ATL: Phil Myre (L, 4-5-4) Referee: Bob Hodges Linesmen: Bob Mclaren Attendance: 12,510



Team123F
California Golden Seals (7-20-3) 1 0 2 3
Boston Bruins (21-4-3) 3 2 0 5

1: BOS,Phil Esposito 33 (Wayne Cashman, Dallas Smith), 4:25
CAL,Craig Patrick 5 (Ivan Boldirev, Marshall Johnston), 5:57
BOS,Carol Vadnais 4 (Johnny Bucyk, Bobby Orr), 8:13 - PP
BOS,Derek Sanderson 2 (Terry O'Reilly, Dallas Smith), 10:46
2: BOS,Terry O'Reilly 4 (Darryl Edestrand, Derek Sanderson), 3:27
BOS,Phil Esposito 34 (Wayne Cashman, Dallas Smith), 7:47
3: CAL,Joey Johnston 14 (Walt McKechnie), :32
CAL,Stan Weir 4 (Stan Gilbertson, Morris Mott), 18:24
Penalties:

1: Bob Stewart, CAL [Holding] 6:55
2: Darryl Edestrand, BOS [Hooking] 3:55
Ken Hodge, BOS [Interference] 9:14
Ray McKay, CAL [Hi-sticking] 12:29
3: Chris Oddleifson, BOS [Hooking] 10:55
Marshall Johnston, CAL [Hooking] 12:51
Penalty time: CAL: 6 minutes BOS: 6 minutes
CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Marshall Johnston 2 D 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ray McKay 3 D 0 0 0 2 -1 4
Barry Cummins 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bob Stewart 6 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Reggie Leach 7 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Walt McKechnie 8 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Ivan Boldirev 9 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Stan Gilbertson 10 LW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Rick Kessell 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Patrick 14 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Hilliard Graves 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Gary Croteau 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morris Mott 20 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Stan Weir 21 C 1 0 1 0 0 1
Joey Johnston 22 LW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Ted McAneeley 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Laframboise 24 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Bob Champoux 28 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-521
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-521

BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gilles Gilbert 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Orr 4 D 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Darryl Edestrand 6 D 0 1 1 2 0 0
Phil Esposito 7 C 2 0 2 0 1 5
Ken Hodge 8 RW 0 0 0 2 1 3
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 0 1 1 0 -2 2
Carol Vadnais 10 D 1 0 1 0 1 2
Andre Savard 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 2 2 0 1 0
Fred O'Donnell 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derek Sanderson 17 C 1 1 2 0 2 5
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 3 3 0 3 0
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 0 2 2
Chris Oddleifson 22 C 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Al Sims 23 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)533
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)533
Shots: CAL: 6- 8- 7-21 BOS: 13-10-10-33 Goalies: CAL: Bob Champoux (L, 1-4-1) BOS: Gilles Gilbert (W, 17-2-2) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: John D'Amico, John Brown Attendance: 15,003



Team123F
St. Louis Blues (12-10-6) 0 4 1 5
Buffalo Sabres (14-13-2) 0 0 2 2

1: no scoring
2: STL,Lou Angotti 7 (Nick Harbaruk), 5:13
STL,Lou Angotti 8 (Floyd Thomson), 14:36
STL,Glen Sather 8 (Pierre Plante, Larry Giroux), 17:43 - PP
STL,Chris Evans 1 (Bob Kelly, Bob Collyard), 17:55
3: STL,Larry Giroux 2 (Garry Unger, Glen Sather), 2:11
BUF,Steve Atkinson 4, 7:32
BUF,Jim Lorentz 11 (Peter McNab), 15:54
Penalties:

1: Floyd Thomson, STL [Hooking] 10:09
John Wright, STL [Tripping] 13:16
2: Rene Robert, BUF [Hooking] 16:49
Steve Durbano, STL [Interference] 19:04
3: none
Penalty time: STL: 6 minutes BUF: 2 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Stephenson 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Durbano 2 D 0 0 0 2 2 0
Bob Plager 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Chris Evans 6 D 1 0 1 0 1 3
Garry Unger 7 C 0 1 1 0 1 5
Barclay Plager 8 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
John Wright 10 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Gary Sabourin 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Collyard 12 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Lou Angotti 14 C 2 0 2 0 1 3
Glen Sather 15 LW 1 1 2 0 -1 4
Pierre Plante 16 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Floyd Thomson 18 LW 0 1 1 2 1 1
Nick Harbaruk 22 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Jean Hamel 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bob Kelly 24 RW 0 1 1 0 1 4
Larry Giroux 25 D 1 1 2 0 0 4
Don Awrey 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1034
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1034

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Roger Crozier 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Horton 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Robitaille 3 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Tracy Pratt 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Joe Noris 5 C 0 0 0 0 2 1
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Jim Lorentz 8 C 1 0 1 0 -1 4
Norm Gratton 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 7
Gerry Meehan 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Paul Terbenche 18 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Steve Atkinson 19 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
John Gould 21 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Doug Rombough 22 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Carriere 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Peter McNab 24 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1031
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1031
Shots: STL: 9-17- 8-34 BUF: 16- 6- 9-31 Goalies: STL: Wayne Stephenson (W, 4-4-1) BUF: Roger Crozier (L, 4-4-0) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Swede Knox Attendance: 15,858



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (6-16-5) 0 4 1 5
Detroit Red Wings (12-16-2) 2 2 3 7

1: DET,Mickey Redmond 15 (Ron Stackhouse, Garnet "Ace" Bailey), :42 - PP
DET,Henry Boucha 8 (Doug Roberts, Marcel Dionne), 14:18
2: VAN,Jerry Korab 3, 3:58
DET,Marcel Dionne 2 (Ron Stackhouse, Doug Roberts), 5:43
VAN,Dave Dunn 3 (Bobby Schmautz, Jocelyn Guevremont), 7:00
DET,Bill Hogaboam 1 (Bill Collins, Ted Harris), 10:57
VAN,Don Lever 7 (Dennis Ververgaert, Bob Dailey), 11:13
VAN,Bobby Schmautz 13 (Andre Boudrias, Barry Wilkins), 15:35
3: VAN,Paulin Bordeleau 2, 4:13
DET,Henry Boucha 9 (Terry Richardson), 6:56 - SH
DET,Mickey Redmond 16 (Ted Harris, Guy Charron), 7:45
DET,Ron Stackhouse 1 (Marcel Dionne, Doug Roberts), 11:11
Penalties:

1: Bobby Schmautz, VAN [Tripping] 0:17
2: none
3: Dennis Kearns, VAN [Tripping] 1:40
Ron Stackhouse, DET [Holding] 5:33
Penalty time: VAN: 4 minutes DET: 2 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary Smith 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jocelyn Guevremont 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bob Dailey 3 D 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Barry Wilkins 4 D 0 1 1 0 0 3
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Andre Boudrias 7 LW 0 1 1 0 2 0
Bobby Schmautz 8 RW 1 1 2 2 1 2
Don Lever 9 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Paulin Bordeleau 15 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Paul O'Neil 17 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Lampman 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Richard Lemieux 19 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Gerry O'Flaherty 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dave Dunn 24 D 1 0 1 0 1 5
Bryan McSheffrey 26 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jerry Korab 27 D 1 0 1 0 0 1
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-523
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-523

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Terry Richardson 1 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Johnston 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Thommie Bergman 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Marcel Dionne 5 C 1 2 3 0 1 2
Red Berenson 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Guy Charron 8 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Garnet "Ace" Bailey 12 LW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 6
Bill Hogaboam 15 C 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Henry Boucha 16 C 2 0 2 0 2 5
Pierre Jarry 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ted Harris 19 D 0 2 2 0 0 0
Mickey Redmond 20 RW 2 0 2 0 1 2
Ron Stackhouse 21 D 1 2 3 2 0 3
Bill Collins 22 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Nelson Debenedet 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Brent Hughes 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Doug Roberts 26 RW 0 3 3 0 1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)439
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)439
Shots: VAN: 2-15- 6-23 DET: 11-16-12-39 Goalies: VAN: Gary Smith (L, 5-13-4) DET: Terry Richardson (W, 1-4-0) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Bob Luther Attendance: 11,253



Team123F
Chicago Blackhawks (14-5-9) 0 3 3 6
New York Rangers (13-9-9) 0 0 1 1

1: no scoring
2: CHI,Cliff Koroll 8 (Stan Mikita, Bill White), 6:06
CHI,Pit Martin 12 (Jim Pappin), 8:08 - SH
CHI,John Marks 6 (Dick Redmond), 11:32 - PP
3: CHI,Dave Kryskow 3 (J.P. Bordeleau), 5:02
CHI,Jim Pappin 6 (Dennis Hull, Dick Redmond), 11:20
CHI,Darcy Rota 7 (Len Frig), 14:14
NYR,Rod Gilbert 14 (Jean Ratelle, Brad Park), 17:53 - PP
Penalties:

1: Gilles Marotte, NYR [Boarding] 6:14
Doug Jarrett, CHI [Holding, Misconduct] 10:11
Phil Russell, CHI [Hi-sticking] 11:39
Larry Sacharuk, NYR [Hooking] 13:10
2: Keith Magnuson, CHI [Elbowing] 0:13
Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Slashing] 0:13
Keith Magnuson, CHI [Hooking] 6:50
Jim Neilson, NYR [Interference] 10:15
Brad Park, NYR [Hi-sticking] 11:39
3: Lynn Powis, CHI [Hooking] 16:19
Penalty time: CHI: 20 minutes NYR: 10 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill White 2 D 0 1 1 0 4 3
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 0 0 4 1 1
Doug Jarrett 4 D 0 0 0 12 0 0
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 2 2 2
Len Frig 6 D 0 1 1 0 1 3
Pit Martin 7 C 1 0 1 0 2 2
Jim Pappin 8 RW 1 1 2 0 2 2
Dennis Hull 10 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
John Marks 11 RW 1 0 1 0 1 5
Lynn Powis 12 C 0 0 0 2 1 1
Dick Redmond 15 D 0 2 2 0 3 3
Dave Kryskow 17 LW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Darcy Rota 18 LW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Dale Tallon 19 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Stan Mikita 21 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)2436
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)2436

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ed Giacomin 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Park 2 D 0 1 1 2 -2 2
Ron Harris 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Sacharuk 4 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Gilles Marotte 6 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 4
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Bill Fairbairn 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Vic Hadfield 11 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Bruce MacGregor 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Real Lemieux 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jim Neilson 15 D 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Rod Seiling 16 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 2 -3 2
Jean Ratelle 19 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Jack Egers 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Stemkowski 21 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Ted Irvine 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Gilles Villemure 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2527
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2527
Shots: CHI: 11-12-13-36 NYR: 11- 6-10-27 Goalies: CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 14-5-9) NYR: Gilles Villemure,
Ed Giacomin (L, 10-7-6) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Claude Bechard Attendance: 17,500



Team123F
New York Islanders (5-16-8) 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia Flyers (17-7-4) 2 2 0 4

1: PHI,Rick MacLeish 12 (Bobby Clarke, Bill Barber), 5:43 - PP
PHI,Bill Barber 9 (Bobby Clarke, Gary Dornhoefer), 13:46
2: PHI,Don Saleski 9 (Terry Crisp, Dave Schultz), 11:39
PHI,Bill Clement 2 (Gary Dornhoefer, Ed Van Impe), 16:48
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Bobby Clarke, PHI [Tripping] 2:45
Bert Marshall, NYI [Tripping] 5:10
Brian Spencer, NYI [Interference] 11:33
2: Brian Spencer, NYI [Tripping] 4:37
Bill Barber, PHI [Hooking] 6:04
Bobby Clarke, PHI [Misconduct] 6:04
Ed Westfall, NYI [Holding] 7:02
Bob Nystrom, NYI [Fighting] 7:51
Andre Dupont, PHI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 7:51
Gerry Hart, NYI [Hooking] 12:54
3: Bill Barber, PHI [Hooking] 0:42
Ed Van Impe, PHI [Cross checking] 2:57
Bill Clement, PHI [Holding] 10:59
Dave Schultz, PHI [Charging, Fighting] 15:42
Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 15:42
Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Slashing, Misconduct] 16:50
Penalty time: NYI: 20 minutes PHI: 46 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gerry Desjardins 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Bert Marshall 6 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Germain Gagnon 7 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 5 -1 0
Brian Spencer 9 LW 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ernie Hicke 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ralph Stewart 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 6
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Craig Cameron 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Andre St. Laurent 21 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 5 -1 5
Billy MacMillan 24 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)-1525
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)-1525

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bernie Parent 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Van Impe 2 D 0 1 1 2 1 0
Tom Bladon 3 D 0 0 0 0 2 2
Barry Ashbee 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 7 1 2
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 4 1 2
Dave Schultz 8 LW 0 1 1 7 1 2
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Bill Clement 10 C 1 0 1 2 1 1
Don Saleski 11 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 0 2 2 12 2 3
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Terry Crisp 15 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 2 2 12 1 2
Simon Nolet 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 0 1 0 0 6
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1530
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1530
Shots: NYI: 5- 6-14-25 PHI: 13-13- 4-30 Goalies: NYI: Gerry Desjardins (L, 2-5-1) PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 17-6-4) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Charles Banfield, Willard Norris Attendance: 17,007



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