Thursday December 20, 1973
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All NHL game summaries from December 20, 1973



Team123F
Pittsburgh Penguins (9-17-4) 1 0 4 5
Boston Bruins (22-4-3) 0 4 2 6

1: PIT,Lowell MacDonald 14 (Al McDonough), 2:01 - PP
2: BOS,Don Marcotte 7 (Terry O'Reilly), 13:59
BOS,Derek Sanderson 3 (Ken Hodge, Phil Esposito), 16:07
BOS,Carol Vadnais 5 (Johnny Bucyk, Gregg Sheppard), 17:00
BOS,Phil Esposito 35 (Ken Hodge, Johnny Bucyk), 18:09 - PP
3: PIT,Greg Polis 9 (Lowell MacDonald, Syl Apps), 3:19 - PP
BOS,Ken Hodge 22 (Phil Esposito, Derek Sanderson), 9:18
PIT,Yvon Labre 1 (Ron Lalonde, Ted Snell), 10:20
BOS,Ken Hodge 23 (Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito), 12:40
PIT,Syl Apps 12 (Lowell MacDonald), 14:41 - PP
PIT,Greg Polis 10 (Dave Burrows), 16:52
Penalties:

1: Phil Esposito, BOS [Hi-sticking] 0:32
Bryan Watson, PIT [Hi-sticking] 0:32
Gilles Gilbert, BOS [Throwing stick major] 1:20
Jean Pronovost, PIT [Hooking] 8:01
Phil Esposito, BOS [Hi-sticking] 11:31
Wayne Cashman, BOS [Roughing] 11:31
Yvon Labre, PIT [Spearing] 11:31
Wayne Cashman, BOS [Elbowing, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 14:01
Dave Burrows, PIT [Holding] 14:41
2: Bryan Watson, PIT [Charging major, Fighting] 3:10
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Charging, Fighting] 3:10
Lowell MacDonald, PIT [Tripping] 8:56
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 17:47
Bryan Hextall, PIT [Spearing, Fighting] 17:47
3: Ken Hodge, BOS [Holding] 1:24
Carol Vadnais, BOS [Hooking] 14:11
Penalty time: PIT: 27 minutes BOS: 49 minutes
PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Burrows 4 D 0 1 1 2 0 4
Bryan Watson 5 D 0 0 0 12 0 2
Bryan Hextall 7 C 0 0 0 7 -2 2
Jim Wiley 8 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
Al McDonough 9 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Ted Snell 10 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 0
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 1 1 0 -1 0
Ron Schock 17 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Lowell MacDonald 18 LW 1 2 3 2 -1 4
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Yvon Labre 20 D 1 0 1 2 -2 2
Greg Polis 22 RW 2 0 2 0 -1 10
Larry Bignell 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Beverley 25 D 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Syl Apps 26 C 1 1 2 0 -1 1
Gary Inness 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1531
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1531

BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gilles Gilbert 1 G 0 0 0 5 0 0
Bobby Orr 4 D 0 1 1 0 4 7
Darryl Edestrand 6 D 0 0 0 0 2 3
Phil Esposito 7 C 1 3 4 4 2 8
Ken Hodge 8 RW 2 2 4 2 2 5
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 0 2 2 0 0 2
Carol Vadnais 10 D 1 0 1 2 -1 4
Andre Savard 11 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 0 0 24 0 0
Fred O'Donnell 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derek Sanderson 17 C 1 1 2 0 2 6
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Marcotte 21 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Chris Oddleifson 22 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Al Sims 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 1 1 12 1 1
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1545
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1545
Shots: PIT: 12- 6-13-31 BOS: 10-19-16-45 Goalies: PIT: Jim Rutherford,
Gary Inness (L, 0-1-0) BOS: Gilles Gilbert (W, 18-2-2) Referee: Peter Moffatt Linesmen: Charles Banfield, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 15,003



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (18-7-5) 1 1 0 2
Buffalo Sabres (14-13-4) 0 1 1 2

1: MTL,Chuck Lefley 10 (Jacques Lemaire, Yvan Cournoyer), 17:01
2: MTL,Jimmy Roberts 2 (Henri Richard), 1:38
BUF,Rick Dudley 6 (Tim Horton, Gerry Meehan), 10:27
3: BUF,Rene Robert 9 (Tim Horton), 9:12
Penalties:

1: Tim Horton, BUF [Tripping] 3:17
2: none
3: Paul Terbenche, BUF [Holding] 0:55
Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Tripping] 3:02
Penalty time: MTL: 2 minutes BUF: 4 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Plasse 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacques Laperriere 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jimmy Roberts 6 D 1 0 1 0 0 2
Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Claude Larose 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Henri Richard 16 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Murray Wilson 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Chuck Lefley 24 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 0 1 1 2 1 1
Pierre Bouchard 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Mahovlich 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (9 forwards, 6 defensemen)027
TOTAL   (9 forwards, 6 defensemen)027

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tim Horton 2 D 0 2 2 2 2 2
Tracy Pratt 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Norm Gratton 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rene Robert 14 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Gerry Meehan 15 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
Rick Dudley 17 LW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Paul Terbenche 18 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Steve Atkinson 19 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Gould 21 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Rombough 22 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Larry Carriere 23 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Peter McNab 24 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Dryden 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)022
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)022
Shots: MTL: 9- 7-11-27 BUF: 7- 6- 9-22 Goalies: MTL: Michel Plasse (T, 3-0-2) BUF: Dave Dryden (T, 10-7-4) Referee: Lloyd Gilmour Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Jim Christison Attendance: 15,858



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (12-17-3) 1 1 0 2
New York Rangers (14-9-9) 2 3 0 5

1: NYR,Rod Gilbert 15 (Steve Vickers, Jean Ratelle), 2:47
NYR,Ron Harris 2 (Rod Gilbert), 7:38
DET,Nelson Debenedet 2 (Red Berenson, Ron Stackhouse), 14:14
2: NYR,Vic Hadfield 11 (Rod Gilbert, Gilles Marotte), 3:13
NYR,Vic Hadfield 12 (Ron Harris, Rod Gilbert), 8:49
DET,Henry Boucha 10 (Doug Roberts, Marcel Dionne), 16:21
NYR,Bobby Rousseau 4 (Walt Tkaczuk, Steve Vickers), 19:12 - PP
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: none
2: Ron Stackhouse, DET [Tripping] 18:38
3: Larry Johnston, DET [Tripping] 5:42
Bruce MacGregor, NYR [Hooking] 16:19
Penalty time: DET: 4 minutes NYR: 2 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill McKenzie 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Johnston 3 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Thommie Bergman 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Marcel Dionne 5 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Red Berenson 7 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Guy Charron 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Garnet "Ace" Bailey 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Bill Hogaboam 15 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Henry Boucha 16 C 1 0 1 0 0 5
Pierre Jarry 17 LW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Ted Harris 19 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Mickey Redmond 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ron Stackhouse 21 D 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bill Collins 22 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Nelson Debenedet 23 LW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Brent Hughes 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Roberts 26 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1030
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1030

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ed Giacomin 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Park 2 D 0 0 0 0 2 4
Ron Harris 3 D 1 1 2 0 2 5
Larry Sacharuk 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Gilles Marotte 6 D 0 1 1 0 2 4
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 1 3 4 0 4 3
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 2 2 0 1 3
Bill Fairbairn 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Vic Hadfield 11 LW 2 0 2 0 3 6
Bruce MacGregor 12 C 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Rod Seiling 16 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
Jean Ratelle 19 C 0 1 1 0 4 3
Jack Egers 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Stemkowski 21 C 0 0 0 0 -2 5
Bobby Rousseau 22 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Ted Irvine 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1045
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1045
Shots: DET: 11- 9-10-30 NYR: 15-17-13-45 Goalies: DET: Bill McKenzie (L, 0-1-1) NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 11-7-6) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Ron Finn Attendance: 14,972



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (6-17-6) 1 2 0 3
Philadelphia Flyers (18-7-4) 2 4 3 9

1: PHI,Bobby Clarke 9 (Gary Dornhoefer, Barry Ashbee), 8:26
VAN,Bobby Schmautz 14 (Jerry Korab, Barry Wilkins), 13:22 - SH
PHI,Dave Schultz 4 (Ed Van Impe), 16:13
2: PHI,Bobby Clarke 10 (Bill Barber, Gary Dornhoefer), :15
PHI,Ross Lonsberry 11 (Tom Bladon, Rick MacLeish), 3:44
PHI,Bill Clement 3 (Barry Ashbee, Simon Nolet), 4:52
VAN,Bob Dailey 2 (Barry Wilkins), 6:18
VAN,Bob Dailey 3 (Richard Lemieux, Gerry O'Flaherty), 19:40
PHI,Ross Lonsberry 12 (Don Saleski, Rick MacLeish), 19:56
3: PHI,Bob Kelly 2 (Bill Clement, Tom Bladon), 7:18
PHI,Bill Clement 4 (Bob Kelly, Simon Nolet), 7:40
PHI,Bill Barber 10 (Don Saleski), 14:08 - PP
Penalties:

1: Gregg Boddy, VAN [Hooking] 11:47
2: Dennis Ververgaert, VAN [Fighting] 13:01
Bob Kelly, PHI [Fighting] 13:01
Bill Flett, PHI [Fighting, Misconduct] 13:01
Gregg Boddy, VAN [Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 13:01
Dave Schultz, PHI [Game misconduct] 13:01
Jacques Caron, VAN [Leaving the crease] 13:01
Bernie Parent, PHI [Leaving the crease] 13:01
Gary Smith, VAN [Player leaving bench double minor, Game misconduct] 13:01
Bobby Taylor, PHI [Roughing, Game misconduct] 13:01
3: Joe Watson, PHI [Holding] 2:57
Jocelyn Guevremont, VAN [Hooking] 12:09
Bob Dailey, VAN [Tripping] 17:07
Barry Wilkins, VAN [Slashing] 18:35
Penalty time: VAN: 54 minutes PHI: 46 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jocelyn Guevremont 2 D 0 0 0 2 -3 2
Bob Dailey 3 D 2 0 2 2 -2 2
Barry Wilkins 4 D 0 2 2 2 -3 3
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Andre Boudrias 7 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Bobby Schmautz 8 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Don Lever 9 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 0 0 5 -2 1
Paulin Bordeleau 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul O'Neil 17 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Lemieux 19 C 0 1 1 0 -2 3
Gregg Boddy 22 D 0 0 0 27 -2 0
Gerry O'Flaherty 23 LW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Dave Dunn 24 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Bryan McSheffrey 26 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Jerry Korab 27 D 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Jacques Caron 30 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (9 forwards, 7 defensemen)-2526
TOTAL   (9 forwards, 7 defensemen)-2526

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bernie Parent 1 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ed Van Impe 2 D 0 1 1 0 4 1
Tom Bladon 3 D 0 2 2 0 2 1
Barry Ashbee 4 D 0 2 2 0 1 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 0 1 2
Dave Schultz 8 LW 1 0 1 10 1 1
Bob Kelly 9 LW 1 1 2 5 3 2
Bill Clement 10 C 2 1 3 0 3 3
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 2 2 0 -1 4
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 0 2 2 0 2 0
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Terry Crisp 15 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bobby Clarke 16 C 2 0 2 0 2 4
Simon Nolet 17 RW 0 2 2 0 2 1
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 2 0 2 0 -1 7
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 2 2 0 -1 6
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 0 4 1
Bill Flett 21 RW 0 0 0 15 1 4
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2539
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2539
Shots: VAN: 8-11- 7-26 PHI: 11-16-12-39 Goalies: VAN: Jacques Caron (L, 1-3-1) PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 18-6-4) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Swede Knox Attendance: 17,007



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