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All NHL game summaries from December 23, 1973



Team123F
New York Rangers (15-10-9) 1 0 0 1
Atlanta Flames (14-13-6) 0 1 2 3

1: NYR,Rod Gilbert 17 (Jean Ratelle, Bobby Rousseau), 10:25 - PP
2: ATL,Jacques Richard 9 (Randy Manery), 7:41
3: ATL,John Stewart 8 (Bob Leiter, Larry Romanchych), 8:25
ATL,Jacques Richard 10 (Pat Quinn, Rey Comeau), 9:01
Penalties:

1: Pat Quinn, ATL [Holding] 9:58
Gilles Marotte, NYR [Cross checking] 12:21
Brad Park, NYR [Hooking] 18:27
2: Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Hooking] 16:30
3: Curt Bennett, ATL [Holding] 4:05
John Stewart, ATL [Tripping] 11:49
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes ATL: 6 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ed Giacomin 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Park 2 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Ron Harris 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Larry Sacharuk 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gilles Marotte 6 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 1 0 1 0 -2 3
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Fairbairn 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Vic Hadfield 11 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Bruce MacGregor 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Rod Seiling 16 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jean Ratelle 19 C 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Jack Egers 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Stemkowski 21 C 0 0 0 2 -2 5
Bobby Rousseau 22 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted Irvine 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1529
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1529

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Quinn 3 D 0 1 1 2 1 0
Noel Price 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Curt Bennett 5 RW 0 0 0 2 0 4
Bob Paradise 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Randy Manery 7 D 0 1 1 0 2 5
Lew Morrison 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith McCreary 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Leon Rochefort 11 RW 0 0 0 0 2 3
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacques Richard 15 LW 2 0 2 0 2 7
Bob Leiter 16 C 0 1 1 0 2 7
John Stewart 17 LW 1 0 1 2 1 7
Rey Comeau 18 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Arnie Brown 19 D 0 0 0 0 1 4
Larry Romanchych 21 RW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)1545
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)1545
Shots: NYR: 10- 4-15-29 ATL: 14-20-11-45 Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (L, 12-8-6) ATL: Dan Bouchard (W, 10-7-2) Referee: Dave Shewchyk Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Bob Hodges Attendance: 13,627



Team123F
Toronto Maple Leafs (15-13-6) 0 2 1 3
Boston Bruins (23-5-3) 1 1 2 4

1: BOS,Derek Sanderson 4 (Fred O'Donnell), 15:52
2: BOS,Wayne Cashman 10 (Dallas Smith, Derek Sanderson), 12:27
TOR,Tim Ecclestone 2 (Rick Kehoe, Dave Keon), 13:53
TOR,Dave Keon 12 (Rick Kehoe), 19:50
3: BOS,Ken Hodge 24 (Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito), 2:42
TOR,Lanny McDonald 5, 3:20
BOS,Darryl Edestrand 2 (Gregg Sheppard, Chris Oddleifson), 4:01
Penalties:

1: Derek Sanderson, BOS [Slashing] 5:55
2: Norm Ullman, TOR [Tripping] 8:35
Wayne Cashman, BOS [Cross checking] 14:44
Tim Ecclestone, TOR [Holding] 14:44
3: Dallas Smith, BOS [Elbowing] 6:11
Don Marcotte, BOS [Tripping] 11:56
Penalty time: TOR: 4 minutes BOS: 8 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Eddie Johnston 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Bob Neely 3 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Pelyk 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Norm Ullman 9 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Dave Keon 14 C 1 1 2 0 1 4
Denis Dupere 15 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Tim Ecclestone 16 LW 1 0 1 2 1 2
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 0 2 2 0 1 2
Jim McKenny 18 D 0 0 0 0 2 3
Paul Henderson 19 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Garry Monahan 20 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Brian Glennie 24 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Doug Favell 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-530
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-530

BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gilles Gilbert 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Orr 4 D 0 1 1 0 -2 7
Darryl Edestrand 6 D 1 0 1 0 2 2
Phil Esposito 7 C 0 1 1 0 -2 2
Ken Hodge 8 RW 1 0 1 0 -2 2
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Carol Vadnais 10 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Andre Savard 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 1 0 1 2 -1 2
Fred O'Donnell 16 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Derek Sanderson 17 C 1 1 2 2 2 3
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 1 1 0 1 4
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 1 1 2 1 1
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 2 2 0
Chris Oddleifson 22 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Al Sims 23 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)529
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)529
Shots: TOR: 7- 7-16-30 BOS: 10-11- 8-29 Goalies: TOR: Eddie Johnston (L, 6-4-2),
Doug Favell BOS: Gilles Gilbert (W, 19-3-2) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Willard Norris, Claude Bechard Attendance: 15,003



Team123F
Pittsburgh Penguins (9-19-4) 0 1 1 2
Buffalo Sabres (15-14-4) 0 3 0 3

1: no scoring
2: BUF,Craig Ramsay 9 (Steve Atkinson, Don Luce), 3:32
PIT,Wayne Bianchin 1 (Ted Snell, Ron Schock), 8:23
BUF,Rick Martin 21 (Rene Robert, Mike Robitaille), 9:08
BUF,Craig Ramsay 10 (Don Luce), 19:44
3: PIT,Jean Pronovost 13 (Al McDonough, Ron Schock), 6:54 - PP
Penalties:

1: none
2: Don Luce, BUF [Hi-sticking] 19:56
Bryan Watson, PIT [Hi-sticking] 19:56
3: Jim Lorentz, BUF [Elbowing] 5:21
Penalty time: PIT: 2 minutes BUF: 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 0 2
Bryan Watson 5 D 0 0 0 2 0 4
Bryan Hextall 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Al McDonough 9 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Ted Snell 10 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Wayne Bianchin 14 RW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Ron Lalonde 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ron Schock 17 C 0 2 2 0 0 3
Lowell MacDonald 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Yvon Labre 20 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Greg Polis 22 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Larry Bignell 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Beverley 25 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Syl Apps 26 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1031
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1031

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tim Horton 2 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Mike Robitaille 3 D 0 1 1 0 2 0
Tracy Pratt 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Martin 7 LW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Norm Gratton 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 2 0 2 0 1 6
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 1 1 0 1 5
Gerry Meehan 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Dudley 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Terbenche 18 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Atkinson 19 RW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Don Luce 20 C 0 2 2 2 1 1
John Gould 21 RW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Larry Carriere 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Dryden 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1023
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1023
Shots: PIT: 8-12-11-31 BUF: 6- 7-10-23 Goalies: PIT: Jim Rutherford (L, 5-8-3) BUF: Dave Dryden (W, 11-7-4) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Charles Banfield Attendance: 15,858



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (9-15-8) 0 1 1 2
California Golden Seals (7-22-4) 1 1 0 2

1: CAL,Ray McKay 2 (Morris Mott, Stan Weir), 17:39 - PP
2: CAL,Ivan Boldirev 9 (Craig Patrick), 3:42
MIN,Fred Stanfield 5 (Tony Featherstone, Murray Oliver), 5:39
3: MIN,J.P. Parise 6 (Fred "Buster" Harvey, Jude Drouin), 3:24
Penalties:

1: Bob Stewart, CAL [Slashing] 12:16
Joey Johnston, CAL [Tripping] 14:42
Danny Grant, MIN [Tripping] 17:09
2: none
3: Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Holding, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 12:08
Joey Johnston, CAL [Hooking] 12:32
Penalty time: MIN: 24 minutes CAL: 6 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Gibbs 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 4
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis O'Brien 5 D 0 0 0 22 0 0
Bill Goldsworthy 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 9
Murray Oliver 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
J.P. Parise 11 LW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Jude Drouin 16 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Fred "Buster" Harvey 18 RW 0 1 1 0 0 4
Tom Reid 20 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Danny Grant 21 LW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Nanne 23 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gary Gambucci 24 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Featherstone 27 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Fern Rivard 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 4 defensemen)535
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 4 defensemen)535

CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Marshall Johnston 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ray McKay 3 D 1 0 1 0 0 2
Bob Stewart 6 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Reggie Leach 7 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Walt McKechnie 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ivan Boldirev 9 C 1 0 1 0 0 2
Stan Gilbertson 10 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Rick Kessell 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Patrick 14 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Gary Croteau 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Barry Cummins 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morris Mott 20 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Stan Weir 21 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Joey Johnston 22 LW 0 0 0 4 0 2
Ted McAneeley 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pete Laframboise 24 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Champoux 28 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-520
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-520
Shots: MIN: 8- 8- 4-20 CAL: 15-11- 9-35 Goalies: MIN: Fern Rivard (T, 1-1-1) CAL: Bob Champoux (T, 1-6-2) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Randy Shantz Attendance: 3,894



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (7-18-6) 0 1 1 2
Chicago Blackhawks (15-6-10) 3 3 0 6

1: CHI,Cliff Koroll 9 (John Marks, Stan Mikita), :35
CHI,Dennis Hull 13 (Jim Pappin, Pit Martin), 6:48
CHI,J.P. Bordeleau 4 (Lynn Powis, Dave Kryskow), 7:44
2: CHI,Dick Redmond 7 (Pit Martin), 2:53 - PP
CHI,J.P. Bordeleau 5 (Lynn Powis, Dave Kryskow), 5:24
CHI,Jim Pappin 8 (Pit Martin, Dennis Hull), 17:31
VAN,Gerry O'Flaherty 5 (Barry Wilkins), 19:03
3: VAN,Don Lever 10 (Gerry O'Flaherty, Jerry Korab), 3:09
Penalties:

1: Bobby Schmautz, VAN [Tripping] 15:34
Keith Magnuson, CHI [Roughing] 19:09
Orland Kurtenbach, VAN [Roughing] 19:09
Bill White, CHI [Hooking] 19:21
2: Jerry Korab, VAN [Cross checking] 2:16
Pit Martin, CHI [Tripping] 6:13
Dennis Kearns, VAN [Slashing] 10:39
Jerry Korab, VAN [Slashing] 19:49
3: Bobby Schmautz, VAN [Hi-sticking major] 14:55
Darcy Rota, CHI [Slashing] 14:55
Pit Martin, CHI [Slashing] 19:52
Barry Wilkins, VAN [Slashing] 19:52
Penalty time: VAN: 17 minutes CHI: 10 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary Smith 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jocelyn Guevremont 2 D 0 0 0 0 -2 5
Bob Dailey 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Wilkins 4 D 0 1 1 2 0 4
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 2 -3 5
Andre Boudrias 7 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Bobby Schmautz 8 RW 0 0 0 7 -3 2
Don Lever 9 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Paulin Bordeleau 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Mike Lampman 18 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Richard Lemieux 19 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Gregg Boddy 22 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gerry O'Flaherty 23 LW 1 1 2 0 2 2
Dave Dunn 24 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Orland Kurtenbach 25 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bryan McSheffrey 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jerry Korab 27 D 0 1 1 4 -2 4
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-1537
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-1537

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Veisor 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill White 2 D 0 0 0 2 1 2
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Doug Jarrett 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Len Frig 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pit Martin 7 C 0 3 3 4 1 2
Jim Pappin 8 RW 1 1 2 0 1 2
Dennis Hull 10 LW 1 1 2 0 1 1
John Marks 11 RW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Lynn Powis 12 C 0 2 2 0 2 1
Dick Redmond 15 D 1 0 1 0 1 4
Dave Kryskow 17 LW 0 2 2 0 1 2
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 1 0 1 0 1 5
Stan Mikita 21 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 2 0 2 0 1 2
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)1527
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)1527
Shots: VAN: 11-10-16-37 CHI: 9- 9- 9-27 Goalies: VAN: Gary Smith (L, 6-14-5) CHI: Mike Veisor (W, 1-0-0) Referee: Ron Finn Linesmen: Chet Stewart, Bob Gioffredi Attendance: n/a



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (19-7-6) 0 1 0 1
New York Islanders (6-16-10) 0 1 0 1

1: no scoring
2: NYI,Ernie Hicke 6 (Billy Harris), 3:09 - PP
MTL,Chuck Lefley 11 (Jacques Lemaire), 7:03
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Denis Potvin, NYI [Interference] 1:03
Jacques Laperriere, MTL [Holding] 3:38
Brian Spencer, NYI [Hooking] 9:22
2: Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Tripping] 2:35
Denis Potvin, NYI [Tripping] 3:29
Billy Harris, NYI [Hooking] 14:48
Ed Westfall, NYI [Hi-sticking] 15:58
Chuck Lefley, MTL [Slashing] 15:58
3: none
Penalty time: MTL: 6 minutes NYI: 10 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jacques Laperriere 2 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jimmy Roberts 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW 0 0 0 0 1 4
Claude Larose 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henri Richard 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Murray Wilson 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dave Gardner 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Shutt 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chuck Lefley 24 RW 1 0 1 2 1 2
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 0 1 1 0 1 7
Pierre Bouchard 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Thomas 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)529
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)529

NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gerry Desjardins 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Denis Potvin 5 D 0 0 0 4 0 0
Bert Marshall 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Germain Gagnon 7 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Brian Spencer 9 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ernie Hicke 12 LW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 1 1 2 0 2
Ralph Stewart 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Craig Cameron 19 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Andre St. Laurent 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Billy MacMillan 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)-519
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)-519
Shots: MTL: 5-14-10-29 NYI: 4- 7- 8-19 Goalies: MTL: Wayne Thomas (T, 9-4-3) NYI: Gerry Desjardins (T, 3-5-2) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Bob Mclaren Attendance: 14,865



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