All NHL game summaries from December 23, 1975

Team	1	2	3	F
Philadelphia Flyers (22-4-8)	0	1	1	2
Atlanta Flames (17-14-4)	0	1	1	2

1:	no scoring
2:	PHI,	Don Saleski 7 (Orest Kindrachuk, Ed Van Impe), 11:21
	ATL,	Claude St. Sauveur 14 (Eric Vail), 15:39
3:	ATL,	Bill Flett 11 (Barry Gibbs), 5:36
	PHI,	Bobby Clarke 17 (Reggie Leach, Joe Watson), 13:19

Penalties:

1:	Ed Kea, ATL [Holding] 19:01
2:	Larry Goodenough, PHI [Interference] 19:12
3:	Bobby Clarke, PHI [Cross checking] 0:40
	Rey Comeau, ATL [Cross checking] 5:12
	Bobby Clarke, PHI [Hi-sticking] 5:12
	Barry Gibbs, ATL [Roughing double minor] 8:59
	Dave Schultz, PHI [Roughing double minor] 8:59
	Ed Van Impe, PHI [Holding] 15:48

Penalty time: PHI: 12 minutes ATL: 8 minutes

PHI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ed Van Impe	2	D	0	1	1	2	0	1
Tom Bladon	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	5
Larry Goodenough	5	D	0	0	0	2	0	3
Andre Dupont	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Barber	7	LW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Dave Schultz	8	LW	0	0	0	4	1	0
Bob Kelly	9	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Bridgman	10	C	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Don Saleski	11	RW	1	0	1	0	0	3
Gary Dornhoefer	12	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Watson	14	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Clarke	16	C	1	0	1	4	1	1
Ross Lonsberry	18	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Rick MacLeish	19	C	0	0	0	0	0	5
Jimmy Watson	20	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Orest Kindrachuk	26	C	0	1	1	0	0	4
Reggie Leach	27	RW	0	1	1	0	1	1
Wayne Stephenson	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							1	32
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					1	32

ATL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Phil Myre	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barry Gibbs	2	D	0	1	1	4	2	1
Pat Quinn	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Bennett	5	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Jean Lemieux	6	D	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Randy Manery	7	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Kryskow	8	LW	0	0	0	0	1	5
Bill Flett	9	RW	1	0	1	0	1	2
Gerry Meehan	10	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Claude St. Sauveur	11	C	1	0	1	0	1	5
Tom Lysiak	12	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Tim Ecclestone	14	LW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Rick Bowness	15	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hilliard Graves	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	4
Rey Comeau	18	C	0	0	0	2	0	1
Ed Kea	19	D	0	0	0	2	0	2
Willi Plett	22	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Vail	27	LW	0	1	1	0	0	2
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-1	33
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-1	33

Shots: PHI: 7-14-11-32 ATL: 7-15-11-33 Goalies: PHI: Wayne Stephenson (T, 22-4-8) ATL: Phil Myre (T, 8-8-1) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Bob Hodges Attendance: 14,484

Team	1	2	3	F
Los Angeles Kings (18-14-2)	2	1	1	4
Boston Bruins (17-9-8)	0	1	2	3

1:	LA ,	Marcel Dionne 22 (Mike Murphy, Tom Williams), 5:30
	LA ,	Butch Goring 9 (Bob Nevin), 19:52
2:	BOS,	Gregg Sheppard 15 (Brad Park, Ken Hodge), 5:30 - PP
	LA ,	Marcel Dionne 23, 16:26
3:	LA ,	Marcel Dionne 24 (Mike Murphy), 4:27
	BOS,	Johnny Bucyk 15 (Ken Hodge, Gregg Sheppard), 7:53 - PP
	BOS,	Gregg Sheppard 16 (Johnny Bucyk, Brad Park), 14:36

Penalties:

1:	Dallas Smith, BOS [Holding] 6:10
	Neil Komadoski, LA [Hooking, Unsportsmanlike conduct] 6:39
	Dave Hutchison, LA [Hi-sticking] 10:29
	Wayne Cashman, BOS [Hi-sticking] 10:29
	Mike Murphy, LA [Tripping] 14:01
	Andre Savard, BOS [Boarding] 17:29
2:	Wayne Cashman, BOS [Slashing] 2:22
	Bob Berry, LA [Tripping] 4:08
	Don Marcotte, BOS [Hooking] 6:41
	Mike Murphy, LA [Holding] 7:29
	Neil Komadoski, LA [Interference] 19:38
	Ken Hodge, BOS [Holding] 20:00
3:	Bob Nevin, LA [Hooking] 6:40
	Gene Carr, LA [Illegal stick] 8:14

Penalty time: LA : 18 minutes BOS: 12 minutes

LA Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gary Edwards	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Hutchison	4	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bob Murdoch	5	D	0	0	0	0	3	1
Sheldon Kannegiesser	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Murphy	7	RW	0	2	2	4	2	2
Bob Nevin	9	RW	0	1	1	2	1	1
Vic Venasky	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Corrigan	11	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Carr	12	C	0	0	0	2	0	1
Frank St. Marseille	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Juha Widing	15	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcel Dionne	16	C	3	0	3	0	2	6
Tom Williams	17	LW	0	1	1	0	2	1
Bob Berry	18	LW	0	0	0	2	1	1
Butch Goring	19	C	1	0	1	0	1	4
Neil Komadoski	23	D	0	0	0	6	3	0
Don Kozak	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							15	20
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					15	20

BOS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gilles Gilbert	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darryl Edestrand	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ken Hodge	8	RW	0	2	2	2	0	2
Johnny Bucyk	9	LW	1	1	2	0	-1	2
Jean Ratelle	10	C	0	0	0	0	-2	4
Andre Savard	11	C	0	0	0	2	0	2
Wayne Cashman	12	LW	0	0	0	4	-2	1
Dave Forbes	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Bobby Schmautz	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	4
Gregg Sheppard	19	C	2	1	3	0	-1	7
Dallas Smith	20	D	0	0	0	2	-2	0
Don Marcotte	21	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Brad Park	22	D	0	2	2	0	-2	5
Al Sims	23	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Terry O'Reilly	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Gary Doak	25	D	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Doug Gibson	27	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Zanussi	29	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-15	43
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-15	43

Shots: LA : 9- 7- 4-20 BOS: 14-11-18-43 Goalies: LA : Gary Edwards (W, 7-5-1) BOS: Gilles Gilbert (L, 13-6-7) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Willard Norris, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 13,336

Team	1	2	3	F
St. Louis Blues (10-19-5)	0	0	1	1
Chicago Blackhawks (13-10-11)	1	1	2	4

1:	CHI,	Grant Mulvey 8 (Phil Russell, Bobby Sheehan), 13:28
2:	CHI,	Ivan Boldirev 17 (Darcy Rota, Cliff Koroll), 1:36
3:	CHI,	Ivan Boldirev 18 (Alain Daigle, Bill White), 3:10
	STL,	Derek Sanderson 8 (Bruce Affleck, Claude Larose), 12:09
	CHI,	Ivan Boldirev 19 (Phil Russell), 15:46

Penalties:

1:	Cliff Koroll, CHI [Tripping] 18:40
2:	Bob Plager, STL [Tripping] 1:43
	Phil Russell, CHI [Hi-sticking] 8:13
	Bob Gassoff, STL [Hi-sticking] 8:13
	Grant Mulvey, CHI [Interference] 13:16
	Ivan Boldirev, CHI [Hooking] 16:40
3:	Bob MacMillan, STL [Tripping] 0:45
	Chuck Lefley, STL [Hooking] 3:45
	Phil Russell, CHI [Hooking] 8:12

Penalty time: STL: 8 minutes CHI: 10 minutes

STL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Eddie Johnston	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Gassoff	3	D	0	0	0	2	-2	2
Bruce Affleck	4	D	0	1	1	0	-2	2
Bob Plager	5	D	0	0	0	2	1	1
Larry Patey	6	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Garry Unger	7	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Red Berenson	9	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Bert Wilson	11	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Larose	12	RW	0	1	1	0	-2	2
Pierre Plante	16	RW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Jerry Butler	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Floyd Thomson	18	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Sanderson	19	C	1	0	1	0	-2	5
Bob MacMillan	21	RW	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Rick Wilson	22	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Bob Hess	23	D	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Chuck Lefley	25	RW	0	0	0	2	-2	2
Ted Irvine	27	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-15	26
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-15	26

CHI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bill White	2	D	0	1	1	0	1	1
Phil Russell	5	D	0	2	2	4	3	3
Bob Murray	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pit Martin	7	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Joey Johnston	8	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dennis Hull	10	LW	0	0	0	0	1	3
John Marks	11	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ivan Boldirev	12	C	3	0	3	2	2	5
Dick Redmond	15	D	0	0	0	0	1	2
Alain Daigle	17	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Darcy Rota	18	LW	0	1	1	0	1	2
Dale Tallon	19	D	0	0	0	0	2	3
Cliff Koroll	20	RW	0	1	1	2	1	4
Grant Mulvey	22	RW	1	0	1	2	1	1
Bobby Sheehan	27	C	0	1	1	0	1	2
Tony Esposito	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)							15	31
TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)					15	31

Shots: STL: 10- 9- 7-26 CHI: 10-14- 7-31 Goalies: STL: Eddie Johnston (L, 1-7-2) CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 11-10-7) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Ron Finn, Neil Armstrong Attendance: n/a

Team	1	2	3	F
Buffalo Sabres (21-9-4)	2	2	1	5
Kansas City Scouts (10-20-4)	0	0	1	1

1:	BUF,	Rick Martin 23 (Peter McNab, Brian Spencer), 12:13
	BUF,	Jacques Richard 8 (Gilbert Perreault, Bill Hajt), 14:15
2:	BUF,	Fred Stanfield 8 (Jacques Richard, Gilbert Perreault), 5:59
	BUF,	Don Luce 13 (Danny Gare, Jocelyn Guevremont), 14:37
3:	BUF,	Craig Ramsay 9 (Don Luce, Jocelyn Guevremont), 6:17
	KC ,	Craig Patrick 6 (Dave Hudson, Fred "Buster" Harvey), 14:18

Penalties:

1:	Rick Martin, BUF [Tripping] 8:53
	Bill Hajt, BUF [Tripping] 15:46
2:	Jerry Korab, BUF [Hooking] 19:54
3:	Paul McIntosh, BUF [Interference] 9:35

Penalty time: BUF: 8 minutes KC : 0 minutes

BUF Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Roger Crozier	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul McIntosh	3	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jerry Korab	4	D	0	0	0	2	-1	3
Jim Schoenfeld	6	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Rick Martin	7	LW	1	0	1	2	0	3
Jim Lorentz	8	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacques Richard	9	LW	1	1	2	0	2	4
Craig Ramsay	10	LW	1	0	1	0	2	3
Gilbert Perreault	11	C	0	2	2	0	2	4
Peter McNab	16	C	0	1	1	0	0	1
Fred Stanfield	17	LW	1	0	1	0	2	3
Danny Gare	18	RW	0	1	1	0	2	3
Don Luce	20	C	1	1	2	0	2	4
Brian Spencer	21	LW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Jocelyn Guevremont	22	D	0	2	2	0	5	2
Bill Hajt	24	D	0	1	1	2	5	3
TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)							20	36
TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)					20	36

KC Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Denis Herron	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Patterson	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Gary Bergman	5	D	0	0	0	0	-4	5
Larry Johnston	6	D	0	0	0	0	-4	0
Guy Charron	7	C	0	0	0	0	-2	5
Fred "Buster" Harvey	8	RW	0	1	1	0	-1	3
Wilf Paiement	9	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	8
Ed Gilbert	10	C	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Dave Hudson	11	C	0	1	1	0	1	1
Robin Burns	13	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Craig Patrick	14	RW	1	0	1	0	-1	3
Germain Gagnon	16	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Simon Nolet	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Gary Croteau	18	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Randy Rota	25	C	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Jean-Guy Lagace	26	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill McKenzie	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen)							-20	37
TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen)					-20	37

Shots: BUF: 14-12-10-36 KC : 14- 8-15-37 Goalies: BUF: Roger Crozier (W, 8-2-0) KC : Denis Herron (L, 9-16-4),
Bill McKenzie Referee: Ron Hoggarth Linesmen: Bob Luther, John Brown Attendance: 6,018

Team	1	2	3	F
Pittsburgh Penguins (13-16-4)	0	1	2	3
New York Rangers (15-17-4)	1	2	1	4

1:	NYR,	Carol Vadnais 6 (Walt Tkaczuk, Ed Johnstone), 17:54
2:	PIT,	Ron Schock 7 (Vic Hadfield), 14:53
	NYR,	Rod Gilbert 11 (Phil Esposito), 15:34
	NYR,	Ed Johnstone 2 (Walt Tkaczuk, Pete Stemkowski), 16:46
3:	NYR,	Pete Stemkowski 7 (Walt Tkaczuk, Carol Vadnais), 1:27
	PIT,	Vic Hadfield 15 (Ron Schock, Colin Campbell), 2:27
	PIT,	Vic Hadfield 16 (Colin Campbell, Dave Burrows), 14:56

Penalties:

1:	Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Tripping] 5:27
	Dennis Owchar, PIT [Holding] 12:17
2:	Jerry Holland, NYR [Hooking] 11:42
3:	none

Penalty time: PIT: 2 minutes NYR: 4 minutes

PIT Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ron Stackhouse	3	D	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Dave Burrows	4	D	0	1	1	0	0	1
Barry Wilkins	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Colin Campbell	6	D	0	2	2	0	1	1
Steve Durbano	7	D	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Rick Kehoe	8	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Chuck Arnason	9	RW	0	0	0	0	3	5
Pierre Larouche	10	C	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Vic Hadfield	11	LW	2	1	3	0	3	2
Stan Gilbertson	15	LW	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Lew Morrison	16	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Schock	17	C	1	1	2	0	2	2
Jean Pronovost	19	RW	0	0	0	0	-3	3
Bob Kelly	22	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	4
Dennis Owchar	25	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Syl Apps	26	C	0	0	0	0	-2	6
Michel Plasse	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-5	36
TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-5	36

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Carol Vadnais	2	D	1	1	2	0	3	3
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Larry Sacharuk	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	1	0	1	0	-2	3
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Bill Fairbairn	10	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wayne Dillon	11	C	0	0	0	0	0	6
Phil Esposito	12	C	0	1	1	0	-2	3
Ed Johnstone	14	RW	1	1	2	0	3	3
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	3	3	2	3	0
Pete Stemkowski	21	C	1	1	2	0	3	2
Jerry Holland	22	LW	0	0	0	2	0	3
John Bednarski	23	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Beverley	25	D	0	0	0	0	2	0
Doug Jarrett	28	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
John Davidson	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (9 forwards, 6 defensemen)							5	32
TOTAL (9 forwards, 6 defensemen)					5	32

Shots: PIT: 7-14-15-36 NYR: 15- 7-10-32 Goalies: PIT: Michel Plasse (L, 9-7-3) NYR: John Davidson (W, 13-11-2) Referee: Alf Lejeune Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 17,500

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