NHL game summary from October 6, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Minnesota North Stars (0-1-0)	3	0	2	5
New York Rangers (1-0-0)	3	3	0	6

1: NYR, Don Murdoch 1 (Ken Hodge, Phil Esposito), 8:11 - PP
   MIN, Doug Hicks 1 (Bill Goldsworthy, Roland Eriksson), 9:16 - SH
   NYR, Greg Polis 1 (Walt Tkaczuk, Mike McEwen), 9:38 - PP
   MIN, Tim Young 1 (Roland Eriksson, Pierre Jarry), 12:00 - PP
   MIN, Bill Goldsworthy 1 (Tim Young, Roland Eriksson), 12:36 - PP
   NYR, Wayne Dillon 1 (Rod Gilbert, Dave Farrish), 13:19
2: NYR, Dan Newman 1 (Wayne Dillon, Rod Gilbert), 2:32
   NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 1 (Greg Polis, Dave Maloney), 9:34
   NYR, Don Murdoch 2 (Phil Esposito, Rod Gilbert), 14:28 - PP
3: MIN, Tim Young 2 (Dwight Bialowas, Roland Eriksson), 4:53 - PP
   MIN, Pierre Jarry 1 (Tim Young), 13:08

Penalties:

1: Nick Fotiu, NYR [Charging] 3:59
   Bill Goldsworthy, MIN [Hi-sticking] 6:30
   Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Hi-sticking] 7:57
   Don Murdoch, NYR [Tripping] 10:09
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 11:04
   Doug Hicks, MIN [Delay of game] 15:21
2: Doug Hicks, MIN [Hooking] 4:26
   Ken Hodge, NYR [Roughing] 5:23
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Kneeing] 11:03
   Doug Hicks, MIN [Hooking] 12:38
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Hi-sticking, Unsportsmanlike conduct] 16:16
3: Dave Farrish, NYR [Tripping] 3:26
   Ken Hodge, NYR [Elbowing, Roughing] 14:28
   Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Roughing] 14:28

Penalty time: MIN: 12 minutes
              NYR: 20 minutes

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dwight Bialowas	2	D	0	1	1	0	0	1
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dennis O'Brien	5	D	0	0	0	4	-1	0
Doug Hicks	6	D	1	0	1	6	0	1
Glen Sharpley	7	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Bill Goldsworthy	8	RW	1	1	2	2	1	8
Blake Dunlop	9	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Alex Pirus	10	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Jensen	12	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Ernie Hicke	14	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Dean Talafous	15	C	0	0	0	0	1	3
Pierre Jarry	16	LW	1	1	2	0	1	4
Tim Young	17	C	2	2	4	0	1	4
Tom Younghans	18	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Bill Hogaboam	21	C	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Roland Eriksson	22	C	0	4	4	0	0	6
Lou Nanne	23	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Gary Smith	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-6	34

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	1	1	2	2	0
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	2	0	3
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	0	3	3	0	1	4
Wayne Dillon	9	C	1	1	2	0	2	3
Don Murdoch	14	RW	2	0	2	2	-1	3
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	1	2	0	0	3
Mark Heaslip	19	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Greg Polis	20	RW	1	1	2	0	0	3
Pete Stemkowski	21	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	6	0	0
Dan Newman	24	RW	1	0	1	0	2	2
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	1	1	2	0	2
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	1	1	0	1	2
Gilles Gratton	33	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	2	2	0	-1	2
Ken Hodge	88	RW	0	1	1	6	-1	6
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							5	39


Shots: MIN: 10-13-11-34
       NYR: 20- 9-10-39

Goalies: MIN: Gary Smith (L, 0-1-0)
         NYR: Gilles Gratton (W, 1-0-0)

Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Bob Hodges

Attendance: 17,500

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