NHL game summary from December 4, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (12-11-4)	3	5	3	11
Minnesota North Stars (6-16-4)	2	1	1	4

1: MIN, Ernie Hicke 3 (Dean Talafous, Dwight Bialowas), 3:04 - PP
   NYR, Steve Vickers 9 (Rod Gilbert, Wayne Dillon), 4:12
   NYR, Rod Gilbert 13 (Wayne Dillon, Steve Vickers), 10:04
   MIN, Roland Eriksson 9 (Lou Nanne, Glen Sharpley), 12:32
   NYR, Don Murdoch 21 (Rod Gilbert, Mike McEwen), 14:47 - PP
2: NYR, Rod Gilbert 14 (Ron Greschner), 1:13
   NYR, Bill Goldsworthy 3 (Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge), 7:12
   NYR, Don Murdoch 22 (Greg Polis, Walt Tkaczuk), 7:48
   NYR, Nick Fotiu 1 (Pat Hickey, Pete Stemkowski), 9:38
   MIN, Ernie Hicke 4, 12:41 - PP
   NYR, Phil Esposito 12 (Ken Hodge), 15:55 - PP
3: NYR, Carol Vadnais 3 (Don Murdoch), 4:41
   NYR, Pat Hickey 6 (Ken Hodge), 10:05
   MIN, Tom Younghans 2 (Tim Young, Ernie Hicke), 18:25
   NYR, Ken Hodge 9 (Rod Gilbert, Don Murdoch), 19:26 - PP

Penalties:

1: Dave Farrish, NYR [Cross checking] 1:44
   Steve Jensen, MIN [Holding] 14:28
2: Dave Farrish, NYR [Tripping] 1:57
   Bill Goldsworthy, NYR [Elbowing] 11:25
   Steve Jensen, MIN [Tripping] 15:01
3: Nick Fotiu, NYR [Hi-sticking] 7:02
   Bill Hogaboam, MIN [Hooking] 19:12
   Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hooking] 19:50

Penalty time: NYR: 10 minutes
              MIN: 6 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
John Davidson	0	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	4	1	0
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	1	1	0	2	3
Carol Vadnais	5	D	1	0	1	0	5	5
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	2	3	5	0	2	4
Steve Vickers	8	LW	1	1	2	0	2	1
Wayne Dillon	9	C	0	2	2	0	2	1
Bill Goldsworthy	12	RW	1	0	1	2	1	3
Don Murdoch	14	RW	2	2	4	0	2	2
Pat Hickey	16	LW	1	1	2	0	1	1
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	1	1	2	2	3
Greg Polis	20	RW	0	1	1	0	2	2
Pete Stemkowski	21	C	0	1	1	0	0	0
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	1	0	1	2	0	1
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	0	4	7
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	1	1	2	0	2	5
Ken Hodge	88	RW	1	3	4	0	2	2
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							30	40

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Pete Lopresti	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Bialowas	2	D	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Dennis O'Brien	5	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Doug Hicks	6	D	0	0	0	0	-4	0
Glen Sharpley	7	C	0	1	1	0	-1	2
Alex Pirus	10	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Steve Jensen	12	LW	0	0	0	4	-2	3
Ernie Hicke	14	LW	2	1	3	0	-2	3
Dean Talafous	15	C	0	1	1	0	-3	5
Tim Young	17	C	0	1	1	0	-2	0
Tom Reid	20	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Bill Hogaboam	21	C	0	0	0	2	-3	1
Roland Eriksson	22	C	1	0	1	0	-1	6
Lou Nanne	23	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rich Nantais	25	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Nick Beverley	26	D	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Tom Younghans	29	RW	1	0	1	0	-2	4
Gary Smith	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)							-30	30


Shots: NYR: 14- 9-17-40
       MIN: 13-11- 6-30

Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 8-4-4)
         MIN: Gary Smith (L, 4-8-2), Pete LoPresti

Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: John Brown, Jim Christison

Attendance: 8,559

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