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All NHL game summaries from December 12, 1976



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (9-15-4) 1 2 2 5
Boston Bruins (19-9-2) 0 2 1 3

1: DET,Bobby Sheehan 3 (Fred "Buster" Harvey), 6:43
2: BOS,Don Marcotte 7 (Peter McNab, Terry O'Reilly), 2:10
BOS,Wayne Cashman 9 (Peter McNab, Gregg Sheppard), 2:57 - PP
DET,Dennis Hextall 4 (Greg Joly, Bill Lochead), 9:21 - PP
DET,Dennis Hextall 5 (Michel Bergeron, Greg Joly), 11:44 - PP
3: DET,Bill Lochead 3 (Dennis Hextall, Dan Maloney), 13:16
BOS,Johnny Bucyk 10 (Jean Ratelle), 13:39
DET,Dan Maloney 11 (Dennis Hextall), 18:55 - EN
Penalties:

1: Gregg Sheppard, BOS [Tripping] 7:24
Gary Doak, BOS [Roughing] 9:19
Bill Lochead, DET [Slashing] 9:19
Bobby Schmautz, BOS [Roughing double minor] 17:13
Rick Lapointe, DET [Roughing double minor] 17:13
2: Dan Maloney, DET [Slashing] 2:24
Gary Doak, BOS [Charging] 8:41
Bench penalty, BOS [Delay of game] 11:37
Bobby Schmautz, BOS [Roughing] 11:37
Dave Forbes, BOS [Misconduct] 18:35
Dallas Smith, BOS [Holding] 19:22
3: Brad Park, BOS [Hi-sticking] 0:42
Dennis Polonich, DET [Hi-sticking] 0:42
Al Cameron, DET [Interference] 5:20
Penalty time: DET: 12 minutes BOS: 28 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Terry Harper 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jim Nahrgang 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rick Lapointe 4 D 0 0 0 4 1 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dan Maloney 7 LW 1 1 2 2 0 2
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
J.P. Leblanc 12 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Michel Bergeron 16 RW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bobby Sheehan 17 C 1 0 1 0 1 1
Dennis Hextall 22 C 2 2 4 0 0 5
Bill Lochead 23 LW 1 1 2 2 0 4
Greg Joly 24 D 0 2 2 0 1 3
Mike Bloom 25 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 2 1 2
Fred "Buster" Harvey 27 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Ed Giacomin 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)534
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)534

BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gilles Gilbert 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter McNab 8 C 0 2 2 0 1 3
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Jean Ratelle 10 C 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Bobby Schmautz 11 RW 0 0 0 6 -1 4
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 1 0 1 0 -2 1
Dave Forbes 14 RW 0 0 0 10 0 2
Rick Middleton 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 1 1 2 -2 1
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 0 0 2 1 4
Don Marcotte 21 LW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Brad Park 22 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 4 -1 0
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Matti Hagman 28 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Zanussi 29 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-625
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-625
Shots: DET: 14-10-10-34 BOS: 10- 8- 7-25 Goalies: DET: Ed Giacomin (W, 7-8-1) BOS: Gilles Gilbert (L, 8-6-1) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Ron Finn, John Brown Attendance: 10,311



Team123F
New York Islanders (19-7-3) 2 1 3 6
Chicago Blackhawks (10-17-3) 0 1 1 2

1: NYI,J.P. Parise 9 (Bob Nystrom), 6:25
NYI,Billy Harris 9 (Bob Bourne), 7:08
2: NYI,Clark Gillies 12 (Billy Harris, Denis Potvin), 10:30 - PP
CHI,Kirk Bowman 3 (Dick Redmond, Tony Esposito), 19:27
3: NYI,Clark Gillies 13 (Billy Harris, Jean Potvin), 1:35 - PP
CHI,Alain Daigle 5 (Dennis Hull, Ivan Boldirev), 12:45 - PP
NYI,J.P. Parise 10 (Bob Nystrom), 16:56
NYI,Bob Nystrom 14 (J.P. Parise, Jean Potvin), 18:11
Penalties:

1: Dave Logan, CHI [Slashing] 17:14
Billy MacMillan, NYI [Slashing] 17:14
2: Ed Westfall, NYI [Hooking] 6:45
Dave Logan, CHI [Interference] 10:13
Bert Marshall, NYI [Holding] 17:25
3: Keith Magnuson, CHI [Holding] 1:04
Denis Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 11:40
Penalty time: NYI: 8 minutes CHI: 6 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 0 3 4
Pat Price 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 2 2 0 3 1
Denis Potvin 5 D 0 1 1 2 -1 1
Bert Marshall 6 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 8
Clark Gillies 9 LW 2 0 2 0 1 6
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Billy MacMillan 11 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
J.P. Parise 12 LW 2 1 3 0 3 3
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
Billy Harris 15 RW 1 2 3 0 1 4
Jude Drouin 17 C 0 0 0 0 2 3
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bryan Trottier 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 5
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 1 2 3 0 3 10
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1553
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1553

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Bob Murray 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Pit Martin 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Hull 10 LW 0 1 1 0 -2 2
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Dave Logan 14 D 0 0 0 4 -1 5
Dick Redmond 15 D 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Kirk Bowman 16 LW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Alain Daigle 17 RW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Duane Wylie 27 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1527
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1527
Shots: NYI: 18-14-21-53 CHI: 5-13- 9-27 Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 6-3-2) CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 10-16-2) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 11,300



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (23-5-4) 1 1 0 2
New York Rangers (13-12-6) 2 2 1 5

1: MTL,Jimmy Roberts 2 (Rejean Houle), 3:01
NYR,Don Murdoch 23 (Greg Polis, Walt Tkaczuk), 7:50
NYR,Wayne Dillon 9 (Mike McEwen, Rod Gilbert), 10:32
2: MTL,Serge Savard 3 (Yvon Lambert, Doug Risebrough), 4:24
NYR,Wayne Dillon 10 (Rod Gilbert, Carol Vadnais), 6:29
NYR,Bill Goldsworthy 6 (Ken Hodge), 9:05
3: NYR,Greg Polis 8 (Wayne Dillon, Rod Gilbert), 13:35
Penalties:

1: Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Slashing] 19:54
2: Dave Farrish, NYR [Holding] 2:18
Guy Lafleur, MTL [Hi-sticking] 12:46
3: none
Penalty time: MTL: 4 minutes NYR: 2 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Nyrop 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 -4 1
Jimmy Roberts 6 D 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 0 0 0 2 -2 5
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Murray Wilson 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Serge Savard 18 D 1 0 1 0 0 2
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Steve Shutt 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 0 0 0 0 -2 5
Pierre Bouchard 26 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Rick Chartraw 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Dryden 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-1530
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-1530

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John Davidson 0 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 0 3 0
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 0 3 3 0 2 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Wayne Dillon 9 C 2 1 3 0 2 5
Bill Goldsworthy 12 RW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Don Murdoch 14 RW 1 0 1 0 1 7
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Greg Polis 20 RW 1 1 2 0 2 7
Pete Stemkowski 21 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 1 1 0 4 2
Gilles Gratton 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 0 0 0 1 2
Ken Hodge 88 RW 0 1 1 0 1 4
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1539
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1539
Shots: MTL: 13-10- 7-30 NYR: 12-13-14-39 Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 18-4-4) NYR: John Davidson,
Gilles Gratton (W, 5-7-0) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Willard Norris, Randy Mitton Attendance: 17,500



Team123F
Toronto Maple Leafs (13-11-6) 1 1 2 4
Philadelphia Flyers (16-7-6) 0 4 3 7

1: TOR,Don Ashby 8 (Scott Garland), 11:38
2: PHI,Bill Barber 11 (Bobby Clarke, Larry Goodenough), :14
PHI,Rick MacLeish 19 (Gary Dornhoefer, Joe Watson), 1:33
TOR,Pat Boutette 9 (Stan Weir, Dave "Tiger" Williams), 5:13
PHI,Orest Kindrachuk 6 (Tom Bladon), 6:59
PHI,Don Saleski 3 (Mel Bridgman, Orest Kindrachuk), 7:17
3: PHI,Don Saleski 4 (Mel Bridgman), 4:43
TOR,Inge Hammarstrom 10 (Darryl Sittler), 8:42
TOR,Claire Alexander 1 (Don Ashby, Scott Garland), 14:04
PHI,Ross Lonsberry 8 (Gary Dornhoefer, Joe Watson), 16:56
PHI,Orest Kindrachuk 7 (Jimmy Watson, Mel Bridgman), 17:22
Penalties:

1: Ian Turnbull, TOR [Hooking] 13:51
2: Orest Kindrachuk, PHI [Tripping] 12:57
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Cross checking] 18:38
3: none
Penalty time: TOR: 2 minutes PHI: 4 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 0 0 2 -1 8
Bob Neely 3 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Jack Valiquette 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Ashby 9 C 1 1 2 0 -1 2
Inge Hammarstrom 11 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Stan Weir 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pat Boutette 15 LW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Jim McKenny 18 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Claire Alexander 20 D 1 0 1 0 2 3
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 1 1 0 1 4
Randy Carlyle 23 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Brian Glennie 24 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Scott Garland 25 C 0 2 2 0 -1 0
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 1 1 0 -3 5
Wayne Thomas 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1537
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1537

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bernie Parent 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bladon 3 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Larry Goodenough 5 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 3 3 0 3 2
Don Saleski 11 RW 2 0 2 0 3 3
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 0 2 2 0 1 2
Joe Watson 14 D 0 2 2 0 2 0
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 0 0 2 1 2
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 1 1 0 0 3
Harvey Bennett 22 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Terry Murray 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 2 1 3 2 3 2
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1532
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1532
Shots: TOR: 12-15-10-37 PHI: 8-11-13-32 Goalies: TOR: Wayne Thomas (L, 1-6-2) PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 15-7-5) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Swede Knox, Jim Christison Attendance: 17,077



Team123F
St. Louis Blues (12-14-4) 2 1 0 3
Pittsburgh Penguins (12-13-5) 2 0 3 5

1: STL,Garry Unger 14, 4:15
PIT,Jean Pronovost 14 (Rick Kehoe, Syl Apps), 7:54 - PP
STL,Larry Patey 9 (Jerry Butler, Rod Seiling), 13:11
PIT,Jean Pronovost 15 (Syl Apps, Ron Stackhouse), 19:02
2: STL,Bob MacMillan 8 (Garry Unger, Pierre Plante), 19:12 - PP
3: PIT,Bob Kelly 2 (Syl Apps, Don Awrey), 2:28
PIT,Ron Schock 4 (Mike Corrigan, Ron Stackhouse), 6:30
PIT,Mario Faubert 1 (Syl Apps, Bob Kelly), 10:39
Penalties:

1: Bob Gassoff, STL [Roughing] 0:38
Bob Gassoff, STL [Hi-sticking] 7:01
Wayne Bianchin, PIT [Holding] 8:32
Bob Kelly, PIT [Holding] 11:06
2: Wayne Bianchin, PIT [Interference] 18:25
3: Mike Corrigan, PIT [Hooking] 11:14
Bob Gassoff, STL [Elbowing] 19:14
Penalty time: STL: 6 minutes PIT: 8 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Gassoff 3 D 0 0 0 6 0 0
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Bob Plager 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Patey 6 C 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Garry Unger 7 C 1 1 2 0 0 3
Red Berenson 9 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Rod Seiling 10 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Brian Sutter 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Claude Larose 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Gilles Marotte 15 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Pierre Plante 16 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Floyd Thomson 18 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Derek Sanderson 19 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bob MacMillan 21 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 5
Bob Hess 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Chuck Lefley 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Staniowski 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1023
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1023

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 2 2 0 3 3
Dave Burrows 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Rick Kehoe 8 RW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Blair Chapman 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 6
Pierre Larouche 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Malone 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Wayne Bianchin 14 RW 0 0 0 4 0 1
Lew Morrison 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Schock 17 C 1 0 1 0 1 1
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 2 0 2 0 1 7
Bob Kelly 22 RW 1 1 2 2 1 3
Don Awrey 24 D 0 1 1 0 3 0
Syl Apps 26 C 0 4 4 0 1 1
Mike Corrigan 27 LW 0 1 1 2 1 3
Mario Faubert 28 D 1 0 1 0 1 2
Dunc Wilson 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1034
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1034
Shots: STL: 5-10- 8-23 PIT: 12- 9-13-34 Goalies: STL: Ed Staniowski (L, 7-10-1) PIT: Dunc Wilson (W, 8-8-4) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Bob Luther Attendance: 7,458



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