Thursday December 16, 1976
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All NHL game summaries from December 16, 1976



Team123F
St. Louis Blues (12-16-4) 1 1 0 2
Boston Bruins (20-9-2) 1 2 2 5

1: BOS,Johnny Bucyk 11 (Dallas Smith), 10:07
STL,Larry Patey 10 (Bob Gassoff, Rod Seiling), 17:22
2: BOS,Gregg Sheppard 12 (Brad Park, Wayne Cashman), 13:21 - PP
BOS,Terry O'Reilly 2 (Jean Ratelle, Brad Park), 15:29
STL,Larry Patey 11 (Rod Seiling), 19:58
3: BOS,Terry O'Reilly 3 (Hank Nowak, Peter McNab), :26
BOS,Rick Middleton 10 (Jean Ratelle, Brad Park), 10:42
Penalties:

1: Dallas Smith, BOS [Tripping] 4:23
Gary Doak, BOS [Hi-sticking] 10:16
Bob Gassoff, STL [Hi-sticking] 10:16
Dallas Smith, BOS [Hooking] 14:32
2: Bob Plager, STL [Tripping] 1:02
Bruce Affleck, STL [Hooking] 8:43
Chuck Lefley, STL [Tripping] 11:53
3: none
Penalty time: STL: 8 minutes BOS: 6 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Eddie Johnston 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Gassoff 3 D 0 1 1 2 0 3
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Bob Plager 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Larry Patey 6 C 2 0 2 0 1 3
Garry Unger 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Berenson 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Seiling 10 D 0 2 2 0 0 1
Claude Larose 12 RW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Gilles Marotte 15 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Pierre Plante 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Floyd Thomson 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derek Sanderson 19 C 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Bob MacMillan 21 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Bob Hess 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Lefley 25 RW 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Ted Irvine 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1024
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1024

BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Darryl Edestrand 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Peter McNab 8 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 1 0 1 0 1 5
Jean Ratelle 10 C 0 2 2 0 2 3
Bobby Schmautz 11 RW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Dave Forbes 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Middleton 16 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 5
Hank Nowak 18 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 1 1 4 1 2
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 0 1 4
Brad Park 22 D 0 3 3 0 1 4
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 2 0 2 0 2 4
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Matti Hagman 28 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Cheevers 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1040
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1040
Shots: STL: 12- 6- 6-24 BOS: 11-18-11-40 Goalies: STL: Eddie Johnston (L, 5-5-3) BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 11-3-1) Referee: Denis Morel Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Bob Hodges Attendance: 10,008



Team123F
New York Rangers (13-13-7) 0 2 0 2
Buffalo Sabres (18-8-3) 3 4 0 7

1: BUF,Danny Gare 3 (Gilbert Perreault, Terry Martin), 4:04
BUF,Gilbert Perreault 18 (Fred Stanfield, Rene Robert), 9:39 - PP
BUF,Don Luce 9 (Lee Fogolin, Craig Ramsay), 12:15
2: NYR,Pat Hickey 7 (Dave Maloney, Nick Fotiu), 1:32
BUF,Rick Martin 17 (Jim Lorentz, Jerry Korab), 4:07 - PP
BUF,Rick Martin 18 (Jim Lorentz, Andre Savard), 9:53
BUF,Gilbert Perreault 19 (Jim Schoenfeld, Jerry Korab), 11:11
BUF,Rick Martin 19 (Jim Lorentz, Andre Savard), 14:09
NYR,Pat Hickey 8 (Nick Fotiu, Dave Farrish), 15:23
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Rick Martin, BUF [Hooking] 6:38
Don Murdoch, NYR [Tripping] 8:18
2: Ron Greschner, NYR [Hooking] 3:26
Rene Robert, BUF [Hooking] 6:38
3: Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hi-sticking major] 3:18
Terry Martin, BUF [Roughing] 3:18
Dave Farrish, NYR [Slashing] 4:19
Rene Robert, BUF [Tripping] 15:06
Ron Greschner, NYR [Holding] 17:59
Penalty time: NYR: 13 minutes BUF: 8 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Doug Soetaert 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 4 0 0
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 5 -2 0
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Wayne Dillon 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bill Goldsworthy 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Don Murdoch 14 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Pat Hickey 16 LW 2 0 2 0 1 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Greg Polis 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Pete Stemkowski 21 C 0 0 0 0 2 2
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 2 2 0 2 1
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 1 1 0 -3 0
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Gilles Gratton 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Ken Hodge 88 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1514
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1514

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 2 2 0 2 2
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 1 1 0 2 0
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 1 1 0 3 0
Rick Martin 7 LW 3 0 3 2 1 6
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 3 3 0 2 2
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 2 1 3 0 1 4
Andre Savard 12 C 0 2 2 0 2 2
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 1 1 4 1 6
Gary McAdam 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Danny Gare 18 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Don Luce 20 C 1 0 1 0 1 5
Brian Spencer 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Terry Martin 25 LW 0 1 1 2 2 0
Gerry Desjardins 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1540
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1540
Shots: NYR: 3- 6- 5-14 BUF: 15-13-12-40 Goalies: NYR: Gilles Gratton (L, 5-8-1),
Doug Soetaert BUF: Gerry Desjardins (W, 18-5-3) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Bob Luther Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (8-22-3) 1 2 0 3
Detroit Red Wings (10-16-4) 3 2 2 7

1: DET,Dan Maloney 12 (Dennis Hextall, Bill Lochead), 2:35
VAN,Chris Oddleifson 8 (Hilliard Graves), 6:31
DET,Mike Bloom 4 (Jean Hamel, Michel Bergeron), 14:31
DET,Dennis Polonich 8 (Walt McKechnie), 18:45
2: VAN,Don Lever 11 (Mike Walton, Rick Blight), 9:32
VAN,Gerry O'Flaherty 4 (Ron Sedlbauer, Dennis Kearns), 13:12
DET,Michel Bergeron 12 (Bobby Sheehan), 13:25
DET,Walt McKechnie 11 (Jim Nahrgang), 17:50 - PP
3: DET,Fred "Buster" Harvey 8 (Walt McKechnie), 5:47
DET,Walt McKechnie 12, 6:42
Penalties:

1: Dennis Polonich, DET [Roughing] 9:22
Don Lever, VAN [Roughing] 9:22
2: Dennis Polonich, DET [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 10:33
Larry Carriere, VAN [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 10:33
Dave Fortier, VAN [Tripping] 17:25
Andy Spruce, VAN [Fighting] 19:10
Dennis Polonich, DET [Roughing, Fighting] 19:10
3: Bill Lochead, DET [Holding] 8:14
Jean Hamel, DET [Tripping] 18:45
Penalty time: VAN: 16 minutes DET: 20 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bruce Bullock 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Robitaille 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Walton 4 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Larry Carriere 5 D 0 0 0 7 -2 3
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 1 1 0 -3 1
Dave Fortier 7 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Rick Blight 8 RW 0 1 1 0 1 4
Don Lever 9 C 1 0 1 2 1 3
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jim Wiley 12 C 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 1 1 0 -3 2
Bobby Lalonde 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Andy Spruce 22 LW 0 0 0 5 -2 1
Gerry O'Flaherty 23 LW 1 0 1 0 -2 1
Garry Monahan 24 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 0 2 3
Curt Ridley 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1528
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1528

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Harper 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Nahrgang 3 D 0 1 1 0 2 4
Rick Lapointe 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 1 1 2 2 1
Dan Maloney 7 LW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Dennis Polonich 8 C 1 0 1 16 1 3
Walt McKechnie 11 C 2 2 4 0 3 4
J.P. Leblanc 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 3 2
Michel Bergeron 16 RW 1 1 2 0 0 1
Bobby Sheehan 17 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bill Lochead 23 LW 0 1 1 2 0 3
Greg Joly 24 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Mike Bloom 25 LW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Fred "Buster" Harvey 27 RW 1 0 1 0 2 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1534
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1534
Shots: VAN: 10-12- 6-28 DET: 14-11- 9-34 Goalies: VAN: Curt Ridley (L, 5-13-2),
Bruce Bullock DET: Jim Rutherford (W, 3-7-3) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 8,114



Team123F
Chicago Blackhawks (10-18-3) 0 0 1 1
Philadelphia Flyers (17-7-7) 1 0 3 4

1: PHI,Larry Goodenough 2, 17:06
2: no scoring
3: PHI,Rick MacLeish 20 (Paul Holmgren, Bob Kelly), 8:48
PHI,Gary Dornhoefer 14 (Mel Bridgman, Jimmy Watson), 10:13
CHI,Darcy Rota 12, 13:21
PHI,Bobby Clarke 12 (Reggie Leach, Bill Barber), 15:53
Penalties:

1: Mel Bridgman, PHI [Hooking] 11:23
Phil Russell, CHI [Interference] 15:05
Reggie Leach, PHI [Roughing] 16:43
Keith Magnuson, CHI [Roughing] 16:43
Don Saleski, PHI [Hooking] 17:44
2: Mel Bridgman, PHI [Cross checking] 7:01
J.P. Bordeleau, CHI [Tripping] 10:36
Reggie Leach, PHI [Roughing] 15:48
Dave Logan, CHI [Roughing double minor] 15:48
Bobby Clarke, PHI [Roughing] 18:42
Keith Magnuson, CHI [Roughing] 18:42
3: Keith Magnuson, CHI [Fighting] 1:21
Dave Logan, CHI [Fighting] 1:21
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Fighting] 1:21
Bob Kelly, PHI [Fighting] 1:21
Orest Kindrachuk, PHI [Misconduct] 1:21
Jack McIlhargey, PHI [Fighting] 5:28
Ross Lonsberry, PHI [Fighting] 5:28
Ivan Boldirev, CHI [Fighting] 5:28
John Marks, CHI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 5:28
Penalty time: CHI: 34 minutes PHI: 42 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 0 0 9 0 0
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 2 -3 1
Bob Murray 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Pit Martin 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dennis Hull 10 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 7 -1 1
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 0 0 5 0 0
Dave Logan 14 D 0 0 0 9 -1 3
Dick Redmond 15 D 0 0 0 0 -3 3
Kirk Bowman 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Darcy Rota 18 LW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Duane Wylie 27 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1420
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1420

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bernie Parent 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bladon 3 D 0 0 0 0 2 3
Larry Goodenough 5 D 1 0 1 0 0 5
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 1 1 0 1 5
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 1 1 5 1 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 1 1 4 0 6
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 2 0 6
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bobby Clarke 16 C 1 0 1 2 1 3
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 1 1 5 1 1
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 5 0 1
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 0 1 0 2 4
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 1 1 0 2 2
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 0 0 10 0 2
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 1 1 4 1 4
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 5 0 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1446
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1446
Shots: CHI: 9- 7- 4-20 PHI: 16-14-16-46 Goalies: CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 10-17-2) PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 16-7-5) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Ron Finn, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 17,077



Team123F
Cleveland Barons (9-16-7) 0 3 1 4
Pittsburgh Penguins (13-13-5) 1 3 1 5

1: PIT,Jean Pronovost 16 (Dennis Owchar), 16:26
2: CLE,Frank Spring 2 (Mike Fidler, Brent Meeke), :35
PIT,Jean Pronovost 17 (Syl Apps), 2:09 - SH
CLE,Bob Murdoch 11 (Dennis Maruk, Mike Christie), 4:23
PIT,Mike Corrigan 7 (Syl Apps, Jean Pronovost), 8:24
CLE,Al MacAdam 8, 9:23 - PS
PIT,Bob Kelly 3 (Syl Apps, Jean Pronovost), 15:56
3: CLE,Al MacAdam 9 (Dennis Maruk, Mike Christie), 10:20
PIT,Pierre Larouche 8 (Ron Stackhouse, Don Awrey), 10:59
Penalties:

1: Bob Kelly, PIT [Roughing] 9:53
Wayne Merrick, CLE [Hooking] 11:44
2: Bob Kelly, PIT [Elbowing] 1:13
Ron Stackhouse, PIT [Holding] 5:59
3: Brent Meeke, CLE [Hooking] 7:29
Penalty time: CLE: 4 minutes PIT: 6 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Hampton 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Mike Christie 3 D 0 2 2 0 0 0
Dave Gardner 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Wayne Merrick 9 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Ralph Klassen 10 C 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Mike Fidler 12 LW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Frank Spring 14 RW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Jim Neilson 15 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Glenn Patrick 18 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Jim Moxey 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Bob Murdoch 20 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Dennis Maruk 21 C 0 2 2 0 1 2
Ken Kuzyk 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brent Meeke 24 D 0 1 1 2 -1 1
Al MacAdam 25 RW 2 0 2 0 2 6
Bob Girard 26 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-929
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-929

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Denis Herron 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 1 1 2 -1 4
Dave Burrows 4 D 0 0 0 0 3 2
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Rick Kehoe 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Blair Chapman 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Pierre Larouche 10 C 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Greg Malone 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Wayne Bianchin 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Lew Morrison 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Schock 17 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 2 2 4 0 4 4
Bob Kelly 22 RW 1 0 1 4 1 6
Don Awrey 24 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Dennis Owchar 25 D 0 1 1 0 2 3
Syl Apps 26 C 0 3 3 0 4 5
Mike Corrigan 27 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)933
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)933
Shots: CLE: 6-11-12-29 PIT: 11-17- 5-33 Goalies: CLE: Gilles Meloche (L, 7-10-3) PIT: Denis Herron (W, 4-2-0) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Jim Christison, John Brown Attendance: 7,127



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