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All NHL game summaries from December 19, 1976



Team123F
Pittsburgh Penguins (13-15-5) 2 0 1 3
Boston Bruins (21-10-2) 0 2 4 6

1: PIT,Pierre Larouche 10 (Rick Kehoe), 1:28
PIT,Blair Chapman 7, 13:49
2: BOS,Hank Nowak 5 (Wayne Cashman, Gary Doak), 10:05
BOS,Hank Nowak 6 (Peter McNab, Mike Milbury), 15:06
3: BOS,Johnny Bucyk 12 (Jean Ratelle, Mike Milbury), 2:30
BOS,Earl Anderson 1 (Peter McNab, Hank Nowak), 3:23
BOS,Terry O'Reilly 4 (Hank Nowak, Brad Park), 6:42
PIT,Greg Malone 5 (Blair Chapman), 19:21
BOS,Rick Middleton 11 (Johnny Bucyk), 19:42
Penalties:

1: Gary Doak, BOS [Hooking] 4:18
Don Awrey, PIT [Holding] 8:04
Brad Park, BOS [Hooking] 18:57
2: Jean Pronovost, PIT [Holding] 7:49
3: none
Penalty time: PIT: 4 minutes BOS: 4 minutes
PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Denis Herron 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Dave Burrows 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Kehoe 8 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Blair Chapman 9 RW 1 1 2 0 -1 3
Pierre Larouche 10 C 1 0 1 0 -2 1
Greg Malone 12 C 1 0 1 0 -1 4
Wayne Bianchin 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Lew Morrison 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Schock 17 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 0 0 0 2 0 4
Bob Kelly 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Awrey 24 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Dennis Owchar 25 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Syl Apps 26 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Corrigan 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1519
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1519

BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Darryl Edestrand 6 D 0 0 0 0 2 2
Peter McNab 8 C 0 2 2 0 1 1
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 1 1 2 0 1 4
Jean Ratelle 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 6
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Dave Forbes 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rick Middleton 16 RW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Hank Nowak 18 LW 2 2 4 0 2 4
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Brad Park 22 D 0 1 1 2 3 8
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Gary Doak 25 D 0 1 1 2 -1 1
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 2 2 0 3 4
Earl Anderson 27 RW 1 0 1 0 2 1
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)1546
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1546
Shots: PIT: 6- 6- 7-19 BOS: 13-16-17-46 Goalies: PIT: Denis Herron (L, 4-3-0) BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 12-3-1) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 10,147



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (11-17-4) 0 1 0 1
Buffalo Sabres (20-8-3) 2 1 3 6

1: BUF,Gilbert Perreault 20 (Lee Fogolin), 5:32
BUF,Jim Schoenfeld 1 (Craig Ramsay, Gilbert Perreault), 15:25
2: DET,Dan Maloney 13 (Jim Nahrgang, Dennis Hextall), 5:20
BUF,Fred Stanfield 3 (Gary McAdam, Brian Spencer), 17:53
3: BUF,Rick Martin 20 (Andre Savard, Jim Lorentz), 3:34
BUF,Andre Savard 12 (Jim Lorentz, Rick Martin), 10:13
BUF,Rick Martin 21 (Andre Savard, Jim Lorentz), 10:35
Penalties:

1: none
2: Bill Lochead, DET [Hooking] 9:14
Michel Bergeron, DET [Hi-sticking] 12:52
Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Tripping] 14:59
3: Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Slashing] 13:23
Penalty time: DET: 4 minutes BUF: 4 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Nahrgang 3 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Rick Lapointe 4 D 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dan Maloney 7 LW 1 0 1 0 1 5
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
J.P. Leblanc 12 C 0 0 0 0 -4 1
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Michel Bergeron 16 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Bobby Sheehan 17 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rick Wilson 19 D 0 0 0 0 -4 1
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bill Lochead 23 LW 0 0 0 2 0 3
Greg Joly 24 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Mike Bloom 25 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Fred "Buster" Harvey 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2523
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2523

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 1 1 0 2 0
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 1 0 1 2 2 2
Rick Martin 7 LW 2 1 3 0 3 5
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 3 3 0 3 0
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 1 1 2 2 2 3
Andre Savard 12 C 1 2 3 0 3 1
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Gary McAdam 15 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 0 0 0 1 6
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Brian Spencer 21 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 0 0 0 0 3 1
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 0 3 1
Terry Martin 25 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gerry Desjardins 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2534
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2534
Shots: DET: 10- 4- 9-23 BUF: 13-11-10-34 Goalies: DET: Jim Rutherford (L, 4-8-3) BUF: Gerry Desjardins (W, 20-5-3) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Bob Luther Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
St. Louis Blues (13-17-4) 0 3 3 6
Chicago Blackhawks (10-19-4) 1 2 1 4

1: CHI,Ivan Boldirev 8 (Phil Russell), 7:19 - PP
2: STL,Ted Irvine 7 (Red Berenson), 1:23
CHI,Ivan Boldirev 9, 5:46
CHI,Cliff Koroll 8 (Bob Murray, Kirk Bowman), 12:49
STL,Floyd Thomson 4 (Larry Patey), 13:52
STL,Bob MacMillan 9 (Rod Seiling, Red Berenson), 19:46 - PP
3: STL,Larry Patey 12 (Claude Larose, Bob MacMillan), 1:12
CHI,J.P. Bordeleau 8 (John Marks, Ivan Boldirev), 3:08
STL,Pierre Plante 12 (Bob MacMillan, Rod Seiling), 14:39
STL,Red Berenson 11 (Claude Larose, Floyd Thomson), 16:33
Penalties:

1: Darcy Rota, CHI [Hi-sticking] 5:08
Gilles Marotte, STL [Hi-sticking] 5:08
Garry Unger, STL [Holding] 7:00
Phil Russell, CHI [Hooking] 10:35
Phil Russell, CHI [Interference] 19:08
2: Keith Magnuson, CHI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 0:04
Floyd Thomson, STL [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 0:04
Phil Russell, CHI [Holding] 10:05
Ted Irvine, STL [Tripping] 16:01
Phil Russell, CHI [Tripping] 19:35
3: none
Penalty time: STL: 13 minutes CHI: 17 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Eddie Johnston 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Gassoff 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Bob Plager 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Larry Patey 6 C 1 1 2 0 0 3
Garry Unger 7 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Red Berenson 9 C 1 2 3 0 1 4
Rod Seiling 10 D 0 2 2 0 1 7
Claude Larose 12 RW 0 2 2 0 2 6
Gilles Marotte 15 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Pierre Plante 16 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Floyd Thomson 18 LW 1 1 2 7 1 4
Derek Sanderson 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob MacMillan 21 RW 1 2 3 0 1 2
Bob Hess 23 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Chuck Lefley 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ted Irvine 27 LW 1 0 1 2 0 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1037
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1037

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 0 0 7 -1 0
Phil Russell 5 D 0 1 1 8 -2 2
Bob Murray 6 D 0 1 1 0 -2 2
Dennis Hull 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Marks 11 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 2 1 3 0 1 2
Dave Logan 14 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Redmond 15 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Kirk Bowman 16 LW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 2 -3 1
Dale Tallon 19 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 1 0 1 0 -2 3
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Duane Wylie 27 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1021
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1021
Shots: STL: 7-16-14-37 CHI: 9- 6- 6-21 Goalies: STL: Eddie Johnston (W, 6-6-3) CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 10-18-2) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: John D'Amico, Gordon Broseker Attendance: n/a



Team123F
Cleveland Barons (10-17-7) 0 0 2 2
New York Rangers (14-13-8) 1 2 0 3

1: NYR,Phil Esposito 15 (Bill Goldsworthy, Ken Hodge), 15:50
2: NYR,Mike McEwen 6 (Phil Esposito, Ron Greschner), 7:01
NYR,Steve Vickers 10 (Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais), 16:06 - PP
3: CLE,Bob Murdoch 13 (Al MacAdam, Dennis Maruk), 10:24
CLE,Frank Spring 5 (Dennis Maruk), 17:06
Penalties:

1: Bob Stewart, CLE [Tripping] 8:48
2: Dave Farrish, NYR [Cross checking] 3:27
Glenn Patrick, CLE [Holding] 14:16
Nick Fotiu, NYR [Charging, Roughing] 16:36
Glenn Patrick, CLE [Fighting] 16:36
Pat Hickey, NYR [Fighting] 16:36
3: none
Penalty time: CLE: 9 minutes NYR: 11 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Christie 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Stewart 4 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Greg Smith 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Gardner 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Merrick 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Ralph Klassen 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Mike Fidler 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Frank Spring 14 RW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Jim Neilson 15 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Glenn Patrick 18 D 0 0 0 7 -2 0
Jim Moxey 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bob Murdoch 20 RW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Dennis Maruk 21 C 0 2 2 0 2 5
Ken Kuzyk 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent Meeke 24 D 0 0 0 0 2 2
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bob Girard 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)024
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)024

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Wayne Dillon 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bill Goldsworthy 12 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Don Murdoch 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 0 0 5 -1 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Greg Polis 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pete Stemkowski 21 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 4 -1 0
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Mike McEwen 27 D 1 0 1 0 1 6
Gilles Gratton 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 1 2 3 0 1 7
Ken Hodge 88 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)039
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)039
Shots: CLE: 5- 7-12-24 NYR: 15-15- 9-39 Goalies: CLE: Gilles Meloche (L, 8-11-3) NYR: Gilles Gratton (W, 6-8-2) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Swede Knox, John Brown Attendance: 17,500



Team123F
Colorado Rockies (8-19-5) 1 2 0 3
Philadelphia Flyers (19-7-7) 1 3 0 4

1: PHI,Reggie Leach 8 (Bill Barber, Terry Murray), 6:16 - PP
COL,Paul Gardner 9 (John Van Boxmeer, Wilf Paiement), 7:32 - PP
2: COL,Paul Gardner 10 (Jim McElmury, John Van Boxmeer), 4:33 - PP
PHI,Reggie Leach 9 (Bill Barber, Larry Goodenough), 6:59
PHI,Bobby Clarke 13, 9:34 - SH
COL,Wilf Paiement 13 (Paul Gardner), 10:53
PHI,Bobby Clarke 14 (Larry Goodenough, Rick MacLeish), 17:06 - PP
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Mike Kitchen, COL [Hooking] 5:58
Larry Goodenough, PHI [Cross checking] 6:37
Andre Dupont, PHI [Roughing] 11:35
2: Sean Shanahan, COL [Fighting, Misconduct] 2:56
Tracy Pratt, COL [Fighting, Misconduct] 2:56
Mel Bridgman, PHI [Fighting, Misconduct] 2:56
Jack McIlhargey, PHI [Fighting, Misconduct] 2:56
Wayne Stephenson, PHI [Leaving the crease] 2:56
Doug Favell, COL [Leaving the crease, Fighting] 2:56
Harvey Bennett, PHI [Roughing, Fighting, Game misconduct] 2:56
Bobby Clarke, PHI [Cross checking] 3:52
Bob Kelly, PHI [Holding] 8:40
Tom Bladon, PHI [Elbowing] 11:29
Terry Murray, PHI [Slashing] 13:00
Doug Favell, COL [Tripping] 16:25
3: none
Penalty time: COL: 41 minutes PHI: 61 minutes
COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Edur 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Durbano 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Tracy Pratt 5 D 0 0 0 15 0 0
Guy Delparte 7 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Sean Shanahan 8 C 0 0 0 15 0 2
Wilf Paiement 9 RW 1 1 2 0 0 6
Chuck Arnason 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Dave Hudson 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Nelson Pyatt 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ron Andruff 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
John Van Boxmeer 19 D 0 2 2 0 0 8
Larry Skinner 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Paul Gardner 21 C 2 1 3 0 0 6
Barry Dean 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim McElmury 24 D 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Mike Kitchen 26 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Doug Favell 33 G 0 0 0 9 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-538
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-538

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Bladon 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Larry Goodenough 5 D 0 2 2 2 1 2
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 2 2 0 2 8
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 2 1 2
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 0 0 15 0 1
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 6
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 0 0 6
Bobby Clarke 16 C 2 0 2 2 1 4
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 1 1 0 0 5
Harvey Bennett 22 C 0 0 0 17 0 0
Terry Murray 25 D 0 1 1 2 0 0
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Reggie Leach 27 RW 2 0 2 0 0 7
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 15 0 0
Wayne Stephenson 35 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)455
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)455
Shots: COL: 12-16-10-38 PHI: 19-20-16-55 Goalies: COL: Doug Favell (L, 2-2-0) PHI: Wayne Stephenson (W, 1-0-0) Referee: Ron Hoggarth Linesmen: Ron Finn, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 17,077



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