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All NHL game summaries from December 27, 1976



Team123F
Colorado Rockies (8-22-5) 0 1 1 2
Atlanta Flames (17-12-7) 2 3 1 6

1: ATL,Tom Lysiak 13 (Eric Vail, Richard Mulhern), 8:55
ATL,Ken Houston 10 (Bill Clement, Richard Mulhern), 13:59
2: ATL,Eric Vail 16 (Guy Chouinard, Bill Clement), 1:08 - PP
ATL,Dave Shand 3 (John Gould, Tom Lysiak), 10:20
ATL,Guy Chouinard 6 (Ed Kea), 14:06
COL,Nelson Pyatt 13 (Simon Nolet, Ron Andruff), 18:31
3: COL,Wilf Paiement 15 (Paul Gardner), 5:50 - PP
ATL,Ken Houston 11 (Curt Bennett, Rey Comeau), 11:01
Penalties:

1: Simon Nolet, COL [Hooking] 19:52
2: Guy Chouinard, ATL [Holding] 3:09
3: Randy Manery, ATL [Tripping] 5:08
Randy Manery, ATL [Holding] 8:14
Willi Plett, ATL [Hooking] 11:44
Willi Plett, ATL [Hi-sticking] 17:36
Penalty time: COL: 2 minutes ATL: 10 minutes
COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bryan Lefley 2 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Tom Edur 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Tracy Pratt 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Guy Delparte 7 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Shanahan 8 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Wilf Paiement 9 RW 1 0 1 0 -2 2
Chuck Arnason 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Dave Hudson 11 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Nelson Pyatt 12 C 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Ron Andruff 14 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Simon Nolet 17 RW 0 1 1 2 -1 4
Gary Croteau 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
John Van Boxmeer 19 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Paul Gardner 21 C 0 1 1 0 -2 4
Barry Dean 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 5
Jim McElmury 24 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Mike Kitchen 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Doug Favell 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2027
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2027

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Phil Myre 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Gibbs 2 D 0 0 0 0 3 4
Richard Mulhern 4 D 0 2 2 0 2 2
Curt Bennett 5 RW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Ken Houston 6 RW 2 0 2 0 1 2
Randy Manery 7 D 0 0 0 4 1 2
Dave Shand 8 D 1 0 1 0 1 3
Bill Clement 10 C 0 2 2 0 0 1
Tom Lysiak 12 C 1 1 2 0 2 5
Tim Ecclestone 14 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Rick Bowness 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Guy Chouinard 16 C 1 1 2 2 1 3
Rey Comeau 18 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Ed Kea 19 D 0 1 1 0 1 3
John Gould 21 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Bobby Simpson 22 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 0 0 4 0 1
Eric Vail 27 LW 1 1 2 0 2 4
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2040
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2040
Shots: COL: 6- 8-13-27 ATL: 18-14- 8-40 Goalies: COL: Doug Favell (L, 2-4-0) ATL: Phil Myre (W, 8-7-4) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Willard Norris, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 12,613



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (12-14-10) 2 4 1 7
Detroit Red Wings (12-19-4) 1 2 1 4

1: LA ,Tom Williams 22 (Butch Goring, Gary Sargent), 2:29 - PP
LA ,Marcel Dionne 18 (Gary Sargent), 3:53 - PP
DET,Bill Lochead 7 (Nick Libett, Walt McKechnie), 18:37 - PP
2: DET,Greg Joly 1, 2:26 - PP
LA ,Frank St. Marseille 2 (Butch Goring, Tom Williams), 4:30
LA ,Marcel Dionne 19 (Mike Murphy, Gene Carr), 5:23
LA ,Bob Berry 2 (Neil Komadoski, Vic Venasky), 7:11
LA ,Butch Goring 12 (Bob Murdoch), 13:09
DET,Michel Bergeron 13 (Walt McKechnie, Jim Nahrgang), 14:57
3: DET,Michel Bergeron 14 (Walt McKechnie), 3:50
LA ,Marcel Dionne 20 (Neil Komadoski, Gene Carr), 7:46
Penalties:

1: Dennis Hextall, DET [Charging] 0:28
Rick Lapointe, DET [Fighting, Game misconduct] 2:29
Dave Hutchison, LA [Fighting, Game misconduct] 2:29
Dennis Polonich, DET [Roughing] 2:29
Mike Murphy, LA [Roughing double minor] 2:29
Nick Libett, DET [Cross checking] 2:58
Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting, Gross misconduct] 11:14
Mike Murphy, LA [Slashing, Fighting] 11:14
Michel Bergeron, DET [Fighting] 13:49
Gene Carr, LA [Fighting] 13:49
Mike Bloom, DET [Roughing] 14:03
Dave Schultz, LA [Roughing, Misconduct] 14:03
Bob Berry, LA [Tripping] 16:29
Neil Komadoski, LA [Slashing] 17:24
Neil Komadoski, LA [Cross checking, Slashing] 17:26
2: Michel Bergeron, DET [Delay of game] 5:23
Bob Murdoch, LA [Cross checking] 15:54
Mike Bloom, DET [Hooking] 15:54
Gary Sargent, LA [Holding] 17:51
3: Don Kozak, LA [Fighting] 1:12
J.P. Leblanc, DET [Fighting] 1:12
Gene Carr, LA [Tripping] 11:17
Vic Venasky, LA [Holding] 13:40
Penalty time: LA : 64 minutes DET: 52 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Larry Brown 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Hutchison 4 D 0 0 0 15 0 0
Bob Murdoch 5 D 0 1 1 2 2 0
Mike Murphy 7 RW 0 1 1 11 1 3
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 1 1 2 0 1
Frank St. Marseille 11 RW 1 0 1 0 2 3
Gene Carr 12 C 0 2 2 7 0 1
Dave Schultz 14 LW 0 0 0 12 0 0
Juha Widing 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcel Dionne 16 C 3 0 3 0 1 6
Tom Williams 17 LW 1 1 2 0 3 5
Bob Berry 18 LW 1 0 1 2 0 1
Butch Goring 19 C 1 2 3 0 3 2
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 2 2 2 1 3
Neil Komadoski 23 D 0 2 2 6 2 3
Don Kozak 24 RW 0 0 0 5 0 1
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1529
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1529

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Nahrgang 3 D 0 1 1 0 -2 6
Rick Lapointe 4 D 0 0 0 15 0 0
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 17 0 0
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 3 3 0 -1 3
J.P. Leblanc 12 C 0 0 0 5 0 0
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 1 1 2 0 1
Michel Bergeron 16 RW 2 0 2 7 0 4
Bobby Sheehan 17 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fern LeBlanc 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Wilson 19 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 0 0 2 -3 0
Bill Lochead 23 LW 1 0 1 0 -2 1
Greg Joly 24 D 1 0 1 0 -1 4
Mike Bloom 25 LW 0 0 0 4 0 0
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Fred "Buster" Harvey 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Ed Giacomin 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1525
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1525
Shots: LA : 8- 9- 8-25 DET: 9-15- 5-29 Goalies: LA : Rogie Vachon (W, 12-11-8) DET: Jim Rutherford (L, 5-10-3),
Ed Giacomin Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Leon Stickle Attendance: 11,102



Team123F
Cleveland Barons (11-19-7) 1 1 0 2
Montreal Canadiens (27-5-4) 1 1 2 4

1: CLE,Frank Spring 6 (Wayne Merrick, Brent Meeke), 13:24 - PP
MTL,Jacques Lemaire 15 (Rejean Houle, Yvon Lambert), 13:54
2: CLE,Wayne Merrick 9 (Mike Fidler, Greg Smith), 14:20 - PP
MTL,Guy Lapointe 10 (Jacques Lemaire, Steve Shutt), 19:23
3: MTL,Serge Savard 5 (Doug Jarvis, Yvan Cournoyer), 4:09
MTL,Guy Lafleur 27 (Pete Mahovlich), 5:17
Penalties:

1: Bob Stewart, CLE [Tripping] 9:04
Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Holding] 12:25
Bob Girard, CLE [Hi-sticking] 16:49
Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hi-sticking] 16:49
2: Bob Stewart, CLE [Holding] 5:32
Doug Risebrough, MTL [Boarding, Roughing] 11:07
Greg Smith, CLE [Roughing] 11:07
Guy Lafleur, MTL [Delay of game - Puck over glass] 15:33
Dennis Maruk, CLE [Hooking] 15:44
Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Interference] 16:22
3: none
Penalty time: CLE: 10 minutes MTL: 12 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Christie 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Bob Stewart 4 D 0 0 0 4 -2 1
Greg Smith 5 D 0 1 1 2 -2 1
Dave Gardner 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Phil Roberto 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Wayne Merrick 9 C 1 1 2 0 0 5
Ralph Klassen 10 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Mike Fidler 12 LW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Frank Spring 14 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Jim Neilson 15 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Glenn Patrick 18 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Moxey 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Bob Murdoch 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dennis Maruk 21 C 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Brent Meeke 24 D 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Girard 26 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2019
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2019

MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Nyrop 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Guy Lapointe 5 D 1 0 1 0 3 4
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 0 0 4 0 0
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 1 0 1 2 1 4
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 1 1 0 2 0
Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Murray Wilson 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serge Savard 18 D 1 0 1 0 3 2
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 0 1 1 2 1 1
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Steve Shutt 22 LW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 1 1 2 4 2 1
Pierre Bouchard 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ken Dryden 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2029
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2029
Shots: CLE: 5- 9- 5-19 MTL: 11- 7-11-29 Goalies: CLE: Gilles Meloche (L, 9-13-3) MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 19-4-4) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 16,851



Team123F
Philadelphia Flyers (21-7-8) 1 2 2 5
Vancouver Canucks (10-25-3) 0 0 1 1

1: PHI,Reggie Leach 11 (Bobby Clarke, Bill Barber), 1:45
2: PHI,Harvey Bennett 3 (Andre Dupont), 1:06
PHI,Bobby Clarke 15 (Bill Barber, Jack McIlhargey), 15:48
3: PHI,Reggie Leach 12 (Bill Barber, Bobby Clarke), :41
PHI,Mel Bridgman 12 (Ross Lonsberry), 1:17
VAN,Andy Spruce 8 (Chris Oddleifson, Dennis Ververgaert), 16:06 - PP
Penalties:

1: Bench penalty, VAN [Too many men on the ice] 5:07
Jack McIlhargey, PHI [Holding] 8:11
Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Roughing] 11:50
Dave Fortier, VAN [Roughing double minor] 11:50
Bobby Clarke, PHI [Interference] 15:42
Bob Kelly, PHI [Tripping] 18:28
2: Dennis Kearns, VAN [Holding] 2:04
Andre Dupont, PHI [Slashing] 13:29
3: Andre Dupont, PHI [Hooking] 4:35
Bench penalty, VAN [Too many men on the ice] 7:15
Bob Kelly, PHI [Fighting] 11:20
Hilliard Graves, VAN [Fighting] 11:20
Dave Fortier, VAN [Fighting, Misconduct] 11:20
Jack McIlhargey, PHI [Fighting, Misconduct, Attempt to injure] 11:20
Penalty time: PHI: 42 minutes VAN: 30 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bernie Parent 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bladon 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 1 1 4 3 2
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 3 3 0 3 8
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 7 0 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 0 0 0 2 1 1
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Terry Crisp 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Clarke 16 C 1 2 3 2 3 2
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Harvey Bennett 22 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Terry Murray 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Leach 27 RW 2 0 2 0 4 2
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 1 1 27 4 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2529
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2529

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Robitaille 2 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Bob Dailey 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 6
Mike Walton 4 C 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Larry Carriere 5 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Dave Fortier 7 D 0 0 0 19 -2 3
Don Lever 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 1 1 0 -3 0
Jim Wiley 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 1 1 0 -3 1
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 0 0 0 5 -2 2
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Lalonde 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Andy Spruce 22 LW 1 0 1 0 -3 1
Gerry O'Flaherty 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Garry Monahan 24 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Curt Ridley 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2529
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2529
Shots: PHI: 5-15- 9-29 VAN: 11- 6-12-29 Goalies: PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 18-7-6) VAN: Curt Ridley (L, 6-15-2) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Jim Christison, Randy Mitton Attendance: 15,570



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