NHL game summary from December 30, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Minnesota North Stars (7-20-9)	1	2	2	5
Montreal Canadiens (27-5-6)	0	1	4	5

1: MIN, Ernie Hicke 6 (Tim Young, Roland Eriksson), 14:34 - PP
2: MTL, Guy Lafleur 29 (Pete Mahovlich, Steve Shutt), :59
   MIN, Steve Jensen 6 (Roland Eriksson), 2:12
   MIN, Dean Talafous 15 (Tim Young, Roland Eriksson), 14:06 - PP
3: MTL, Doug Risebrough 9 (Larry Robinson, Bob Gainey), :45
   MTL, Bob Gainey 6 (Doug Jarvis, Larry Robinson), 8:35
   MTL, Rejean Houle 12 (Mario Tremblay, Doug Risebrough), 10:04
   MIN, Steve Jensen 7, 15:54
   MTL, Guy Lafleur 30 (Serge Savard, Jacques Lemaire), 16:15
   MIN, Ernie Hicke 7 (Tim Young, Glen Sharpley), 19:04

Penalties:

1: Yvon Lambert, MTL [Hi-sticking] 13:16
   Tim Young, MIN [Tripping] 18:40
2: Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hi-sticking] 5:15
   Pierre Bouchard, MTL [Elbowing] 12:27
   Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Holding] 13:31
   Fred Barrett, MIN [Hooking] 15:58
   Bill Fairbairn, MIN [Hi-sticking] 17:20
   Guy Lafleur, MTL [Slashing] 17:20
   Yvon Lambert, MTL [Cross checking, Misconduct] 17:36
   Gary Smith, MIN [Roughing] 17:36
3: Serge Savard, MTL [Holding] 1:35

Penalty time: MIN: 8 minutes
              MTL: 24 minutes

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Dennis O'Brien	5	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Doug Hicks	6	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Glen Sharpley	7	C	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Alex Pirus	10	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Bill Fairbairn	11	RW	0	0	0	2	-2	1
Steve Jensen	12	LW	2	0	2	0	1	4
Ernie Hicke	14	LW	2	0	2	0	0	4
Dean Talafous	15	C	1	0	1	0	1	2
Tim Young	17	C	0	3	3	2	-1	1
Tom Reid	20	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Bill Hogaboam	21	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Roland Eriksson	22	C	0	3	3	0	1	2
Lou Nanne	23	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Nick Beverley	26	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Roberts	27	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Tom Younghans	29	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Gary Smith	35	G	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-10	18

MTL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bill Nyrop	2	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Guy Lapointe	5	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Doug Risebrough	8	C	1	1	2	0	2	0
Guy Lafleur	10	RW	2	0	2	2	0	8
Yvon Lambert	11	LW	0	0	0	14	-1	3
Yvan Cournoyer	12	RW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Mario Tremblay	14	RW	0	1	1	0	2	0
Rejean Houle	15	LW	1	0	1	0	-1	4
Murray Wilson	17	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0
Serge Savard	18	D	0	1	1	2	-2	5
Larry Robinson	19	D	0	2	2	0	4	6
Pete Mahovlich	20	C	0	1	1	2	1	2
Doug Jarvis	21	C	0	1	1	0	1	3
Steve Shutt	22	LW	0	1	1	0	1	1
Bob Gainey	23	LW	1	1	2	0	2	3
Jacques Lemaire	25	C	0	1	1	2	-2	3
Pierre Bouchard	26	D	0	0	0	2	2	1
Ken Dryden	29	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	44


Shots: MIN:  7- 8- 3-18
       MTL: 19-12-13-44

Goalies: MIN: Gary Smith (T, 5-8-3)
         MTL: Ken Dryden (T, 19-4-5)

Referee: Ron Hoggarth
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Gerard Gauthier

Attendance: 15,863

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