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All NHL game summaries from January 1, 1977



Team123F
Philadelphia Flyers (23-7-8) 2 2 3 7
Cleveland Barons (11-22-7) 0 0 2 2

1: PHI,Reggie Leach 13, 5:04
PHI,Paul Holmgren 7 (Mel Bridgman, Orest Kindrachuk), 16:45
2: PHI,Gary Dornhoefer 15 (Bill Barber, Rick MacLeish), 2:14 - PP
PHI,Ross Lonsberry 10 (Mel Bridgman, Gary Dornhoefer), 9:00
3: PHI,Rick MacLeish 21 (Terry Murray, Ross Lonsberry), 2:57
CLE,Glenn Patrick 2 (Ralph Klassen, Mike Christie), 4:58
CLE,Bob Girard 2 (Mike Christie, Phil Roberto), 10:07
PHI,Rick MacLeish 22, 14:02
PHI,Gary Dornhoefer 16 (Bobby Clarke, Tom Bladon), 18:49
Penalties:

1: Glenn Patrick, CLE [Slashing, Fighting] 5:52
Ross Lonsberry, PHI [Slashing, Fighting] 5:52
Jack McIlhargey, PHI [Roughing, Game misconduct] 7:52
Mel Bridgman, PHI [Roughing] 8:48
Greg Smith, CLE [Roughing] 8:48
Orest Kindrachuk, PHI [Roughing] 11:52
Bob Stewart, CLE [Roughing] 11:52
Ralph Klassen, CLE [Roughing] 13:14
Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Roughing] 13:14
Bobby Clarke, PHI [Interference] 17:41
Andre Dupont, PHI [Elbowing] 18:00
2: Dennis Maruk, CLE [Slashing] 1:02
Glenn Patrick, CLE [Hooking] 15:49
Bob Stewart, CLE [Holding] 18:05
3: Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Holding] 19:48
Len Frig, CLE [Slashing] 19:48
Penalty time: PHI: 31 minutes CLE: 21 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bernie Parent 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bladon 3 D 0 1 1 0 2 2
Larry Goodenough 5 D 0 0 0 0 3 0
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 2 3 5
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 1 1 0 1 5
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 2 2 2 3 2
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 2 1 3 4 4 2
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 1 1 2 0 3
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 1 1 2 7 4 5
Rick MacLeish 19 C 2 1 3 0 1 2
Harvey Bennett 22 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Terry Murray 25 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 1 1 2 1 1
Reggie Leach 27 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 12 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2037
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2037

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Christie 3 D 0 2 2 0 1 0
Bob Stewart 4 D 0 0 0 4 -4 1
Greg Smith 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Len Frig 6 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Dave Gardner 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Phil Roberto 8 RW 0 1 1 0 2 1
Wayne Merrick 9 C 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Ralph Klassen 10 C 0 1 1 2 1 0
Mike Fidler 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Frank Spring 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -4 5
Jim Neilson 15 D 0 0 0 0 -4 1
Glenn Patrick 18 D 1 0 1 9 1 1
Bob Murdoch 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Dennis Maruk 21 C 0 0 0 2 -3 3
Brent Meeke 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Bob Girard 26 LW 1 0 1 0 2 3
Gary Simmons 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-2025
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-2025
Shots: PHI: 12-12-15-39 CLE: 12- 7- 6-25 Goalies: PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 19-7-6) CLE: Gary Simmons (L, 2-8-4) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: John Brown, Ron Finn Attendance: 5,331



Team123F
Boston Bruins (23-12-3) 1 1 0 2
Los Angeles Kings (13-16-10) 2 2 1 5

1: LA ,Gene Carr 12 (Gary Sargent, Marcel Dionne), 2:26
LA ,Bert Wilson 3 (Vic Venasky, Bob Berry), 8:07
BOS,Don Marcotte 8 (Terry O'Reilly, Gregg Sheppard), 11:12
2: LA ,Sheldon Kannegiesser 1 (Frank St. Marseille), 1:35
LA ,Juha Widing 3 (Dave Schultz, Bob Murdoch), 6:24
BOS,Bobby Schmautz 7, 14:22
3: LA ,Bob Berry 3 (Vic Venasky), 11:33
Penalties:

1: Don Marcotte, BOS [Tripping] 17:30
2: Sheldon Kannegiesser, LA [Holding] 2:53
Bobby Schmautz, BOS [Hooking] 17:35
3: Bench penalty, BOS [Too many men on the ice] 6:29
Penalty time: BOS: 6 minutes LA : 2 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Peter McNab 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Jean Ratelle 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bobby Schmautz 11 RW 1 0 1 2 0 2
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Middleton 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Hank Nowak 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Don Marcotte 21 LW 1 0 1 2 1 2
Brad Park 22 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Smith 23 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Earl Anderson 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Matti Hagman 28 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Gerry Cheevers 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1523
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1523

LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Larry Brown 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dave Hutchison 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bob Murdoch 5 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Sheldon Kannegiesser 6 D 1 0 1 2 1 3
Mike Murphy 7 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bert Wilson 8 LW 1 0 1 0 2 1
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 2 2 0 2 0
Frank St. Marseille 11 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Gene Carr 12 C 1 0 1 0 0 1
Dave Schultz 14 LW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Juha Widing 15 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Marcel Dionne 16 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Tom Williams 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Berry 18 LW 1 1 2 0 2 1
Butch Goring 19 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 1 1 0 2 3
Don Kozak 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1520
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1520
Shots: BOS: 6-12- 5-23 LA : 9- 5- 6-20 Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (L, 13-5-2) LA : Rogie Vachon (W, 13-13-8) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Ryan Bozak Attendance: 11,337



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (11-26-3) 1 2 2 5
New York Islanders (22-9-5) 0 0 1 1

1: VAN,Hilliard Graves 11 (Garry Monahan), 13:03
2: VAN,Rick Blight 18 (Andy Spruce), 4:40
VAN,Dennis Kearns 2 (Chris Oddleifson, Andy Spruce), 10:46 - PP
3: VAN,Bobby Lalonde 4 (Andy Spruce), 4:36
VAN,Jim Wiley 2 (Bob Dailey), 12:38
NYI,Bob Bourne 6 (Andre St. Laurent, Denis Potvin), 14:37
Penalties:

1: Jean Potvin, NYI [Tripping] 4:09
Garry Monahan, VAN [Holding] 8:55
2: Jean Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 9:20
3: Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 10:19
Andy Spruce, VAN [Fighting] 10:19
Dennis Kearns, VAN [Interference] 10:31
Penalty time: VAN: 9 minutes NYI: 9 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Robitaille 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bob Dailey 3 D 0 1 1 0 3 6
Mike Walton 4 C 0 0 0 0 1 2
Larry Carriere 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dennis Kearns 6 D 1 0 1 2 -1 2
Rick Blight 8 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Don Lever 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 6
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Wiley 12 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Lalonde 20 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Andy Spruce 22 LW 0 3 3 5 2 1
Gerry O'Flaherty 23 LW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Garry Monahan 24 LW 0 1 1 2 1 1
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 0 3 1
Curt Ridley 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1534
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1534

NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Pat Price 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 4 -3 2
Denis Potvin 5 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bert Marshall 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 5 -1 4
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
J.P. Parise 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Bourne 14 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Jude Drouin 17 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Bryan Trottier 19 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Andre St. Laurent 21 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1528
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1528
Shots: VAN: 11-14- 9-34 NYI: 9- 7-12-28 Goalies: VAN: Curt Ridley (W, 7-15-2) NYI: Billy Smith (L, 9-4-3) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Willard Norris, Leon Stickle Attendance: 15,149



Team123F
Buffalo Sabres (24-9-3) 1 1 1 3
Pittsburgh Penguins (16-16-6) 1 4 1 6

1: BUF,Jerry Korab 4, 5:55
PIT,Ron Schock 7 (Syl Apps, Jean Pronovost), 17:47
2: PIT,Syl Apps 10 (Jean Pronovost), 2:43
PIT,Jean Pronovost 20 (Dennis Owchar), 3:33
PIT,Greg Malone 7 (Ron Stackhouse), 4:21
PIT,Rick Kehoe 16 (Ron Stackhouse), 6:11 - PP
BUF,Jerry Korab 5 (Don Luce), 9:17
3: BUF,Bill Hajt 1 (Craig Ramsay), 1:43
PIT,Greg Malone 8, 3:18
Penalties:

1: Lee Fogolin, BUF [Holding] 2:33
Pierre Larouche, PIT [Holding] 3:53
2: Bench penalty, BUF [Too many men on the ice] 5:42
3: Rick Kehoe, PIT [Tripping] 18:29
Penalty time: BUF: 4 minutes PIT: 4 minutes
BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jerry Korab 4 D 2 0 2 0 -1 2
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 0 0 0 2 1
Gary McAdam 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Don Luce 20 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Brian Spencer 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bill Hajt 24 D 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Terry Martin 25 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Gerry Desjardins 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Smith 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1029
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1029

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 2 2 0 2 1
Dave Burrows 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Kehoe 8 RW 1 0 1 2 -2 1
Blair Chapman 9 RW 0 0 0 0 1 4
Pierre Larouche 10 C 0 0 0 2 -3 3
Greg Malone 12 C 2 0 2 0 1 3
Wayne Bianchin 14 RW 0 0 0 0 2 0
Stan Gilbertson 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lew Morrison 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Schock 17 C 1 0 1 0 3 2
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 1 2 3 0 3 4
Don Awrey 24 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dennis Owchar 25 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Syl Apps 26 C 1 1 2 0 3 1
Mike Corrigan 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Mario Faubert 28 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dunc Wilson 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1020
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1020
Shots: BUF: 7-13- 9-29 PIT: 7- 8- 5-20 Goalies: BUF: Gerry Desjardins (L, 24-6-3),
Al Smith PIT: Dunc Wilson (W, 11-9-4) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Randy Mitton Attendance: 9,049



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (7-21-9) 0 1 0 1
St. Louis Blues (16-17-5) 2 1 0 3

1: STL,Claude Larose 13 (Larry Patey, Floyd Thomson), 1:36
STL,Ted Irvine 8 (Red Berenson, Jerry Butler), 3:10
2: STL,Derek Sanderson 8 (Bob MacMillan, Joe Zanussi), :22 - PP
MIN,Jim Roberts 2 (Glen Sharpley, Bill Hogaboam), 16:29
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Roland Eriksson, MIN [Tripping] 19:32
2: Tim Young, MIN [Hooking] 9:00
Derek Sanderson, STL [Slashing] 9:47
Larry Patey, STL [Tripping] 19:51
3: Claude Larose, STL [Holding] 8:57
Bob Gassoff, STL [Slashing] 18:52
Penalty time: MIN: 4 minutes STL: 8 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pete Lopresti 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwight Bialowas 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dennis O'Brien 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Hicks 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Alex Pirus 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Fairbairn 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Steve Jensen 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ernie Hicke 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dean Talafous 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tim Young 17 C 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Tom Reid 20 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bill Hogaboam 21 C 0 1 1 0 0 5
Roland Eriksson 22 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Lou Nanne 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Roberts 27 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-522
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-522

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Eddie Johnston 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Zanussi 2 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bob Gassoff 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Plager 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Patey 6 C 0 1 1 2 1 1
Garry Unger 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Red Berenson 9 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Rod Seiling 10 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Claude Larose 12 RW 1 0 1 2 1 3
Gilles Marotte 15 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Pierre Plante 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Floyd Thomson 18 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Derek Sanderson 19 C 1 0 1 2 0 3
Bob MacMillan 21 RW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Chuck Lefley 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ted Irvine 27 LW 1 0 1 0 0 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)526
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)526
Shots: MIN: 4- 4-14-22 STL: 8-11- 7-26 Goalies: MIN: Pete LoPresti (L, 2-11-6) STL: Eddie Johnston (W, 9-6-4) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Bob Luther Attendance: 14,493



Team123F
Washington Capitals (10-23-4) 0 1 0 1
Toronto Maple Leafs (18-15-6) 2 0 1 3

1: TOR,Errol Thompson 3 (Darryl Sittler, Borje Salming), 1:52
TOR,Don Ashby 11 (Scott Garland), 10:32
2: WAS,Ron Lalonde 7 (Mike Marson, Bill Collins), 7:06
3: TOR,Lanny McDonald 27 (Darryl Sittler), 10:43
Penalties:

1: Gord Lane, WAS [Holding] 5:44
Borje Salming, TOR [Tripping] 16:21
2: Inge Hammarstrom, TOR [Slashing] 13:34
Pat Boutette, TOR [Tripping] 17:45
Bill Riley, WAS [Tripping] 19:05
3: none
Penalty time: WAS: 4 minutes TOR: 6 minutes
WAS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ron Low 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Green 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 7
Gord Smith 6 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Yvon Labre 7 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bill Riley 8 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Garnet "Ace" Bailey 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Doug Patey 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hartland Monahan 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Meehan 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Guy Charron 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mike Marson 16 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Rick Bragnalo 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bryan Watson 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony White 20 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Ron Lalonde 22 C 1 0 1 0 -2 4
Bill Collins 26 RW 0 1 1 0 -2 4
Gord Lane 28 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1028
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1028

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 0 0 0 2 7
Bob Neely 3 RW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Jack Valiquette 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Ashby 9 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
George Ferguson 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Inge Hammarstrom 11 LW 0 0 0 2 0 3
Errol Thompson 12 LW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Stan Weir 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jim McKenny 18 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Claire Alexander 20 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Borje Salming 21 D 0 1 1 2 2 3
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Randy Carlyle 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scott Garland 25 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 2 2 0 1 4
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1035
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1035
Shots: WAS: 10-13- 5-28 TOR: 14- 7-14-35 Goalies: WAS: Ron Low (L, 7-18-3) TOR: Mike Palmateer (W, 14-6-3) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: John D'Amico, Swede Knox Attendance: 16,485



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