NHL game summary from January 6, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Minnesota North Stars (9-21-9)	2	3	2	7
Detroit Red Wings (13-22-5)	2	0	0	2

1: DET, Walt McKechnie 16, 2:11 - SH
   MIN, Glen Sharpley 14 (Jim Roberts), 3:44
   MIN, Tom Younghans 4 (Glen Sharpley, Fred Barrett), 4:03
   DET, Nick Libett 8 (Walt McKechnie, Greg Joly), 10:14 - PP
2: MIN, Dennis O'Brien 2 (Tim Young, Fred Barrett), 8:41
   MIN, Roland Eriksson 13 (Lou Nanne, Tim Young), 12:31 - PP
   MIN, Nick Beverley 2 (Tim Young, Bill Fairbairn), 17:26
3: MIN, Roland Eriksson 14 (Steve Jensen), 4:36
   MIN, Tim Young 15 (Lou Nanne, Dean Talafous), 8:07 - PP

Penalties:

1: Bill Lochead, DET [Tripping] 0:47
   Tom Younghans, MIN [Interference] 8:57
   Gary Smith, MIN [Cross checking] 18:44
   Al Cameron, DET [Fighting] 19:35
   Doug Hicks, MIN [Fighting] 19:35
2: Fred Barrett, MIN [Elbowing] 2:21
   Dennis Polonich, DET [Interference] 3:20
   Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Tripping] 4:17
   Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Slashing] 6:34
   Rick Wilson, DET [Slashing] 6:34
   Dennis Polonich, DET [Hi-sticking] 10:36
   Tom Reid, MIN [Hooking] 13:07
3: Bill Lochead, DET [Delay of game] 7:22
   Kevin Schamehorn, DET [Holding] 7:22
   Jim Roberts, MIN [Tripping] 10:44
   Alex Pirus, MIN [Tripping] 14:01
   Michel Bergeron, DET [Hi-sticking] 18:03
   Steve Jensen, MIN [Hi-sticking] 18:03

Penalty time: MIN: 23 minutes
              DET: 19 minutes

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	2	2	2	4	0
Dennis O'Brien	5	D	1	0	1	4	1	1
Doug Hicks	6	D	0	0	0	5	1	1
Glen Sharpley	7	C	1	1	2	0	2	2
Alex Pirus	10	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1
Bill Fairbairn	11	RW	0	1	1	0	1	2
Steve Jensen	12	LW	0	1	1	2	1	1
Ernie Hicke	14	LW	0	0	0	0	1	2
Dean Talafous	15	C	0	1	1	0	0	4
Tim Young	17	C	1	3	4	0	1	2
Tom Reid	20	D	0	0	0	2	1	0
Roland Eriksson	22	C	2	0	2	0	0	3
Lou Nanne	23	D	0	2	2	0	-1	0
Rich Nantais	25	LW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Nick Beverley	26	D	1	0	1	0	4	1
Jim Roberts	27	RW	0	1	1	2	2	1
Tom Younghans	29	RW	1	0	1	2	2	2
Gary Smith	35	G	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							20	26

DET Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jim Nahrgang	3	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Jean Hamel	5	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Dennis Polonich	8	C	0	0	0	4	-3	4
Walt McKechnie	11	C	1	1	2	0	0	7
Nick Libett	14	LW	1	0	1	0	0	2
Fern LeBlanc	15	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Michel Bergeron	16	RW	0	0	0	2	-3	4
Kevin Schamehorn	18	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1
Rick Wilson	19	D	0	0	0	2	-4	1
Dwight Schofield	20	D	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Danny Grant	21	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Dennis Hextall	22	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Lochead	23	LW	0	0	0	4	-1	1
Greg Joly	24	D	0	1	1	0	1	4
Al Cameron	26	D	0	0	0	5	-1	3
Fred "Buster" Harvey	27	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Fred Berry	29	C	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Ed Giacomin	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-21	39


Shots: MIN: 10- 7- 9-26
       DET: 16- 9-14-39

Goalies: MIN: Gary Smith (W, 7-8-3)
         DET: Ed Giacomin (L, 7-11-2)

Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Willard Norris, Swede Knox

Attendance: 8,142

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