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All NHL game summaries from February 23, 1977



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (45-7-10) 1 3 0 4
Atlanta Flames (25-25-11) 1 1 0 2

1: ATL,Larry Romanchych 3 (Guy Chouinard, Pat Quinn), 6:51
MTL,Guy Lafleur 44 (Steve Shutt, Larry Robinson), 8:02
2: ATL,Eric Vail 26 (Randy Manery, Tom Lysiak), 13:14
MTL,Guy Lafleur 45, 14:04
MTL,Murray Wilson 9 (Doug Jarvis), 16:16
MTL,Guy Lafleur 46, 18:32
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Yvon Lambert, MTL 12:41
Pat Ribble, ATL 17:10
2: Bill Clement, ATL [major] 7:00
Doug Risebrough, MTL [major] 7:00
Serge Savard, MTL 10:56
3: none
Penalty time: MTL: 9 minutes ATL: 7 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Nyrop 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jimmy Roberts 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 0 0 5 0 2
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 3 0 3 0 2 3
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Murray Wilson 17 LW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 2 3 0
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 1 1 0 3 3
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 0 0 0 0 1 3
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Steve Shutt 22 LW 0 1 1 0 3 3
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pierre Bouchard 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rick Chartraw 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Dryden 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1024
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1024

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Quinn 3 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Richard Mulhern 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Curt Bennett 5 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Randy Manery 7 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Larry Romanchych 9 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Bill Clement 10 C 0 0 0 5 -1 1
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
Tim Ecclestone 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rey Comeau 18 C 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Ed Kea 19 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
John Gould 21 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Bobby Simpson 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pat Ribble 23 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Eric Vail 27 LW 1 0 1 0 1 5
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1030
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1030
Shots: MTL: 6- 6-12-24 ATL: 14-14- 2-30 Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 34-5-6) ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 13-13-5) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Jim Christison Attendance: 14,705



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (15-37-8) 2 0 0 2
Chicago Blackhawks (22-31-10) 1 0 4 5

1: DET,Bob Ritchie 1 (Greg Joly, Dennis Hextall), 14:26 - PP
CHI,Ivan Boldirev 22 (Darcy Rota, Phil Russell), 14:49
DET,Dave Kelly 1 (Walt McKechnie), 18:54
2: no scoring
3: CHI,Jim Harrison 15 (Phil Russell), 1:34
CHI,Phil Russell 6 (Stan Mikita), 12:08
CHI,Darcy Rota 15 (Ivan Boldirev, Pit Martin), 12:47
CHI,Ivan Boldirev 23 (Pit Martin), 12:57
Penalties:

1: Dennis Hextall, DET [Holding] 1:26
Kirk Bowman, CHI [Tripping] 4:48
Jim Harrison, CHI [Misconduct] 6:06
Dennis Polonich, DET [Roughing] 6:06
Nick Libett, DET [Tripping] 6:06
Dave Logan, CHI [Roughing] 10:04
Bob Murray, CHI [Interference] 13:04
2: Bill Lochead, DET [Hooking] 9:37
3: Darcy Rota, CHI [Roughing] 1:06
J.P. Leblanc, DET [Roughing] 1:06
Ivan Boldirev, CHI [Hooking] 19:06
Penalty time: DET: 10 minutes CHI: 20 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Harper 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Nahrgang 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Terry Murray 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 2 -1 4
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
J.P. Leblanc 12 C 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Fred Williams 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Michel Bergeron 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 1 1 2 -2 4
Bill Lochead 23 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Greg Joly 24 D 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Dave Kelly 25 RW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 0 -3 3
Bob Ritchie 27 LW 1 0 1 0 -2 3
Reed Larson 28 D 0 0 0 0 -2 4
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-1933
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-1933

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Phil Russell 5 D 1 2 3 0 2 5
Bob Murray 6 D 0 0 0 2 2 2
Pit Martin 7 C 0 2 2 0 2 1
Jim Harrison 8 C 1 0 1 10 1 9
Dennis Hull 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 2 1 3 2 3 4
Dave Logan 14 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dick Redmond 15 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kirk Bowman 16 LW 0 0 0 2 1 0
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Darcy Rota 18 LW 1 1 2 2 3 3
Dale Tallon 19 D 0 0 0 0 2 2
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Stan Mikita 21 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 0 0 0 2 1
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1937
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1937
Shots: DET: 10- 8-15-33 CHI: 8-11-18-37 Goalies: DET: Jim Rutherford (L, 7-18-5) CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 22-26-7) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ryan Bozak Attendance: n/a



Team123F
Buffalo Sabres (36-18-6) 1 2 2 5
Cleveland Barons (18-32-10) 2 0 1 3

1: CLE,Dave Gardner 9 (Bob Murdoch, Len Frig), 4:27
BUF,Brian Spencer 9 (Jim Lorentz, Andre Savard), 5:03
CLE,Jim Neilson 2, 17:09
2: BUF,Gilbert Perreault 25, 1:57
BUF,Brian Spencer 10 (Gilbert Perreault, Bill Hajt), 16:35
3: BUF,Don Luce 19 (Rene Robert, Jerry Korab), 1:01
BUF,Bill Hajt 3 (Rene Robert, Brian Spencer), 14:15
CLE,Mike Christie 6 (Bob Murdoch, Ralph Klassen), 16:24
Penalties:

1: Rene Robert, BUF [Hooking] 1:12
Dennis Maruk, CLE [Hooking] 10:44
Danny Gare, BUF [Hi-sticking] 19:25
Dennis Maruk, CLE [Hi-sticking] 19:25
2: none
3: Lee Fogolin, BUF [Elbowing] 4:41
Jerry Korab, BUF [Interference] 5:25
Penalty time: BUF: 8 minutes CLE: 4 minutes
BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 1 1 2 -1 2
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 0 0 2 2 1
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 1 1 2 0 0 2
Andre Savard 12 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 2 2 2 2 5
Gary McAdam 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 0 0 2 0 4
Don Luce 20 C 1 0 1 0 2 3
Brian Spencer 21 LW 2 1 3 0 2 4
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bill Hajt 24 D 1 1 2 0 3 3
Terry Martin 25 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Don Edwards 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1036
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1036

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Hampton 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Christie 3 D 1 0 1 0 1 2
Bob Stewart 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Len Frig 6 D 0 1 1 0 -3 1
Dave Gardner 7 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Wayne Merrick 9 C 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Ralph Klassen 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Gary Sabourin 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Jim Neilson 15 D 1 0 1 0 -3 2
Bob Murdoch 20 RW 0 2 2 0 1 4
Dennis Maruk 21 C 0 0 0 4 0 2
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Girard 26 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
TOTAL   (8 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1021
TOTAL   (8 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1021
Shots: BUF: 15-12- 9-36 CLE: 10- 6- 5-21 Goalies: BUF: Don Edwards (W, 5-1-0) CLE: Gary Edwards (L, 2-11-3) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: John Brown, Bob Luther Attendance: 3,185



Team123F
Boston Bruins (34-21-6) 0 1 0 1
Minnesota North Stars (15-31-15) 1 1 0 2

1: MIN,Steve Jensen 13 (Alex Pirus, Roland Eriksson), 15:05
2: MIN,Ernie Hicke 22 (Tim Young), 12:22
BOS,Terry O'Reilly 10, 12:46
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Don Marcotte, BOS [Hooking] 10:09
Gary Doak, BOS [Elbowing] 15:53
Bobby Schmautz, BOS [Roughing] 20:00
2: Rick Smith, BOS [Tripping] 2:04
Dean Talafous, MIN [Holding] 15:57
Doug Hicks, MIN [Game misconduct] 16:57
Pete Lopresti, MIN [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 16:57
Wayne Cashman, BOS [Hi-sticking, Roughing double minor] 16:57
3: Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 13:42
Jerry Engele, MIN [Fighting] 13:42
Gerry Cheevers, BOS [Misconduct, Double game misconduct] 20:00
Penalty time: BOS: 49 minutes MIN: 21 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Peter McNab 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jean Ratelle 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Schmautz 11 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 4
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 0 0 6 -1 2
Rick Middleton 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Stan Jonathan 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Brad Park 22 D 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Rick Smith 23 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 1 0 1 5 0 1
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Earl Anderson 27 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matti Hagman 28 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gerry Cheevers 30 G 0 0 0 30 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-524
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-524

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pete Lopresti 1 G 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jerry Engele 4 D 0 0 0 5 0 1
Dennis O'Brien 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Doug Hicks 6 D 0 0 0 10 0 1
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Alex Pirus 10 RW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Bill Fairbairn 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Jensen 12 LW 1 0 1 0 1 6
Ernie Hicke 14 LW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Dean Talafous 15 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Tim Young 17 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Tom Reid 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Hogaboam 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roland Eriksson 22 C 0 1 1 0 1 4
Lou Nanne 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Beverley 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Roberts 27 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)529
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)529
Shots: BOS: 8- 7- 9-24 MIN: 8-12- 9-29 Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (L, 20-9-4) MIN: Pete LoPresti (W, 5-14-8) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Willard Norris, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 7,974



Team123F
New York Rangers (23-26-13) 2 1 2 5
Toronto Maple Leafs (29-24-9) 0 3 1 4

1: NYR,Walt Tkaczuk 8 (Steve Vickers, Mike McEwen), 5:53 - PP
NYR,Rod Gilbert 21 (Ron Greschner, Steve Vickers), 12:40
2: NYR,Ron Greschner 8 (Greg Polis), 1:53 - SH
TOR,Darryl Sittler 26 (Errol Thompson), 5:37
TOR,Dave "Tiger" Williams 16 (Jim McKenny, Ian Turnbull), 11:08
TOR,Darryl Sittler 27 (Jack Valiquette), 18:49
3: TOR,Inge Hammarstrom 21 (George Ferguson), 8:27
NYR,Rod Gilbert 22 (Walt Tkaczuk, Ron Greschner), 9:53
NYR,Phil Esposito 31 (Ken Hodge), 10:22
Penalties:

1: Darryl Sittler, TOR [Slashing] 5:39
2: Dave Farrish, NYR [Hooking] 0:29
Darryl Sittler, TOR [Elbowing] 6:06
Brian Glennie, TOR [Tripping] 11:35
Jack Valiquette, TOR [Hooking] 19:07
3: Dave Farrish, NYR [Hooking] 12:45
Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 18:14
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes TOR: 8 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John Davidson 0 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Sacharuk 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 4 -1 2
Ron Greschner 4 D 1 2 3 0 2 2
Doug Jarrett 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 2 0 2 0 1 4
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 2 2 0 2 2
Wayne Dillon 9 C 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Bill Goldsworthy 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Greg Holst 17 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 1 1 2 2 3 5
Greg Polis 20 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dan Newman 24 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 1 1 0 -2 4
Phil Esposito 77 C 1 0 1 0 -1 5
Ken Hodge 88 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-140
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-140

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 1 1 0 -1 4
Bob Neely 3 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Pelyk 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Jack Valiquette 8 C 0 1 1 2 -1 1
Don Ashby 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
George Ferguson 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Inge Hammarstrom 11 LW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Stan Weir 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jim McKenny 18 D 0 1 1 0 -2 4
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 1 0 1 0 2 1
Brian Glennie 24 D 0 0 0 2 2 0
Scott Garland 25 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Darryl Sittler 27 C 2 0 2 4 0 7
Wayne Thomas 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)029
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)029
Shots: NYR: 13-15-12-40 TOR: 7-11-11-29 Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 10-6-6) TOR: Wayne Thomas (L, 9-11-5) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Ron Finn, Randy Mitton Attendance: 16,485



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