Wednesday March 23, 1977
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All NHL game summaries from March 23, 1977



Team123F
Cleveland Barons (24-39-11) 0 0 2 2
Buffalo Sabres (47-22-6) 1 2 1 4

1: BUF,Brian Spencer 14 (Fred Stanfield), 11:49
2: BUF,Rick Martin 36 (Jerry Korab, Jim Lorentz), 2:03 - PP
BUF,Don Luce 22 (Craig Ramsay), 9:51
3: BUF,Jerry Korab 13 (Danny Gare, Don Luce), 3:48
CLE,Wayne Merrick 18 (Len Frig), 7:01
CLE,Bob Murdoch 17 (Greg Smith, Dennis Maruk), 9:33 - PP
Penalties:

1: Bill Hajt, BUF [Elbowing] 18:23
2: Mike Christie, CLE [Holding] 1:00
Jocelyn Guevremont, BUF [Roughing] 7:59
Al MacAdam, CLE [Roughing] 7:59
3: Brian Spencer, BUF [Cross checking] 7:56
Jerry Korab, BUF [Elbowing] 9:01
Bob Girard, CLE [Hooking] 15:54
Penalty time: CLE: 6 minutes BUF: 8 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Christie 3 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Bob Stewart 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Greg Smith 5 D 0 1 1 0 1 5
Len Frig 6 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Dave Gardner 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Merrick 9 C 1 0 1 0 -2 2
Ralph Klassen 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Neilson 15 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Bob Murdoch 20 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Dennis Maruk 21 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Brent Meeke 24 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 0 0 2 0 3
Bob Girard 26 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (7 forwards, 6 defensemen)-919
TOTAL   (7 forwards, 6 defensemen)-919

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jerry Korab 4 D 1 1 2 2 1 4
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Martin 7 LW 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 1 1 0 2 1
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Gary McAdam 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 1 1 0 1 5
Don Luce 20 C 1 1 2 0 2 1
Brian Spencer 21 LW 1 0 1 2 0 1
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 0 0 0 2 0 6
Ken Breitenbach 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Terry Martin 25 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Edwards 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)933
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)933
Shots: CLE: 8- 2- 9-19 BUF: 9-15- 9-33 Goalies: CLE: Gilles Meloche (L, 18-23-5) BUF: Don Edwards (W, 15-5-0) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (30-31-14) 0 1 2 3
Chicago Blackhawks (24-40-11) 1 0 0 1

1: CHI,Alain Daigle 12 (Randy Holt, Phil Russell), :12
2: LA ,Marcel Dionne 44 (Dave Schultz, Gary Sargent), 13:00 - PP
3: LA ,Bob Murdoch 6 (Butch Goring, Mike Murphy), 8:58
LA ,Bob Murdoch 7, 17:24
Penalties:

1: Don Kozak, LA [Hooking] 4:05
Mike Murphy, LA [Holding] 19:56
2: Grant Mulvey, CHI [Tripping] 1:40
Bert Wilson, LA [Hooking] 5:49
Randy Holt, CHI [Holding] 11:51
3: Phil Russell, CHI [Slashing] 11:16
Don Kozak, LA [Slashing] 11:16
Frank St. Marseille, LA [Tripping] 18:01
Penalty time: LA : 10 minutes CHI: 6 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Larry Brown 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Hutchison 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bob Murdoch 5 D 2 0 2 0 1 3
Sheldon Kannegiesser 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Murphy 7 RW 0 1 1 2 2 2
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Frank St. Marseille 11 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gene Carr 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Schultz 14 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Steve Clippingdale 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcel Dionne 16 C 1 0 1 0 1 5
Tom Williams 17 LW 0 0 0 0 2 2
Bob Berry 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Butch Goring 19 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Don Kozak 24 RW 0 0 0 4 -1 0
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)521
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)521

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Randy Holt 2 D 0 1 1 2 1 0
Phil Russell 5 D 0 1 1 2 -1 2
Bob Murray 6 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Pit Martin 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dennis Hull 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dick Redmond 15 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kirk Bowman 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alain Daigle 17 RW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Dale Tallon 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stan Mikita 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Dan Hinton 25 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-518
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-518
Shots: LA : 7- 7- 7-21 CHI: 9- 3- 6-18 Goalies: LA : Rogie Vachon (W, 29-23-12) CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 24-33-8) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Bob Luther Attendance: n/a



Team123F
Boston Bruins (44-22-8) 2 2 2 6
Detroit Red Wings (16-48-9) 0 0 0 0

1: BOS,Jean Ratelle 31 (Wayne Cashman, Gregg Sheppard), 8:51 - PP
BOS,Doug Halward 1 (Gregg Sheppard), 16:34
2: BOS,Gregg Sheppard 28 (Wayne Cashman, Brad Park), 16:44 - PP
BOS,Terry O'Reilly 14 (Don Marcotte, Peter McNab), 17:47 - PP
3: BOS,Dave Forbes 9 (Gregg Sheppard), 8:21 - SH
BOS,Rick Middleton 20 (Jean Ratelle, Stan Jonathan), 9:16
Penalties:

1: Dennis Polonich, DET [Slashing] 8:28
Wayne Cashman, BOS [Tripping] 10:47
Wayne Cashman, BOS [Elbowing] 17:41
Rick Smith, BOS [Cross checking] 19:16
2: Gerry Cheevers, BOS [Roughing, Slashing] 0:50
Brad Park, BOS [Cross checking] 2:08
Michel Bergeron, DET [Hi-sticking] 2:08
Walt McKechnie, DET [Holding] 3:26
Al Cameron, DET [Cross checking] 14:59
Terry Richardson, DET [Interference] 16:24
3: Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Elbowing] 6:29
Penalty time: BOS: 14 minutes DET: 10 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Peter McNab 8 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
Jean Ratelle 10 C 1 1 2 0 1 4
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 2 2 4 0 0
Dave Forbes 14 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Rick Middleton 16 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Stan Jonathan 17 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
John Wensink 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 1 3 4 0 2 3
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Brad Park 22 D 0 1 1 2 1 3
Rick Smith 23 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 1 0 1 2 1 4
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Earl Anderson 27 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Matti Hagman 28 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Halward 29 D 1 0 1 0 2 2
Gerry Cheevers 30 G 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1431
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1431

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Nahrgang 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Terry Murray 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 0 0 2 -2 5
J.P. Leblanc 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Fred Williams 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Michel Bergeron 16 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Rick Wilson 19 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
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 0 -1 3
Greg Joly 24 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dave Kelly 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Bob Ritchie 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Terry Richardson 31 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1529
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1529
Shots: BOS: 10-13- 8-31 DET: 9-11- 9-29 Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 26-9-5) DET: Terry Richardson (L, 1-3-0) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Jim Christison, Ryan Bozak Attendance: 8,117



Team123F
Colorado Rockies (19-43-13) 3 0 0 3
New York Rangers (28-33-14) 2 3 0 5

1: COL,Wilf Paiement 38 (Larry Skinner), 4:32
NYR,Dave Maloney 3 (Ken Hodge, Phil Esposito), 10:48
COL,Larry Skinner 4 (Colin Campbell, Wilf Paiement), 11:41
NYR,Wayne Dillon 17 (Ron Greschner), 13:08
COL,Danny Gruen 6 (Jim McElmury), 17:57 - PP
2: NYR,Rod Gilbert 25 (Wayne Dillon), 2:48
NYR,Greg Polis 14 (Pete Stemkowski, Dave Farrish), 13:03
NYR,Ken Hodge 19 (Dan Newman, Dave Maloney), 18:03
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Pat Hickey, NYR [Tripping] 7:28
Larry Skinner, COL [Tripping] 8:33
Dave Farrish, NYR [Hooking] 17:23
2: Paul Gardner, COL [Hooking] 8:39
Carol Vadnais, NYR [Slashing] 13:52
3: Mike Kitchen, COL [Holding] 9:50
John Van Boxmeer, COL [Slashing] 11:56
Wayne Dillon, NYR [Slashing] 11:56
Dave Maloney, NYR [Charging] 14:56
Penalty time: COL: 8 minutes NYR: 10 minutes
COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Edur 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Larry Johnston 4 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Colin Campbell 6 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Wilf Paiement 9 RW 1 1 2 0 2 4
Dave Hudson 11 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Nelson Pyatt 12 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Ron Andruff 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Danny Gruen 16 LW 1 0 1 0 2 3
Gary Croteau 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
John Van Boxmeer 19 D 0 0 0 2 2 2
Larry Skinner 20 C 1 1 2 2 1 7
Paul Gardner 21 C 0 0 0 2 -3 3
Barry Dean 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Jim McElmury 24 D 0 1 1 0 -3 1
Mike Kitchen 26 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Ron Delorme 27 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Doug Favell 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1531
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1531

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John Davidson 0 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 1 1 2 1 5
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 1 1 0 2 0
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 2 1 2
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 1 0 1 0 2 3
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 2 1
Wayne Dillon 9 C 1 1 2 2 2 2
Bill Goldsworthy 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Greg Polis 20 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Pete Stemkowski 21 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Dan Newman 24 RW 0 1 1 0 0 4
Dave Maloney 26 D 1 1 2 2 2 3
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 1 1 0 1 9
Ken Hodge 88 RW 1 1 2 0 1 5
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1547
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1547
Shots: COL: 14-11- 6-31 NYR: 11-19-17-47 Goalies: COL: Doug Favell (L, 7-13-3) NYR: John Davidson (W, 14-11-6) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Swede Knox, Randy Mitton Attendance: 17,500



Team123F
New York Islanders (44-19-12) 0 1 0 1
Toronto Maple Leafs (33-29-13) 0 0 1 1

1: no scoring
2: NYI,J.P. Parise 24 (Ed Westfall), 1:35
3: TOR,Stan Weir 11 (Don Ashby, Jim McKenny), 8:52 - PP
Penalties:

1: George Ferguson, TOR [Holding] 13:26
Scott Garland, TOR [Slashing] 17:23
2: Billy Harris, NYI [Holding] 5:15
Lanny McDonald, TOR [Tripping] 5:45
Pat Price, NYI [Hooking] 13:10
3: Gerry Hart, NYI [Holding] 6:53
Penalty time: NYI: 6 minutes TOR: 6 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glenn Resch 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Pat Price 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Denis Potvin 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Bert Marshall 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
J.P. Parise 12 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Jude Drouin 17 C 0 0 0 0 1 3
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Bryan Trottier 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andre St. Laurent 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)533
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)533

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Bob Neely 3 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 0 0 2 0 5
Don Ashby 9 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
George Ferguson 10 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Inge Hammarstrom 11 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Stan Weir 14 C 1 0 1 0 0 1
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim McKenny 18 D 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Bruce Boudreau 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Brian Glennie 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Garland 25 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Wayne Thomas 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)-529
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)-529
Shots: NYI: 12-12- 9-33 TOR: 6-14- 9-29 Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (T, 25-11-6) TOR: Wayne Thomas (T, 10-12-6) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: John D'Amico, John Brown Attendance: 16,485



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