NHL game summary from October 12, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Vancouver Canucks (0-1-0)	1	0	2	3
New York Rangers (1-0-0)	4	1	1	6

1:	NYR,	Phil Esposito 1 (Steve Vickers, Ron Greschner), 2:26
	NYR,	Dan Newman 1 (Phil Esposito, Ron Greschner), 6:27
	NYR,	Walt Tkaczuk 1 (Don Murdoch, Greg Polis), 9:35
	VAN,	Rick Blight 1 (Dennis Kearns, Hilliard Graves), 14:46 - PP
	NYR,	Ron Greschner 1 (Phil Esposito), 14:59
2:	NYR,	Don Murdoch 1 (Carol Vadnais, Phil Esposito), 7:46 - PP
3:	VAN,	Mike Walton 1 (Dennis Kearns, Don Lever), 1:03 - PP
	NYR,	Pat Hickey 1 (Ken Hodge, Dave Maloney), 5:08
	VAN,	Mike Walton 2 (Dennis Ververgaert, Rick Blight), 11:36 - PP

Penalties:

1:	Phil Esposito, NYR [Interference] 11:02
	Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 12:16
	Rob Flockhart, VAN [Roughing double minor] 12:16
	Ron Greschner, NYR [Holding] 14:05
2:	Rick Blight, VAN [Interference] 2:34
	John Grisdale, VAN [Holding] 6:03
	Ron Duguay, NYR [Slashing] 6:14
	Larry Goodenough, VAN [Slashing] 6:14
	Ron Duguay, NYR [Hooking] 13:44
	Dave Farrish, NYR [Tripping] 16:06
	Dave Maloney, NYR [Charging] 19:51
3:	Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 10:29
	Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Slashing] 12:31
	Ron Greschner, NYR [Fighting] 14:01
	Ron Sedlbauer, VAN [Fighting] 14:01
	Greg Polis, NYR [Slashing] 17:48

Penalty time: VAN: 17 minutes NYR: 25 minutes

VAN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mike Walton	4	C	2	0	2	0	-3	2
Larry Carriere	5	D	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Dennis Kearns	6	D	0	2	2	0	-3	0
Rick Blight	8	RW	1	1	2	2	-2	4
Don Lever	9	C	0	1	1	0	-2	3
Dennis Ververgaert	10	RW	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Rob Flockhart	12	RW	0	0	0	4	-2	0
Chris Oddleifson	14	C	0	0	0	2	0	1
Hilliard Graves	15	RW	0	1	1	0	0	2
Brad Gassoff	16	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Ron Sedlbauer	17	LW	0	0	0	5	-2	0
John Grisdale	18	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Bob Manno	22	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry O'Flaherty	23	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Garry Monahan	24	LW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Larry Goodenough	28	D	0	0	0	2	-2	0
Jack McIlhargey	29	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Cesare Maniago	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-24	22
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-24	22

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
John Davidson	0	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	2	1	2
Ron Greschner	4	D	1	2	3	9	3	4
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	4	2	2
Don Awrey	6	D	0	0	0	0	2	0
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	0	0	0	0	2	0
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	1	1	0	1	0
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	0	0	4	1	1
Don Murdoch	14	RW	1	1	2	0	1	3
Pat Hickey	16	LW	1	0	1	0	1	4
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	0	1	0	1	3
Greg Polis	20	RW	0	1	1	2	1	2
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dan Newman	24	RW	1	0	1	0	1	2
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	1	1	2	2	5
Phil Esposito	77	C	1	3	4	2	3	4
Ken Hodge	88	RW	0	1	1	0	1	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							24	32
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)					24	32

Shots: VAN: 9- 4- 9-22 NYR: 13- 8-11-32 Goalies: VAN: Cesare Maniago (L, 0-1-0) NYR: John Davidson (W, 1-0-0) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Randy Mitton Attendance: 17,500

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