NHL game summary from December 4, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Minnesota North Stars (6-14-4)	3	1	0	4
New York Rangers (10-12-3)	0	3	1	4

1: MIN, Brad Maxwell 7 (Roland Eriksson), 11:18
   MIN, Nick Beverley 4 (Roland Eriksson), 16:42
   MIN, Dean Talafous 7 (Pierre Jarry, Brad Maxwell), 19:03
2: NYR, Ron Greschner 7 (Ed Johnstone, Carol Vadnais), 9:57 - PP
   NYR, Lucien DeBlois 7 (Phil Esposito, Wayne Dillon), 14:42
   MIN, Steve Jensen 5 (Doug Hicks), 15:42
   NYR, Ed Johnstone 5 (Carol Vadnais, Ron Greschner), 19:12 - PP
3: NYR, Lucien DeBlois 8 (Dave Maloney, Carol Vadnais), 14:24

Penalties:

1: Ron Zanussi, MIN [Hi-sticking] 10:01
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Hi-sticking] 10:01
   Phil Esposito, NYR [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 11:18
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Roughing] 19:27
2: Dave Farrish, NYR [Tripping] 4:24
   Brad Maxwell, MIN [Holding] 9:33
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Roughing] 9:33
   Harvey Bennett, MIN [Roughing] 9:33
   Harvey Bennett, MIN [Fighting] 11:52
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Fighting] 11:52
   Brad Maxwell, MIN [Hooking] 18:20
   Tom Reid, MIN [Hi-sticking] 18:53
   Phil Esposito, NYR [Hi-sticking] 18:53
3: Brad Maxwell, MIN [Holding] 1:39

Penalty time: MIN: 17 minutes
              NYR: 17 minutes

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Brad Maxwell	2	D	1	1	2	6	3	5
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Hicks	6	D	0	1	1	0	3	2
Glen Sharpley	7	C	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Kent-Erik Andersson	8	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Zanussi	9	RW	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Alex Pirus	10	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Harvey Bennett	11	C	0	0	0	7	-1	0
Steve Jensen	12	LW	1	0	1	0	2	3
Per-Olov Brasar	14	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Dean Talafous	15	C	1	0	1	0	1	3
Pierre Jarry	16	LW	0	1	1	0	1	1
Tim Young	17	C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Reid	20	D	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Roland Eriksson	22	C	0	2	2	0	3	2
Nick Beverley	26	D	1	0	1	0	0	3
Tom Younghans	29	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Harrison	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							9	24

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Wayne Thomas	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	2	-2	3
Ron Greschner	4	D	1	1	2	0	-1	3
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	3	3	0	0	2
Don Awrey	6	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Wayne Dillon	9	C	0	1	1	0	1	0
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	0	0	0	-1	6
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	6
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	1	1	2	0	-2	2
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	9	0	0
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	2	0	2	0	1	3
Dan Newman	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	1	1	2	1	1
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	1	1	4	1	3
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-9	40


Shots: MIN: 11- 8- 5-24
       NYR: 11-12-17-40

Goalies: MIN: Paul Harrison (T, 0-2-1)
         NYR: Wayne Thomas (T, 5-6-3)

Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Ryan Bozak

Attendance: 17,500

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