Wednesday December 7, 1977
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All NHL game summaries from December 7, 1977



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (9-10-6) 0 2 0 2
Atlanta Flames (7-10-9) 0 2 0 2

1: no scoring
2: VAN,Jere Gillis 12 (Pit Martin, Dennis Kearns), 9:07
ATL,Bill Clement 10 (Richard Mulhern, Harold Phillipoff), 9:41
ATL,Bobby Lalonde 8 (Curt Bennett, Rey Comeau), 12:33
VAN,Jere Gillis 13 (Rick Blight, Mike Walton), 19:11
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Ron Sedlbauer, VAN [Tripping] 10:05
2: Bobby Lalonde, ATL [Slashing] 0:55
Hilliard Graves, VAN [Tripping] 3:00
3: Curt Bennett, ATL [Roughing] 10:23
Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Slashing] 13:02
Penalty time: VAN: 6 minutes ATL: 4 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Walton 4 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Sheldon Kannegiesser 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Pit Martin 7 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
Rick Blight 8 RW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Don Lever 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 2 0 3
John Grisdale 18 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jere Gillis 21 LW 2 0 2 0 1 5
Gerry O'Flaherty 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Garry Monahan 24 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Larry Goodenough 28 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cesare Maniago 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)024
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)024

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Gibbs 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pat Ribble 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richard Mulhern 4 D 0 1 1 0 1 4
Curt Bennett 5 RW 0 1 1 2 -1 2
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 1 0 1 2 0 3
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bill Clement 10 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rey Comeau 18 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Ed Kea 19 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
John Gould 21 RW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bobby Simpson 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miles Zaharko 23 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Harold Phillipoff 24 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)031
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)031
Shots: VAN: 9- 8- 7-24 ATL: 7-10-14-31 Goalies: VAN: Cesare Maniago (T, 5-6-4) ATL: Dan Bouchard (T, 5-3-9) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Randy Mitton Attendance: 7,795



Team123F
New York Islanders (14-6-7) 0 3 1 4
Chicago Blackhawks (7-11-8) 0 0 0 0

1: no scoring
2: NYI,Bob Nystrom 8 (Bob Bourne, Denis Potvin), 3:35
NYI,Michel Bergeron 6 (Billy Harris, Gerry Hart), 5:51
NYI,Bob Bourne 8 (Mike Kaszycki, Bob Nystrom), 7:56
3: NYI,Billy Harris 7 (J.P. Parise), 9:45
Penalties:

1: Bob Kelly, CHI [Roughing] 2:09
2: Jim Harrison, CHI [Slashing major] 13:56
3: Bert Marshall, NYI [Holding] 3:02
Penalty time: NYI: 2 minutes CHI: 7 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Pat Price 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Denis Potvin 5 D 0 1 1 0 2 3
Bert Marshall 6 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
J.P. Parise 12 LW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Bob Bourne 14 C 1 1 2 0 2 2
Billy Harris 15 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Michel Bergeron 16 RW 1 0 1 0 2 3
Jude Drouin 17 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bryan Trottier 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Kaszycki 21 C 0 1 1 0 2 1
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2034
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2034

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Bob Murray 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 6
Jim Harrison 8 C 0 0 0 5 -1 2
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 5
Dave Logan 14 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Pierre Plante 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Stan Mikita 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Doug Wilson 24 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Bob Kelly 25 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Ted Bulley 29 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2035
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2035
Shots: NYI: 11-11-12-34 CHI: 8-17-10-35 Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 8-2-5) CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 5-8-5) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Kevin Collins Attendance: 9,215



Team123F
Washington Capitals (3-18-5) 1 2 2 5
Cleveland Barons (8-14-3) 1 1 1 3

1: CLE,Bob Murdoch 5 (Al MacAdam, Rick Hampton), 4:20 - PP
WAS,Bob Sirois 11 (Gerry Meehan, Gord Smith), 10:08
2: WAS,Rick Green 2 (Jack Lynch, Gerry Meehan), 11:26 - PP
CLE,Ken Kuzyk 1 (Greg Smith), 13:23
WAS,Robert Picard 1 (Guy Charron, Eddy Godin), 14:07
3: WAS,Bob Sirois 12 (Tom Rowe), :24
WAS,Guy Charron 8 (Dave Forbes), 9:11
CLE,Rick Shinske 1, 10:02
Penalties:

1: Bryan Watson, WAS [Boarding] 0:13
Jim Neilson, CLE [Roughing] 0:13
Randy Holt, CLE [Roughing] 1:38
Robert Picard, WAS [Hooking] 3:51
Ron Lalonde, WAS [Delay of game] 4:20
Mike Christie, CLE [Elbowing] 14:10
Mike Marson, WAS [Hooking] 19:00
2: Randy Holt, CLE [Holding] 10:50
Larry Bolonchuk, WAS [Interference] 16:18
3: Al MacAdam, CLE [Roughing] 1:13
Eddy Godin, WAS [Roughing] 1:13
Mike Fidler, CLE [Slashing] 4:28
Penalty time: WAS: 12 minutes CLE: 12 minutes
WAS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary Smith 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Lynch 2 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Larry Bolonchuk 4 D 0 0 0 2 2 2
Rick Green 5 D 1 0 1 0 0 3
Gord Smith 6 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Garnet "Ace" Bailey 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Meehan 14 C 0 2 2 0 2 3
Guy Charron 15 C 1 1 2 0 0 3
Mike Marson 16 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tom Rowe 17 RW 0 1 1 0 2 0
Eddy Godin 18 RW 0 1 1 2 0 1
Bryan Watson 19 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dave Forbes 21 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ron Lalonde 22 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Robert Picard 24 D 1 0 1 2 0 2
Bob Sirois 25 RW 2 0 2 0 2 4
Bill Collins 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doug Gibson 29 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1023
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1023

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Hampton 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Mike Christie 3 D 0 0 0 2 -3 1
Bob Stewart 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Greg Smith 5 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Dave Gardner 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Fidler 12 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Mike Crombeen 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Neilson 15 D 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Fred Ahern 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bob Murdoch 20 RW 1 0 1 0 -2 2
Dennis Maruk 21 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Rick Shinske 22 C 1 0 1 0 1 1
Ken Kuzyk 23 RW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Kris Manery 24 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 1 1 2 -2 3
Bob Girard 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Holt 28 D 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1026
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1026
Shots: WAS: 7-12- 4-23 CLE: 7- 9-10-26 Goalies: WAS: Gary Smith (W, 2-12-3) CLE: Gary Edwards (L, 2-5-2) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Jim Christison, Leon Stickle Attendance: 3,842



Team123F
Philadelphia Flyers (16-4-4) 1 2 0 3
New York Rangers (10-12-4) 0 2 1 3

1: PHI,Ross Lonsberry 7 (Mel Bridgman), 16:18
2: NYR,Phil Esposito 12 (Steve Vickers, Ed Johnstone), 2:08 - PP
PHI,Bob Dailey 13 (Orest Kindrachuk), 10:27
PHI,Rick MacLeish 4, 16:49
NYR,Walt Tkaczuk 10 (Ron Greschner, Ed Johnstone), 19:04
3: NYR,Ed Johnstone 6 (Steve Vickers, Ron Greschner), 7:03 - PP
Penalties:

1: Phil Esposito, NYR [Holding] 5:41
Bobby Clarke, PHI [Tripping] 5:41
Dave Maloney, NYR [Holding] 6:57
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Hooking] 9:22
Kevin McCarthy, PHI [Interference] 19:12
2: Jimmy Watson, PHI [Holding] 0:45
Don Awrey, NYR [Roughing] 7:48
Bobby Clarke, PHI [Slashing] 7:48
3: Paul Holmgren, PHI [Slashing] 6:13
Ron Greschner, NYR [Hi-sticking] 17:45
Bob Dailey, PHI [Hi-sticking] 17:45
Penalty time: PHI: 14 minutes NYR: 8 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 1 0 1 2 2 5
Tom Bladon 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Rick Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 0 0 4 0 1
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 0 0 4 2 2
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 1 0 1 0 2 2
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 2 2 1
Kevin McCarthy 25 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Barry Dean 29 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Stephenson 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1030
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1030

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John Davidson 0 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 2 2 2 0 3
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Don Awrey 6 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 2 2 0 0 0
Wayne Dillon 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Murdoch 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Jerry Byers 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 1 2 3 0 0 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 1 0 1 0 0 2
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 2 0 3
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Phil Esposito 77 C 1 0 1 2 -2 6
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1031
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1031
Shots: PHI: 9-12- 9-30 NYR: 7-17- 7-31 Goalies: PHI: Wayne Stephenson (T, 7-3-1) NYR: John Davidson (T, 5-6-1) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: John D'Amico, Malcolm Ashford Attendance: 17,500



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (6-16-4) 1 0 2 3
Toronto Maple Leafs (14-6-3) 1 2 3 6

1: TOR,Errol Thompson 8 (Darryl Sittler), 1:19
MIN,Steve Jensen 6 (Doug Hicks, Brad Maxwell), 4:05 - PP
2: TOR,Ian Turnbull 7 (Jerry Butler, Pat Boutette), 9:28
TOR,Lanny McDonald 9 (Randy Carlyle), 16:40
3: TOR,Jerry Butler 3 (Pat Boutette, Ian Turnbull), 3:06 - PP
TOR,Dave "Tiger" Williams 7 (Bruce Boudreau, Jimmy Jones), 6:37
TOR,Darryl Sittler 12 (Errol Thompson), 9:44
MIN,Alex Pirus 6 (Steve Jensen, Tom Reid), 16:01
MIN,Alex Pirus 7 (Dean Talafous, Brad Maxwell), 19:24
Penalties:

1: Pat Boutette, TOR [Hooking] 2:33
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Slashing] 11:19
2: Paul Harrison, MIN [Roughing] 18:45
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Roughing] 18:45
3: Doug Hicks, MIN [Hooking] 1:41
Penalty time: MIN: 4 minutes TOR: 6 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Brad Maxwell 2 D 0 2 2 0 -1 0
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Jerry Engele 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Hicks 6 D 0 1 1 2 -1 2
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Ron Zanussi 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Pirus 10 RW 2 0 2 0 2 6
Harvey Bennett 11 C 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Steve Jensen 12 LW 1 1 2 0 1 2
Per-Olov Brasar 14 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Dean Talafous 15 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Pierre Jarry 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Young 17 C 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Tom Reid 20 D 0 1 1 0 -2 3
Roland Eriksson 22 C 0 0 0 0 2 1
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Harrison 35 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1525
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1525

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 1 1 2 0 2 5
Trevor Johansen 4 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 1 0 1 0 3 2
Jack Valiquette 8 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
George Ferguson 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Errol Thompson 12 LW 1 1 2 0 2 4
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 2 2 2 0 0
Jimmy Jones 16 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Jerry Butler 17 RW 1 1 2 0 0 1
Bruce Boudreau 19 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
John Anderson 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 0 1 5
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 1 0 1 4 1 5
Randy Carlyle 23 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Brian Glennie 24 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Darryl Sittler 27 C 1 1 2 0 3 5
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1538
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1538
Shots: MIN: 10- 6- 9-25 TOR: 13-15-10-38 Goalies: MIN: Paul Harrison (L, 0-3-1) TOR: Mike Palmateer (W, 12-5-3) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Swede Knox, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 16,370



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