Thursday December 15, 1977
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All NHL game summaries from December 15, 1977



Team123F
Cleveland Barons (9-17-3) 2 3 1 6
Atlanta Flames (9-11-9) 1 1 1 3

1: CLE,Kris Manery 8 (Mike Fidler, Dennis Maruk), 4:47
ATL,Bob MacMillan 8 (Eric Vail, Ed Kea), 11:00 - PP
CLE,Greg Smith 2 (Kris Manery, Mike Fidler), 18:44 - PP
2: CLE,Al MacAdam 3, 5:41
CLE,Mike Fidler 11 (Dennis Maruk, Greg Smith), 7:32
CLE,Kris Manery 9 (Dennis Maruk), 9:54 - PP
ATL,Harold Phillipoff 8 (John Gould, Richard Mulhern), 15:26
3: ATL,Bill Clement 11 (John Gould), 11:40
CLE,Rick Shinske 2 (Ken Kuzyk, Randy Holt), 18:15 - PP
Penalties:

1: Tom Lysiak, ATL [Hi-sticking] 0:21
Tom Lysiak, ATL [Roughing] 8:03
Randy Holt, CLE [Slashing, Fighting] 8:03
Bobby Lalonde, ATL [Holding] 18:15
2: Bobby Simpson, ATL [Boarding] 9:13
Mike Crombeen, CLE [Tripping] 16:19
3: Eric Vail, ATL [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 7:26
Randy Holt, CLE [Elbowing] 14:54
Bench penalty, ATL [Too many men on the ice] 17:29
Penalty time: CLE: 11 minutes ATL: 12 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Hampton 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Christie 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Stewart 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Smith 5 D 1 1 2 0 1 2
Dave Gardner 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt McKechnie 8 C 0 0 0 0 2 0
Mike Fidler 12 LW 1 2 3 0 1 4
Mike Crombeen 14 RW 0 0 0 2 1 1
Jim Neilson 15 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Ahern 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dennis Maruk 21 C 0 3 3 0 0 2
Rick Shinske 22 C 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Ken Kuzyk 23 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kris Manery 24 RW 2 1 3 0 1 2
Al MacAdam 25 RW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Randy Holt 28 D 0 1 1 9 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)517
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)517

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Ribble 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richard Mulhern 4 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Dick Redmond 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Clement 10 C 1 0 1 0 0 5
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 0 0 4 0 3
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rey Comeau 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ed Kea 19 D 0 1 1 0 -2 0
John Gould 21 RW 0 2 2 0 0 2
Bobby Simpson 22 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Miles Zaharko 23 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Harold Phillipoff 24 LW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yves Belanger 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-528
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-528
Shots: CLE: 4- 6- 7-17 ATL: 16- 8-14-38 Goalies: CLE: Gary Edwards (W, 3-6-2) ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 7-4-9),
Yves Belanger Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Don Koharski, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 7,829



Team123F
New York Rangers (10-14-6) 2 3 0 5
Detroit Red Wings (9-14-4) 1 1 3 5

1: NYR,Walt Tkaczuk 12 (Steve Vickers, Ed Johnstone), 2:42
NYR,Lucien DeBlois 10 (Phil Esposito, Dan Newman), 5:02
DET,Bill Lochead 10 (Dennis Hextall), 16:24
2: NYR,Phil Esposito 14 (Steve Vickers, Ron Greschner), 1:23 - PP
NYR,Walt Tkaczuk 13 (Ed Johnstone, Ron Greschner), 8:31 - SH
DET,Dennis Hextall 3 (Nick Libett, Reed Larson), 17:08
NYR,Lucien DeBlois 11 (Ron Greschner, Phil Esposito), 19:57
3: DET,Dennis Polonich 6 (Reed Larson, Dan Maloney), 6:40 - PP
DET,Nick Libett 6 (Dennis Hextall, Reed Larson), 9:10
DET,Paul Woods 5 (Greg Joly, Dale McCourt), 13:16
Penalties:

1: Andre St. Laurent, DET [Slashing] 10:22
Dan Newman, NYR [Slashing] 10:22
Don Murdoch, NYR [Slashing] 11:14
Ron Greschner, NYR [Hooking] 13:39
Terry Harper, DET [Hooking] 19:30
Greg Joly, DET [Tripping] 19:56
2: Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hooking] 6:51
Carol Vadnais, NYR [Holding] 9:29
3: Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hooking] 1:37
Greg Joly, DET [Hooking] 2:43
Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 4:51
Penalty time: NYR: 14 minutes DET: 8 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 3 3 2 1 6
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 6 -1 1
Don Awrey 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 2 2 0 2 1
Wayne Dillon 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Don Murdoch 14 RW 0 0 0 2 -4 4
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 2 2 0 2 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 2 0 2 2 2 4
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 2 0 2 0 2 3
Dan Newman 24 RW 0 1 1 2 1 0
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Soetaert 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 1 2 3 0 2 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-126
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-126

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Terry Harper 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Perry Miller 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rick Vasko 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dan Maloney 7 LW 0 1 1 0 -3 4
Dennis Polonich 8 C 1 0 1 0 -3 2
Dale McCourt 10 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
Nick Libett 14 LW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Paul Woods 15 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Andre St. Laurent 16 C 0 0 0 2 -3 0
Dennis Hull 19 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dennis Hextall 22 C 1 2 3 0 2 2
Bill Lochead 23 LW 1 0 1 0 2 3
Greg Joly 24 D 0 1 1 4 2 4
Larry Wright 25 C 0 0 0 0 2 2
Reed Larson 28 D 0 3 3 0 -1 5
Tim Sheehy 29 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Low 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)041
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)041
Shots: NYR: 7- 8-11-26 DET: 15-14-12-41 Goalies: NYR: Doug Soetaert (T, 0-0-2) DET: Ron Low (T, 4-3-2) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Ron Finn, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 12,214



Team123F
Buffalo Sabres (20-7-3) 2 3 2 7
Los Angeles Kings (13-10-5) 1 0 2 3

1: BUF,Gilbert Perreault 18 (Gary McAdam), 6:32
LA ,Syl Apps 9 (Marcel Dionne, Gary Sargent), 15:47
BUF,Don Luce 13 (Jerry Korab, Jocelyn Guevremont), 19:03 - PP
2: BUF,Craig Ramsay 11, :57
BUF,Gary McAdam 7 (Rene Robert, Lee Fogolin), 1:25
BUF,Gilbert Perreault 19 (Rene Robert, Rick Martin), 2:37
3: LA ,Butch Goring 14 (Dave Hutchison), 2:37
BUF,Don Luce 14 (Danny Gare), 8:28
BUF,Gilbert Perreault 20 (Rene Robert), 8:49
LA ,Bert Wilson 3 (Pete Stemkowski, Neil Komadoski), 14:22
Penalties:

1: Gary Sargent, LA [Interference] 17:17
2: Gary Sargent, LA [Hooking] 9:31
Neil Komadoski, LA [Slashing] 12:52
3: Dave Hutchison, LA [Hi-sticking] 11:08
Penalty time: BUF: 0 minutes LA : 8 minutes
BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 1 1 0 2 2
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 1 1 0 3 2
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 1 0 1 0 2 4
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 3 0 3 0 2 3
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 3 3 0 2 3
Gary McAdam 15 RW 1 1 2 0 1 2
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 1 1 0 2 5
Don Luce 20 C 2 0 2 0 2 3
Ron Schock 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)1530
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)1530

LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Randy Manery 2 D 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Dave Hutchison 4 D 0 1 1 2 -2 2
Bob Murdoch 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Mike Murphy 7 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Bert Wilson 8 LW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Ernie Hicke 9 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Pete Stemkowski 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Hartland Monahan 12 RW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Syl Apps 14 C 1 0 1 0 -2 3
Marcel Dionne 16 C 0 1 1 0 -2 2
Dave Taylor 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butch Goring 19 C 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Glenn Goldup 21 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 6
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 1 1 4 -1 4
Neil Komadoski 23 D 0 1 1 2 0 0
Don Kozak 24 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1538
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1538
Shots: BUF: 7-17- 6-30 LA : 11-13-14-38 Goalies: BUF: Don Edwards (W, 20-6-3) LA : Rogie Vachon (L, 11-7-4) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Bob Hodges Attendance: 11,645



Team123F
Boston Bruins (18-6-5) 0 3 1 4
Philadelphia Flyers (20-4-4) 2 3 1 6

1: PHI,Bob Dailey 14 (Paul Holmgren, Rick MacLeish), 9:19 - PP
PHI,Rick MacLeish 7, 16:51
2: PHI,Bill Barber 16 (Bobby Clarke), 1:46
PHI,Ross Lonsberry 11 (Andre Dupont, Mel Bridgman), 5:26
PHI,Mel Bridgman 8 (Bobby Clarke, Bob Kelly), 7:35
BOS,Bobby Schmautz 12 (Bob Miller, Mike Milbury), 9:20
BOS,Jean Ratelle 11 (Rick Middleton, Peter McNab), 13:53
BOS,Bobby Schmautz 13 (Johnny Bucyk), 19:16
3: BOS,Stan Jonathan 8 (Peter McNab, Brad Park), 9:23
PHI,Bobby Clarke 10 (Bill Barber), 13:52
Penalties:

1: Bobby Schmautz, BOS [Holding] 8:15
Tom Bladon, PHI [Fighting] 10:08
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing, Fighting] 10:08
Brad Park, BOS [Hooking] 17:07
Bill Barber, PHI [Holding] 17:47
2: none
3: Bill Barber, PHI [Hooking] 2:39
Penalty time: BOS: 11 minutes PHI: 9 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gilles Gilbert 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Forbes 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Shanahan 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Peter McNab 8 C 0 2 2 0 0 3
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Jean Ratelle 10 C 1 0 1 0 0 4
Bobby Schmautz 11 RW 2 0 2 2 2 7
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Bob Miller 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rick Middleton 16 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Stan Jonathan 17 LW 1 0 1 0 1 5
John Wensink 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Brad Park 22 D 0 1 1 2 1 2
Rick Smith 23 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 0 0 7 0 2
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Doug Halward 29 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-532
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-532

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Tom Bladon 3 D 0 0 0 5 -1 1
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 4 1 4
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mel Bridgman 10 C 1 1 2 0 1 2
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 0 2 2
Bobby Clarke 16 C 1 2 3 0 3 3
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 1 2 0 -1 5
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Kevin McCarthy 25 D 0 0 0 0 3 2
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 0 2 1
Barry Dean 29 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Wayne Stephenson 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)535
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)535
Shots: BOS: 4-14-14-32 PHI: 14-12- 9-35 Goalies: BOS: Gilles Gilbert (L, 10-3-2) PHI: Wayne Stephenson (W, 9-3-1) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Kevin Collins, John D'Amico Attendance: 17,077



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