Tuesday January 31, 1978
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All NHL game summaries from January 31, 1978



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (11-32-5) 1 3 0 4
Atlanta Flames (20-19-11) 3 2 2 7

1: MIN,Dean Talafous 11 (Tim Young, Steve Jensen), 6:25
ATL,Guy Chouinard 12 (Ken Houston, Bobby Simpson), 11:59
ATL,Bob MacMillan 20 (Guy Chouinard, John Gould), 13:28 - PP
ATL,Eric Vail 10 (Tom Lysiak, Ed Kea), 19:53
2: MIN,Per-Olov Brasar 12 (Tim Young, Kent-Erik Andersson), 4:03
ATL,Eric Vail 11 (Bob MacMillan, Bobby Lalonde), 5:36 - PP
MIN,Steve Jensen 11 (Tim Young, Jerry Engele), 7:00
ATL,Willi Plett 10 (Ed Kea), 9:38
MIN,Kent-Erik Andersson 8 (Roland Eriksson, Brad Maxwell), 12:16
3: ATL,Richard Mulhern 7 (Ed Kea, Tom Lysiak), 11:08
ATL,Bobby Lalonde 12 (Rey Comeau, Pat Ribble), 18:34
Penalties:

1: Pat Ribble, ATL [Interference] 7:08
Jerry Engele, MIN [Hooking] 12:59
2: Brad Maxwell, MIN [Hooking] 4:27
Dave Shand, ATL [Roughing] 19:02
Paul Harrison, MIN [Roughing] 19:02
3: Bill Clement, ATL [Delay of game] 5:02
Jerry Engele, MIN [Delay of game] 5:02
Dave Shand, ATL [Hooking] 6:41
Penalty time: MIN: 8 minutes ATL: 8 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jerry Engele 4 D 0 1 1 4 2 0
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 1 1 2 1 1
Doug Hicks 6 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 0 0 0 -4 4
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 1 1 2 0 1 2
Ron Zanussi 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Alex Pirus 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Harvey Bennett 11 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Steve Jensen 12 LW 1 1 2 0 2 1
Per-Olov Brasar 14 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Dean Talafous 15 C 1 0 1 0 2 3
Tim Young 17 C 0 3 3 0 3 6
Roland Eriksson 22 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Lou Nanne 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Beverley 26 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Paul Harrison 35 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-525
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-525

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Ribble 3 D 0 1 1 2 1 0
Richard Mulhern 4 D 1 0 1 0 -1 7
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 1 1 0 2 6
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 1 1 2 0 0 2
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 4 -2 0
Bill Clement 10 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 1 1 2 0 -1 2
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 2 2 0 0 1
Guy Chouinard 16 C 1 1 2 0 1 3
Rey Comeau 18 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Ed Kea 19 D 0 3 3 0 4 4
John Gould 21 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Bobby Simpson 22 LW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Miles Zaharko 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harold Phillipoff 24 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willi Plett 25 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Eric Vail 27 LW 2 0 2 0 1 3
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yves Belanger 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)538
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)538
Shots: MIN: 7-11- 7-25 ATL: 13-16- 9-38 Goalies: MIN: Paul Harrison (L, 2-6-1) ATL: Dan Bouchard (W, 13-9-11),
Yves Belanger Referee: Ron Hoggarth Linesmen: Don Koharski, Ron Finn Attendance: 7,163



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (35-7-6) 3 1 1 5
Colorado Rockies (11-25-11) 2 0 1 3

1: MTL,Jacques Lemaire 19 (Guy Lafleur), 6:24 - PP
MTL,Yvan Cournoyer 18, 7:32
COL,Ron Delorme 6 (Nelson Pyatt, Bob Neely), 10:03
COL,Barry Beck 17 (Wilf Paiement, Ralph Klassen), 18:43 - PP
MTL,Rick Chartraw 2 (Bob Gainey, Doug Jarvis), 18:53
2: MTL,Jacques Lemaire 20 (Guy Lafleur), 18:36
3: MTL,Jacques Lemaire 21 (Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt), 1:53
COL,Gary Croteau 12 (Fred Ahern, Dave Hudson), 8:04
Penalties:

1: Wilf Paiement, COL [Slashing] 5:58
Larry Robinson, MTL [Cross checking] 13:18
Wilf Paiement, COL [Cross checking] 13:56
Yvon Lambert, MTL [Hi-sticking] 18:11
2: none
3: Bill Nyrop, MTL [Holding] 2:26
Pierre Larouche, MTL [Tripping] 15:52
Penalty time: MTL: 8 minutes COL: 4 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Nyrop 2 D 0 0 0 2 1 3
Brian Engblom 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pierre Mondou 6 C 0 0 0 0 1 2
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 0 3 3 0 1 1
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 0 2 2
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Steve Shutt 22 LW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Gilles Lupien 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 3 0 3 0 1 5
Rick Chartraw 27 D 1 0 1 0 1 2
Pierre Larouche 28 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ken Dryden 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1024
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1024

COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bryan Lefley 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Christie 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
John Van Boxmeer 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Barry Beck 5 D 1 0 1 0 0 2
Randy Pierce 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Wilf Paiement 9 RW 0 1 1 4 -1 2
Ralph Klassen 10 C 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Dave Hudson 11 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Nelson Pyatt 12 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Ron Andruff 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Joe Contini 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Gary Croteau 18 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Bob Neely 19 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Andy Spruce 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Fred Ahern 24 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Dennis Owchar 25 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ron Delorme 27 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Michel Plasse 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1029
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1029
Shots: MTL: 9- 7- 8-24 COL: 10- 9-10-29 Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 23-5-4) COL: Michel Plasse (L, 2-4-2) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: John D'Amico, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 15,404



Team123F
Pittsburgh Penguins (16-22-11) 3 1 1 5
Detroit Red Wings (17-22-7) 1 1 1 3

1: PIT,Rick Kehoe 18 (Dave Burrows, Gene Carr), 4:09
DET,Nick Libett 12 (Greg Joly, Dennis Hextall), 14:22 - SH
PIT,Jean Pronovost 27 (Tom Edur, Gene Carr), 15:23 - PP
PIT,Blair Chapman 13 (Greg Malone, Dave Schultz), 16:17 - PP
2: DET,Dale McCourt 17 (Reed Larson, Dan Maloney), 8:40 - PP
PIT,Tom Edur 7 (Pete Mahovlich), 9:35 - PP
3: DET,Nick Libett 13 (Dennis Hextall), 8:31
PIT,Jean Pronovost 28 (Greg Malone), 19:19 - EN
Penalties:

1: Greg Joly, DET [Interference] 1:23
Dennis Hextall, DET [Slashing] 4:23
John Flesch, PIT [Slashing] 4:23
Russ Anderson, PIT [Hooking] 7:06
Greg Malone, PIT [Hooking] 8:16
Dave Schultz, PIT [Roughing] 12:01
Reed Larson, DET [Hooking] 12:27
Bench penalty, DET [Delay of game] 14:37
Dan Maloney, DET [Elbowing] 14:37
Dave Schultz, PIT [Roughing] 16:37
Rick Bowness, DET [Roughing double minor] 16:37
Greg Malone, PIT [Tripping] 16:37
2: Brian Spencer, PIT [Charging] 3:42
Dave Burrows, PIT [Holding] 6:52
Dennis Hextall, DET [Hi-sticking] 7:26
Russ Anderson, PIT [Hi-sticking] 7:26
Andre St. Laurent, DET [Charging] 9:32
Bench penalty, PIT [Too many men on the ice] 10:50
3: Bench penalty, PIT [Too many men on the ice] 1:41
Pete Mahovlich, PIT [Roughing] 6:32
Andre St. Laurent, DET [Roughing, Unsportsmanlike conduct] 6:32
Brian Spencer, PIT [Tripping] 8:43
Bob Paradise, PIT [Tripping] 9:03
Perry Miller, DET [Hi-sticking] 16:12
Russ Anderson, PIT [Hi-sticking] 16:12
Dan Maloney, DET [Misconduct, Game misconduct] 19:19
Penalty time: PIT: 30 minutes DET: 44 minutes
PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Denis Herron 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Edur 2 D 1 1 2 0 0 1
Dave Burrows 4 D 0 1 1 2 1 1
Mario Faubert 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 0 0 6 -1 0
Dave Schultz 8 LW 0 1 1 4 -1 1
Blair Chapman 9 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Peter Lee 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Flesch 11 RW 0 0 0 2 1 0
Greg Malone 12 C 0 2 2 4 -1 2
Kim Davis 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 2 0 2 0 0 3
Brian Spencer 22 LW 0 0 0 4 0 1
Bob Paradise 24 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Pete Mahovlich 26 C 0 1 1 2 1 3
Gene Carr 28 C 0 2 2 0 1 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)120
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)120

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Terry Harper 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Perry Miller 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 5
Dan Maloney 7 LW 0 1 1 22 0 3
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dale McCourt 10 C 1 0 1 0 -1 7
Rick Bowness 11 RW 0 0 0 4 0 0
Nick Libett 14 LW 2 0 2 0 1 7
Paul Woods 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Andre St. Laurent 16 C 0 0 0 6 -1 2
Dennis Hull 19 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 2 2 4 1 0
Bill Lochead 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Greg Joly 24 D 0 1 1 2 0 3
Larry Wright 25 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Reed Larson 28 D 0 1 1 2 -1 9
Ron Low 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-351
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-351
Shots: PIT: 11- 3- 6-20 DET: 15-19-17-51 Goalies: PIT: Denis Herron (W, 11-12-8) DET: Ron Low (L, 6-6-4) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 14,411



Team123F
Washington Capitals (9-30-11) 1 1 0 2
Vancouver Canucks (14-22-12) 0 3 1 4

1: WAS,Gord Smith 4 (Bill Collins), 7:03
2: VAN,Rick Blight 14 (Mike Walton, Claire Alexander), 9:16
VAN,Hilliard Graves 10 (John Grisdale, Brad Gassoff), 13:37
WAS,Larry Bolonchuk 3 (Gord Lane, Bob Girard), 18:33
VAN,Rick Blight 15 (Pit Martin, Dennis Kearns), 19:28 - PP
3: VAN,Pit Martin 9 (John Grisdale), 19:57 - EN
Penalties:

1: Gord Smith, WAS [Interference] 2:44
Rick Blight, VAN [Roughing] 3:35
Don Lever, VAN [Cross checking] 9:58
Robert Picard, WAS [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 9:58
Jere Gillis, VAN [Roughing] 9:58
Larry Bolonchuk, WAS [Holding] 17:01
2: Dave Forbes, WAS [Holding] 10:33
Rob Flockhart, VAN [Tripping] 14:41
Bill Collins, WAS [Hooking] 19:15
3: Don Lever, VAN [Hooking] 18:49
Bob Sirois, WAS [Tripping] 19:08
Penalty time: WAS: 14 minutes VAN: 10 minutes
WAS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jean Lemieux 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Larry Bolonchuk 4 D 1 0 1 2 1 2
Gord Smith 6 D 1 0 1 2 0 1
Bill Riley 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Garnet "Ace" Bailey 9 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bob Girard 10 LW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Bragnalo 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Meehan 14 C 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Guy Charron 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Marson 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Watson 19 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dave Forbes 21 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Blair Stewart 23 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Robert Picard 24 D 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Bob Sirois 25 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 6
Bill Collins 26 RW 0 1 1 2 1 3
Gord Lane 28 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Jim Bedard 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-523
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-523

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Walton 4 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Sheldon Kannegiesser 5 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Pit Martin 7 C 1 1 2 0 2 3
Rick Blight 8 RW 2 0 2 2 1 6
Don Lever 9 C 0 0 0 4 0 1
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Rob Flockhart 12 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Brad Gassoff 16 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
John Grisdale 18 D 0 2 2 0 1 0
Claire Alexander 19 D 0 1 1 0 1 4
Jere Gillis 21 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Curt Ridley 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)425
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)425
Shots: WAS: 7-10- 6-23 VAN: 7-12- 6-25 Goalies: WAS: Jim Bedard (L, 5-11-4) VAN: Curt Ridley (W, 7-11-5) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Jim Christison Attendance: 13,500



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