NHL game summary from March 8, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Cleveland Barons (19-39-9)	0	0	1	1
New York Rangers (23-31-11)	1	1	4	6

1: NYR, Pat Hickey 36, 8:41
2: NYR, Dan Newman 4 (Mark Heaslip, Ron Greschner), 17:16
3: NYR, Ron Duguay 14 (Carol Vadnais, Wayne Dillon), 6:22
   CLE, John Baby 1 (Chuck Arnason, Dave Gardner), 8:24
   NYR, Don Murdoch 23 (Phil Esposito, Mike McEwen), 12:24 - PP
   NYR, Don Murdoch 24 (Walt Tkaczuk), 13:31
   NYR, Don Murdoch 25 (Phil Esposito), 19:41

Penalties:

1: Pat Hickey, NYR [Cross checking] 3:53
   Bob Stewart, CLE [Hooking] 10:44
   Dan Newman, NYR [Roughing] 12:58
   Phil Esposito, NYR [Roughing] 12:58
   Randy Holt, CLE [Roughing double minor] 12:58
2: Ron Greschner, NYR [Hooking] 1:54
   Randy Holt, CLE [Holding] 5:12
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Cross checking] 5:50
   Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hi-sticking] 7:53
   J.P. Parise, CLE [Hi-sticking] 7:53
   Jean Potvin, CLE [Holding] 10:21
   Ron Duguay, NYR [Holding] 13:03
   John Baby, CLE [Tripping] 14:04
3: Bench penalty, CLE [Too many men on the ice] 10:32
   Steve Vickers, NYR [Tripping] 13:45
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Elbowing, Fighting] 17:03
   Greg Smith, CLE [Fighting] 17:03
   Phil Esposito, NYR [Holding] 17:03

Penalty time: CLE: 21 minutes
              NYR: 25 minutes

CLE Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Rick Hampton	2	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Bob Stewart	4	D	0	0	0	2	-3	0
Greg Smith	5	D	0	0	0	5	-1	3
Jean Potvin	6	D	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Dave Gardner	7	C	0	1	1	0	-1	0
Walt McKechnie	8	C	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Rick Shinske	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Fidler	12	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Rick Jodzio	18	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Baby	19	D	1	0	1	2	-1	3
Bob Murdoch	20	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Maruk	21	C	0	0	0	0	-2	2
J.P. Parise	23	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	3
Kris Manery	24	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Al MacAdam	25	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Chuck Arnason	26	RW	0	1	1	0	-1	2
Gilles Meloche	27	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Holt	28	D	0	0	0	6	-2	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-20	18

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	0	2	2
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	1	1	4	2	1
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	2	1	1
Don Awrey	6	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	2	1	1
Wayne Dillon	9	C	0	1	1	0	2	1
Ron Duguay	10	C	1	0	1	2	3	2
Don Murdoch	14	RW	3	0	3	0	2	6
Pat Hickey	16	LW	1	0	1	2	2	5
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	1	1	0	1	1
Mark Heaslip	19	RW	0	1	1	0	1	0
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	7	-1	2
Dan Newman	24	RW	1	0	1	2	0	5
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	1	1	0	1	1
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	2	2	4	1	4
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							20	33


Shots: CLE:  5- 4- 9-18
       NYR:  9-12-12-33

Goalies: CLE: Gilles Meloche (L, 13-24-5)
         NYR: John Davidson (W, 11-9-2)

Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Gordon Broseker

Attendance: 15,469

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