NHL game summary from March 8, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Vancouver Canucks (17-35-14)	0	2	1	3
Atlanta Flames (25-25-17)	3	4	1	8

1: ATL, Guy Chouinard 23, 9:06 - PP
   ATL, Rey Comeau 9 (Richard Mulhern, John Gould), 10:24
   ATL, Eric Vail 17 (Guy Chouinard), 15:58
2: ATL, Eric Vail 18 (Dick Redmond, Guy Chouinard), :44
   VAN, Dennis Ververgaert 16 (Garry Monahan), 1:28 - PP
   ATL, John Gould 17 (Ken Houston), 4:56
   ATL, Ken Houston 17 (Bobby Lalonde, John Gould), 5:38
   ATL, Ken Houston 18 (Rey Comeau), 13:21
   VAN, Dennis Ververgaert 17 (Brad Gassoff), 16:31
3: ATL, Ken Houston 19 (Rey Comeau), 7:19
   VAN, Don Lever 14 (Rick Blight, Dennis Kearns), 15:19 - PP

Penalties:

1: Willi Plett, ATL [Interference] 4:54
   Dennis Kearns, VAN [Cross checking] 8:20
   Willi Plett, ATL [Hi-sticking] 11:45
   Willi Plett, ATL [Fighting] 14:57
   Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Fighting] 14:57
2: Willi Plett, ATL [Slashing] 1:10
   Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Interference] 10:12
   Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Fighting, Game misconduct] 14:15
   Harold Phillipoff, ATL [Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 14:15
   Bobby Simpson, ATL [Not proceeding directly to penalty box] 14:15
   Greg Fox, ATL [Cross checking] 17:38
3: John Gould, ATL [Hi-sticking] 11:22
   Dan Bouchard, ATL [Slashing] 13:31
   Guy Chouinard, ATL [Slashing] 13:31

Penalty time: VAN: 24 minutes
              ATL: 46 minutes

VAN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Sheldon Kannegiesser	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dennis Kearns	6	D	0	1	1	2	-3	2
Pit Martin	7	C	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Rick Blight	8	RW	0	1	1	0	-3	4
Don Lever	9	C	1	0	1	0	-1	2
Dennis Ververgaert	10	RW	2	0	2	0	-1	3
Chris Oddleifson	14	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Hilliard Graves	15	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Brad Gassoff	16	LW	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Ron Sedlbauer	17	LW	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Claire Alexander	19	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jere Gillis	21	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Bob Manno	22	D	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Gerry O'Flaherty	23	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	5
Garry Monahan	24	LW	0	1	1	0	-1	3
Harold Snepsts	27	D	0	0	0	0	-4	0
Jack McIlhargey	29	D	0	0	0	22	-3	0
Cesare Maniago	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-30	27

ATL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Greg Fox	2	D	0	0	0	2	3	0
Pat Ribble	3	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Richard Mulhern	4	D	0	1	1	0	2	0
Dick Redmond	5	D	0	1	1	0	1	2
Ken Houston	6	RW	3	1	4	0	5	5
Bobby Lalonde	7	C	0	1	1	0	2	0
Dave Shand	8	D	0	0	0	0	3	2
Bob MacMillan	11	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Tom Lysiak	12	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Guy Chouinard	16	C	1	2	3	2	2	4
Rey Comeau	18	C	1	2	3	0	3	4
Ed Kea	19	D	0	0	0	0	2	1
John Gould	21	RW	1	2	3	2	3	1
Bobby Simpson	22	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Harold Phillipoff	24	LW	0	0	0	25	1	1
Willi Plett	25	RW	0	0	0	11	0	2
Eric Vail	27	LW	2	0	2	0	2	3
Dan Bouchard	30	G	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							30	30


Shots: VAN:  9- 8-10-27
       ATL: 14- 6-10-30

Goalies: VAN: Cesare Maniago (L, 8-19-7)
         ATL: Dan Bouchard (W, 18-11-17)

Referee: Bob Kilger
Linesmen: Willard Norris, Randy Mitton

Attendance: 7,224

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