NHL game summary from March 18, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Detroit Red Wings (27-29-12)	0	2	3	5
Vancouver Canucks (19-37-15)	1	2	1	4

1: VAN, Dennis Ververgaert 19 (Mike Walton, Sheldon Kannegiesser), 13:24
2: VAN, Hilliard Graves 14, :24
   DET, Andre St. Laurent 29 (Errol Thompson, Nick Libett), 7:39 - PP
   VAN, Hilliard Graves 15 (Bob Manno, Garry Monahan), 10:47
   DET, Bill Lochead 17 (Thommie Bergman), 11:27
3: DET, Nick Libett 20 (Dale McCourt, Dennis Polonich), 1:20 - PP
   DET, Nick Libett 21 (Rick Bowness), 3:09
   DET, Dale McCourt 25 (Thommie Bergman), 6:40
   VAN, Bob Manno 4 (Rick Blight, Garry Monahan), 8:02 - PP

Penalties:

1: Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Hooking] 3:26
   Dennis Polonich, DET [Holding] 3:49
   Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Tripping] 5:01
   Dennis Hextall, DET [Holding] 7:57
   Terry Harper, DET [Interference] 15:30
   Brad Gassoff, VAN [Roughing] 15:30
   Greg Joly, DET [Interference] 17:39
2: Dennis Hextall, DET [Hi-sticking] 3:54
   Hilliard Graves, VAN [Tripping] 6:10
   Ron Sedlbauer, VAN [Slashing] 9:08
   Greg Joly, DET [Slashing] 9:08
   Rick Bowness, DET [Interference] 18:59
3: Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Interference] 0:32
   Bench penalty, VAN [Too many men on the ice] 3:35
   Reed Larson, DET [Charging] 4:22
   Thommie Bergman, DET [Elbowing] 7:24

Penalty time: DET: 18 minutes
              VAN: 14 minutes

DET Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jim Rutherford	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Harper	2	D	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Perry Miller	3	D	0	0	0	0	1	3
Thommie Bergman	4	D	0	2	2	2	0	2
Dennis Polonich	8	C	0	1	1	2	-2	1
Dale McCourt	10	C	1	1	2	0	1	4
Rick Bowness	11	RW	0	1	1	2	1	0
Errol Thompson	12	LW	0	1	1	0	-2	2
Nick Libett	14	LW	2	1	3	0	1	5
Paul Woods	15	C	0	0	0	0	1	1
Andre St. Laurent	16	C	1	0	1	0	-1	1
Dennis Hull	19	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vaclav Nedomansky	20	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dennis Hextall	22	C	0	0	0	4	0	4
Bill Lochead	23	LW	1	0	1	0	2	3
Greg Joly	24	D	0	0	0	4	0	2
Larry Wright	25	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Reed Larson	28	D	0	0	0	2	0	2
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							1	33

VAN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mike Walton	4	C	0	1	1	0	1	0
Sheldon Kannegiesser	5	D	0	1	1	0	0	1
Dennis Kearns	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pit Martin	7	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Blight	8	RW	0	1	1	0	-2	0
Don Lever	9	C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dennis Ververgaert	10	RW	1	0	1	0	1	4
Chris Oddleifson	14	C	0	0	0	4	-2	0
Hilliard Graves	15	RW	2	0	2	2	1	4
Brad Gassoff	16	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ron Sedlbauer	17	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Claire Alexander	19	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jere Gillis	21	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Bob Manno	22	D	1	1	2	0	0	1
Gerry O'Flaherty	23	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Garry Monahan	24	LW	0	2	2	0	1	0
Jack McIlhargey	29	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Curt Ridley	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-1	15


Shots: DET: 10-13-10-33
       VAN:  5- 6- 4-15

Goalies: DET: Jim Rutherford (W, 16-15-4)
         VAN: Curt Ridley (L, 9-17-8)

Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Bob Hodges

Attendance: n/a

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