Tuesday October 17, 1978
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NHL game summary from October 17, 1978



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (2-1-1) 3 1 2 6
St. Louis Blues (2-2-0) 0 3 5 8

1: VAN,Pit Martin 4 (Dennis Ververgaert, Ron Sedlbauer), 2:51
VAN,Curt Fraser 3 (Stan Smyl, Jack McIlhargey), 12:07
VAN,Curt Fraser 4 (Thomas Gradin, Stan Smyl), 17:32
2: STL,Brian Sutter 7 (Bernie Federko, Jamie Masters), 2:46
VAN,Ron Sedlbauer 3 (Don Lever, Dennis Ververgaert), 5:17
STL,Mike Walton 2 (Larry Patey, Harvey Bennett), 9:09
STL,Garry Unger 2 (Curt Bennett), 12:57
3: VAN,Thomas Gradin 5 (Stan Smyl, Curt Fraser), 3:38
STL,Doug Palazzari 1 (Inge Hammarstrom, Jamie Masters), 5:36
VAN,Stan Smyl 1 (Harold Snepsts, Thomas Gradin), 6:29
STL,Wayne Babych 2 (Larry Giroux, Barry Gibbs), 9:12
STL,Larry Patey 1 (Ken Richardson, Garry Unger), 15:25
STL,Garry Unger 3 (Bob Stewart, Larry Patey), 15:48
STL,Wayne Babych 3 (Bernie Federko, Brian Sutter), 19:26 - PP
Penalties:

1: Larry Patey, STL [Tripping] 9:51
Stan Smyl, VAN [Elbowing] 12:22
Rick Bowness, STL [Hi-sticking] 12:22
Harold Snepsts, VAN [Cross checking] 20:00
2: Harold Snepsts, VAN [Delay of game] 14:35
Dennis Kearns, VAN [Hooking] 16:59
3: Rick Bowness, STL [Fighting] 7:39
Curt Fraser, VAN [Fighting] 7:39
Garry Unger, STL [Roughing] 7:39
Thomas Gradin, VAN [Roughing] 7:39
Bob Manno, VAN [Tripping] 12:05
Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Elbowing] 18:23
Penalty time: VAN: 19 minutes STL: 11 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Pit Martin 7 C 1 0 1 0 2 5
Don Lever 9 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 2 2 0 2 3
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 0 0 2 -3 3
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Stan Smyl 16 RW 1 3 4 2 3 1
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 1 1 2 0 2 4
John Grisdale 18 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Roland Eriksson 19 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Bill Derlago 20 C 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Jere Gillis 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -4 1
Bob Manno 22 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Thomas Gradin 23 C 1 2 3 2 3 2
Curt Fraser 24 LW 2 1 3 5 3 2
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 1 1 4 -2 2
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Gary Bromley 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-331
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-331

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Phil Myre 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Stewart 2 D 0 1 1 0 4 1
Larry Giroux 5 D 0 1 1 0 -3 1
Larry Patey 6 C 1 2 3 2 3 1
Garry Unger 7 C 2 1 3 2 -1 3
Mike Walton 9 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Wayne Babych 10 RW 2 0 2 0 0 3
Brian Sutter 11 LW 1 1 2 0 -2 3
Rick Bowness 12 RW 0 0 0 7 -3 0
Inge Hammarstrom 17 LW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Harvey Bennett 18 C 0 1 1 0 2 0
Curt Bennett 19 RW 0 1 1 0 2 5
Neil Komadoski 20 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Barry Gibbs 22 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bernie Federko 24 C 0 2 2 0 0 2
Doug Palazzari 27 C 1 0 1 0 1 4
Jamie Masters 28 D 0 2 2 0 4 1
Ken Richardson 36 RW 0 1 1 0 -2 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)434
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)434
Shots: VAN: 12- 5-14-31 STL: 8-14-12-34 Goalies: VAN: Gary Bromley (L, 2-1-1) STL: Phil Myre (W, 2-1-0) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Bob Luther, Don Koharski Attendance: 10,805



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