Wednesday December 6, 1978
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All NHL game summaries from December 6, 1978



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (17-6-3) 2 0 0 2
Detroit Red Wings (6-12-7) 0 1 1 2

1: MTL,Yvon Lambert 9 (Pierre Mondou, Guy Lafleur), 8:48 - PP
MTL,Pierre Mondou 11 (Steve Shutt, Guy Lafleur), 17:13 - PP
2: DET,Dale McCourt 9 (Errol Thompson), 3:08
3: DET,Nick Libett 5 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Dan Labraaten), :45
Penalties:

1: Willie Huber, DET [Slashing] 2:16
Gilles Lupien, MTL [Slashing] 2:16
Rick Chartraw, MTL [Charging] 3:42
Dennis Polonich, DET [Elbowing] 6:26
Guy Lafleur, MTL [Slashing] 6:26
Thommie Bergman, DET [Holding] 8:34
Pat Hughes, MTL [Boarding] 9:08
Brian Engblom, MTL [Roughing] 12:14
Andre St. Laurent, DET [Roughing] 12:14
Rick Chartraw, MTL [Tripping] 14:29
Paul Woods, DET [Interference] 16:56
Bob Gainey, MTL [Slashing] 17:25
Andre St. Laurent, DET [Fighting] 19:40
Brian Engblom, MTL [Fighting] 19:40
2: Mark Napier, MTL [Holding] 7:48
Perry Miller, DET [Slashing] 7:48
Andre St. Laurent, DET [Elbowing, Roughing] 12:56
Brian Engblom, MTL [Elbowing, Roughing] 12:56
3: Perry Miller, DET [Slashing] 17:41
Bob Gainey, MTL [Slashing] 17:41
Penalty time: MTL: 27 minutes DET: 23 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Brian Engblom 3 D 0 0 0 11 0 1
Pierre Mondou 6 C 1 1 2 0 0 1
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 0 2 2 2 0 2
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 4
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rod Langway 17 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Steve Shutt 22 LW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Gilles Lupien 24 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Chartraw 27 D 0 0 0 4 0 0
Ken Dryden 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Hughes 30 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Mark Napier 31 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1016
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1016

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Perry Miller 3 D 0 0 0 4 0 1
Thommie Bergman 4 D 0 0 0 2 2 1
Willie Huber 7 D 0 0 0 2 0 3
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dale McCourt 10 C 1 0 1 0 1 4
John Taft 11 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Nick Libett 14 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Paul Woods 15 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Andre St. Laurent 16 C 0 0 0 11 0 0
Mal Davis 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dan Bolduc 19 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 0 1 1 0 1 4
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bill Lochead 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Reed Larson 28 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
John Hilworth 29 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1023
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1023
Shots: MTL: 5- 7- 4-16 DET: 4-13- 6-23 Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (T, 10-3-3) DET: Rogie Vachon (T, 3-8-5) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Ryan Bozak Attendance: 15,117



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (12-10-2) 0 0 0 0
Minnesota North Stars (8-14-2) 0 3 1 4

1: no scoring
2: MIN,Tim Young 5 (Per-Olov Brasar), 2:22
MIN,Bobby Smith 5 (Al MacAdam, Brad Maxwell), 12:11 - PP
MIN,Bobby Smith 6 (J.P. Parise, Brad Maxwell), 19:19 - PP
3: MIN,Al MacAdam 6 (Brad Maxwell, Bobby Smith), 4:53 - PP
Penalties:

1: Bench penalty, MIN [Too many men on the ice] 1:12
Tim Young, MIN [Roughing] 13:34
Ron Zanussi, MIN [Holding] 16:11
2: Bob Murdoch, LA [Cross checking] 11:07
Randy Manery, LA [Holding] 18:40
Glen Sharpley, MIN [Hooking] 20:00
3: Mark Heaslip, LA [Slashing] 3:27
Glen Sharpley, MIN [Tripping] 8:50
Penalty time: LA : 6 minutes MIN: 10 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Randy Manery 2 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Bob Murdoch 5 D 0 0 0 2 0 4
Rob Palmer 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Murray Wilson 9 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Syl Apps 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Danny Grant 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Marcel Dionne 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tom Williams 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Taylor 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Butch Goring 19 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Glenn Goldup 21 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Steve Jensen 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Darryl Edestrand 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mark Heaslip 26 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Hampton 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ron Grahame 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-533
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-533

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Butters 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 3 3 0 0 6
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 0 0 4 0 0
Ron Zanussi 9 RW 0 0 0 2 1 2
J.P. Parise 11 LW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Mike Fidler 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Per-Olov Brasar 14 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bobby Smith 15 C 2 1 3 0 0 3
Mike Polich 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Young 17 C 1 0 1 2 1 1
Bill Hogaboam 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Greg Smith 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al MacAdam 25 RW 1 1 2 0 0 3
Steve Payne 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)528
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)528
Shots: LA : 14- 5-14-33 MIN: 9-15- 4-28 Goalies: LA : Ron Grahame (L, 9-8-0) MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 5-7-0) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Willard Norris, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 7,030



Team123F
St. Louis Blues (6-17-4) 1 2 1 4
New York Rangers (14-6-4) 3 3 1 7

1: NYR,Phil Esposito 11 (Steve Vickers, Lucien DeBlois), 2:55
STL,Bernie Federko 12 (Wayne Babych, Bob Stewart), 5:41
NYR,Phil Esposito 12 (Steve Vickers, Mike McEwen), 8:24
NYR,Steve Vickers 7 (Carol Vadnais, Lucien DeBlois), 14:16
2: NYR,Pat Hickey 11 (Anders Hedberg), :32
NYR,Anders Hedberg 10 (Ulf Nilsson, Mike McEwen), 3:54
STL,Jack Brownschidle 1 (Inge Hammarstrom), 5:59
STL,Inge Hammarstrom 2 (Bruce Affleck, Curt Bennett), 11:36
NYR,Ron Duguay 7 (Walt Tkaczuk, Carol Vadnais), 19:31 - SH
3: NYR,Walt Tkaczuk 3, 4:03
STL,Curt Bennett 7 (Bernie Federko, Larry Patey), 18:56 - PP
Penalties:

1: Ron Greschner, NYR [Hooking] 7:09
Garry Unger, STL [Slashing] 7:09
Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 9:16
Bob Murdoch, STL [Hooking] 17:25
2: Dave Farrish, NYR [Hooking] 18:13
3: Larry Giroux, STL [Slashing] 1:43
Lucien DeBlois, NYR [Slashing] 15:53
Bench penalty, NYR [Too many men on the ice] 17:11
Ron Greschner, NYR [Slashing] 18:41
Penalty time: STL: 6 minutes NYR: 12 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Phil Myre 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Stewart 2 D 0 1 1 0 -2 0
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Larry Giroux 5 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Larry Patey 6 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Garry Unger 7 C 0 0 0 2 -2 3
Wayne Babych 10 RW 0 1 1 0 -3 3
Brian Sutter 11 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Rick Bowness 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jack Brownschidle 16 D 1 0 1 0 -2 2
Inge Hammarstrom 17 LW 1 1 2 0 2 1
Harvey Bennett 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curt Bennett 19 RW 1 1 2 0 -1 4
Barry Gibbs 22 D 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Bernie Federko 24 C 1 1 2 0 -2 1
Bob Murdoch 25 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Doug Palazzari 27 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Smrke 33 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1926
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1926

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 4 0 3
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 2 2 0 1 3
Mike Korney 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Steve Vickers 8 LW 1 2 3 0 2 2
Ron Duguay 10 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 0 1 1 0 2 2
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Pat Hickey 16 LW 1 0 1 0 2 4
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 1 1 2 0 1 1
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 2 2 2 1 2
Pierre Plante 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Marois 25 D 0 0 0 0 3 2
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 2 2 0 4 2
Doug Soetaert 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 2 0 2 0 1 4
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1833
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1833
Shots: STL: 6- 9-11-26 NYR: 12-10-11-33 Goalies: STL: Phil Myre (L, 3-10-3) NYR: Doug Soetaert (W, 2-0-1) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Bob Hodges Attendance: 16,497



Team123F
Toronto Maple Leafs (13-11-4) 0 3 1 4
Pittsburgh Penguins (9-13-4) 2 2 2 6

1: PIT,Pete Mahovlich 4 (Dale Tallon, Ross Lonsberry), 13:43
PIT,Orest Kindrachuk 6 (Pete Mahovlich), 15:10 - PP
2: TOR,Ron Ellis 4 (Ian Turnbull), 2:25
TOR,Walt McKechnie 9 (Darryl Sittler, Lanny McDonald), 7:22 - PP
PIT,Rick Kehoe 3 (Orest Kindrachuk), 10:25
PIT,Orest Kindrachuk 7 (Russ Anderson, Rick Kehoe), 11:18
TOR,Dave Burrows 1 (Jimmy Jones, Jerry Butler), 14:43
3: PIT,Peter Lee 15 (Ross Lonsberry, Orest Kindrachuk), 2:54
TOR,Pat Boutette 7, 7:36
PIT,Rod Schutt 8 (Peter Lee, Greg Malone), 9:41
Penalties:

1: Denis Herron, PIT [Hi-sticking] 6:41
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Interference, Slashing major] 6:41
Darryl Sittler, TOR [Roughing] 8:44
Russ Anderson, PIT [Slashing] 8:44
Dave Hutchison, TOR [Holding] 15:06
Ian Turnbull, TOR [Holding] 16:27
2: Orest Kindrachuk, PIT [Roughing] 0:10
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Roughing] 0:10
Dave Schultz, PIT [Slashing] 5:29
Darryl Sittler, TOR [Cross checking] 16:07
3: Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Hi-sticking] 12:21
Penalty time: TOR: 19 minutes PIT: 8 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 1 1 2 1 7
Trevor Johansen 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ron Ellis 6 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Dan Maloney 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Anderson 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Walt McKechnie 11 C 1 0 1 0 0 1
Lorne Stamler 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Pat Boutette 15 LW 1 0 1 0 2 4
Jimmy Jones 16 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Garry Monahan 20 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 0 -3 3
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 11 -4 1
Dave Hutchison 23 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Dave Burrows 26 D 1 0 1 0 0 2
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 1 1 4 -4 5
Paul Harrison 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1037
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1037

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Denis Herron 1 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tom Bladon 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Dale Tallon 4 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 1 1 2 2 0
Dave Schultz 8 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Blair Chapman 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Peter Lee 10 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
George Ferguson 11 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Greg Malone 12 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Wayne Bianchin 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 2 2 0 4 1
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 1 1 2 0 -1 3
Rod Schutt 23 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Randy Carlyle 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 2 2 4 2 3 3
Jacques Cossette 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1023
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1023
Shots: TOR: 11-12-14-37 PIT: 9- 7- 7-23 Goalies: TOR: Paul Harrison (L, 5-6-1) PIT: Denis Herron (W, 7-9-4) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Kevin Collins Attendance: 7,597



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