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All NHL game summaries from December 7, 1978



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (6-13-7) 1 3 1 5
Boston Bruins (17-4-5) 2 3 1 6

1: BOS,Rick Middleton 12 (Al Sims, Tom Songin), 12:06
BOS,Peter McNab 15 (Terry O'Reilly), 16:56
DET,Errol Thompson 9 (Willie Huber, Reed Larson), 19:24 - PP
2: BOS,Terry O'Reilly 8 (Mike Milbury, Peter McNab), :51
DET,Dale McCourt 10 (Reed Larson, Errol Thompson), 1:15
DET,Errol Thompson 10 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Dale McCourt), 6:32 - PP
BOS,John Wensink 14 (Bob Miller, Al Sims), 10:45
DET,Errol Thompson 11 (Dale McCourt), 18:39
BOS,Jean Ratelle 8 (Rick Middleton), 19:27
3: BOS,Jean Ratelle 9 (Rick Middleton, Mike Milbury), 4:15
DET,Thommie Bergman 4, 12:00
Penalties:

1: Mike Milbury, BOS [Hooking] 14:18
Mike Milbury, BOS [Slashing] 18:47
2: Al Secord, BOS [Holding] 3:58
Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting] 5:40
Al Sims, BOS [Roughing] 5:40
Dennis O'Brien, BOS [Boarding] 6:19
3: Al Secord, BOS [Hi-sticking, Fighting, Misconduct] 3:48
John Hilworth, DET [Hi-sticking, Fighting, Misconduct] 3:48
Paul Woods, DET [Holding] 17:58
Penalty time: DET: 24 minutes BOS: 27 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perry Miller 3 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Thommie Bergman 4 D 1 0 1 0 0 2
Willie Huber 7 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 5 -2 1
Dale McCourt 10 C 1 2 3 0 -1 4
John Taft 11 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Errol Thompson 12 LW 3 1 4 0 2 7
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Paul Woods 15 C 0 0 0 2 -5 1
Andre St. Laurent 16 C 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Mal Davis 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Dan Bolduc 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Lochead 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reed Larson 28 D 0 2 2 0 0 2
John Hilworth 29 D 0 0 0 17 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1524
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1524

BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dick Redmond 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Peter McNab 8 C 1 1 2 0 0 2
Jean Ratelle 10 C 2 0 2 0 3 3
Bobby Schmautz 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Miller 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rick Middleton 16 RW 1 2 3 0 3 4
John Wensink 18 LW 1 0 1 0 4 3
Tom Songin 19 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Al Secord 20 LW 0 0 0 19 0 0
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Rick Smith 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 1 1 2 0 1 3
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 2 2 4 2 3
Dennis O'Brien 28 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Al Sims 29 D 0 2 2 2 1 3
Gerry Cheevers 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1524
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1524
Shots: DET: 6-10- 8-24 BOS: 12- 7- 5-24 Goalies: DET: Jim Rutherford (L, 3-5-2) BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 7-0-2) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Don Koharski Attendance: 12,529



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (12-10-3) 2 1 0 3
Buffalo Sabres (8-10-7) 1 2 0 3

1: BUF,Danny Gare 7 (Don Luce), 12:12 - PP
LA ,Butch Goring 17 (Randy Manery, Dave Taylor), 13:15 - PP
LA ,Murray Wilson 3 (Butch Goring, Rob Palmer), 19:35
2: BUF,Rene Robert 5 (Terry Martin, Jerry Korab), 6:50
LA ,Butch Goring 18 (Bob Murdoch, Tom Williams), 10:12 - PP
BUF,Danny Gare 8 (Craig Ramsay, Don Luce), 13:01
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Bob Murdoch, LA [Cross checking] 10:23
Danny Gare, BUF [Holding] 12:25
Mario Lessard, LA [Delay of game] 15:33
2: Terry Martin, BUF [Holding] 9:27
Glenn Goldup, LA [Interference] 10:40
Bert Wilson, LA [Hi-sticking] 15:20
Danny Gare, BUF [Roughing] 15:20
3: Lee Fogolin, BUF [Holding] 5:04
Penalty time: LA : 8 minutes BUF: 8 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mario Lessard 1 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
Randy Manery 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Bob Murdoch 5 D 0 1 1 2 -2 2
Rob Palmer 6 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Murray Wilson 9 LW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Syl Apps 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Danny Grant 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcel Dionne 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Williams 17 LW 0 1 1 0 0 4
Dave Taylor 18 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Butch Goring 19 C 2 1 3 0 0 4
Glenn Goldup 21 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Steve Jensen 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darryl Edestrand 25 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mark Heaslip 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rick Hampton 27 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-532
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-532

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Stewart 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 1 1 0 2 2
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 0 0 2 2 0
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacques Richard 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rene Robert 14 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Gary McAdam 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Gare 18 RW 2 0 2 4 1 8
Derek Smith 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Don Luce 20 C 0 2 2 0 1 0
Terry Martin 25 LW 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bob Sauve 28 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 4 defensemen)526
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 4 defensemen)526
Shots: LA : 13- 6-14-33 BUF: 11- 9- 6-26 Goalies: LA : Mario Lessard (T, 3-2-3) BUF: Bob Sauve (T, 1-3-2) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Ryan Bozak Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
St. Louis Blues (6-18-4) 1 0 0 1
New York Islanders (16-3-5) 1 2 4 7

1: STL,Brian Sutter 17 (Bernie Federko, Garry Unger), 6:16 - PP
NYI,Bryan Trottier 13 (Clark Gillies, Dave Lewis), 7:23
2: NYI,Bob Nystrom 3 (Bob Bourne, Garry Howatt), :56
NYI,Mike Bossy 18 (Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier), 19:22
3: NYI,Bryan Trottier 14 (Clark Gillies), :15
NYI,Mike Bossy 19 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies), 16:34
NYI,Bob Nystrom 4 (Ed Westfall), 17:36
NYI,Mike Bossy 20 (Bryan Trottier, Dave Lewis), 18:43
Penalties:

1: Stefan Persson, NYI [Holding] 5:45
Gerry Hart, NYI [Roughing] 7:03
Wayne Babych, STL [Roughing] 7:03
Barry Gibbs, STL [Tripping] 7:40
Larry Giroux, STL [Interference] 15:00
2: Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing] 10:03
Billy Smith, NYI [Slashing] 12:19
Bernie Federko, STL [Slashing] 12:19
Bench penalty, NYI [Too many men on the ice] 15:47
3: none
Penalty time: STL: 8 minutes NYI: 10 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Stewart 2 D 0 0 0 0 -5 0
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Larry Giroux 5 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Larry Patey 6 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Garry Unger 7 C 0 1 1 0 -3 0
Wayne Babych 10 RW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Brian Sutter 11 LW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Rick Bowness 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Jack Brownschidle 16 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Inge Hammarstrom 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Harvey Bennett 18 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Curt Bennett 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Barry Gibbs 22 D 0 0 0 2 -4 2
Bob Hess 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernie Federko 24 C 0 1 1 2 0 1
Bob Murdoch 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Ed Staniowski 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Smrke 33 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-3415
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-3415

NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 2 5 0
Pat Price 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Lorimer 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denis Potvin 5 D 0 0 0 0 2 4
Stefan Persson 7 D 0 0 0 2 5 2
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 1 1 2 1 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 4 4 0 4 4
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 1 1 0 2 1
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Bryan Trottier 19 C 2 3 5 0 5 4
Mike Bossy 22 RW 3 0 3 0 4 6
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 2 0 2 0 3 3
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 2 2 0 2 1
John Tonelli 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)3434
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)3434
Shots: STL: 8- 3- 4-15 NYI: 10-12-12-34 Goalies: STL: Ed Staniowski (L, 3-6-0) NYI: Billy Smith (W, 7-2-1) Referee: John McCauley Attendance: 14,429



Team123F
New York Rangers (15-6-4) 0 2 3 5
Philadelphia Flyers (13-10-4) 2 0 0 2

1: PHI,Paul Evans 6 (Don Saleski, Bob Kelly), 4:22
PHI,Bob Kelly 2 (Paul Evans, Don Saleski), 6:48
2: NYR,Pat Hickey 12 (Ulf Nilsson, Ron Greschner), 7:37
NYR,Carol Vadnais 5 (Dave Maloney, Ron Duguay), 9:38
3: NYR,Ron Greschner 8 (Pat Hickey, Ulf Nilsson), 8:16 - PP
NYR,Walt Tkaczuk 4 (Steve Vickers), 8:53
NYR,Ulf Nilsson 10 (Carol Vadnais, Dave Maloney), 19:01 - EN
Penalties:

1: Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Hi-sticking] 0:48
Bob Kelly, PHI [Hi-sticking] 7:34
Bob Dailey, PHI [Holding] 12:51
Behn Wilson, PHI [Hooking] 17:58
2: Mike Korney, NYR [Roughing] 0:52
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing] 0:52
3: Nick Fotiu, NYR [Fighting] 6:46
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Holding] 6:46
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Fighting] 8:16
Penalty time: NYR: 9 minutes PHI: 15 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Thomas 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Greschner 4 D 1 1 2 0 0 4
Carol Vadnais 5 D 1 1 2 0 2 2
Mike Korney 6 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 1 2 3 2 2 2
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 0 0 0 0 2 0
Pat Hickey 16 LW 1 1 2 0 1 1
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 1 0 1 0 0 4
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 5 0 1
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mario Marois 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 2 2 0 2 0
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 0 0 0 1 2
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1030
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1030

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 2 -2 3
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Dave Hoyda 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Kelly 9 LW 1 1 2 2 1 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 2 2 0 1 2
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 0 0 9 -1 1
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Evans 23 C 1 1 2 0 1 1
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Barry Dean 29 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Dunlop 32 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Wayne Stephenson 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1121
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1121
Shots: NYR: 8-12-10-30 PHI: 7- 9- 5-21 Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (W, 6-3-1) PHI: Wayne Stephenson (L, 4-2-1) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Jim Christison, Matt Pavelich Attendance: 17,077



Team123F
Chicago Blackhawks (9-10-5) 1 1 0 2
Vancouver Canucks (12-13-2) 2 0 2 4

1: VAN,Pit Martin 6 (Thomas Gradin, Jere Gillis), 4:38
VAN,Curt Fraser 8 (Thomas Gradin, Dennis Ververgaert), 12:53
CHI,Stan Mikita 2 (Ted Bulley, Cliff Koroll), 15:18 - PP
2: CHI,Bob Kelly 2 (Bob Murray, Stan Mikita), 8:00
3: VAN,Ron Sedlbauer 18 (Don Lever, Dennis Kearns), 9:08 - PP
VAN,Curt Fraser 9 (Dennis Ververgaert), 19:18 - EN
Penalties:

1: Cliff Koroll, CHI [Hooking] 4:57
Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Cross checking] 9:11
Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Holding] 13:30
Doug Wilson, CHI [Holding] 16:25
2: Phil Russell, CHI [Tripping] 0:26
Grant Mulvey, CHI [Holding] 4:53
Harold Snepsts, VAN [Elbowing] 18:31
3: Bench penalty, VAN [Too many men on the ice] 4:09
Reg Kerr, CHI [Hooking] 8:01
Penalty time: CHI: 10 minutes VAN: 8 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Logan 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 2 0 3
Bob Murray 6 D 0 1 1 0 -1 4
Reg Kerr 10 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 1 1 2 -3 4
Stan Mikita 21 C 1 1 2 0 -1 5
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Doug Wilson 24 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Bob Kelly 25 RW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Doug Hicks 28 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ted Bulley 29 LW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1133
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1133

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glen Hanlon 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Holt 4 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Pit Martin 7 C 1 0 1 0 2 3
Rick Blight 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Don Lever 9 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 2 2 0 2 0
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 4
John Grisdale 18 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Roland Eriksson 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jere Gillis 21 LW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Thomas Gradin 23 C 0 2 2 0 2 1
Curt Fraser 24 LW 2 0 2 0 2 5
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 2 2 1
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 4 -1 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1029
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1029
Shots: CHI: 13-12- 8-33 VAN: 8- 9-12-29 Goalies: CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 8-8-4) VAN: Glen Hanlon (W, 8-6-1) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: John D'Amico, Bob Luther Attendance: 15,353



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