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All NHL game summaries from December 19, 1978



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (13-12-5) 0 1 1 2
Colorado Rockies (6-21-6) 0 1 1 2

1: no scoring
2: LA ,Steve Jensen 7 (Vic Venasky), 9:08
COL,Paul Gardner 14 (Jack Valiquette, Wilf Paiement), 19:53 - PP
3: LA ,Marcel Dionne 23 (Danny Grant), 9:57 - PP
COL,Wilf Paiement 9 (Jack Valiquette, Paul Gardner), 19:45
Penalties:

1: Ron Delorme, COL [Charging] 10:17
2: Randy Manery, LA [Holding] 8:04
Paul Gardner, COL [Slashing] 8:04
Bob Murdoch, LA [Holding] 17:48
Darryl Edestrand, LA [Hooking] 19:05
3: Butch Goring, LA [Hooking] 7:10
Gary Croteau, COL [Interference] 8:02
Penalty time: LA : 8 minutes COL: 6 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mario Lessard 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Manery 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Murdoch 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Rob Palmer 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 6
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Murray Wilson 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Syl Apps 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Danny Grant 15 LW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Marcel Dionne 16 C 1 0 1 0 0 4
Tom Williams 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Taylor 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Butch Goring 19 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Glenn Goldup 21 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Jensen 22 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Darryl Edestrand 25 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Mark Heaslip 26 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Rick Hampton 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-128
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-128

COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Nick Beverley 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Christie 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Van Boxmeer 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Barry Beck 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 5
Randy Pierce 7 RW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Wilf Paiement 9 RW 1 1 2 0 0 5
Ralph Klassen 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Valiquette 15 C 0 2 2 0 0 2
Joe Contini 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Croteau 18 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Don Awrey 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Paul Gardner 21 C 1 1 2 2 1 2
Andy Spruce 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Merlin Malinowski 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dennis Owchar 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Kitchen 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Delorme 27 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Bill Oleschuk 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)227
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)227
Shots: LA : 9- 9-10-28 COL: 7-11- 9-27 Goalies: LA : Mario Lessard (T, 4-3-4) COL: Bill Oleschuk (T, 4-6-3) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Jim Christison Attendance: 4,044



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (12-19-2) 2 1 0 3
Minnesota North Stars (11-16-3) 2 0 3 5

1: MIN,Bobby Smith 7, 1:57
MIN,Gary Sargent 9 (Brad Maxwell), 9:42 - PP
VAN,Dennis Ververgaert 8 (Jere Gillis, Pit Martin), 14:30
VAN,Jack McIlhargey 2 (Curt Fraser, Rick Blight), 17:29
2: VAN,Harold Snepsts 2 (Rick Blight, Don Lever), 5:18 - PP
3: MIN,Al MacAdam 7 (Bobby Smith, Brad Maxwell), 2:56 - PP
MIN,Greg Smith 4 (Brad Maxwell, Tim Young), 4:14
MIN,Glen Sharpley 8, 19:56 - EN
Penalties:

1: Tom Younghans, MIN [Hi-sticking] 0:24
Stan Smyl, VAN [Hi-sticking] 0:24
Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Elbowing, Roughing] 5:17
Tom Younghans, MIN [Roughing] 5:17
Bill Butters, MIN [Tripping] 6:33
Harold Snepsts, VAN [Roughing] 9:25
2: Gary Sargent, MIN [Holding] 2:56
Greg Smith, MIN [Interference] 4:17
Bill Butters, MIN [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 4:41
Stan Smyl, VAN [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 4:41
Dennis Ververgaert, VAN [Hooking] 14:57
Bench penalty, MIN [Too many men on the ice] 14:57
3: Randy Holt, VAN [Holding] 2:37
Randy Holt, VAN [Cross checking] 5:09
Penalty time: VAN: 18 minutes MIN: 16 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lars Lindgren 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Randy Holt 4 D 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Pit Martin 7 C 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Rick Blight 8 RW 0 2 2 0 1 2
Don Lever 9 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 1 0 1 2 -2 1
Stan Smyl 12 RW 0 0 0 6 0 2
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Roland Eriksson 19 C 0 0 0 0 1 2
Jere Gillis 21 LW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Thomas Gradin 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Curt Fraser 24 LW 0 1 1 0 1 4
Harold Snepsts 27 D 1 0 1 2 -1 2
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 1 0 1 4 1 2
Dunc Wilson 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-631
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-631

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Butters 2 D 0 0 0 6 -2 0
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 3 3 0 2 4
Glen Sharpley 7 C 1 0 1 0 0 4
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ron Zanussi 9 RW 0 0 0 0 1 2
J.P. Parise 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Per-Olov Brasar 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Smith 15 C 1 1 2 0 1 5
Mike Polich 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tim Young 17 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Bill Hogaboam 21 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gary Sargent 22 D 1 0 1 2 0 4
Greg Smith 23 D 1 0 1 2 2 5
Al MacAdam 25 RW 1 0 1 0 1 5
Steve Payne 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 4 0 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)440
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)440
Shots: VAN: 12- 8-11-31 MIN: 13-11-16-40 Goalies: VAN: Dunc Wilson (L, 0-1-0) MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 8-9-1) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Don Koharski, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 6,762



Team123F
Atlanta Flames (18-12-3) 0 1 3 4
St. Louis Blues (7-22-5) 4 2 1 7

1: STL,Jack Brownschidle 2 (Wayne Babych, Bernie Federko), 14:39
STL,Brian Sutter 18 (Wayne Babych, Bernie Federko), 15:09
STL,Bob Hess 3 (Rick Shinske, Garry Unger), 15:35
STL,Wayne Babych 15 (Brian Sutter), 19:23
2: STL,Bob Murdoch 2 (Garry Unger, Rick Shinske), 2:01
STL,Brian Sutter 19 (Bernie Federko, Wayne Babych), 2:26
ATL,Pat Ribble 5 (Bob MacMillan, Bobby Lalonde), 19:51
3: STL,Bob Stewart 2 (Bernie Federko, Brian Sutter), 3:53 - PP
ATL,Bill Clement 8 (Willi Plett), 9:08
ATL,Jean Pronovost 12 (Bob MacMillan), 13:12
ATL,Bob MacMillan 15 (Guy Chouinard, Jean Pronovost), 16:23
Penalties:

1: Dave Shand, ATL [Hooking] 8:12
2: Barry Gibbs, STL [Slashing] 6:24
Ken Houston, ATL [Cross checking] 9:19
Bob Stewart, STL [Interference] 13:58
Pat Ribble, ATL [Interference] 17:42
3: Ed Kea, ATL [Holding] 3:06
Bruce Affleck, STL [Interference] 6:28
Eric Vail, ATL [Holding] 12:06
Brian Sutter, STL [Hooking] 12:49
Ed Kea, ATL [Tripping] 17:55
Ken Houston, ATL [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 17:55
Penalty time: ATL: 14 minutes STL: 8 minutes
ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Ribble 3 D 1 0 1 2 0 2
Richard Mulhern 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Brad Marsh 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 0 0 4 -2 5
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Jean Pronovost 9 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Bill Clement 10 C 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 1 2 3 0 1 3
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Rod Seiling 15 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 1 1 0 -2 2
Don Laurence 17 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ed Kea 19 D 0 0 0 4 0 0
John Gould 21 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 0 0 2 -4 1
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yves Belanger 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1131
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1131

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Stewart 2 D 1 0 1 2 0 2
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Larry Giroux 5 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Larry Patey 6 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Garry Unger 7 C 0 2 2 0 0 1
Wayne Babych 10 RW 1 3 4 0 3 5
Brian Sutter 11 LW 2 2 4 2 3 4
Rick Shinske 14 C 0 2 2 0 0 0
Jack Brownschidle 16 D 1 0 1 0 4 3
Curt Bennett 19 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Gibbs 22 D 0 0 0 2 3 1
Bob Hess 23 D 1 0 1 0 1 2
Bernie Federko 24 C 0 4 4 0 3 3
Bob Murdoch 25 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Ed Staniowski 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Smrke 33 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Brian Ogilvie 35 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)1127
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)1127
Shots: ATL: 4-13-14-31 STL: 10- 5-12-27 Goalies: ATL: Yves Belanger (L, 0-2-0),
Dan Bouchard STL: Ed Staniowski (W, 4-8-0) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Bob Luther Attendance: 7,337



Team123F
Philadelphia Flyers (17-11-5) 1 1 2 4
Washington Capitals (8-20-5) 1 2 1 4

1: WAS,Bob Sirois 16 (Leif Svensson, Ryan Walter), 7:17
PHI,Jimmy Watson 2, 17:17
2: WAS,Tom Rowe 14 (Dennis Maruk, Leif Svensson), 8:52
PHI,Mel Bridgman 9 (Jimmy Watson), 11:01
WAS,Robert Picard 4 (Dennis Maruk, Tom Rowe), 14:03
3: WAS,Dennis Maruk 8 (Robert Picard, Ryan Walter), 2:25 - PP
PHI,Don Saleski 6 (Mel Bridgman), 3:13
PHI,Barry Dean 4 (Mel Bridgman, Don Saleski), 9:31
Penalties:

1: Bench penalty, WAS [Too many men on the ice] 3:31
Rick Green, WAS [Roughing] 6:08
Mel Bridgman, PHI [Roughing] 6:08
Bob Kelly, PHI [Fighting] 10:15
Mel Bridgman, PHI [Misconduct] 10:15
Robert Picard, WAS [Misconduct] 10:15
Bench penalty, WAS [Too many men on the ice] 13:22
2: Guy Charron, WAS [Holding] 8:04
Pete Peeters, PHI [Delay of game] 8:47
3: Dave Hoyda, PHI [Slashing] 1:14
Penalty time: PHI: 21 minutes WAS: 18 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 4
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rick Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dave Hoyda 8 LW 0 0 0 2 1 0
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 5 0 0
Mel Bridgman 10 C 1 2 3 12 2 2
Don Saleski 11 RW 1 1 2 0 2 4
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Yves Preston 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jimmy Watson 20 D 1 1 2 0 0 3
Paul Evans 23 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Barry Dean 29 LW 1 0 1 0 3 4
Blake Dunlop 32 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pete Peeters 33 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)739
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)739

WAS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Peter Scamurra 3 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Leif Svensson 4 D 0 2 2 0 2 1
Rick Green 5 D 0 0 0 2 -4 0
Gord Smith 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Walter 9 C 0 2 2 0 0 0
Rolf Edberg 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Greg Carroll 11 C 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Guy Charron 15 C 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Michel Bergeron 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Tom Rowe 17 RW 1 1 2 0 2 2
Bryan Watson 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Lofthouse 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Dennis Maruk 21 C 1 2 3 0 1 1
Robert Picard 24 D 1 1 2 10 3 4
Bob Sirois 25 RW 1 0 1 0 2 2
Bob Girard 26 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Paul Mulvey 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Inness 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-719
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-719
Shots: PHI: 13-15-11-39 WAS: 7- 8- 4-19 Goalies: PHI: Pete Peeters (T, 1-0-1) WAS: Gary Inness (T, 0-0-1) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Gordon Broseker, Swede Knox Attendance: 8,911



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