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All NHL game summaries from December 20, 1978



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (22-6-4) 3 1 1 5
Chicago Blackhawks (10-14-7) 0 1 2 3

1: MTL,Pierre Mondou 14 (Steve Shutt, Larry Robinson), 3:22
MTL,Rick Chartraw 2 (Doug Risebrough), 4:03
MTL,Steve Shutt 11 (Guy Lapointe, Guy Lafleur), 10:20 - PP
2: CHI,John Marks 11 (Bob Murray, Stan Mikita), :58 - PP
MTL,Steve Shutt 12 (Guy Lafleur), 14:58
3: CHI,Grant Mulvey 6 (Darcy Rota, Keith Magnuson), 4:56
CHI,Ivan Boldirev 14 (Tim Higgins), 5:06
MTL,Bob Gainey 7, 19:36 - EN
Penalties:

1: Bob Kelly, CHI [Elbowing] 6:31
Serge Savard, MTL [Slashing] 6:31
Tim Higgins, CHI [Tripping] 9:09
Phil Russell, CHI [Elbowing] 11:16
Dave Logan, CHI [Charging, Fighting] 13:44
Gilles Lupien, MTL [Charging, Fighting] 13:44
Cam Connor, MTL [Holding] 19:24
2: Serge Savard, MTL [Roughing] 0:12
Ted Bulley, CHI [Roughing] 0:12
Keith Magnuson, CHI [Hooking] 2:25
Darcy Rota, CHI [Hooking] 9:01
Rejean Houle, MTL [Tripping] 12:48
3: Tim Higgins, CHI [Roughing] 17:52
Brian Engblom, MTL [Roughing] 17:52
Penalty time: MTL: 17 minutes CHI: 21 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Larocque 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Engblom 3 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 1 1 0 1 3
Pierre Mondou 6 C 1 0 1 0 2 2
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 0 2 2 0 2 1
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 4 1 3
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Cam Connor 20 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Steve Shutt 22 LW 2 1 3 0 2 5
Bob Gainey 23 LW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Gilles Lupien 24 D 0 0 0 7 1 1
Rick Chartraw 27 D 1 0 1 0 0 2
Pat Hughes 30 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)933
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)933

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Logan 2 D 0 0 0 7 1 1
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 1 1 2 0 0
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Bob Murray 6 D 0 1 1 0 1 5
Reg Kerr 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
John Marks 11 RW 1 0 1 0 -3 6
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Tim Higgins 15 RW 0 1 1 4 1 1
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 1 1 2 0 2
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Stan Mikita 21 C 0 1 1 0 -3 3
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Doug Wilson 24 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Bob Kelly 25 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Doug Hicks 28 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Ted Bulley 29 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1033
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1033
Shots: MTL: 12-11-10-33 CHI: 10- 8-15-33 Goalies: MTL: Michel Larocque (W, 9-3-1) CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 9-11-5) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Bob Luther Attendance: 16,246



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (12-20-2) 0 1 1 2
Detroit Red Wings (8-16-9) 3 3 1 7

1: DET,Willie Huber 1 (Dale McCourt, Reed Larson), 7:02 - PP
DET,Dale McCourt 12 (Reed Larson, Vaclav Nedomansky), 12:36 - PP
DET,Willie Huber 2 (Andre St. Laurent), 17:12 - PP
2: DET,Dale McCourt 13 (Willie Huber, Errol Thompson), 9:45 - PP
VAN,Pit Martin 9 (Harold Snepsts), 10:13
DET,Dan Labraaten 6 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Thommie Bergman), 12:55
DET,Vaclav Nedomansky 14 (Dan Labraaten, Nick Libett), 13:49
3: VAN,Rick Blight 4 (Dennis Ververgaert), 8:35
DET,Dale McCourt 14 (Dan Labraaten, Errol Thompson), 16:33
Penalties:

1: Errol Thompson, DET [Interference] 3:59
Pit Martin, VAN [Tripping] 6:36
Randy Holt, VAN [Interference] 10:51
Harold Snepsts, VAN [Hooking] 17:09
Perry Miller, DET [Hooking] 17:22
2: Dan Bolduc, DET [Slashing] 1:04
Thommie Bergman, DET [Holding] 5:19
Stan Smyl, VAN [Roughing] 5:57
Rogie Vachon, DET [Roughing] 5:57
Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Hooking] 9:14
Randy Holt, VAN [Fighting] 9:54
Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting] 9:54
Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Holding] 14:35
Willie Huber, DET [Tripping] 16:27
Rick Blight, VAN [Hi-sticking] 20:00
3: Vaclav Nedomansky, DET [Tripping] 0:58
John Hilworth, DET [Tripping] 6:34
Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Hooking] 11:34
Vaclav Nedomansky, DET [Holding] 12:41
Roland Eriksson, VAN [Hooking] 14:23
Penalty time: VAN: 23 minutes DET: 23 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lars Lindgren 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Randy Holt 4 D 0 0 0 7 -1 1
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pit Martin 7 C 1 0 1 2 2 1
Rick Blight 8 RW 1 0 1 2 0 2
Don Lever 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Stan Smyl 12 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 0 0 4 -1 0
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Roland Eriksson 19 C 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Jere Gillis 21 LW 0 0 0 0 2 2
Thomas Gradin 23 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Curt Fraser 24 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 1 1 2 -1 1
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Gary Bromley 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dunc Wilson 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-522
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-522

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Perry Miller 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Thommie Bergman 4 D 0 1 1 2 1 3
Willie Huber 7 D 2 1 3 2 0 2
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 5 0 0
Dale McCourt 10 C 3 1 4 0 0 5
John Taft 11 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 2 2 2 1 0
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Paul Woods 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andre St. Laurent 16 C 0 1 1 0 -1 7
Fern LeBlanc 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dan Bolduc 19 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 1 2 3 4 2 3
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 1 2 3 0 3 3
Bill Lochead 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Reed Larson 28 D 0 2 2 0 0 2
John Hilworth 29 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)531
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)531
Shots: VAN: 6- 6-10-22 DET: 14-11- 6-31 Goalies: VAN: Dunc Wilson (L, 0-2-0),
Gary Bromley DET: Rogie Vachon (W, 5-11-6) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: John D'Amico, Don Koharski Attendance: 14,654



Team123F
Buffalo Sabres (13-11-8) 1 1 1 3
New York Rangers (17-10-4) 1 2 3 6

1: NYR,Mike McEwen 8 (Mario Marois, Ulf Nilsson), 11:42 - PP
BUF,Derek Smith 7 (Tony McKegney, Bill Stewart), 13:27
2: NYR,Dean Talafous 8 (Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson), :39
NYR,Phil Esposito 15 (Lucien DeBlois, Mike McEwen), 9:44 - PP
BUF,Derek Smith 8 (Gilbert Perreault, Tony McKegney), 15:34
3: NYR,Dean Talafous 9 (Ron Greschner, Ron Duguay), 2:01 - PP
NYR,Mario Marois 3 (Walt Tkaczuk, Mike McEwen), 9:44
NYR,Anders Hedberg 11 (Pat Hickey, Dan Clark), 15:50
BUF,Terry Martin 3 (Rene Robert, Tony McKegney), 17:23 - PP
Penalties:

1: Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Hi-sticking] 10:34
Lee Fogolin, BUF [Fighting, Misconduct] 19:01
Pat Hickey, NYR [Fighting, Misconduct] 19:01
2: Jocelyn Guevremont, BUF [Interference] 8:23
3: Rene Robert, BUF [Hooking] 1:14
Carol Vadnais, NYR [Roughing] 3:17
Dave Maloney, NYR [Holding] 11:52
Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Tripping] 16:12
Penalty time: BUF: 21 minutes NYR: 21 minutes
BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Stewart 3 D 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 0 0 15 1 1
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 3 3 0 2 1
Jacques Richard 9 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 1 1 0 2 1
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 1 1 2 -2 4
Gary McAdam 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Derek Smith 19 C 2 0 2 0 2 4
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Terry Martin 25 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Bob Sauve 28 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-528
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-528

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Thomas 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 1 1 0 1 4
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Mike McDougal 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 5
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 0 2 2 2 2 2
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 1 1 2 0 2 4
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 1 1 15 1 1
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
Dean Talafous 19 C 2 0 2 0 2 3
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 1 1 0 -2 0
Pierre Plante 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Marois 25 D 1 1 2 0 0 1
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mike McEwen 27 D 1 2 3 0 0 3
Dan Clark 32 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Phil Esposito 77 C 1 0 1 0 -2 4
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)534
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)534
Shots: BUF: 10- 9- 9-28 NYR: 12-11-13-36 Goalies: BUF: Bob Sauve (L, 5-4-3) NYR: Wayne Thomas (W, 8-5-1) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Bob Hodges Attendance: 17,412



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (11-17-3) 1 1 0 2
Toronto Maple Leafs (16-14-4) 2 1 1 4

1: TOR,Borje Salming 8, 2:46
TOR,Darryl Sittler 17 (Lanny McDonald, John Anderson), 4:12
MIN,Jean Potvin 4 (Greg Smith, Al MacAdam), 11:15 - PP
2: TOR,Pat Boutette 9 (Darryl Sittler, Ian Turnbull), 6:37
MIN,Ron Zanussi 9 (Per-Olov Brasar, Tim Young), 8:51 - PP
3: TOR,Dave Hutchison 3 (John Anderson, Lanny McDonald), 12:14
Penalties:

1: Mike Palmateer, TOR [Delay of game] 6:27
Dan Maloney, TOR [Slashing] 9:41
2: Dan Maloney, TOR [Charging] 7:47
Brad Maxwell, MIN [Game misconduct] 17:48
Gilles Meloche, MIN [Slashing double minor] 17:48
Jerry Butler, TOR [Slashing double minor] 17:48
3: Bill Butters, MIN [Holding] 2:21
Bench penalty, TOR [Too many men on the ice] 9:00
Jean Potvin, MIN [Holding] 13:49
Penalty time: MIN: 18 minutes TOR: 12 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Butters 2 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Jean Potvin 4 D 1 0 1 2 -2 5
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 0 0 10 -1 1
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 0 0 0 -4 2
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Zanussi 9 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
J.P. Parise 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Per-Olov Brasar 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bobby Smith 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Polich 16 C 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Tim Young 17 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Hogaboam 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Greg Smith 23 D 0 1 1 0 -3 6
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Steve Payne 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 4 0 0
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 0 -4 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2026
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2026

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 1 1 0 3 3
Trevor Johansen 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 2 2 0 4 4
Dan Maloney 9 LW 0 0 0 4 0 1
John Anderson 10 RW 0 2 2 0 3 3
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Boutette 15 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Jimmy Jones 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 4 0 2
Bruce Boudreau 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Garry Monahan 20 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Borje Salming 21 D 1 0 1 0 1 3
Dave Hutchison 23 D 1 0 1 0 2 3
Dave Burrows 26 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Darryl Sittler 27 C 1 1 2 0 4 5
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)2034
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)2034
Shots: MIN: 10- 9- 7-26 TOR: 14-11- 8-33 Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 8-10-1) TOR: Mike Palmateer (W, 11-8-3) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Leon Stickle Attendance: 16,406



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