NHL game summary from December 20, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
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	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	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)							-5	22

DET Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	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)							5	31


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

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