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All NHL game summaries from December 26, 1978



Team123F
New York Rangers (19-11-4) 1 4 0 5
Atlanta Flames (19-14-3) 2 1 0 3

1: NYR,Pat Hickey 17 (Ulf Nilsson, Ron Greschner), 2:13 - PP
ATL,Guy Chouinard 22 (Jean Pronovost, Tom Lysiak), 12:19 - PP
ATL,Don Laurence 3 (Eric Vail, Pat Ribble), 12:49
2: ATL,Bill Clement 9 (Gene Carr, Bobby Lalonde), :56
NYR,Anders Hedberg 13 (Ulf Nilsson, Dave Maloney), 5:02
NYR,Nick Fotiu 1 (Pierre Plante), 5:17
NYR,Mike McEwen 10 (Walt Tkaczuk), 13:30
NYR,Pierre Plante 3 (Phil Esposito, Lucien DeBlois), 17:19
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Brad Marsh, ATL [Holding] 0:49
Nick Fotiu, NYR [Hooking] 4:07
Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Hooking] 11:41
2: Brad Marsh, ATL [Holding] 6:17
Dean Talafous, NYR [Roughing] 9:27
Richard Mulhern, ATL [Roughing double minor] 9:27
3: Richard Mulhern, ATL [Hooking] 10:22
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes ATL: 10 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 0 2 3
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 1 1 0 2 5
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 0 2 2 2 0 2
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Pat Hickey 16 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 4
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 1 0 1 2 3 1
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 1 1 0 1 4
Pierre Plante 24 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Mario Marois 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Mike McEwen 27 D 1 0 1 0 1 3
John Davidson 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1043
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1043

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Ribble 3 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Richard Mulhern 4 D 0 0 0 6 -2 2
Brad Marsh 5 D 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jean Pronovost 9 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Bill Clement 10 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Gene Carr 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rod Seiling 15 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Guy Chouinard 16 C 1 0 1 0 -1 4
Don Laurence 17 C 1 0 1 0 0 1
Ed Kea 19 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1023
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1023
Shots: NYR: 15-16-12-43 ATL: 8- 4-11-23 Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 9-5-2) ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 19-11-2) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 10,546



Team123F
Philadelphia Flyers (18-12-6) 0 0 2 2
Detroit Red Wings (8-17-11) 1 0 1 2

1: DET,Errol Thompson 12 (Andre St. Laurent, Dan Bolduc), 15:11 - PP
2: no scoring
3: DET,Dan Labraaten 7 (Vaclav Nedomansky, John Hilworth), 1:33
PHI,Mel Bridgman 10 (Rick MacLeish, Bobby Clarke), 18:35
PHI,Bobby Clarke 7 (Mel Bridgman), 18:51
Penalties:

1: Andre St. Laurent, DET [Holding] 1:40
Willie Huber, DET [Cross checking] 1:49
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing] 5:20
Jimmy Watson, PHI [Fighting] 5:25
Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting] 5:25
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Holding] 13:36
Dennis Polonich, DET [Hi-sticking] 18:41
Blake Dunlop, PHI [Slashing] 18:41
2: Jimmy Watson, PHI [Cross checking] 6:51
Willie Huber, DET [Slashing] 13:20
3: Jimmy Watson, PHI [Holding] 4:12
Reed Larson, DET [Boarding] 9:08
Reed Larson, DET [Roughing] 13:58
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing] 13:58
Penalty time: PHI: 17 minutes DET: 17 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bernie Parent 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 0 0 0 2 2
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 1 1 2 0 2 5
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Clarke 16 C 1 1 2 0 2 2
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 0 0 6 2 2
Yves Preston 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 9 0 1
Paul Evans 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Kevin McCarthy 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Barry Dean 29 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Dunlop 32 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)730
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)730

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Perry Miller 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Thommie Bergman 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Willie Huber 7 D 0 0 0 4 -1 2
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 7 0 1
Dale McCourt 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Errol Thompson 12 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Woods 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Andre St. Laurent 16 C 0 1 1 2 -1 1
Rob Plumb 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dan Bolduc 19 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Bill Lochead 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Reed Larson 28 D 0 0 0 4 -1 1
John Hilworth 29 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-521
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-521
Shots: PHI: 12- 8-10-30 DET: 9- 7- 5-21 Goalies: PHI: Bernie Parent (T, 13-9-4) DET: Rogie Vachon (T, 5-12-8) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Ron Finn Attendance: 15,487



Team123F
Toronto Maple Leafs (17-16-4) 0 1 0 1
New York Islanders (22-4-7) 3 1 1 5

1: NYI,John Tonelli 9 (Wayne Merrick, Billy Harris), 4:56
NYI,Clark Gillies 11 (Stefan Persson, Mike Bossy), 6:39 - PP
NYI,Clark Gillies 12 (Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy), 11:13 - PP
2: NYI,Bryan Trottier 25 (Denis Potvin, Clark Gillies), 9:19
TOR,Darryl Sittler 19 (Lanny McDonald), 11:09
3: NYI,Garry Howatt 9 (Stefan Persson, Denis Potvin), 4:13
Penalties:

1: Jimmy Jones, TOR [Holding] 6:31
Dave Burrows, TOR [Hi-sticking] 11:01
Joel Quenneville, TOR [Roughing] 12:24
Bob Nystrom, NYI [Roughing double minor] 12:24
2: Bob Lorimer, NYI [Hi-sticking] 7:40
Jimmy Jones, TOR [Hi-sticking] 7:40
Joel Quenneville, TOR [Fighting] 16:37
Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 16:37
3: Mike Kaszycki, NYI [Roughing] 2:29
Trevor Johansen, TOR [Roughing double minor] 2:29
Joel Quenneville, TOR [Holding] 6:11
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Fighting] 9:17
Bob Nystrom, NYI [Fighting] 9:17
Bruce Boudreau, TOR [Hooking] 14:29
Penalty time: TOR: 26 minutes NYI: 18 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Joel Quenneville 3 D 0 0 0 9 1 0
Trevor Johansen 4 D 0 0 0 4 -1 0
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Dan Maloney 9 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
John Anderson 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lorne Stamler 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Jones 16 C 0 0 0 4 0 1
Bruce Boudreau 19 C 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Garry Monahan 20 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 5 0 0
Dave Hutchison 23 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dave Burrows 26 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Darryl Sittler 27 C 1 0 1 0 0 4
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-820
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-820

NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glenn Resch 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bob Lorimer 4 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Denis Potvin 5 D 0 3 3 0 2 10
Bert Marshall 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stefan Persson 7 D 0 2 2 0 1 2
Garry Howatt 8 LW 1 0 1 5 1 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 2 1 3 0 1 7
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 1 1 0 0 4
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bryan Trottier 19 C 1 0 1 0 2 5
Mike Kaszycki 21 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Mike Bossy 22 RW 0 2 2 0 0 7
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 9 0 1
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Tonelli 27 LW 1 0 1 0 0 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)851
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)851
Shots: TOR: 8- 6- 6-20 NYI: 16-12-23-51 Goalies: TOR: Mike Palmateer (L, 11-10-3) NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 12-1-6) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Gordon Broseker, Claude Bechard Attendance: 14,995



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (13-17-3) 2 2 2 6
St. Louis Blues (7-25-5) 1 3 0 4

1: MIN,Mike Polich 3 (Steve Payne), 9:18
MIN,Tim Young 7 (Jean Potvin, Ron Zanussi), 15:25
STL,Wayne Babych 16 (Bob Stewart, Barry Gibbs), 19:08
2: STL,Brian Ogilvie 1 (Barry Gibbs, Garry Unger), 6:13
MIN,Per-Olov Brasar 3 (Tim Young, Ron Zanussi), 9:26 - PP
STL,Jack Brownschidle 3 (Brian Ogilvie), 10:22 - PP
STL,Brian Sutter 20 (Larry Giroux, Bernie Federko), 15:51
MIN,Bobby Smith 8 (Jean Potvin, Per-Olov Brasar), 19:54 - PP
3: MIN,Al MacAdam 9 (Bobby Smith, Steve Payne), 1:26
MIN,Glen Sharpley 9 (Al MacAdam, Jean Potvin), 19:57 - EN
Penalties:

1: Brian Sutter, STL [Fighting] 3:21
Greg Smith, MIN [Game misconduct] 3:21
Bill Butters, MIN [Roughing, Fighting] 3:21
Brad Maxwell, MIN [Cross checking] 16:29
2: Rick Shinske, STL [Tripping] 2:03
Garry Unger, STL [Hooking] 8:56
J.P. Parise, MIN [Slashing] 9:58
Bob Stewart, STL [Tripping] 11:44
Wayne Babych, STL [Holding] 18:56
3: Jean Potvin, MIN [Interference] 9:25
Penalty time: MIN: 23 minutes STL: 13 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Butters 2 D 0 0 0 7 -2 0
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 3 3 2 1 4
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 0 0 2 2 1
Glen Sharpley 7 C 1 0 1 0 0 1
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ron Zanussi 9 RW 0 2 2 0 1 1
J.P. Parise 11 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Per-Olov Brasar 14 C 1 1 2 0 1 2
Bobby Smith 15 C 1 1 2 0 0 5
Mike Polich 16 C 1 0 1 0 0 1
Tim Young 17 C 1 1 2 0 1 3
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Greg Smith 23 D 0 0 0 10 0 0
Kris Manery 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al MacAdam 25 RW 1 1 2 0 1 4
Steve Payne 26 LW 0 2 2 0 2 3
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)529
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)529

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Stewart 2 D 0 1 1 2 1 2
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Giroux 5 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Patey 6 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Garry Unger 7 C 0 1 1 2 -2 2
Wayne Babych 10 RW 1 0 1 2 -1 4
Brian Sutter 11 LW 1 0 1 5 1 2
Rick Shinske 14 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jack Brownschidle 16 D 1 0 1 0 -2 3
Inge Hammarstrom 17 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Curt Bennett 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Barry Gibbs 22 D 0 2 2 0 0 1
Bob Hess 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernie Federko 24 C 0 1 1 0 -1 6
Bob Murdoch 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Staniowski 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Smrke 33 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Brian Ogilvie 35 C 1 1 2 0 1 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-625
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-625
Shots: MIN: 8-12- 9-29 STL: 10- 4-11-25 Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 10-10-1) STL: Ed Staniowski (L, 4-10-0) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Bob Luther Attendance: 10,895



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