Thursday April 12, 1979
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NHL game summary from April 12, 1979



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Philadelphia Flyers (41-26-15) 2 1 3 6
Vancouver Canucks (26-43-13) 2 1 1 4
Series tied, 1-1   (best of 3)

1: PHI,Tom Gorence 1 (Mel Bridgman, Jimmy Watson), 1:47
VAN,Don Lever 2 (Pit Martin, Chris Oddleifson), 14:10 - PP
VAN,Dennis Kearns 1 (Don Lever), 16:11 - PP
PHI,Reggie Leach 2 (Bill Barber, Bobby Clarke), 18:39 - PP
2: PHI,Tom Gorence 2, 1:12
VAN,Thomas Gradin 2 (Curt Fraser, Rick Blight), 1:48
3: PHI,Ken Linseman 1, 13:36
VAN,Thomas Gradin 3 (Bob Manno, Rick Blight), 16:40
PHI,Reggie Leach 3 (Bobby Clarke), 19:06
PHI,Bill Barber 1 (Paul Holmgren), 19:57 - EN
Penalties:

1: Curt Fraser, VAN [Hooking] 4:53
Bob Dailey, PHI [Holding] 6:38
Rick Lapointe, PHI [Holding] 7:48
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Hooking] 10:31
Bench penalty, PHI [Too many men on the ice] 12:42
Rick Lapointe, PHI [Slashing] 15:01
Bob Dailey, PHI [Slashing] 15:23
Rick Blight, VAN [Slashing] 15:23
Thomas Gradin, VAN [Holding] 18:25
2: Andre Dupont, PHI [Cross checking] 3:37
Bob Kelly, PHI [Roughing] 15:31
Bob Manno, VAN [Roughing] 15:31
Andre Dupont, PHI [Fighting] 16:50
Ron Sedlbauer, VAN [Slashing, Fighting] 16:50
3: Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing] 5:33
Bob Manno, VAN [Roughing] 5:33
Penalty time: PHI: 23 minutes VAN: 17 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 4 4 2
Rick Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 4 0 1
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 7 0 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 0 2 7
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 2 1 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 2 2 0 2 1
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 1 1 4 1 0
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 1 1 0 2 3
Tom Gorence 22 RW 2 0 2 0 1 4
Ken Linseman 26 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Reggie Leach 27 RW 2 0 2 0 1 5
Frank Bathe 31 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Blake Dunlop 32 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Hill 37 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Robbie Moore 39 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1537
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1537

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lars Lindgren 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dennis Kearns 6 D 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Pit Martin 7 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rick Blight 8 RW 0 2 2 2 1 0
Don Lever 9 C 1 1 2 0 -1 2
Stan Smyl 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Brad Gassoff 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 7 0 5
John Grisdale 18 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Rob Tudor 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Manno 22 D 0 1 1 4 -1 0
Thomas Gradin 23 C 2 0 2 2 -3 4
Curt Fraser 24 LW 0 1 1 2 -4 1
Don Kozak 26 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gary Bromley 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1621
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1621
Shots: PHI: 12-16- 9-37 VAN: 9- 8- 4-21 Goalies: PHI: Robbie Moore (W, 1-0-0) VAN: Gary Bromley (L, 1-1-0) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: John D'Amico, Swede Knox Attendance: 14,293



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