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All NHL game summaries from December 8, 1979



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (11-10-7) 0 1 0 1
Detroit Red Wings (9-10-5) 2 1 2 5

1: DET,Errol Thompson 10 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Dale McCourt), 4:48
DET,Vaclav Nedomansky 17 (Pete Mahovlich, Reed Larson), 11:40 - PP
2: DET,Greg Joly 1 (Reed Larson), 12:35
VAN,Gary Lupul 1 (Curt Fraser, Harold Snepsts), 18:03
3: DET,Vaclav Nedomansky 18 (Dan Labraaten, Dale McCourt), 8:56 - PP
DET,Dale McCourt 11 (Reed Larson, Barry Long), 16:01 - SH
Penalties:

1: Dennis Polonich, DET [Interference] 0:54
Jean Hamel, DET [Interference] 5:10
Stan Smyl, VAN [Interference] 6:10
Brad Smith, VAN [Fighting] 10:09
Dan Labraaten, DET [Roughing] 10:09
Stan Smyl, VAN [Elbowing] 10:55
Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Roughing] 14:24
2: Dale McCourt, DET [Interference] 2:27
Dennis Polonich, DET [Interference] 5:09
Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Hi-sticking] 14:09
Pete Mahovlich, DET [Hi-sticking] 15:27
3: Harold Snepsts, VAN [Tripping] 8:07
Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Slashing] 8:39
Mike Foligno, DET [Slashing] 8:39
Stan Smyl, VAN [Elbowing] 13:54
Errol Thompson, DET [Hooking] 15:07
Brad Smith, VAN [Cross checking] 19:06
Jim Korn, DET [Cross checking] 19:06
Reed Larson, DET [Misconduct] 19:06
Curt Fraser, VAN [Misconduct] 19:06
Jean Hamel, DET [Tripping] 19:06
Penalty time: VAN: 31 minutes DET: 30 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glen Hanlon 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lars Lindgren 3 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Gary Lupul 7 C 1 0 1 0 1 1
Rick Blight 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Don Lever 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Bill Derlago 10 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Stan Smyl 12 RW 0 0 0 6 -1 2
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 0 0 6 0 2
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Brad Smith 18 RW 0 0 0 7 0 2
Jere Gillis 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Manno 22 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Thomas Gradin 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curt Fraser 24 LW 0 1 1 10 -1 1
Kevin McCarthy 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 1 1 2 1 1
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1027
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1027

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Long 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 4 1 2
Willie Huber 7 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Dale McCourt 10 C 1 2 3 2 3 2
Pete Mahovlich 11 C 0 1 1 2 0 0
Errol Thompson 12 LW 1 0 1 2 1 3
Dennis Sobchuk 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Paul Woods 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Foligno 17 RW 0 0 0 2 0 5
Dan Bolduc 19 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 2 1 3 0 3 5
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 0 1 1 2 1 2
Glenn Hicks 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Greg Joly 24 D 1 0 1 0 0 3
Jim Korn 26 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Reed Larson 28 D 0 3 3 10 2 3
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)936
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)936
Shots: VAN: 6-14- 7-27 DET: 9-14-13-36 Goalies: VAN: Glen Hanlon (L, 11-7-5) DET: Rogie Vachon (W, 5-6-3) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Gordon Broseker, Paul Flaherty Attendance: 15,214



Team123F
Atlanta Flames (11-12-3) 0 1 0 1
Minnesota North Stars (12-6-7) 3 0 1 4

1: MIN,Gary Sargent 7, 3:00
MIN,Tom McCarthy 6 (Kent-Erik Andersson), 3:29
MIN,Fred Barrett 7 (Mike Polich, Per-Olov Brasar), 8:36
2: ATL,Paul Reinhart 4 (Jean Pronovost, Kent Nilsson), :30
3: MIN,Tim Young 9 (Steve Payne, Paul Shmyr), 19:30 - EN
Penalties:

1: Jean Pronovost, ATL [Tripping] 6:10
Steve Payne, MIN [Hi-sticking] 10:55
Ken Houston, ATL [Fighting] 12:37
Brad Maxwell, MIN [Fighting] 12:37
Paul Shmyr, MIN [Holding] 18:01
2: Phil Russell, ATL [Interference] 6:49
Tom McCarthy, MIN [Tripping] 14:04
Pekka Rautakallio, ATL [Cross checking] 17:16
3: Glen Sharpley, MIN [Tripping] 10:07
Kent Nilsson, ATL [Tripping] 15:11
Penalty time: ATL: 13 minutes MIN: 13 minutes
ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Curt Bennett 2 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Phil Russell 3 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Pekka Rautakallio 4 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Brad Marsh 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 0 0 5 -1 0
Garry Unger 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Jean Pronovost 9 RW 0 1 1 2 0 3
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 5
Kent Nilsson 14 C 0 1 1 2 0 4
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Rick Adduono 17 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Bob Murdoch 20 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Paul Reinhart 23 D 1 0 1 0 -2 4
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1634
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1634

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Fred Barrett 3 D 1 0 1 0 2 3
Craig Hartsburg 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 0 0 5 1 0
Paul Shmyr 6 D 0 1 1 2 1 1
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 0 0 2 1 4
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 1 1 0 2 1
Tom McCarthy 11 LW 1 0 1 2 1 2
Mike Fidler 12 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Per-Olov Brasar 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Polich 16 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Tim Young 17 C 1 0 1 0 1 5
Mike Eaves 18 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Gary Sargent 22 D 1 0 1 0 1 2
Kris Manery 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Steve Payne 26 LW 0 1 1 2 1 2
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1530
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1530
Shots: ATL: 13-10-11-34 MIN: 5-11-14-30 Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 11-8-3) MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 9-3-2) Referee: Alf Lejeune Linesmen: Ron Foyt, Leon Stickle Attendance: 15,379



Team123F
Chicago Blackhawks (8-9-9) 1 1 1 3
Pittsburgh Penguins (11-8-6) 1 1 1 3

1: PIT,Rick Kehoe 11 (Orest Kindrachuk, Ross Lonsberry), 7:57
CHI,Alain Daigle 2 (Keith Brown, Doug Wilson), 10:34
2: CHI,J.P. Bordeleau 3 (Doug Lecuyer, Reg Kerr), 14:35
PIT,Orest Kindrachuk 11 (Rick Kehoe, Tom Bladon), 15:10
3: CHI,Doug Wilson 1 (J.P. Bordeleau, Reg Kerr), 2:36
PIT,Rick Kehoe 12 (Ross Lonsberry, Randy Carlyle), 16:00 - PP
Penalties:

1: Rod Schutt, PIT [Interference] 5:45
Grant Mulvey, CHI [Holding] 11:38
2: Doug Wilson, CHI [Holding] 0:50
Russ Anderson, PIT [Holding] 6:31
3: Ted Bulley, CHI [Cross checking] 8:37
Mike O'Connell, CHI [Holding] 15:48
Penalty time: CHI: 8 minutes PIT: 4 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Ribble 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Lecuyer 7 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Terry Ruskowski 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Reg Kerr 10 C 0 2 2 0 1 3
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mike O'Connell 14 D 0 0 0 2 0 4
Tim Higgins 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Rich Preston 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Alain Daigle 17 RW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Greg Fox 18 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 1 1 2 0 1 3
Doug Wilson 24 D 1 1 2 2 2 2
Keith Brown 25 D 0 1 1 0 1 4
Ted Bulley 29 LW 0 0 0 2 1 1
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)530
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)530

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rob Holland 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bladon 2 D 0 1 1 0 0 3
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Bob Stewart 8 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Peter Lee 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
George Ferguson 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Greg Malone 12 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary McAdam 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 2 1 3 0 2 5
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 2 2 0 2 3
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Marshall 20 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rod Schutt 23 LW 0 0 0 2 -3 1
Pat Hughes 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Carlyle 25 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 1 1 2 0 1 3
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-527
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-527
Shots: CHI: 12- 9- 9-30 PIT: 7-11- 9-27 Goalies: CHI: Tony Esposito (T, 7-7-8) PIT: Rob Holland (T, 8-8-4) Referee: Ron Hoggarth Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Asselstine Attendance: 10,284



Team123F
Washington Capitals (5-19-5) 1 0 0 1
St. Louis Blues (9-16-4) 2 2 1 5

1: STL,Chuck Lefley 1 (Neil Komadoski), 12:46
WAS,Errol Rausse 6 (Leif Svensson, Bengt Gustafsson), 15:21
STL,Blair Chapman 7 (Bernie Federko, Brian Sutter), 17:54
2: STL,Brian Sutter 9 (Bernie Federko, Rick Lapointe), 1:58
STL,Bernie Federko 11 (Brian Sutter, Ed Kea), 16:01
3: STL,Jack Brownschidle 5 (Wayne Babych, Ed Kea), 14:11
Penalties:

1: none
2: Rick Green, WAS [Hooking] 7:42
Larry Patey, STL [Roughing] 11:27
Paul Mulvey, WAS [Roughing] 11:27
3: Ed Kea, STL [Hooking] 3:14
Rick Green, WAS [Holding] 7:32
Brian Sutter, STL [Roughing] 13:19
Tom Rowe, WAS [Roughing] 13:19
Penalty time: WAS: 8 minutes STL: 6 minutes
WAS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Greg Theberge 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Scamurra 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leif Svensson 4 D 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Rick Green 5 D 0 0 0 4 -3 0
Errol Rausse 6 LW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Mark Lofthouse 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ryan Walter 9 C 0 0 0 0 -3 3
Mike Gartner 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tony Cassolato 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bengt Gustafsson 16 LW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Tom Rowe 17 RW 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Greg Polis 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Kaszycki 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Brent Tremblay 22 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Wes Jarvis 23 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Robert Picard 24 D 0 0 0 0 -4 5
Paul Mulvey 27 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Wayne Stephenson 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1927
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1927

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Liut 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Patey 6 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Perry Turnbull 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Wayne Babych 10 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Brian Sutter 11 LW 1 2 3 2 3 2
Joe Micheletti 12 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Blair Chapman 14 RW 1 0 1 0 3 1
Jack Brownschidle 16 D 1 0 1 0 2 7
Ed Kea 17 D 0 2 2 2 3 1
Rick Lapointe 18 D 0 1 1 0 1 4
Blake Dunlop 19 C 0 0 0 0 2 1
Neil Komadoski 20 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Mike Zuke 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hartland Monahan 23 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bernie Federko 24 C 1 2 3 0 3 2
Chuck Lefley 25 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Mike Crombeen 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Klassen 28 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1929
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1929
Shots: WAS: 10- 7-10-27 STL: 14-11- 4-29 Goalies: WAS: Wayne Stephenson (L, 3-11-3) STL: Mike Liut (W, 7-8-2) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 8,648



Team123F
New York Islanders (9-12-4) 1 2 3 6
Toronto Maple Leafs (12-11-3) 0 0 1 1

1: NYI,Bryan Trottier 17 (Anders Kallur, John Tonelli), 8:45
2: NYI,Bob Nystrom 3 (Dave Lewis), 3:33
NYI,Wayne Merrick 3 (Garry Howatt, Jean Potvin), 7:14
3: NYI,Duane Sutter 3 (Jean Potvin, Billy Harris), 6:34
NYI,Anders Kallur 4 (Bryan Trottier), 10:21
TOR,Paul Gardner 8, 13:13
NYI,Jean Potvin 2 (Bob Bourne, Wayne Merrick), 13:58 - PP
Penalties:

1: Dave Langevin, NYI [Delay of game] 5:37
Bob Nystrom, NYI [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 14:06
Jerry Butler, TOR [Roughing] 14:06
Bryan Trottier, NYI [Interference] 14:46
Ian Turnbull, TOR [Hooking] 17:47
2: Ian Turnbull, TOR [Interference] 4:25
Rocky Saganiuk, TOR [Tripping] 11:57
Joel Quenneville, TOR [Tripping] 14:10
3: Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 5:49
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Fighting] 5:49
Glenn Resch, NYI [Delay of game - Illegal play by goalie] 10:44
Pat Boutette, TOR [Hooking] 13:54
Penalty time: NYI: 15 minutes TOR: 17 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glenn Resch 1 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jean Potvin 3 D 1 2 3 0 2 4
Bob Lorimer 4 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Stefan Persson 7 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 1 1 5 2 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Wayne Merrick 11 C 1 1 2 0 1 2
Duane Sutter 12 RW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Bryan Trottier 19 C 1 1 2 2 1 0
Mike Bossy 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 1 0 1 4 2 2
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Dave Langevin 26 D 0 0 0 2 2 0
John Tonelli 27 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Anders Kallur 28 C 1 1 2 0 1 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)2025
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)2025

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 0 0 4 -1 3
Joel Quenneville 3 D 0 0 0 2 -1 5
Greg Hotham 4 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 0 0 0 -5 0
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 0 0 0 1 6
Rocky Saganiuk 8 RW 0 0 0 2 0 3
Dan Maloney 9 LW 0 0 0 0 -5 0
John Anderson 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 5
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 0 0 0 -5 1
Laurie Boschman 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Paul Gardner 18 C 1 0 1 0 1 4
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 0 -1 7
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 5 1 0
Dave Hutchison 23 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dave Burrows 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2035
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2035
Shots: NYI: 5-11- 9-25 TOR: 15- 7-13-35 Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 4-5-1) TOR: Mike Palmateer (L, 10-9-1) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Willard Norris Attendance: 16,485



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