Sunday December 16, 1979
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All NHL game summaries from December 16, 1979



Team123F
Boston Bruins (17-8-5) 1 1 3 5
Buffalo Sabres (20-8-3) 1 0 0 1

1: BUF,Danny Gare 17 (Craig Ramsay, John Van Boxmeer), 4:46 - PP
BOS,Terry O'Reilly 8 (Peter McNab, Ray Bourque), 8:30
2: BOS,Terry O'Reilly 9 (Al Secord, Mike Milbury), 16:29
3: BOS,Jean Ratelle 13 (Rick Middleton, Dick Redmond), 5:58 - PP
BOS,Rick Middleton 12, 14:30
BOS,Stan Jonathan 5 (Terry O'Reilly, Dwight Foster), 18:40
Penalties:

1: Tom Songin, BOS [Slashing] 3:56
Derek Smith, BUF [Holding] 11:53
Dick Redmond, BOS [Holding] 14:30
Rick Dudley, BUF [Hooking] 19:32
2: Jerry Korab, BUF [Fighting] 2:11
Don Luce, BUF [Roughing] 2:11
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing] 2:11
Al Secord, BOS [Roughing, Fighting] 2:11
Bob Miller, BOS [Fighting] 4:31
Ric Seiling, BUF [Fighting] 4:31
Tom Songin, BOS [Hooking] 7:49
Larry Playfair, BUF [Cross checking] 14:07
Bench penalty, BOS [Too many men on the ice] 18:07
3: Larry Playfair, BUF [Roughing, Slashing] 1:37
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing, Slashing] 1:37
Bill Hajt, BUF [Holding] 4:56
Rick Martin, BUF [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Misconduct] 4:56
Tom Songin, BOS [Slashing] 7:56
Jerry Korab, BUF [Roughing] 13:57
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing] 13:57
Brad McCrimmon, BOS [Hi-sticking] 14:47
Ray Bourque, BOS [Fighting] 18:15
Ric Seiling, BUF [Fighting] 18:15
Penalty time: BOS: 37 minutes BUF: 43 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gilles Gilbert 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Redmond 6 D 0 1 1 2 2 1
Ray Bourque 7 D 0 1 1 5 2 3
Peter McNab 8 C 0 1 1 0 2 2
Jean Ratelle 10 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Bob Miller 14 C 0 0 0 5 0 1
Rick Middleton 16 RW 1 1 2 0 1 4
Stan Jonathan 17 LW 1 0 1 0 1 2
John Wensink 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Lalonde 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al Secord 20 LW 0 1 1 7 2 2
Rick Smith 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 2 1 3 8 3 3
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Dwight Foster 27 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Tom Songin 28 RW 0 0 0 6 0 3
Brad McCrimmon 29 D 0 0 0 2 2 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1925
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1925

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Richie Dunn 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 0 0 7 -2 1
John Van Boxmeer 5 D 0 1 1 0 -2 3
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 12 -2 3
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Rick Dudley 9 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 0 0 10 0 2
John Gould 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Gare 18 RW 1 0 1 0 -2 4
Derek Smith 19 C 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Lindy Ruff 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Larry Playfair 27 D 0 0 0 6 0 0
Bob Sauve 28 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1927
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1927
Shots: BOS: 13- 3- 9-25 BUF: 7-15- 5-27 Goalies: BOS: Gilles Gilbert (W, 12-4-1) BUF: Bob Sauve (L, 9-4-2) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Paul Flaherty Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (9-13-7) 0 1 2 3
Chicago Blackhawks (10-11-10) 1 4 2 7

1: CHI,Grant Mulvey 13 (Rich Preston, Doug Wilson), 3:22 - PP
2: CHI,Cliff Koroll 2 (John Marks, Tim Higgins), 2:36
CHI,Darryl Sutter 1 (Reg Kerr, Doug Lecuyer), 3:36
CHI,Grant Mulvey 14 (Greg Fox, Terry Ruskowski), 10:39
CHI,Cliff Koroll 3 (John Marks, Keith Brown), 11:36
DET,Errol Thompson 13 (Mike Foligno, Vaclav Nedomansky), 12:52 - PP
3: CHI,Terry Ruskowski 7 (Grant Mulvey, Greg Fox), 1:01
DET,Errol Thompson 14 (Mike Foligno, Jim Korn), 1:51
DET,Errol Thompson 15 (Mike Foligno), 2:08
CHI,Reg Kerr 6 (Doug Wilson), 10:39
Penalties:

1: Greg Joly, DET [Hooking] 1:39
Mike Foligno, DET [Fighting] 10:16
Ted Bulley, CHI [Roughing, Fighting] 10:16
Mike O'Connell, CHI [Cross checking] 12:47
Greg Joly, DET [Tripping] 14:36
Doug Lecuyer, CHI [Slashing] 18:08
2: Jean Hamel, DET [Fighting] 2:17
Terry Ruskowski, CHI [Fighting] 2:17
Glenn Hicks, DET [Elbowing] 5:05
Pat Ribble, CHI [Holding] 12:44
Jim Korn, DET [Roughing] 15:11
Grant Mulvey, CHI [Roughing double minor] 15:11
3: Darryl Sutter, CHI [Slashing] 6:51
Errol Thompson, DET [Slashing] 6:51
Terry Ruskowski, CHI [Fighting] 7:49
Reed Larson, DET [Fighting] 7:49
Greg Fox, CHI [Fighting] 8:33
Mike Foligno, DET [Fighting] 8:33
Penalty time: DET: 30 minutes CHI: 34 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Long 2 D 0 0 0 0 -5 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 5 -1 0
Willie Huber 7 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Dale McCourt 10 C 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Pete Mahovlich 11 C 0 0 0 0 1 4
Errol Thompson 12 LW 3 0 3 2 1 3
Dennis Sobchuk 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Paul Woods 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Foligno 17 RW 0 3 3 10 1 3
Dan Bolduc 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 0 1 1 0 -3 1
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Bill Hogaboam 22 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Glenn Hicks 23 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Greg Joly 24 D 0 0 0 4 -2 0
Jim Korn 26 D 0 1 1 2 2 1
Reed Larson 28 D 0 0 0 5 -4 3
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2023
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2023

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Ribble 5 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Doug Lecuyer 7 LW 0 1 1 2 1 1
Terry Ruskowski 8 C 1 1 2 10 2 2
Reg Kerr 10 C 1 1 2 0 2 2
John Marks 11 RW 0 2 2 0 1 0
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Mike O'Connell 14 D 0 0 0 2 3 2
Tim Higgins 15 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Rich Preston 16 RW 0 1 1 0 3 4
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Greg Fox 18 D 0 2 2 5 2 0
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 2 0 2 0 1 3
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 2 1 3 4 3 2
Doug Wilson 24 D 0 2 2 0 2 4
Keith Brown 25 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Darryl Sutter 27 C 1 0 1 2 1 1
Ted Bulley 29 LW 0 0 0 7 -1 3
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2034
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2034
Shots: DET: 7- 6-10-23 CHI: 7-14-13-34 Goalies: DET: Rogie Vachon (L, 5-9-4) CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 9-8-8) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 9,237



Team123F
Winnipeg Jets (11-17-4) 1 0 3 4
Edmonton Oilers (7-15-7) 0 1 2 3

1: WIN,Jude Drouin 5 (Peter Marsh, Craig Norwich), 5:45 - PP
2: EDM,Blair MacDonald 20 (Wayne Gretzky), 8:10
3: WIN,Peter Marsh 9 (Ron Wilson, Morris Lukowich), 3:53 - PP
EDM,Wayne Gretzky 13 (Mark Messier, Blair MacDonald), 6:36
EDM,Brett Callighen 9 (Ron Chipperfield), 9:53
WIN,Ron Wilson 10 (Craig Norwich, Peter Marsh), 16:26
WIN,Morris Lukowich 13 (Peter Marsh), 19:12
Penalties:

1: Scott Campbell, WIN [Tripping] 1:37
Lee Fogolin, EDM [Charging] 3:56
Lyle Moffat, WIN [Interference] 6:18
Dave Lumley, EDM [Hi-sticking] 7:45
Bill Lesuk, WIN [Hi-sticking] 7:45
Dave Lumley, EDM [Slashing] 17:54
Doug Hicks, EDM [Fighting] 18:25
Dave Hunter, EDM [Hi-sticking] 18:25
Morris Lukowich, WIN [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 18:25
2: Brett Callighen, EDM [Charging] 13:37
3: Dave Lumley, EDM [Slashing] 2:42
Scott Campbell, WIN [Roughing] 7:43
Pat Price, EDM [Slashing] 7:43
Barry Melrose, WIN [Hi-sticking] 11:08
Mark Messier, EDM [Slashing] 11:08
Pat Price, EDM [Fighting] 13:00
Scott Campbell, WIN [Fighting] 13:00
Penalty time: WIN: 22 minutes EDM: 26 minutes
WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ross Cory 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 4 D 0 0 0 0 -3 6
Craig Norwich 5 D 0 2 2 0 0 3
Barry Melrose 6 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Scott Campbell 7 D 0 0 0 9 -1 1
Jimmy Mann 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morris Lukowich 12 LW 1 1 2 7 1 1
Peter Marsh 14 RW 1 3 4 0 1 4
Bill Lesuk 17 RW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Bobby Guindon 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Bill Riley 19 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willy Lindstrom 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 6
Lyle Moffat 22 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Wilson 24 C 1 1 2 0 1 4
Jude Drouin 25 C 1 0 1 0 -2 3
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Lorne Stamler 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Lindsay Middlebrook 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-537
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-537

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lee Fogolin 2 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Kevin Lowe 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 5
Doug Hicks 5 D 0 0 0 5 -1 3
Ron Chipperfield 7 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Risto Siltanen 8 D 0 0 0 0 -2 5
Kari Makkonen 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Messier 11 C 0 1 1 2 1 2
Dave Hunter 12 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Blair MacDonald 14 RW 1 1 2 0 1 2
Alec Tidey 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Schmautz 16 RW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Brett Callighen 18 C 1 0 1 2 1 1
Dave Lumley 20 RW 0 0 0 6 -1 1
Stan Weir 21 C 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Pat Price 26 D 0 0 0 7 3 0
Dave Semenko 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Mio 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Gretzky 99 C 1 1 2 0 1 4
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)534
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)534
Shots: WIN: 10-13-14-37 EDM: 10-11-13-34 Goalies: WIN: Lindsay Middlebrook (W, 1-1-0) EDM: Eddie Mio (L, 5-8-4) Referee: Alf Lejeune Linesmen: Wayne Forsey, Swede Knox Attendance: 15,423



Team123F
Philadelphia Flyers (20-1-8) 1 0 0 1
New York Rangers (14-14-5) 1 0 0 1

1: PHI,Bill Barber 16, 9:15 - SH
NYR,Steve Vickers 13 (Ulf Nilsson, Dave Maloney), 14:44 - PP
2: no scoring
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Mario Marois, NYR [Hooking] 0:54
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing] 2:36
Ron Duguay, NYR [Roughing] 2:36
Behn Wilson, PHI [Hooking] 4:24
Ed Johnstone, NYR [Fighting] 8:32
Norm Barnes, PHI [Fighting] 8:32
Behn Wilson, PHI [Fighting] 8:32
Barry Beck, NYR [Fighting double major] 8:32
Mario Marois, NYR [Roughing] 8:32
Bob Kelly, PHI [Roughing] 8:32
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing, Fighting] 8:32
Mario Marois, NYR [Elbowing] 11:31
Al Hill, PHI [Holding] 13:28
2: Don Murdoch, NYR [Holding] 7:44
Andre Dupont, PHI [Holding] 12:32
Norm Barnes, PHI [Hi-sticking] 13:39
Phil Esposito, NYR [Hi-sticking] 13:39
3: Dave Maloney, NYR [Elbowing] 1:20
Bob Dailey, PHI [Slashing] 5:57
Andre Dupont, PHI [Roughing double minor] 8:02
Don Maloney, NYR [Roughing double minor] 8:02
Penalty time: PHI: 37 minutes NYR: 33 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 6
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 0 0 7 0 4
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 8 0 0
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dennis Ververgaert 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Linseman 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al Hill 15 LW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 0 0 0 1 4
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 0 0 9 0 0
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Norm Barnes 25 D 0 0 0 7 0 1
Brian Propp 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 0 0 6
Mike Busniuk 28 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Myre 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)338
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)338

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Beck 3 D 0 0 0 10 0 4
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Steve Vickers 8 LW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Don Maloney 12 LW 0 0 0 4 0 3
Don Murdoch 14 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 6
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 0 0 5 0 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank Beaton 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Hospodar 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Marois 25 D 0 0 0 6 0 2
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 1 1 2 0 0
Steve Baker 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 0 0 2 0 5
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-435
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-435
Shots: PHI: 21- 7-10-38 NYR: 13- 9-13-35 Goalies: PHI: Phil Myre (T, 9-1-5) NYR: Steve Baker (T, 3-1-4) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Foyt Attendance: 17,404



Team123F
Pittsburgh Penguins (11-9-9) 0 1 0 1
Quebec Nordiques (12-15-5) 3 0 1 4

1: QUE,Rich Leduc 11 (Marc Tardif, Real Cloutier), 1:51 - PP
QUE,Marc Tardif 9 (Real Cloutier, Wally Weir), 15:32
QUE,Marc Tardif 10 (Roland Cloutier, Dale Hoganson), 15:59
2: PIT,Bob Stewart 2 (Nick Libett, George Ferguson), 11:39
3: QUE,Reg Thomas 2 (Robbie Ftorek), 3:39
Penalties:

1: Gregg Sheppard, PIT [Hooking] 1:26
2: Gerry Hart, QUE [Tripping] 13:04
3: Paul Baxter, QUE [Cross checking] 14:27
Penalty time: PIT: 2 minutes QUE: 4 minutes
PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rob Holland 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bladon 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Mario Faubert 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Bob Stewart 8 D 1 0 1 0 1 5
Peter Lee 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
George Ferguson 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Greg Malone 12 C 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Gary McAdam 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 0 0 2 1 0
Rod Schutt 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Pat Hughes 24 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Randy Carlyle 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1033
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1033

QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wally Weir 2 D 0 1 1 0 2 3
Paul Baxter 4 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Garry Lariviere 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Gerry Hart 6 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Robbie Ftorek 7 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Marc Tardif 8 LW 2 1 3 0 2 7
Real Cloutier 9 RW 0 2 2 0 2 3
Rich Leduc 10 C 1 0 1 0 0 5
Jamie Hislop 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Fitchner 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pierre Plante 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Michel Goulet 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Reg Thomas 22 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Roland Cloutier 23 C 0 1 1 0 2 3
Pierre Lacroix 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Blair Stewart 28 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Michel Dion 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Hoganson 33 D 0 1 1 0 2 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1041
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1041
Shots: PIT: 8-14-11-33 QUE: 14-13-14-41 Goalies: PIT: Rob Holland (L, 8-9-5) QUE: Michel Dion (W, 9-6-3) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Jim Christison Attendance: 10,279



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