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All NHL game summaries from December 23, 1979



Team123F
Quebec Nordiques (14-15-5) 1 1 1 3
Buffalo Sabres (23-9-3) 0 1 0 1

1: QUE,Reg Thomas 4 (Jamie Hislop, Dale Hoganson), 4:17
2: QUE,Jamie Hislop 4 (Robbie Ftorek), 1:10 - SH
BUF,Jim Schoenfeld 6 (Jerry Korab, Gilbert Perreault), 9:42
3: QUE,Real Cloutier 23 (Rich Leduc, Marc Tardif), 16:19
Penalties:

1: Gerry Hart, QUE [Holding] 14:04
Pierre Plante, QUE [Holding] 19:12
2: Paul Baxter, QUE [Tripping] 13:41
John Van Boxmeer, BUF [Tripping] 15:15
Barry Legge, QUE [Holding] 19:10
3: Garry Lariviere, QUE [Interference] 2:31
Rick Martin, BUF [Tripping] 7:59
Penalty time: QUE: 10 minutes BUF: 4 minutes
QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Paul Baxter 4 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Garry Lariviere 5 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Gerry Hart 6 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Robbie Ftorek 7 C 0 1 1 0 2 1
Marc Tardif 8 LW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Real Cloutier 9 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Rich Leduc 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Jamie Hislop 11 RW 1 1 2 0 2 5
Bob Fitchner 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pierre Plante 14 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Curt Brackenbury 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michel Goulet 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Reg Thomas 22 C 1 0 1 0 1 4
Roland Cloutier 23 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Barry Legge 25 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Blair Stewart 28 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Michel Dion 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Hoganson 33 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)923
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)923

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Richie Dunn 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Van Boxmeer 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rick Dudley 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 1 1 0 -2 3
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Gould 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Derek Smith 19 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Larry Playfair 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Sauve 28 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1028
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1028
Shots: QUE: 6- 9- 8-23 BUF: 7-17- 4-28 Goalies: QUE: Michel Dion (W, 10-6-3) BUF: Bob Sauve (L, 10-5-2) Referee: Ron Hoggarth Linesmen: John D'Amico, Leon Stickle Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
New York Islanders (12-14-6) 0 0 0 0
Chicago Blackhawks (11-12-11) 3 2 3 8

1: CHI,Grant Mulvey 15 (Bob Murray, Terry Ruskowski), 12:52
CHI,Grant Mulvey 16 (Bob Murray, Terry Ruskowski), 16:48 - PP
CHI,Alain Daigle 4 (Ted Bulley, Tom Lysiak), 17:05
2: CHI,Grant Mulvey 17 (Rich Preston, Terry Ruskowski), 5:25 - PP
CHI,Tom Lysiak 8 (Mike O'Connell, Doug Wilson), 6:23 - PP
3: CHI,Rich Preston 9 (Bob Murray), 6:55 - SH
CHI,Terry Ruskowski 8 (Doug Wilson, Bob Murray), 11:27 - PP
CHI,Doug Wilson 4 (Tom Lysiak, Ted Bulley), 19:07 - PP
Penalties:

1: Grant Mulvey, CHI [Hi-sticking] 0:25
Clark Gillies, NYI [Hi-sticking] 0:25
Gord Lane, NYI [Elbowing] 10:25
Bob Bourne, NYI [Fighting] 15:04
Greg Fox, CHI [Fighting] 15:04
Reg Kerr, CHI [Fighting] 16:11
Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing, Fighting] 16:11
2: Bob Nystrom, NYI [Hi-sticking] 4:10
Grant Mulvey, CHI [Fighting] 5:25
Billy Smith, NYI [Roughing, Fighting] 5:25
Gord Lane, NYI [Fighting] 17:06
Alain Daigle, CHI [Fighting] 17:06
3: Tom Lysiak, CHI [Charging] 4:57
Ron Sedlbauer, CHI [Hooking] 7:51
Billy Harris, NYI [Slashing] 7:51
Grant Mulvey, CHI [Slashing double minor, Fighting, Misconduct] 8:26
Dave Langevin, NYI [Slashing, Fighting] 8:26
Stefan Persson, NYI [Hooking] 9:52
Gord Lane, NYI [Slashing] 18:54
Penalty time: NYI: 43 minutes CHI: 45 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glenn Resch 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jean Potvin 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Stefan Persson 7 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 7 -2 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 0 0 2 0 5
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 0 0 5 0 0
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Steve Tambellini 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Alex McKendry 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Bossy 22 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Gord Lane 24 D 0 0 0 9 -1 1
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dave Langevin 26 D 0 0 0 7 -2 1
John Tonelli 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Anders Kallur 28 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 7 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1524
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1524

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Murray 6 D 0 4 4 0 3 4
Doug Lecuyer 7 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Terry Ruskowski 8 C 1 3 4 0 2 1
Reg Kerr 10 C 0 0 0 5 0 0
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Tom Lysiak 12 C 1 2 3 2 1 3
Mike O'Connell 14 D 0 1 1 0 0 3
Tim Higgins 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Preston 16 RW 1 1 2 0 1 5
Alain Daigle 17 RW 1 0 1 5 1 3
Greg Fox 18 D 0 0 0 5 1 2
Ron Sedlbauer 19 LW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 3 0 3 26 1 4
Doug Wilson 24 D 1 2 3 0 2 5
Keith Brown 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ted Bulley 29 LW 0 2 2 0 1 3
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1441
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1441
Shots: NYI: 14- 4- 6-24 CHI: 13-17-11-41 Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (L, 7-8-4),
Glenn Resch CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 10-9-9) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Willard Norris, Ron Asselstine Attendance: 13,314



Team123F
Toronto Maple Leafs (15-14-4) 2 1 1 4
Montreal Canadiens (17-13-6) 5 1 2 8

1: MTL,Pierre Larouche 26 (Guy Lapointe), 1:06 - PP
TOR,Greg Hotham 3, 9:02
TOR,Ian Turnbull 2 (Lanny McDonald, Dave Hutchison), 10:21
MTL,Mark Napier 6 (Guy Lafleur, Pierre Mondou), 11:13
MTL,Serge Savard 5 (Bob Gainey), 11:28
MTL,Guy Lafleur 27 (Mark Napier, Pierre Mondou), 13:49 - PP
MTL,Yvon Lambert 5 (Mario Tremblay, Serge Savard), 14:57
2: TOR,Ian Turnbull 3 (Laurie Boschman), 4:32
MTL,Doug Risebrough 3 (Larry Robinson, Serge Savard), 7:12
3: MTL,Pierre Mondou 11 (Steve Shutt, Larry Robinson), 4:13
TOR,Terry Martin 1 (Walt McKechnie, Ron Ellis), 15:04
MTL,Yvon Lambert 6 (Mario Tremblay), 18:09
Penalties:

1: Borje Salming, TOR [Holding] 0:34
Doug Jarvis, MTL [Hooking] 3:15
Dave Hutchison, TOR [Roughing] 12:13
Joel Quenneville, TOR [Holding] 16:41
2: Larry Robinson, MTL [Tripping] 13:30
3: Bench penalty, TOR [Too many men on the ice] 8:31
Penalty time: TOR: 8 minutes MTL: 4 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 2 0 2 0 1 3
Joel Quenneville 3 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Greg Hotham 4 D 1 0 1 0 0 1
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 1 1 0 -2 5
Rocky Saganiuk 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Anderson 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Laurie Boschman 12 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Terry Martin 16 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 2 -4 1
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Dave Hutchison 23 D 0 1 1 2 2 0
Dave Burrows 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Harrison 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1027
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1027

MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Larocque 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Engblom 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 1 1 0 1 4
Pierre Mondou 6 C 1 2 3 0 1 2
Doug Risebrough 8 C 1 0 1 0 2 2
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 1 1 2 0 0 4
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 2 0 2 0 1 3
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 2 2 0 2 1
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rod Langway 17 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serge Savard 18 D 1 2 3 0 1 3
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 2 2 2 4 1
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 2 0 3
Steve Shutt 22 LW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Gilles Lupien 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pierre Larouche 28 C 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Mark Napier 31 RW 1 1 2 0 0 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1034
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1034
Shots: TOR: 5-14- 8-27 MTL: 15- 8-11-34 Goalies: TOR: Paul Harrison (L, 4-4-2),
Mike Palmateer MTL: Michel Larocque (W, 8-10-3) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 18,176



Team123F
Boston Bruins (19-9-5) 0 1 3 4
New York Rangers (16-15-5) 1 2 0 3

1: NYR,Mario Marois 5 (Don Maloney, Phil Esposito), 9:47
2: BOS,Rick Middleton 13 (Rick Smith, Craig MacTavish), 1:23
NYR,Don Murdoch 16 (Steve Vickers, Carol Vadnais), 3:46 - PP
NYR,Anders Hedberg 19 (Ulf Nilsson), 18:06
3: BOS,Terry O'Reilly 10 (Peter McNab, Ray Bourque), 1:09 - PP
BOS,Bobby Lalonde 3 (Ray Bourque), 2:13 - PP
BOS,Stan Jonathan 6 (Bobby Lalonde, Peter McNab), 13:36
Penalties:

1: Steve Vickers, NYR [Tripping] 4:49
Al Secord, BOS [Hi-sticking] 8:05
Ed Hospodar, NYR [Hi-sticking] 8:05
Rick Smith, BOS [Tripping] 11:45
John Davidson, NYR [Tripping] 18:21
2: Rick Smith, BOS [Tripping] 2:24
Ed Johnstone, NYR [Slashing] 4:51
Gary Doak, BOS [Holding] 8:33
Rick Smith, BOS [Hi-sticking] 11:23
Ed Johnstone, NYR [Hi-sticking] 11:23
Dean Talafous, NYR [Hooking] 19:28
3: Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Tripping] 0:29
Dave Maloney, NYR [Game misconduct] 20:00
Penalty time: BOS: 10 minutes NYR: 24 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dick Redmond 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ray Bourque 7 D 0 2 2 0 -1 4
Peter McNab 8 C 0 2 2 0 0 2
Bob Miller 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Middleton 16 RW 1 0 1 0 1 5
Stan Jonathan 17 LW 1 0 1 0 0 2
John Wensink 18 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bobby Lalonde 19 C 1 1 2 0 1 3
Al Secord 20 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Rick Smith 23 D 0 1 1 6 2 0
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dwight Foster 27 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Songin 28 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brad McCrimmon 29 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Cheevers 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig MacTavish 32 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)224
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)224

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 1 1 2 1 2
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 0 1 1 2 1 1
Don Maloney 12 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Don Murdoch 14 RW 1 0 1 0 -2 1
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 0 0 4 0 0
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Frank Beaton 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Hospodar 23 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Warren Miller 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Marois 25 D 1 0 1 0 0 2
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 10 1 1
Ray Markham 29 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Davidson 30 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 1 1 0 -1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-117
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-117
Shots: BOS: 7- 8- 9-24 NYR: 3-11- 3-17 Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 6-4-1) NYR: John Davidson (L, 4-6-1) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Don Koharski, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 17,415



Team123F
Hartford Whalers (9-15-8) 0 1 1 2
Philadelphia Flyers (22-1-9) 1 1 2 4

1: PHI,Brian Propp 15 (Norm Barnes, Reggie Leach), 14:52
2: PHI,Brian Propp 16 (Reggie Leach, Bob Dailey), 4:52
HAR,Blaine Stoughton 21 (Al Sims, Jeff Brubaker), 7:11 - PP
3: PHI,Tom Gorence 2 (Bill Barber), 1:47
PHI,Bill Barber 18 (Behn Wilson, Rick MacLeish), 4:00
HAR,Steve Alley 1 (Mike Rogers), 6:41
Penalties:

1: Tom Gorence, PHI [Boarding] 3:27
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Interference] 6:34
Jordy Douglas, HAR [Tripping] 15:50
Gordie Roberts, HAR [Hooking] 18:16
2: Jimmy Watson, PHI [Holding] 6:45
Jim Warner, HAR [Hooking] 12:05
Alan Hangsleben, HAR [Fighting] 15:59
Al Hill, PHI [Roughing] 15:59
Al Hill, PHI [Fighting] 17:59
3: Paul Holmgren, PHI [Charging] 19:59
Penalty time: HAR: 11 minutes PHI: 15 minutes
HAR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Al Sims 3 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ron Plumb 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gordie Roberts 7 D 0 0 0 2 -3 1
Ray Allison 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Gordie Howe 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 10 LW 0 0 0 5 0 0
Jordy Douglas 11 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Dave Keon 14 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Dave Debol 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Rogers 17 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Blaine Stoughton 21 LW 1 0 1 0 -2 3
Jeff Brubaker 22 LW 0 1 1 0 -2 0
Jim Warner 25 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Steve Alley 27 LW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Bob Stephenson 28 RW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Greg Carroll 31 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rick Hodgson 33 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
John Garrett 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (13 forwards, 4 defensemen)-1516
TOTAL   (13 forwards, 4 defensemen)-1516

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 1 1 0 2 6
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 1 1 0 2 3
Frank Bathe 5 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 0 2 6
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Paddock 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ken Linseman 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Hill 15 LW 0 0 0 7 -1 2
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 0 0 0 2 3
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 0 0 4 1 2
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Tom Gorence 22 RW 1 0 1 2 0 4
Norm Barnes 25 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Brian Propp 26 LW 2 0 2 0 2 3
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 2 2 0 2 2
Mike Busniuk 28 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Pete Peeters 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1540
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1540
Shots: HAR: 4- 4- 8-16 PHI: 12-17-11-40 Goalies: HAR: John Garrett (L, 7-12-7) PHI: Pete Peeters (W, 12-0-4) Referee: Alf Lejeune Linesmen: Gordon Broseker, Kevin Collins Attendance: 17,077



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