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All NHL game summaries from January 6, 1980



Team123F
Philadelphia Flyers (26-1-10) 1 1 2 4
Buffalo Sabres (26-11-3) 1 1 0 2

1: PHI,Al Hill 7 (Jimmy Watson, Mike Busniuk), 12:34
BUF,Rick Martin 19 (Derek Smith, Rick Dudley), 15:36 - PP
2: BUF,Danny Gare 27 (Derek Smith, Jim Schoenfeld), 5:44
PHI,Dennis Ververgaert 8 (Bill Barber, Norm Barnes), 16:46
3: PHI,Bill Barber 20 (Dennis Ververgaert, Ken Linseman), 3:45
PHI,Rick MacLeish 22 (Paul Holmgren), 14:47
Penalties:

1: Jimmy Watson, PHI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 12:41
Danny Gare, BUF [Hi-sticking, Slashing, Fighting] 12:41
Norm Barnes, PHI [Holding] 14:54
2: Jimmy Watson, PHI [Roughing] 0:56
Richie Dunn, BUF [Interference] 7:00
Andre Dupont, PHI [Hooking] 18:57
3: none
Penalty time: PHI: 13 minutes BUF: 11 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 0 2 1
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dennis Ververgaert 11 RW 1 1 2 0 2 1
Ken Linseman 14 C 0 1 1 0 2 1
Al Hill 15 LW 1 0 1 0 2 1
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 1 1 0 2 3
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 0 1 0 2 5
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 1 1 9 2 3
Norm Barnes 25 D 0 1 1 2 0 0
Brian Propp 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Mike Busniuk 28 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Phil Myre 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Peeters 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1527
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1527

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Dunn 3 D 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
John Van Boxmeer 5 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Martin 7 LW 1 0 1 0 -3 4
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rick Dudley 9 LW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Danny Gare 18 RW 1 0 1 9 0 2
Derek Smith 19 C 0 2 2 0 0 2
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lindy Ruff 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Playfair 27 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1525
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1525
Shots: PHI: 9-10- 8-27 BUF: 9- 7- 9-25 Goalies: PHI: Pete Peeters (W, 14-0-4),
Phil Myre BUF: Don Edwards (L, 16-5-1) Referee: Ron Harris Linesmen: John D'Amico, Wayne Forsey Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (15-18-7) 0 1 0 1
Chicago Blackhawks (15-13-12) 2 1 0 3

1: CHI,Terry Ruskowski 10 (Grant Mulvey), 4:19
CHI,Ted Bulley 8 (Reg Kerr, J.P. Bordeleau), 10:23
2: VAN,Chris Oddleifson 7 (Kris Manery, Harold Snepsts), 6:59
CHI,Grant Mulvey 21 (Doug Wilson, Bob Murray), 12:11 - PP
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Lars Lindgren, VAN [Holding] 2:10
2: Stan Smyl, VAN [Hi-sticking, Roughing, Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 5:37
Terry Ruskowski, CHI [Roughing triple minor, Fighting, Double game misconduct] 5:37
Jere Gillis, VAN [Roughing, Fighting, Game misconduct] 5:37
Rich Preston, CHI [Roughing, Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 5:37
Don Lever, VAN [Misconduct] 6:48
Glen Hanlon, VAN [Slashing] 10:49
Kevin McCarthy, VAN [Cross checking] 11:56
Don Lever, VAN [Misconduct] 11:56
3: Ted Bulley, CHI [Fighting] 1:53
Kevin McCarthy, VAN [Fighting] 1:53
Reg Kerr, CHI [Roughing] 1:53
John Hughes, VAN [Roughing, Misconduct] 1:53
Pat Ribble, CHI [Hooking] 5:29
Penalty time: VAN: 89 minutes CHI: 67 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glen Hanlon 1 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
Lars Lindgren 3 D 0 0 0 2 -1 6
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Gary Lupul 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Lever 9 C 0 0 0 20 -1 2
Bill Derlago 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Stan Smyl 12 RW 0 0 0 29 -1 1
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 1 0 1 0 1 1
Per-Olov Brasar 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 4
John Hughes 20 D 0 0 0 12 0 2
Jere Gillis 21 LW 0 0 0 17 0 2
Bob Manno 22 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Thomas Gradin 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Curt Fraser 24 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Kevin McCarthy 25 D 0 0 0 7 0 2
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Vaive 28 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Kris Manery 29 RW 0 1 1 0 1 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-638
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-638

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Ribble 5 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Bob Murray 6 D 0 1 1 0 0 3
Terry Ruskowski 8 C 1 0 1 31 1 2
Reg Kerr 10 C 0 1 1 2 1 4
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike O'Connell 14 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tim Higgins 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rich Preston 16 RW 0 0 0 27 1 4
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Sedlbauer 19 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 1 1 2 0 1 6
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 1 1 0 1 5
Doug Wilson 24 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Keith Brown 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ted Bulley 29 LW 1 0 1 5 1 3
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)641
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)641
Shots: VAN: 9-16-13-38 CHI: 15-16-10-41 Goalies: VAN: Glen Hanlon (L, 13-13-5) CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 14-10-10) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Ron Foyt Attendance: 13,852



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (13-18-7) 0 1 1 2
Hartford Whalers (9-18-10) 0 1 0 1

1: no scoring
2: DET,Dan Labraaten 17 (Pete Mahovlich, Vaclav Nedomansky), 14:07 - PP
HAR,Nick Fotiu 4 (Dave Debol, Alan Hangsleben), 14:27
3: DET,Vaclav Nedomansky 24 (Reed Larson, Dan Labraaten), 9:54 - PP
Penalties:

1: Greg Joly, DET [Hi-sticking] 7:57
Pat Boutette, HAR [Hi-sticking] 7:57
Bench penalty, DET [Too many men on the ice] 12:54
Gordie Roberts, HAR [Tripping] 17:18
2: Greg Joly, DET [Holding] 5:08
Alan Hangsleben, HAR [Tripping] 13:14
John Hilworth, DET [Elbowing] 16:51
3: Gordie Roberts, HAR [Holding] 8:03
Penalty time: DET: 8 minutes HAR: 8 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Long 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Willie Huber 7 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dale McCourt 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Pete Mahovlich 11 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Paul Woods 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Foligno 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
George Lyle 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dan Bolduc 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 1 1 2 0 0 3
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 1 1 2 0 0 4
Glenn Hicks 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Greg Joly 24 D 0 0 0 4 -1 2
Jim Korn 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent Peterson 27 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reed Larson 28 D 0 1 1 0 0 5
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Hilworth 31 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-532
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-532

HAR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Al Sims 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mark Howe 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Gordie Roberts 7 D 0 0 0 4 1 3
Ray Allison 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gordie Howe 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Alan Hangsleben 10 LW 0 1 1 2 1 1
Jordy Douglas 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dave Keon 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Debol 15 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Mike Rogers 17 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mark Renaud 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blaine Stoughton 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Fotiu 23 LW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Brian Hill 27 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Pat Boutette 28 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Greg Carroll 31 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Giroux 32 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
John Garrett 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)529
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)529
Shots: DET: 12- 6-14-32 HAR: 12-10- 7-29 Goalies: DET: Rogie Vachon (W, 9-13-4) HAR: John Garrett (L, 7-15-8) Referee: Denis Morel Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Paul Flaherty Attendance: 7,627



Team123F
Atlanta Flames (14-18-5) 1 3 1 5
New York Rangers (17-16-7) 1 2 2 5

1: ATL,Kent Nilsson 18 (Bob MacMillan, Brad Marsh), 2:19
NYR,Don Maloney 9 (Ron Greschner, Barry Beck), 11:11 - PP
2: ATL,Kent Nilsson 19 (Guy Chouinard, Eric Vail), :46 - PP
NYR,Don Maloney 10 (Ron Greschner, Barry Beck), 4:39 - PP
ATL,Ken Houston 10 (Kent Nilsson, Guy Chouinard), 8:52
ATL,Garry Unger 6 (Ken Houston), 12:34
NYR,Barry Beck 8 (Walt Tkaczuk, Steve Vickers), 15:58
3: NYR,Anders Hedberg 22 (Dave Maloney, Walt Tkaczuk), 17:33
NYR,Don Maloney 11 (Don Murdoch), 9:01
ATL,Kent Nilsson 20 (Phil Russell), 15:29
Penalties:

1: Phil Russell, ATL [Holding] 11:01
Mario Marois, NYR [Interference] 19:24
2: Brad Marsh, ATL [Holding] 4:24
Eric Vail, ATL [Hi-sticking] 5:01
Bob Murdoch, ATL [Hi-sticking] 9:30
3: Dan Bouchard, ATL [Charging] 9:01
Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 9:01
Penalty time: ATL: 10 minutes NYR: 4 minutes
ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Phil Russell 3 D 0 1 1 2 2 1
Pekka Rautakallio 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Brad Marsh 5 D 0 1 1 2 2 0
Ken Houston 6 RW 1 1 2 0 1 4
Garry Unger 7 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Jean Pronovost 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bill Clement 10 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Kent Nilsson 14 C 3 1 4 0 2 7
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 2 2 0 2 1
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Murdoch 20 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Paul Reinhart 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)533
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)533

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Beck 3 D 1 2 3 0 -1 5
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 2 2 0 0 1
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 1 1 0 2 1
Don Maloney 12 LW 3 0 3 0 -1 3
Don Murdoch 14 RW 0 1 1 0 0 5
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 1 0 1 0 1 8
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 2 2 0 2 2
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Claude Larose 20 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Frank Beaton 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Warren Miller 24 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Mario Marois 25 D 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 1 1 2 1 0
Pat Conacher 28 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
John Davidson 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Baker 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-538
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-538
Shots: ATL: 8-11-13-32 NYR: 10-19- 9-38 Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (T, 14-12-5) NYR: John Davidson,
Steve Baker (T, 5-2-5) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 17,415



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (18-12-8) 1 1 2 4
Winnipeg Jets (12-23-5) 1 3 0 4

1: LA ,Marcel Dionne 30 (Butch Goring, Ron Grahame), 7:32 - PP
WIN,Morris Lukowich 17 (Craig Norwich), 18:39 - PP
2: WIN,Peter Marsh 12 (Morris Lukowich, Ross Cory), 2:42
LA ,Marcel Dionne 31 (Dave Taylor, Charlie Simmer), 4:06
WIN,Lars-Erik Sjoberg 3 (Craig Norwich, Willy Lindstrom), 9:44 - PP
WIN,Bill Riley 3 (Willy Lindstrom, Craig Norwich), 16:51 - PP
3: LA ,Marcel Dionne 32 (Dave Taylor, Brad Selwood), 7:31 - PP
LA ,Mike Murphy 13 (Marcel Dionne, Steve Jensen), 10:21
Penalties:

1: Craig Norwich, WIN [Cross checking] 5:52
Marcel Dionne, LA [Interference] 18:19
2: Charlie Simmer, LA [Roughing] 8:11
Bill Lesuk, WIN [Roughing] 8:11
Butch Goring, LA [Interference] 8:42
Brad Selwood, LA [Tripping] 12:46
Charlie Simmer, LA [Tripping] 15:45
Al Cameron, WIN [Holding] 19:20
3: Ross Cory, WIN [Holding] 6:34
Penalty time: LA : 10 minutes WIN: 8 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Randy Manery 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Randy Holt 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Palmer 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Murphy 7 RW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Steve Carlson 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Charlie Simmer 11 LW 0 1 1 4 1 2
Syl Apps 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Andre St. Laurent 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Marcel Dionne 16 C 3 1 4 2 2 5
John Paul Kelly 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Taylor 18 RW 0 2 2 0 1 3
Butch Goring 19 C 0 1 1 2 0 2
Brad Selwood 20 D 0 1 1 2 1 2
Steve Jensen 22 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Barry Gibbs 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Hampton 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Grahame 30 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)528
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)528

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pierre Hamel 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ross Cory 3 D 0 1 1 2 1 1
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 4 D 1 0 1 0 1 9
Craig Norwich 5 D 0 3 3 2 -1 5
Scott Campbell 7 D 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Jimmy Mann 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Peter Sullivan 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hilliard Graves 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Morris Lukowich 12 LW 1 1 2 0 0 3
Peter Marsh 14 RW 1 0 1 0 0 5
Bill Lesuk 17 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Bill Riley 19 RW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Willy Lindstrom 20 RW 0 2 2 0 0 4
Lyle Moffat 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ron Wilson 24 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jude Drouin 25 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Lorne Stamler 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-549
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-549
Shots: LA : 6- 8-14-28 WIN: 16-21-12-49 Goalies: LA : Ron Grahame (T, 8-4-4) WIN: Pierre Hamel (T, 7-10-1) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Mark Pare Attendance: 12,250



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