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All NHL game summaries from December 31, 1980



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (24-10-4) 3 1 1 5
Buffalo Sabres (18-9-9) 1 0 1 2

1: LA ,Mike Murphy 6 (Mark Hardy), 5:25
LA ,Larry Murphy 6 (Greg Terrion, Mike Murphy), 10:43 - SH
LA ,Jay Wells 2 (Glenn Goldup, Jim Fox), 15:10
BUF,Derek Smith 11 (Richie Dunn, Don Edwards), 18:26 - PP
2: LA ,Garry Unger 9 (Mike Murphy, Steve Jensen), 9:35
3: LA ,Marcel Dionne 28 (Charlie Simmer, Dave Taylor), 10:06
BUF,Derek Smith 12 (Tony McKegney, John Van Boxmeer), 11:59
Penalties:

1: Steve Jensen, LA [Holding] 9:18
Richie Dunn, BUF [Holding] 11:46
Garry Unger, LA [Roughing] 16:07
Rob McClanahan, BUF [Roughing] 16:07
Mike Murphy, LA [Interference] 17:28
Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Hi-sticking] 18:52
Doug Halward, LA [Hi-sticking] 18:52
2: Ric Seiling, BUF [Fighting] 15:50
Dave Taylor, LA [Fighting] 15:50
Dan Bonar, LA [Hooking] 17:14
3: none
Penalty time: LA : 15 minutes BUF: 11 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Doug Halward 3 D 0 0 0 2 2 0
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Larry Murphy 5 D 1 0 1 0 1 2
Mike Murphy 7 RW 1 2 3 2 2 4
Dan Bonar 8 C 0 0 0 2 1 0
Billy Harris 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Charlie Simmer 11 LW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Greg Terrion 14 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Marcel Dionne 16 C 1 0 1 0 1 7
Dave Taylor 18 RW 0 1 1 5 1 3
Jim Fox 19 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Mark Hardy 20 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Glenn Goldup 21 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Steve Jensen 22 LW 0 1 1 2 1 1
Jay Wells 24 D 1 0 1 0 2 2
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Doug Keans 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Unger 77 C 1 0 1 2 1 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1933
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1933

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Edwards 1 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
Richie Dunn 3 D 0 1 1 2 -2 2
John Van Boxmeer 4 D 0 1 1 0 -1 7
Mike Ramsey 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rick Dudley 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 2 -3 1
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Alan Haworth 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Rob McClanahan 15 C 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 0 0 5 -1 0
Gilles Hamel 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Derek Smith 19 C 2 0 2 0 -1 4
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Larry Playfair 27 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2034
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2034
Shots: LA : 13- 9-11-33 BUF: 12-12-10-34 Goalies: LA : Doug Keans (W, 2-1-0) BUF: Don Edwards (L, 10-4-4) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Ron Finn, Ron Asselstine Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
Boston Bruins (13-16-7) 1 2 1 4
Chicago Blackhawks (12-21-6) 0 2 0 2

1: BOS,Steve Kasper 12 (Stan Jonathan, Terry O'Reilly), 5:23
2: CHI,Tom Lysiak 11 (Miles Zaharko), :49
CHI,Al Secord 1 (Terry Ruskowski), 2:27
BOS,Don Marcotte 7 (Rick Middleton), 9:10
BOS,Don Marcotte 8 (Mike O'Connell, Brad Park), 11:45 - PP
3: BOS,Wayne Cashman 13 (Peter McNab, Keith Crowder), 11:15 - PP
Penalties:

1: Keith Brown, CHI [Holding] 12:02
Mike O'Connell, BOS [Cross checking] 18:16
Darryl Sutter, CHI [Holding] 18:16
2: Keith Crowder, BOS [Hi-sticking] 4:38
Greg Fox, CHI [Tripping] 5:57
Keith Brown, CHI [Holding] 10:20
Keith Brown, CHI [Hi-sticking] 14:05
Ray Bourque, BOS [Hi-sticking] 14:05
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Charging] 18:40
Keith Brown, CHI [Hi-sticking] 18:40
3: Darryl Sutter, CHI [Tripping] 0:14
Greg Fox, CHI [Holding] 3:41
Mike Milbury, BOS [Hooking] 6:25
Peter Marsh, CHI [Tripping] 10:09
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 13:07
Greg Fox, CHI [Fighting] 13:07
[served by Stan Jonathan], BOS [Player leaving bench] 13:07
Penalty time: BOS: 17 minutes CHI: 23 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dick Redmond 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ray Bourque 7 D 0 0 0 2 1 6
Peter McNab 8 C 0 1 1 0 -1 4
Jean Ratelle 10 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
Steve Kasper 11 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Rick Middleton 16 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Stan Jonathan 17 LW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Keith Crowder 18 RW 0 1 1 2 1 2
Bobby Lalonde 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike O'Connell 20 D 0 1 1 2 0 2
Don Marcotte 21 LW 2 0 2 0 0 4
Brad Park 22 D 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 1 1 7 -1 1
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Dwight Foster 27 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Craig 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig MacTavish 32 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)035
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)035

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Greg Fox 2 D 0 0 0 9 0 0
Keith Brown 4 D 0 0 0 8 0 1
Dave Hutchison 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Murray 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 8 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Reg Kerr 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tom Lysiak 12 C 1 0 1 0 1 1
Al Secord 14 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Tim Higgins 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Peter Marsh 17 RW 0 0 0 2 1 2
Denis Savard 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Doug Wilson 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rick Paterson 26 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darryl Sutter 27 C 0 0 0 4 1 1
Miles Zaharko 28 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted Bulley 29 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)018
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)018
Shots: BOS: 14-11-10-35 CHI: 1-12- 5-18 Goalies: BOS: Jim Craig (W, 6-5-4) CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 10-14-4) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Gordon Broseker, Joe Dame Attendance: 9,237



Team123F
Pittsburgh Penguins (11-19-7) 0 0 1 1
Detroit Red Wings (10-19-7) 1 1 1 3

1: DET,John Ogrodnick 19 (Willie Huber), 3:36 - PP
2: DET,Pete Mahovlich 1 (Dan Labraaten), 6:51
3: PIT,George Ferguson 13 (Mark Johnson), 13:30
DET,John Ogrodnick 20 (John Barrett, Willie Huber), 18:10
Penalties:

1: Randy Carlyle, PIT [Hooking, Unsportsmanlike conduct] 0:11
Reed Larson, DET [Holding] 4:21
2: Jim Korn, DET [Roughing] 17:12
Ross Lonsberry, PIT [Interference] 18:26
3: Russ Anderson, PIT [Hi-sticking] 5:36
Perry Miller, DET [Interference] 8:51
Jim Korn, DET [Cross checking] 10:21
Greg Malone, PIT [Holding] 12:56
Mike Foligno, DET [Interference] 13:10
Penalty time: PIT: 10 minutes DET: 10 minutes
PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mario Faubert 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Dave Burrows 8 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Johnson 9 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Peter Lee 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Ferguson 11 C 1 0 1 0 0 2
Greg Malone 12 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gary McAdam 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Paul Gardner 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Pat Hughes 24 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Randy Carlyle 25 D 0 0 0 4 -1 7
Rod Schutt 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jim Hamilton 28 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Ricci 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-636
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-636

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gilles Gilbert 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Barrett 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Perry Miller 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Willie Huber 7 D 0 2 2 0 1 1
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dale McCourt 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pete Mahovlich 11 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Woods 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Foligno 17 RW 0 0 0 2 1 3
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Glenn Hicks 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Kirton 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
John Ogrodnick 25 LW 2 0 2 0 0 5
Jim Korn 26 D 0 0 0 4 0 2
Reed Larson 28 D 0 0 0 2 0 5
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)632
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)632
Shots: PIT: 12- 9-15-36 DET: 11-13- 8-32 Goalies: PIT: Nick Ricci (L, 0-1-0) DET: Gilles Gilbert (W, 8-12-4) Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Mark Pare, Leon Stickle Attendance: 16,485



Team123F
Colorado Rockies (13-19-6) 2 2 2 6
New York Rangers (13-20-5) 1 1 2 4

1: NYR,Ed Johnstone 11 (Tom Laidlaw, Barry Beck), 6:19
COL,Rene Robert 7, 11:43
COL,Lanny McDonald 17 (Joel Quenneville), 12:26
2: COL,Walt McKechnie 10 (Ed Cooper, Lanny McDonald), :09
NYR,Ulf Nilsson 2 (Anders Hedberg), 6:58
COL,Ed Cooper 2 (Joel Quenneville), 15:46
3: COL,Ed Cooper 3 (Mike McEwen, Rob Ramage), 5:51 - PP
NYR,Mike Allison 15 (Jeff Bandura, Ed Johnstone), 8:30
NYR,Dean Talafous 3 (Steve Vickers, Carol Vadnais), 12:31
COL,Walt McKechnie 11 (Ron Delorme, Rob Ramage), 19:48 - EN
Penalties:

1: Barry Beck, NYR [Interference] 0:37
2: Rob Ramage, COL [Interference] 9:03
Mike McEwen, COL [Hooking] 16:54
3: Mike Allison, NYR [Hooking] 5:34
Ed Cooper, COL [Tripping] 16:50
Penalty time: COL: 6 minutes NYR: 4 minutes
COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jack Hughes 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike McEwen 4 D 0 1 1 2 2 3
Rob Ramage 5 D 0 2 2 2 -1 3
Doug Berry 8 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Lanny McDonald 9 RW 1 1 2 0 1 3
Bobby Sheehan 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt McKechnie 11 C 2 0 2 0 1 2
Ed Cooper 12 LW 2 1 3 2 0 2
Rene Robert 14 RW 1 0 1 0 2 4
Jack Valiquette 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Joe Ward 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Gillis 20 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Barry Smith 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joel Quenneville 22 D 0 2 2 0 -1 1
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Kitchen 26 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ron Delorme 27 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Jari Kaarela 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)524
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)524

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Thomas 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Laidlaw 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Barry Beck 3 D 0 1 1 2 -1 0
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Doug Sulliman 9 LW 0 0 0 0 1 5
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 1 0 1 0 0 1
Don Maloney 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Allison 14 RW 1 0 1 2 0 4
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 0 1 1 0 0 6
Dave Silk 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 1 1 2 0 0 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 0 1 3
Dean Talafous 19 C 1 0 1 0 1 1
Jeff Bandura 25 D 0 1 1 0 -3 1
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Gary Burns 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -4 1
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 0 0 0 -3 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-630
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-630
Shots: COL: 13- 6- 5-24 NYR: 10-10-10-30 Goalies: COL: Jari Kaarela (W, 1-0-0) NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 3-5-1) Referee: Ron Harris Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Paul Flaherty Attendance: 17,416



Team123F
Washington Capitals (13-13-11) 0 1 4 5
Winnipeg Jets (2-28-7) 2 1 0 3

1: WIN,Dave Christian 7 (Morris Lukowich), 11:28
WIN,Morris Lukowich 19 (Danny Geoffrion, Dave Christian), 17:06
2: WIN,Doug Smail 6 (Norm Dupont, Tom Bladon), 8:28 - PP
WAS,Paul Mulvey 5 (Ryan Walter, Dennis Ververgaert), 9:48
3: WAS,Jean Pronovost 13 (Dennis Maruk, Bob Kelly), 2:06
WAS,Dennis Maruk 27, 4:32
WAS,Jean Pronovost 14 (Dennis Maruk, Bob Kelly), 8:50
WAS,Mike Gartner 22 (Mike Palmateer), 19:49 - EN
Penalties:

1: Darren Veitch, WAS [Hooking] 5:23
Archie Henderson, WAS [Roughing] 10:03
Jimmy Mann, WIN [Roughing double minor] 10:03
Bench penalty, WAS [Too many men on the ice] 18:08
2: Bob Kelly, WAS [Hooking] 3:17
Dave Babych, WIN [Interference] 4:49
Ryan Walter, WAS [Tripping] 6:29
3: none
Penalty time: WAS: 10 minutes WIN: 6 minutes
WAS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Howard Walker 3 D 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jim McTaggart 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Rick Green 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Darren Veitch 6 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Yvon Labre 7 D 0 0 0 0 3 0
Ryan Walter 9 C 0 1 1 2 1 3
Mike Gartner 11 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Alan Hangsleben 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Guy Charron 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Jarvis 17 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Tookey 18 C 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Dennis Maruk 21 C 1 2 3 0 3 4
Jean Pronovost 22 RW 2 0 2 0 2 3
Dennis Ververgaert 23 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bob Kelly 24 LW 0 2 2 2 2 1
Paul Mulvey 27 LW 1 0 1 0 2 5
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
Archie Henderson 31 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1633
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1633

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Moe Mantha 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Long 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Danny Geoffrion 5 RW 0 1 1 0 -2 3
Barry Legge 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Mann 8 RW 0 0 0 4 -2 3
Doug Smail 9 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Peter Sullivan 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Morris Lukowich 12 LW 1 1 2 0 -1 2
Dave Christian 13 RW 1 1 2 0 -1 3
Tim Trimper 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Tom Bladon 21 D 0 1 1 0 -3 0
Ron Wilson 24 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Don Spring 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Norm Dupont 28 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Rick Bowness 32 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dave Chartier 34 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Markus Mattsson 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Babych 44 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1722
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1722
Shots: WAS: 12- 4-17-33 WIN: 11- 3- 8-22 Goalies: WAS: Mike Palmateer (W, 9-7-6) WIN: Markus Mattsson (L, 1-7-1) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Ron Foyt, Bob Luther Attendance: 14,167



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