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PIT

TD GARDEN

1FINAL9

December 17, 1972

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Gene Carr (4)

Ron Harris (7), Walt Tkaczuk (20)

1-0 NYR

Score

01:24

Time

Gene Carr (4)

Ron Harris (7), Walt Tkaczuk (20)

1-0 NYR

Score

01:24

Time

Gene Carr (5)

Bill Fairbairn (14), Ron Harris (8)

2-0 NYR

Score

15:17

Time

Bruce MacGregor (5)

Ted Irvine (8), Rod Seiling (12)

3-0 NYR

Score

19:27

Time

2nd Period

Jean Ratelle (14)

Rod Seiling (13), Rod Gilbert (27)

4-0 NYR

Score

00:18

Time

Walt Tkaczuk (10) (sh)

Bill Fairbairn (15)

5-0 NYR

Score

16:19

Time

Pete Stemkowski (7)

Bruce MacGregor (3), Ted Irvine (9)

6-0 NYR

Score

17:14

Time

3rd Period

Gene Carr (6)

Ab DeMarco (4)

7-0 NYR

Score

05:15

Time

Darryl Edestrand (5) (pp)

Jack Lynch (16), Syl Apps (25)

7-1 NYR

Score

10:45

Time

Jean Ratelle (15)

Vic Hadfield (16), Ab DeMarco (5)

8-1 NYR

Score

17:47

Time

Dale Rolfe (3)

Pete Stemkowski (15), Bruce MacGregor (4)

9-1 NYR

Score

18:24

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	15:38	Rod Gilbert – roughing (2 min)
	15:38	Eddie Shack – roughing (2 min)
	16:10	Vic Hadfield – high-sticking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	05:14	Jack Lynch – delaying-game (2 min)
	09:31	Ab DeMarco – holding (2 min)
	14:49	Ted Irvine – charging (2 min)
	17:54	Ab DeMarco – tripping (2 min)
	18:16	Walt Tkaczuk – hooking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	02:55	Robin Burns – tripping (2 min)
	05:15	Walt Tkaczuk – roughing (2 min)
	05:15	Darryl Edestrand – roughing (2 min)
	07:55	Vic Hadfield – tripping (2 min)
	10:07	Ab DeMarco – high-sticking (2 min)
	10:07	Ab DeMarco – roughing (2 min)
	10:07	Bryan Hextall – high-sticking (2 min)
	10:07	Bryan Hextall – roughing (2 min)
	10:07	Bryan Hextall – slashing (2 min)
	10:39	Rod Seiling – holding (2 min)

NYR – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
3	Ron Harris	D	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
5	Dale Rolfe	D	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
6	Glen Sather	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
9	Gene Carr	C	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	3	0/0	0.00%
10	Bill Fairbairn	R	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
11	Vic Hadfield	L	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
12	Bruce MacGregor	C	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Rod Seiling	D	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	1	2	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
19	Jean Ratelle	C	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
21	Pete Stemkowski	C	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
22	Bobby Rousseau	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Ab DeMarco	D	0	2	2	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
26	Larry Sacharuk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Ted Irvine	L	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Ed Giacomin						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
30	Gilles Villemure	★	W				33	34	1	0	1	0	.971	0.00	0:00

PIT – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Duane Rupp	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
3	Jack Lynch	D	0	1	1	-3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
4	Dave Burrows	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Bryan Watson	D	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Bryan Hextall	C	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
9	Al McDonough	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
10	Robin Burns	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
11	Nick Harbaruk	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Ken Schinkel	R	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Rick Kessell	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
17	Ron Schock	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
18	Lowell MacDonald	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
22	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Eddie Shack	L	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
25	Darryl Edestrand	D	1	0	1	-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
26	Syl Apps	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%

PIT – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Jim Rutherford						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
29	Denis Herron	★	L				24	33	9	8	0	1	.727	0.00	0:00

NYR

PIT

Game Stats

9	Goals	1
33	Shots	34
0.0% (0/3)	Power Play	10.0% (1/10)
22	Penalty Minutes	14
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	0	0	1	1
	3	3	3	9

Season Series: 3-2-0

PIT 6

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreNOV 4

PIT 5

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreNOV 19

PIT 1

NYR 9

FINALBoxscoreDEC 17

PIT 0

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreJAN 7

PIT 4

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreMAR 10

As of December 17, 1972

All-Time vs PIT

Overall: 21-5-5-0
At NYR: 11-2-3-0

Last 10 vs PIT

Overall: 5-3-2-0
At NYR: 6-1-3-0