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VAN

TD GARDEN

5FINAL4

October 24, 1976

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Rod Gilbert (2) (pp)

Carol Vadnais (8), Wayne Dillon (3)

1-0 NYR

Score

07:51

Time

Dennis Ververgaert (5)

Mike Walton (8)

1-1 Tied

Score

08:10

Time

Phil Esposito (4) (pp)

Ken Hodge (8), Carol Vadnais (9)

2-1 NYR

Score

10:00

Time

Rick Blight (6)

Garry Monahan (2), Dennis Kearns (5)

2-2 Tied

Score

15:36

Time

2nd Period

Chris Oddleifson (2) (sh)

Bob Dailey (5)

3-2 VAN

Score

03:16

Time

3rd Period

Walt Tkaczuk (3)

Steve Vickers (1)

3-3 Tied

Score

05:29

Time

Garry Monahan (4)

Don Lever (3)

4-3 VAN

Score

05:44

Time

Phil Esposito (5) (pp)

Rod Gilbert (11), Carol Vadnais (10)

4-4 Tied

Score

13:24

Time

Ron Sedlbauer (1)

Chris Oddleifson (2), Mike Robitaille (3)

5-4 VAN

Score

15:27

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	07:24	Ralph Stewart – elbowing (2 min)
	09:11	Harold Snepsts – interference (2 min)
	17:58	Carol Vadnais – holding (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:02	Walt Tkaczuk – high-sticking (2 min)
	01:02	Chris Oddleifson – high-sticking (2 min)
	02:33	Harold Snepsts – holding (2 min)
	13:44	John Grisdale – tripping (2 min)
	19:38	Harold Snepsts – holding (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	13:17	Mike Walton – tripping (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	Dave Farrish	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	3	3	-2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	1	1	2	-1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
19	Mark Heaslip	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
21	Pete Stemkowski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	2	0	2	-3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
0	John Davidson						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
33	Gilles Gratton	★	L				23	28	5	4	0	1	.821	0.00	0:00

VAN – 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	Mike Robitaille	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
3	Bob Dailey	D	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Mike Walton	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Dave Fortier	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Dennis Kearns	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
8	Rick Blight	R	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
9	Don Lever	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
10	Dennis Ververgaert	R	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Chris Oddleifson	C	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
17	Ron Sedlbauer	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	John Grisdale	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
21	John Gould	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Andy Spruce	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
23	Gerry O'Flaherty	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0/0	0.00%
24	Garry Monahan	L	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
25	Ralph Stewart	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
27	Harold Snepsts	D	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

VAN – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	Cesare Maniago	★	W				35	39	4	1	3	0	.897	0.00	0:00
35	Curt Ridley						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

VAN

Game Stats

4	Goals	5
37	Shots	28
50.0% (3/6)	Power Play	0.0% (0/2)
4	Penalty Minutes	14
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	2	1	2	5
	2	0	2	4

Season Series: 3-2-0

VAN 5

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreOCT 24

VAN 1

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreNOV 3

VAN 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreNOV 22

VAN 3

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreJAN 2

VAN 6

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreJAN 23

As of October 24, 1976

All-Time vs VAN

Overall: 23-9-2-0
At NYR: 13-4-1-0

Last 10 vs VAN

Overall: 6-3-1-0
At NYR: 5-4-1-0