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CLE

TD GARDEN

2FINAL3

December 19, 1976

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Phil Esposito (15)

Bill Goldsworthy (7), Ken Hodge (22)

1-0 NYR

Score

15:50

Time

2nd Period

Mike McEwen (6)

Phil Esposito (21), Ron Greschner (14)

2-0 NYR

Score

07:01

Time

Steve Vickers (10) (pp)

Carol Vadnais (21), Phil Esposito (22)

3-0 NYR

Score

16:06

Time

3rd Period

Bob Murdoch (13)

Al MacAdam (16), Dennis Maruk (19)

3-1 NYR

Score

10:24

Time

Frank Spring (5)

Dennis Maruk (20)

3-2 NYR

Score

17:06

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	08:48	Bob Stewart – tripping (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:27	Dave Farrish – cross-checking (2 min)
	14:16	Glenn Patrick – holding (2 min)
	16:36	Glenn Patrick – fighting (5 min)
	16:36	Nick Fotiu – charging (2 min)
	16:36	Nick Fotiu – roughing (2 min)
	16:36	Pat Hickey – fighting (5 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
No penalties recorded for this period.

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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
12	Bill Goldsworthy	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
21	Pete Stemkowski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Doug Soetaert						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
33	Gilles Gratton	★	W				22	24	2	2	0	0	.917	0.00	0:00

CLE – 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	Mike Christie	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Bob Stewart	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Greg Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Dave Gardner	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Merrick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
10	Ralph Klassen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Mike Fidler	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
14	Frank Spring	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
15	Jim Neilson	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Glenn Patrick	D	0	0	0	-2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Jim Moxey	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
20	Bob Murdoch	R	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
21	Dennis Maruk	C	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
22	Ken Kuzyk	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Brent Meeke	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
25	Al MacAdam	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Bob Girard	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

CLE – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
27	Gilles Meloche	★	L				36	39	3	2	1	0	.923	0.00	0:00
31	Gary Simmons						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

CLE

Game Stats

3	Goals	2
39	Shots	24
50.0% (1/2)	Power Play	0.0% (0/3)
11	Penalty Minutes	9
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 3-0-1

CLE 2

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreOCT 26

CLE 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreDEC 19

CLE 3

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreJAN 19

CLE 3

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreMAR 6

As of December 19, 1976

All-Time vs CLE

Overall: 2-0-0
At NYR: 1-0-0

Last 10 vs CLE

Overall: 2-0-0
At NYR: 1-0-0