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VAN

TD GARDEN

3FINAL5

January 2, 1977

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Wayne Dillon (12)

Rod Gilbert (36), Steve Vickers (18)

1-0 NYR

Score

03:19

Time

Phil Esposito (19) (pp)

Carol Vadnais (22), Mike McEwen (16)

2-0 NYR

Score

17:23

Time

Ron Sedlbauer (5)

Bob Dailey (12), Jim Wiley (2)

2-1 NYR

Score

19:52

Time

2nd Period

Pat Hickey (10)

Ron Greschner (17), Nick Fotiu (5)

3-1 NYR

Score

03:05

Time

Steve Vickers (13)

Dave Maloney (6), Don Murdoch (16)

4-1 NYR

Score

07:42

Time

Garry Monahan (11) (pp)

Dennis Kearns (19), Hilliard Graves (11)

4-2 NYR

Score

09:09

Time

3rd Period

Dennis Ververgaert (14) (pp)

Bobby Lalonde (4), Dennis Kearns (20)

4-3 NYR

Score

05:38

Time

Don Murdoch (28) (EN)

Dave Maloney (7)

5-3 NYR

Score

19:48

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:00	Dave Maloney – cross-checking (2 min)
	06:24	Mike Robitaille – hooking (2 min)
	10:49	Ron Greschner – high-sticking (2 min)
	16:00	Dave Fortier – tripping (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	08:39	Carol Vadnais – holding (2 min)
	10:29	Mike McEwen – holding (2 min)
	12:14	Dennis Kearns – tripping (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:44	Dave Farrish – charging (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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Bill Goldsworthy	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1	Doug Soetaert						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
33	Gilles Gratton	★	W				31	34	3	1	2	0	.912	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	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
3	Bob Dailey	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
5	Larry Carriere	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
6	Dennis Kearns	D	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Dave Fortier	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Rick Blight	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
9	Don Lever	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Dennis Ververgaert	R	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Jim Wiley	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Chris Oddleifson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
15	Hilliard Graves	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
17	Ron Sedlbauer	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
20	Bobby Lalonde	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
22	Andy Spruce	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
23	Gerry O'Flaherty	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Garry Monahan	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
27	Harold Snepsts	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%

VAN – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	Cesare Maniago	★	L				26	30	4	3	1	0	.867	0.00	0:00
35	Curt Ridley						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

VAN

Game Stats

5	Goals	3
31	Shots	34
50.0% (1/2)	Power Play	40.0% (2/5)
10	Penalty Minutes	6
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	1	1	1	3
	2	2	1	5

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 January 2, 1977

All-Time vs VAN

Overall: 26-9-2-0
At NYR: 14-4-1-0

Last 10 vs VAN

Overall: 7-2-1-0
At NYR: 6-3-1-0