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NYR

TD GARDEN

5FINAL4

February 10, 1977

DET

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Bill Lochead (13) (pp)

Jim Nahrgang (7), Nick Libett (20)

1-0 DET

Score

11:10

Time

Jim Nahrgang (4)

J.P. Leblanc (8), Michel Bergeron (10)

2-0 DET

Score

19:40

Time

2nd Period

Walt McKechnie (20)

Nick Libett (21), Bill Lochead (9)

3-0 DET

Score

09:31

Time

Mike McEwen (10)

Walt Tkaczuk (27), Rod Gilbert (40)

3-1 DET

Score

11:11

Time

Steve Vickers (17)

Walt Tkaczuk (28), Rod Gilbert (41)

3-2 DET

Score

17:59

Time

3rd Period

Phil Esposito (27)

Ken Hodge (26), Dan Newman (3)

3-3 Tied

Score

01:58

Time

Walt McKechnie (21)

Jean Hamel (5)

4-3 DET

Score

10:08

Time

Pat Hickey (17)

Ron Greschner (26), Greg Polis (17)

4-4 Tied

Score

13:25

Time

Don Murdoch (32)

Walt Tkaczuk (29), Steve Vickers (25)

5-4 NYR

Score

17:46

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	05:22	Jean Hamel – high-sticking (2 min)
	05:22	Rod Gilbert – roughing (2 min)
	09:46	Dave Farrish – interference (2 min)
	13:52	Walt McKechnie – hooking (2 min)
	14:27	Jean Hamel – tripping (2 min)
	17:02	Bill Lochead – hooking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	02:45	Carol Vadnais – slashing (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:53	Al Cameron – cross-checking (2 min)
	03:53	Don Murdoch – high-sticking (2 min)
	08:01	Rick Lapointe – high-sticking (2 min)
	08:01	Mike McEwen – high-sticking (2 min)
	10:48	Dave Farrish – cross-checking (2 min)
	11:13	Dennis Polonich – slashing (2 min)
	11:13	Gilles Gratton – slashing (2 min)
	19:55	Gilles Gratton – throwing-stick (5 min)

DET – 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	Terry Harper	D	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
3	Jim Nahrgang	D	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
4	Rick Lapointe	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Jean Hamel	D	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Dennis Polonich	C	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
11	Walt McKechnie	C	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
12	J.P. Leblanc	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
15	Fred Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Michel Bergeron	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Rick Wilson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
21	Danny Grant	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
22	Dennis Hextall	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	Bill Lochead	L	1	1	2	-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
24	Greg Joly	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
26	Al Cameron	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Buster Harvey	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

DET – 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
31	Ed Giacomin	★	L				32	37	5	5	0	0	.865	0.00	0:00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
12	Bill Goldsworthy	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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%
23	John Bednarski	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	0	1	1	-1	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	★					12	15	3	2	1	0	.800	0.00	0:00
33	Gilles Gratton		W				12	13	1	1	0	0	.923	0.00	0:00

DET

NYR

Game Stats

4	Goals	5
28	Shots	37
25.0% (1/4)	Power Play	0.0% (0/6)
14	Penalty Minutes	12
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 3-1-0

DET 6

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreOCT 31

DET 0

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreNOV 27

DET 4

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreFEB 10

DET 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreFEB 20

As of February 10, 1977

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 164-212-84-2
At DET: 103-77-50-0

Last 10 vs DET

Overall: 6-3-1-0
At DET: 6-2-2-0