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CLE

TD GARDEN

3FINAL4

March 6, 1977

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Dan Newman (5)

Ron Greschner (30), Ken Hodge (33)

1-0 NYR

Score

01:59

Time

Walt Tkaczuk (10)

Carol Vadnais (33), Dave Maloney (10)

2-0 NYR

Score

06:07

Time

Wayne Merrick (15) (pp)

Ken Kuzyk (4), Dave Gardner (17)

2-1 NYR

Score

06:46

Time

Brent Meeke (5)

Juha Widing (12), Greg Smith (14)

2-2 Tied

Score

14:32

Time

2nd Period

Dan Newman (6)

Phil Esposito (38), Dave Maloney (11)

3-2 NYR

Score

17:54

Time

3rd Period

Greg Smith (8) (pp)

Wayne Merrick (34), Ken Kuzyk (5)

3-3 Tied

Score

03:35

Time

Ken Hodge (16)

Carol Vadnais (34), Phil Esposito (39)

4-3 NYR

Score

16:42

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	06:40	Dave Farrish – cross-checking (2 min)
	19:38	Greg Polis – charging (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	11:04	Greg Smith – hooking (2 min)
	18:25	Phil Esposito – hooking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:16	Dave Farrish – 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	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
21	Pete Stemkowski	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
0	John Davidson	★	W				30	33	3	1	2	0	.909	0.00	0:00
33	Gilles Gratton						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	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
2	Rick Hampton	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
3	Mike Christie	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Bob Stewart	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Greg Smith	D	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
6	Len Frig	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
7	Dave Gardner	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
8	Juha Widing	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Merrick	C	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Ralph Klassen	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Jim Neilson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
17	Ken Kuzyk	R	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Bob Murdoch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
21	Dennis Maruk	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Brent Meeke	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
25	Al MacAdam	R	0	0	0	-2	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	2	0/0	0.00%

CLE – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Gary Edwards	★	L				36	40	4	4	0	0	.900	0.00	0:00
27	Gilles Meloche						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

CLE

Game Stats

4	Goals	3
40	Shots	33
0.0% (0/1)	Power Play	50.0% (2/4)
8	Penalty Minutes	2
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

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 March 6, 1977

All-Time vs CLE

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

Last 10 vs CLE

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