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DET

TD GARDEN

2FINAL6

December 18, 1977

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Ron Duguay (3)

Greg Polis (8)

1-0 NYR

Score

01:01

Time

Ron Duguay (4)

Dave Maloney (12), Carol Vadnais (20)

2-0 NYR

Score

04:16

Time

Lucien DeBlois (13)

Greg Polis (9), Ron Duguay (7)

3-0 NYR

Score

14:18

Time

Wayne Dillon (1) (pp)

Don Murdoch (15), Steve Vickers (22)

4-0 NYR

Score

16:42

Time

3rd Period

Mike McEwen (2)

Walt Tkaczuk (14)

5-0 NYR

Score

02:58

Time

Dennis Hull (3) (pp)

Vaclav Nedomansky (6), Dale McCourt (16)

5-1 NYR

Score

03:37

Time

Andre St. Laurent (7)

Dennis Hextall (13), Nick Libett (7)

5-2 NYR

Score

04:57

Time

Ron Duguay (5)

Don Awrey (5)

6-2 NYR

Score

08:28

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	07:22	Mike McEwen – tripping (2 min)
	09:12	Greg Joly – slashing (2 min)
	15:05	Rick Vasko – holding (2 min)
	15:18	Reed Larson – roughing (2 min)
	15:18	Eddie Johnstone – roughing (2 min)
	15:18	Eddie Johnstone – roughing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	02:04	Dave Farrish – tripping (2 min)
	07:37	Andre St. Laurent – roughing (2 min)
	07:37	Greg Polis – roughing (2 min)
	12:47	Perry Miller – high-sticking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:33	Don Awrey – hooking (2 min)
	05:38	Dennis Hextall – roughing (2 min)
	05:38	Don Murdoch – roughing (2 min)
	13:03	Terry Harper – slashing (2 min)
	13:03	Terry Harper – fighting (5 min)
	13:03	Rick Vasko – fighting (5 min)
	13:03	Don Murdoch – fighting (5 min)
	13:03	Steve Vickers – slashing (2 min)
	13:03	Steve Vickers – fighting (5 min)
	16:12	Dennis Hextall – roughing (2 min)
	16:12	Dennis Hextall – fighting (5 min)
	16:12	Wayne Dillon – roughing (2 min)
	16:12	Wayne Dillon – fighting (5 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	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
6	Don Awrey	D	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	1	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	3	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	1	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	2	2	3	2	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%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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				31	33	2	1	1	0	.939	0.00	0:00
33	Doug Soetaert						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

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	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
3	Perry Miller	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Rick Vasko	D	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Dan Maloney	L	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
8	Dennis Polonich	C	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
10	Dale McCourt	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Paul Woods	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Andre St. Laurent	C	1	0	1	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
19	Dennis Hull	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Vaclav Nedomansky	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
22	Dennis Hextall	C	0	1	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	Bill Lochead	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
24	Greg Joly	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
25	Larry Wright	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
26	Al Cameron	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
28	Reed Larson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	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
30	Ron Low	★	L				22	28	6	5	1	0	.786	0.00	0:00

NYR

DET

Game Stats

6	Goals	2
28	Shots	33
14.3% (1/7)	Power Play	33.3% (1/3)
33	Penalty Minutes	31
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	0	0	2	2
	4	0	2	6

Season Series: 2-1-1

DET 3

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreNOV 12

DET 5

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreDEC 15

DET 2

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreDEC 18

DET 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreMAR 1

As of December 18, 1977

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 166-213-85-2
At NYR: 105-77-50-0

Last 10 vs DET

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