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CLE

TD GARDEN

4FINAL5

December 23, 1977

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Greg Polis (6)

Unassisted

1-0 NYR

Score

01:51

Time

Dennis Maruk (17)

Greg Smith (13)

1-1 Tied

Score

03:20

Time

Ron Duguay (6)

Greg Polis (10)

2-1 NYR

Score

08:33

Time

Don Murdoch (12)

Steve Vickers (24), Wayne Dillon (2)

3-1 NYR

Score

13:41

Time

2nd Period

Bob Murdoch (7)

Dave Gardner (7), Fred Ahern Jr (3)

3-2 NYR

Score

03:32

Time

Wayne Dillon (2)

Don Murdoch (16), Carol Vadnais (22)

4-2 NYR

Score

13:22

Time

Kris Manery (12)

Dennis Maruk (8), Mike Fidler (12)

4-3 NYR

Score

15:11

Time

3rd Period

Ken Kuzyk (3)

Randy Holt (2), Rick Shinske (5)

4-4 Tied

Score

08:20

Time

Pat Hickey (17)

Phil Esposito (25), Ron Greschner (20)

5-4 NYR

Score

10:17

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	06:26	Randy Holt – hooking (2 min)
	10:29	Ron Greschner – cross-checking (2 min)
	14:49	Greg Smith – fighting (5 min)
	14:49	Pat Hickey – fighting (5 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
No penalties recorded for this period.

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:28	Kris Manery – 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
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Don Awrey	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	1	0	1	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	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Dallas Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0/0	0.00%
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Wayne Thomas						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
33	Doug Soetaert	★	W				22	26	4	4	0	0	.846	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	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
3	Mike Christie	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Bob Stewart	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Greg Smith	D	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
7	Dave Gardner	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Walt McKechnie	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
12	Mike Fidler	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
14	Mike Crombeen	R	0	0	0	1	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	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Fred Ahern Jr	R	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
20	Bob Murdoch	R	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
21	Dennis Maruk	C	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
22	Rick Shinske	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
23	Ken Kuzyk	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
24	Kris Manery	R	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
25	Al MacAdam	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
28	Randy Holt	D	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

CLE – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Gary Edwards	★	L				18	23	5	5	0	0	.783	0.00	0:00
27	Gilles Meloche						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

CLE

Game Stats

5	Goals	4
23	Shots	26
0.0% (0/2)	Power Play	0.0% (0/1)
7	Penalty Minutes	9
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 3-1-0

CLE 0

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreOCT 25

CLE 4

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreDEC 17

CLE 4

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreDEC 23

CLE 1

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreMAR 8

As of December 23, 1977

All-Time vs CLE

Overall: 5-1-1-0
At NYR: 3-0-0

Last 10 vs CLE

Overall: 5-1-1-0
At NYR: 3-0-0