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New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden

5 FINAL 4

December 23, 1977

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
	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
—	—	No penalties taken

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty
	01:28	Kris Manery – tripping (2 min)

Skaters
#	Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	HITS	PPG	S	FO%	TOI	BLK	SHIFT	GV	TK
4	R. Greschner	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
5	C. Vadnais	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
6	D. Awrey	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
8	S. Vickers	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
9	W. Dillon	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
10	R. Duguay	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
14	D. Murdoch	R	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
15	D. Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
16	P. Hickey	L	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
17	E. Johnstone	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
18	W. Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
20	G. Polis	R	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
22	N. Fotiu	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
23	L. DeBlois	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
26	D. Maloney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
27	M. McEwen	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
77	P. Esposito	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0

Goalies
#	Player			SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	W. Thomas			0	0	0	0/0/0	0/0/0	0/0/0	0.000	0.00	00:00
33	D. Soetaert	x	W	22	22	4	4/0/0	0/0/0	0/0/0	0.846	4.00	60:00

Skaters
#	Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	HITS	PPG	S	FO%	TOI	BLK	SHIFT	GV	TK
2	R. Hampton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
3	M. Christie	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
4	R. Stewart	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
5	G. Smith	D	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	3	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
7	D. Gardner	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
8	W. McKechnie	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
12	M. Fidler	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
14	M. Crombeen	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
15	J. Neilson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
16	F. Ahern Jr	R	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	1	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
20	R. Murdoch	R	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	2	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
21	D. Maruk	C	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
22	R. Shinske	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
23	K. Kuzyk	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
24	K. Manery	R	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	4	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
25	R. MacAdam	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0
28	R. Holt	D	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0.00%	00:00	0	0	0	0

Goalies
#	Player			SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	G. Edwards	x	L	18	18	5	5/0/0	0/0/0	0/0/0	0.783	5.00	60:00
27	G. Meloche			0	0	0	0/0/0	0/0/0	0/0/0	0.000	0.00	00:00

NYR

CLE

Game Stats

5	Goals	4
23	Shots	26
7	Penalty Minutes	9
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Give Aways	0
0	Take Aways	0

Goals by Period

	1st	2nd	3rd	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