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NYR

TD GARDEN

5FINAL4

January 17, 1978

VAN

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Don Murdoch (15)

Steve Vickers (26)

1-0 NYR

Score

00:11

Time

Mike Walton (20) (pp)

Jere Gillis (10), Rick Blight (25)

1-1 Tied

Score

07:41

Time

Harold Snepsts (3)

Hilliard Graves (12), Ralph Stewart (3)

2-1 VAN

Score

17:23

Time

2nd Period

Ralph Stewart (2)

Bob Manno (6)

3-1 VAN

Score

06:41

Time

Ron Duguay (8)

Pat Hickey (13)

3-2 VAN

Score

14:15

Time

3rd Period

Don Murdoch (16)

Dallas Smith (2)

3-3 Tied

Score

01:14

Time

Ron Greschner (8)

Unassisted

4-3 NYR

Score

04:32

Time

Ron Greschner (9)

Unassisted

5-3 NYR

Score

13:57

Time

Chris Oddleifson (11)

Dennis Kearns (24), Dennis Ververgaert (23)

5-4 NYR

Score

16:56

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	07:00	Pat Hickey – tripping (2 min)
	17:32	Ron Greschner – slashing (2 min)
	17:32	Pit Martin – slashing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	11:49	Jack McIlhargey – holding (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	11:42	Lucien DeBlois – fighting (5 min)
	11:42	Brad Gassoff – fighting (5 min)

VAN – 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	Mike Walton	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
6	Dennis Kearns	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Pit Martin	C	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
8	Rick Blight	R	0	1	1	-5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
10	Dennis Ververgaert	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
14	Chris Oddleifson	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Hilliard Graves	R	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Brad Gassoff	L	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	John Grisdale	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
21	Jere Gillis	L	0	1	1	-4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
22	Bob Manno	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
23	Gerry O'Flaherty	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Garry Monahan	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Ralph Stewart	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
27	Harold Snepsts	D	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
28	Larry Goodenough	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
29	Jack McIlhargey	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

VAN – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	Cesare Maniago						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
35	Curt Ridley	★	L				21	26	5	5	0	0	.808	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
4	Ron Greschner	D	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Don Awrey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	4	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	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
15	Dallas Smith	D	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	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%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
0	John Davidson	★	W				27	31	4	3	1	0	.871	0.00	0:00
1	Wayne Thomas						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

VAN

NYR

Game Stats

4	Goals	5
31	Shots	26
50.0% (1/2)	Power Play	0.0% (0/1)
9	Penalty Minutes	9
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 4-1-0

VAN 3

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreOCT 12

VAN 1

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreNOV 4

VAN 3

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreNOV 20

VAN 4

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreJAN 17

VAN 3

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreFEB 15

As of January 17, 1978

All-Time vs VAN

Overall: 29-11-2-0
At VAN: 15-5-1-0

Last 10 vs VAN

Overall: 7-3-0
At VAN: 5-4-1-0