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VAN

TD GARDEN

3FINAL6

February 15, 1978

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Sheldon Kannegiesser (1)

Bob Manno (7), Jere Gillis (12)

1-0 VAN

Score

15:06

Time

2nd Period

Ron Greschner (14) (pp)

Carol Vadnais (34)

1-1 Tied

Score

04:03

Time

Walt Tkaczuk (24)

Steve Vickers (30), Don Murdoch (22)

2-1 NYR

Score

06:55

Time

Pat Hickey (30)

Mike McEwen (9)

3-1 NYR

Score

11:24

Time

Phil Esposito (21) (pp)

Ron Greschner (27)

4-1 NYR

Score

13:36

Time

3rd Period

Dan Newman (3)

Ron Greschner (28), Mark Heaslip (2)

5-1 NYR

Score

15:48

Time

Dennis Ververgaert (13)

Ron Sedlbauer (6), Don Lever (21)

5-2 NYR

Score

16:30

Time

Chris Oddleifson (15)

Hilliard Graves (18), Dennis Kearns (35)

5-3 NYR

Score

17:22

Time

Mark Heaslip (1) (EN)

Phil Esposito (34)

6-3 NYR

Score

19:20

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	06:48	Ron Duguay – holding (2 min)
	08:52	Ron Greschner – slashing (2 min)
	17:46	Sheldon Kannegiesser – holding (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:14	Harold Snepsts – tripping (2 min)
	13:02	Chris Oddleifson – holding (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:45	Ron Greschner – tripping (2 min)
	09:21	Ron Duguay – holding (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	1	2	3	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Don Awrey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
15	Dallas Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
19	Mark Heaslip	R	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
0	John Davidson	★	W				14	17	3	3	0	0	.824	0.00	0:00
1	Wayne Thomas						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

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	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Sheldon Kannegiesser	D	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Rick Blight	R	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
9	Don Lever	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Dennis Ververgaert	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Rob Flockhart	R	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
14	Chris Oddleifson	C	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
15	Hilliard Graves	R	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Brad Gassoff	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Ron Sedlbauer	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Claire Alexander	D	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
21	Jere Gillis	L	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Bob Manno	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
27	Harold Snepsts	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
29	Jack McIlhargey	D	0	0	0	0	0	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	★	L				17	22	5	3	2	0	.773	0.00	0:00
35	Curt Ridley						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

VAN

Game Stats

6	Goals	3
23	Shots	17
66.7% (2/3)	Power Play	0.0% (0/4)
8	Penalty Minutes	6
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

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 February 15, 1978

All-Time vs VAN

Overall: 30-11-2-0
At NYR: 16-5-1-0

Last 10 vs VAN

Overall: 7-3-0
At NYR: 6-3-1-0