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CLE

TD GARDEN

1FINAL6

March 8, 1978

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Pat Hickey (36)

Unassisted

1-0 NYR

Score

08:41

Time

2nd Period

Dan Newman (4)

Mark Heaslip (5), Ron Greschner (33)

2-0 NYR

Score

17:16

Time

3rd Period

Ron Duguay (14)

Carol Vadnais (37), Wayne Dillon (6)

3-0 NYR

Score

06:22

Time

John Baby (1)

Chuck Arnason (17), Dave Gardner (25)

3-1 NYR

Score

08:24

Time

Don Murdoch (23) (pp)

Phil Esposito (35), Mike McEwen (12)

4-1 NYR

Score

12:24

Time

Don Murdoch (24)

Walt Tkaczuk (29)

5-1 NYR

Score

13:31

Time

Don Murdoch (25)

Phil Esposito (36)

6-1 NYR

Score

19:41

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:53	Pat Hickey – cross-checking (2 min)
	10:44	Bob Stewart – hooking (2 min)
	12:58	Randy Holt – roughing (2 min)
	12:58	Randy Holt – roughing (2 min)
	12:58	Phil Esposito – roughing (2 min)
	12:58	Dan Newman – roughing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:54	Ron Greschner – hooking (2 min)
	05:12	Randy Holt – holding (2 min)
	05:50	Ron Greschner – cross-checking (2 min)
	07:53	J.P. Parise – high-sticking (2 min)
	07:53	Carol Vadnais – high-sticking (2 min)
	10:21	Jean Potvin – holding (2 min)
	13:03	Ron Duguay – holding (2 min)
	14:04	John Baby – tripping (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	10:32	Team – too-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
	13:45	Steve Vickers – tripping (2 min)
	17:03	Greg Smith – fighting (5 min)
	17:03	Phil Esposito – holding (2 min)
	17:03	Nick Fotiu – elbowing (2 min)
	17:03	Nick Fotiu – 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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
6	Don Awrey	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
19	Mark Heaslip	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	2	2	1	4	0	1	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				17	18	1	1	0	0	.944	0.00	0:00
1	Wayne Thomas						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	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	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Bob Stewart	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Greg Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
6	Jean Potvin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Dave Gardner	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Walt McKechnie	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
10	Rick Shinske	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
12	Mike Fidler	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Rick Jodzio	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	John Baby	D	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Bob Murdoch	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
21	Dennis Maruk	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	J.P. Parise	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
24	Kris Manery	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
25	Al MacAdam	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
26	Chuck Arnason	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
28	Randy Holt	D	0	0	0	-2	6	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						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
27	Gilles Meloche	★	L				27	33	6	5	1	0	.818	0.00	0:00

NYR

CLE

Game Stats

6	Goals	1
33	Shots	18
14.3% (1/7)	Power Play	0.0% (0/6)
25	Penalty Minutes	19
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

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 March 8, 1978

All-Time vs CLE

Overall: 6-1-1-0
At NYR: 4-0-0

Last 10 vs CLE

Overall: 6-1-1-0
At NYR: 4-0-0