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NYR

TD GARDEN

4FINAL5

December 9, 1978

DET

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Pat Hickey (13)

Ulf Nilsson (17), Anders Hedberg (17)

1-0 NYR

Score

00:54

Time

Ron Greschner (9) (pp)

Ron Duguay (14), Dean Talafous (7)

2-0 NYR

Score

10:56

Time

Ron Duguay (8)

Dave Farrish (6), Nick Fotiu (2)

3-0 NYR

Score

14:12

Time

Bill Lochead (3)

Dennis Polonich (1)

3-1 NYR

Score

15:28

Time

2nd Period

Dale McCourt (11) (pp)

Vaclav Nedomansky (12), Reed Larson (13)

3-2 NYR

Score

07:13

Time

Thommie Bergman (5)

John Taft (1), Nick Libett (10)

3-3 Tied

Score

13:01

Time

3rd Period

Dan Bolduc (1)

Andre St. Laurent (10), John Taft (2)

4-3 DET

Score

00:42

Time

Walt Tkaczuk (5)

Ron Greschner (18), Steve Vickers (12)

4-4 Tied

Score

10:46

Time

Dan Bolduc (2)

Nick Libett (11)

5-4 DET

Score

16:46

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:29	Ulf Nilsson – tripping (2 min)
	07:19	Dennis Polonich – fighting (5 min)
	07:19	Mario Marois – fighting (5 min)
	09:59	John Taft – tripping (2 min)
	20:00	Andre St. Laurent – roughing (2 min)
	20:00	Mario Marois – roughing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:46	Dave Maloney – interference (2 min)
	06:17	Dave Farrish – hooking (2 min)
	08:28	Errol Thompson – high-sticking (2 min)
	08:28	John Davidson – roughing (2 min)
	17:24	Ron Greschner – tripping (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	10:31	Andre St. Laurent – roughing (2 min)
	10:31	Pat Hickey – roughing (2 min)

DET – 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	Perry Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
4	Thommie Bergman	D	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
7	Willie Huber	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Dennis Polonich	C	0	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Dale McCourt	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
11	John Taft	D	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
12	Errol Thompson	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
15	Paul Woods	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Andre St. Laurent	C	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Mal Davis	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Dan Bolduc	R	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Vaclav Nedomansky	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
21	Dan Labraaten	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Bill Lochead	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
28	Reed Larson	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
29	John Hilworth	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

DET – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Jim Rutherford						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
30	Rogie Vachon	★	W				26	30	4	3	1	0	.867	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
3	Dave Farrish	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
6	Mike Korney	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	-1	2	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	2	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
30	John Davidson	★	L				30	35	5	4	1	0	.857	0.00	0:00

DET

NYR

Game Stats

5	Goals	4
35	Shots	30
25.0% (1/4)	Power Play	25.0% (1/4)
13	Penalty Minutes	17
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	3	0	1	4
	1	2	2	5

Season Series: 1-1-2

DET 3

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreOCT 18

DET 2

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreOCT 19

DET 5

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 9

DET 2

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 22

As of December 9, 1978

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 167-214-87-2
At DET: 106-77-51-0

Last 10 vs DET

Overall: 5-2-3-0
At DET: 6-2-2-0