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DET

TD GARDEN

2FINAL4

December 22, 1978

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Dennis Polonich (4)

Perry Miller (2), Thommie Bergman (11)

1-0 DET

Score

06:16

Time

Pat Hickey (15) (pp)

Carol Vadnais (16), Anders Hedberg (19)

1-1 Tied

Score

09:49

Time

Pat Hickey (16)

Dave Maloney (6)

2-1 NYR

Score

16:19

Time

Dan Bolduc (5)

Vaclav Nedomansky (17), Reed Larson (18)

2-2 Tied

Score

18:51

Time

Phil Esposito (16) (pp)

Ron Greschner (24), Pat Hickey (18)

3-2 NYR

Score

19:55

Time

3rd Period

Phil Esposito (17) (EN)

Ron Duguay (17), Mario Marois (6)

4-2 NYR

Score

19:21

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:48	Mario Marois – slashing (2 min)
	04:14	Reed Larson – fighting (5 min)
	04:14	Dave Maloney – fighting (5 min)
	09:15	Thommie Bergman – holding (2 min)
	10:41	Thommie Bergman – holding (2 min)
	11:32	Willie Huber – high-sticking (2 min)
	11:32	Willie Huber – fighting (5 min)
	11:32	Steve Vickers – high-sticking (2 min)
	11:32	Steve Vickers – fighting (5 min)
	15:17	Perry Miller – roughing (2 min)
	15:17	Ron Duguay – cross-checking (2 min)
	15:17	Ron Duguay – roughing (2 min)
	18:13	Dan Labraaten – tripping (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:59	Lucien DeBlois – slashing (2 min)
	15:42	Dave Farrish – slashing (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:14	Mike McEwen – hooking (2 min)
	08:02	Dennis Polonich – hooking (2 min)
	19:46	Dennis Polonich – fighting (5 min)
	19:46	Mario Marois – 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	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	2	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
24	Pierre Plante	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
25	Mario Marois	D	0	1	1	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	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	★	W				17	19	2	2	0	0	.895	0.00	0:00

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	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Thommie Bergman	D	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Willie Huber	D	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
8	Dennis Polonich	C	1	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
11	John Taft	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
12	Errol Thompson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Paul Woods	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Andre St. Laurent	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
17	Robert Plumb	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Fern LeBlanc	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Dan Bolduc	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
20	Vaclav Nedomansky	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
21	Dan Labraaten	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Bill Lochead	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
28	Reed Larson	D	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
29	John Hilworth	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	★	L				29	32	3	1	2	0	.906	0.00	0:00

NYR

DET

Game Stats

4	Goals	2
33	Shots	19
33.3% (2/6)	Power Play	0.0% (0/5)
29	Penalty Minutes	27
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

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 22, 1978

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 168-214-87-2
At NYR: 107-77-51-0

Last 10 vs DET

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