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Team123F
Buffalo Sabres (5-16-5) 0 1 2 3
Detroit Red Wings (10-13-4) 1 3 1 5

1: DET,Frank Mahovlich 11 (Alex Delvecchio, Tom Webster), 5:09
2: BUF,Eddie Shack 5 (Dick Duff), :41
DET,Alex Delvecchio 12 (Tom Webster), 5:05 - PP
DET,Gary Bergman 4 (Bruce MacGregor, Frank Mahovlich), 9:54
DET,Garry Unger 5 (Nick Libett), 12:27
3: BUF,Floyd Smith 1, 1:45
BUF,Ron Anderson 3 (Phil Goyette), 15:25
DET,Billy Dea 6 (Don Luce, Rene Leclerc), 17:42
Penalties:

1: Gary Bergman, DET [Hooking] 6:35
2: Jean-Guy Talbot, BUF [Tripping] 4:23
Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Roughing] 8:26
Gerry Hart, DET [Roughing] 8:26
Tracy Pratt, BUF [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 10:39
Serge Lajeunesse, DET [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 10:39
Tom Webster, DET [Tripping] 13:56
3: none
Penalty time: BUF: 11 minutes DET: 13 minutes
BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Roger Crozier 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Watson 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tracy Pratt 3 D 0 0 0 7 0 2
Doug Barrie 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Hamilton 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Reg Fleming 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Phil Goyette 10 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Skip Krake 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Meehan 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ron Anderson 16 RW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Floyd Smith 17 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Kevin O'Shea 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Duff 20 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Paul Andrea 21 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Don Marshall 22 LW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Eddie Shack 23 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 5
Jean-Guy Talbot 24 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Larry Keenan 26 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dave Dryden 28 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (13 forwards, 5 defensemen)-441
TOTAL   (13 forwards, 5 defensemen)-441

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don McLeod 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Bergman 2 D 1 0 1 2 0 2
Larry Brown 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Serge Lajeunesse 5 D 0 0 0 7 1 0
Garry Unger 7 C 1 0 1 0 0 2
Tom Webster 8 RW 0 2 2 2 0 0
Alex Delvecchio 10 C 1 1 2 0 -1 4
Don Luce 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Bruce MacGregor 12 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Rene Leclerc 15 RW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Ron Harris 16 D 0 0 0 0 0 6
Wayne Connelly 17 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Gerry Hart 18 D 0 0 0 2 1 2
Hank Monteith 19 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Dea 21 LW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Frank Mahovlich 27 LW 1 1 2 0 1 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)430
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)430
Shots: BUF: 19- 9-13-41 DET: 6-17- 7-30 Goalies: BUF: Roger Crozier (L, 5-12-4),
Dave Dryden DET: Don McLeod (W, 3-1-0) Referee: John Ashley Linesmen: Ron Ego, Leon Stickle Attendance: 12,470



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (8-13-4) 0 0 1 1
Montreal Canadiens (14-10-4) 0 6 2 8

1: no scoring
2: MTL,Pete Mahovlich 14 (J.C. Tremblay, Guy Lapointe), :31 - PP
MTL,Leon Rochefort 3 (Bill Collins, Terry Harper), 10:00 - SH
MTL,Ralph Backstrom 1 (Leon Rochefort), 10:25
MTL,John Ferguson 3 (Ralph Backstrom, Yvan Cournoyer), 14:56
MTL,John Ferguson 4 (Ralph Backstrom, Terry Harper), 18:14
MTL,Henri Richard 4 (Jacques Lemaire, Terry Harper), 19:34
3: MTL,Henri Richard 5 (Guy Lapointe), 3:06 - PP
MTL,Bill Collins 2 (Marc Tardif, Leon Rochefort), 5:08
LA ,Juha Widing 6 (Mike Byers), 11:13
Penalties:

1: Pierre Bouchard, MTL [Broken stick] 4:29
John Ferguson, MTL [Hi-sticking] 8:32
Larry Mickey, LA [Elbowing, Roughing] 18:22
Rejean Houle, MTL [Roughing] 18:22
2: Serge Savard, MTL [Holding] 8:12
Guy Lapointe, MTL [Interference] 15:54
3: Matt Ravlich, LA [Cross checking] 0:40
Paul Curtis, LA [Holding] 2:56
Pierre Bouchard, MTL [Elbowing major] 13:26
Penalty time: LA : 8 minutes MTL: 15 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dale Hoganson 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Larry Cahan 3 D 0 0 0 0 -4 2
Gilles Marotte 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Noel Price 5 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Paul Curtis 6 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Ross Lonsberry 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 6
Gord Labossiere 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Doug Robinson 11 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Larry Mickey 12 RW 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Lucien Grenier 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Juha Widing 15 C 1 0 1 0 -3 5
Eddie Joyal 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Flett 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Berry 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Bob Pulford 20 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Matt Ravlich 21 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Mike Byers 24 RW 0 1 1 0 -3 4
Denis DeJordy 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2534
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2534

MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rogie Vachon 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.C. Tremblay 3 D 0 1 1 0 4 0
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 2 2 2 1 4
Ralph Backstrom 6 C 1 2 3 0 3 1
Bill Collins 10 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Marc Tardif 11 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Rejean Houle 14 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Claude Larose 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Henri Richard 16 C 2 0 2 0 0 7
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Terry Harper 19 D 0 3 3 0 4 2
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 1 0 1 0 0 4
Leon Rochefort 21 RW 1 2 3 0 3 1
John Ferguson 22 LW 2 0 2 2 3 2
Mickey Redmond 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Pierre Bouchard 26 D 0 0 0 7 1 2
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2435
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2435
Shots: LA : 10-10-14-34 MTL: 12-12-11-35 Goalies: LA : Denis DeJordy (L, 6-9-4) MTL: Rogie Vachon (W, 7-4-2) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Pat Shetler, Matt Pavelich Attendance: 16,649



Team123F
Boston Bruins (18-5-5) 1 0 0 1
Philadelphia Flyers (12-12-3) 0 0 0 0

1: BOS,Ken Hodge 16 (Johnny Bucyk, Phil Esposito), 15:09 - PP
2: no scoring
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Larry Hale, PHI [Hooking] 14:25
2: Bench penalty, BOS [Too many men on the ice] 5:28
Derek Sanderson, BOS [Hooking] 9:01
Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Tripping] 18:16
3: Bobby Orr, BOS [Tripping] 3:22
John McKenzie, BOS [Elbowing] 5:08
Penalty time: BOS: 8 minutes PHI: 4 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bobby Orr 4 D 0 0 0 2 0 8
Ted Green 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 7 C 0 1 1 0 0 6
Ken Hodge 8 RW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Johnny Bucyk 9 LW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Wayne Carleton 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Garnet "Ace" Bailey 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derek Sanderson 16 C 0 0 0 2 0 3
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
John McKenzie 19 RW 0 0 0 2 0 3
Dallas Smith 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 5
Danny Schock 25 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Awrey 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gerry Cheevers 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)038
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)038

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Doug Favell 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Van Impe 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Hillman 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Barry Ashbee 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Wayne Hillman 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Andre Lacroix 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lew Morrison 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jean-Guy Gendron 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Garry Peters 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Simon Nolet 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Lesuk 18 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Earl Heiskala 19 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Johnson 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Serge Bernier 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Hale 23 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 6 defensemen)033
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 6 defensemen)033
Shots: BOS: 17- 9-12-38 PHI: 10-12-11-33 Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 9-3-4) PHI: Doug Favell (L, 6-4-0) Referee: John Ashley Linesmen: John D'Amico, Rob Waddell Attendance: 14,620



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (12-11-4) 0 0 1 1
Pittsburgh Penguins (7-13-10) 0 0 0 0

1: no scoring
2: no scoring
3: MIN,Jude Drouin 8, 9:25
Penalties:

1: Barry Gibbs, MIN [Hi-sticking] 13:01
Dunc McCallum, PIT [Hi-sticking] 13:01
Ted Harris, MIN [Interference] 18:31
2: Barry Gibbs, MIN [Charging] 6:13
Dunc McCallum, PIT [Holding] 10:16
3: none
Penalty time: MIN: 6 minutes PIT: 4 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Gibbs 2 D 0 0 0 4 1 1
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ted Harris 4 D 0 0 0 2 0 3
Gary Geldart 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Danny O'Shea 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Goldsworthy 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Charlie Burns 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Murray Oliver 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tommy Williams 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Heindl 14 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Rousseau 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jude Drouin 16 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Fred "Buster" Harvey 18 RW 0 0 0 0 1 5
Danny Grant 21 LW 0 0 0 0 1 4
Cesare Maniago 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 4 defensemen)530
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 4 defensemen)530

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Duane Rupp 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Bob Woytowich 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Blackburn 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bryan Watson 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dunc McCallum 6 D 0 0 0 4 -1 0
Bryan Hextall 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Val Fonteyne 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andy Bathgate 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Keith McCreary 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Nick Harbaruk 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Schinkel 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Glen Sather 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wally Boyer 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Greg Polis 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 7
Rick Kessell 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jim Morrison 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Les Binkley 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-535
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-535
Shots: MIN: 13- 7-10-30 PIT: 15- 8-12-35 Goalies: MIN: Cesare Maniago (W, 8-4-1) PIT: Les Binkley (L, 3-7-7) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Bob Kilger Attendance: 9,031



Team123F
Chicago Blackhawks (18-5-5) 0 0 1 1
Toronto Maple Leafs (9-18-1) 1 0 1 2

1: TOR,Billy MacMillan 8 (Dave Keon), 5:14 - SH
2: no scoring
3: CHI,Bobby Hull 14 (Bryan Campbell, Bill White), 5:49
TOR,Darryl Sittler 4 (Norm Ullman), 8:34
Penalties:

1: Pit Martin, CHI [Tripping] 1:38
George Armstrong, TOR [Tripping] 3:49
Keith Magnuson, CHI [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 6:28
Brian Spencer, TOR [Roughing] 6:28
Jim Harrison, TOR [Tripping] 8:14
Bob Baun, TOR [Tripping] 10:03
Cliff Koroll, CHI [Elbowing, Fighting] 13:24
Jim Dorey, TOR [Holding, Fighting] 13:24
2: Jerry Korab, CHI [Holding] 7:00
Stan Mikita, CHI [Roughing] 10:28
Bob Baun, TOR [Roughing] 10:28
Jim McKenny, TOR [Tripping] 15:14
3: none
Penalty time: CHI: 17 minutes TOR: 19 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill White 2 D 0 1 1 0 0 3
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 0 0 4 0 2
Lou Angotti 6 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pit Martin 7 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Bobby Hull 9 LW 1 0 1 0 0 8
Dennis Hull 10 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Doug Mohns 11 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pat Stapleton 12 D 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Bryan Campbell 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Eric Nesterenko 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chico Maki 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Gerry Pinder 18 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dan Maloney 19 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 7 -1 0
Stan Mikita 21 C 0 0 0 2 -2 4
Jerry Korab 22 D 0 0 0 2 0 3
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-535
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-535

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jacques Plante 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Ley 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Pelyk 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Dorey 8 D 0 0 0 7 1 4
Norm Ullman 9 C 0 1 1 0 0 5
George Armstrong 10 RW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Jim Harrison 12 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Dave Keon 14 C 0 1 1 0 1 4
Brian Spencer 15 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jim McKenny 18 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Paul Henderson 19 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Monahan 20 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Bob Baun 21 D 0 0 0 4 2 1
Billy MacMillan 23 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Darryl Sittler 27 C 1 0 1 0 1 4
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)434
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)434
Shots: CHI: 11-11-13-35 TOR: 16-11- 7-34 Goalies: CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 12-4-4) TOR: Jacques Plante (W, 6-7-1) Referee: Art Skov Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Dave Shewchyk Attendance: 16,485



Team123F
California Golden Seals (7-19-2) 0 0 2 2
Vancouver Canucks (12-16-3) 0 2 3 5

1: no scoring
2: VAN,Orland Kurtenbach 10 (Murray Hall, Ray Cullen), 4:33 - PP
VAN,Wayne Maki 14 (Orland Kurtenbach), 7:18
3: CAL,Ernie Hicke 6 (Carol Vadnais, Ron Stackhouse), 2:42 - PP
VAN,Poul Popiel 5 (Andre Boudrias, Rosaire Paiement), 4:14
VAN,Orland Kurtenbach 11 (Wayne Maki, Rosaire Paiement), 6:03
CAL,Bill Hicke 6 (Ted Hampson, Carol Vadnais), 6:54
VAN,Orland Kurtenbach 12 (Wayne Maki, Murray Hall), 17:52
Penalties:

1: Doug Roberts, CAL [Interference] 2:24
Dick Mattiussi, CAL [Closing hand on puck] 17:52
Barry Wilkins, VAN [Tripping] 18:58
2: Doug Roberts, CAL [Tripping] 3:03
Ted Taylor, VAN [Hooking] 8:10
Pat Quinn, VAN [Roughing] 8:33
Dick Mattiussi, CAL [Tripping] 14:43
3: Barry Wilkins, VAN [Hooking] 1:55
Penalty time: CAL: 8 minutes VAN: 8 minutes
CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary Smith 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Roberts 2 D 0 0 0 4 -1 2
Wayne Muloin 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 2 2 0 -2 6
Dick Mattiussi 6 D 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Earl Ingarfield 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Gerry Ehman 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bill Hicke 9 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Ted Hampson 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Gary Jarrett 12 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Joe Hardy 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Featherstone 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Norm Ferguson 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gary Croteau 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 3
Ernie Hicke 20 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Ron Stackhouse 21 D 0 1 1 0 -2 4
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 0 0 0 -3 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1529
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1529

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Charlie Hodge 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Doak 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Pat Quinn 3 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Barry Wilkins 4 D 0 0 0 4 0 0
Darryl Sly 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Marc Reaume 6 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Andre Boudrias 7 LW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Danny Johnson 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Hatoum 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Cullen 10 C 0 1 1 0 0 5
Wayne Maki 11 LW 1 2 3 0 2 5
Mike Corrigan 12 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Jim Wiste 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 15 C 0 2 2 0 2 4
Ted Taylor 16 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Poul Popiel 18 D 1 0 1 0 1 4
Dale Tallon 19 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Murray Hall 23 RW 0 2 2 0 0 2
Orland Kurtenbach 25 C 3 1 4 0 2 5
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 7 defensemen)1536
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 7 defensemen)1536
Shots: CAL: 13- 8- 8-29 VAN: 7-16-11-34 Goalies: CAL: Gary Smith (L, 7-17-2) VAN: Charlie Hodge (W, 9-5-2) Referee: Lloyd Gilmour Linesmen: Willard Norris, George Ashley Attendance: 13,306



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