NHL game summary from October 12, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (3-1-0)	4	3	3	10
Minnesota North Stars (1-3-0)	2	2	0	4

1:	NYR,	Pat Hickey 1 (Carol Vadnais, Ken Hodge), 1:12
	MIN,	Bill Hogaboam 1 (Steve Jensen, Glen Sharpley), 1:37
	NYR,	Ken Hodge 3 (Ron Greschner, Dave Farrish), 5:15
	NYR,	Greg Polis 2 (Mike McEwen, Walt Tkaczuk), 6:02
	MIN,	Roland Eriksson 1 (Fred Barrett, Steve Jensen), 12:14
	NYR,	Ken Hodge 4 (Pat Hickey, Phil Esposito), 13:10
2:	NYR,	Don Murdoch 4 (Dan Newman, Pete Stemkowski), 8:23
	MIN,	Glen Sharpley 1 (Steve Jensen, Bill Hogaboam), 9:46
	MIN,	Tim Young 5 (Pierre Jarry, Dean Talafous), 11:31 - PP
	NYR,	Don Murdoch 5 (Walt Tkaczuk, Greg Polis), 12:31
	NYR,	Don Murdoch 6 (Carol Vadnais, Ken Hodge), 19:50 - PP
3:	NYR,	Rod Gilbert 1 (Pete Stemkowski, Dan Newman), 11:28
	NYR,	Don Murdoch 7 (Walt Tkaczuk, Greg Polis), 17:32
	NYR,	Don Murdoch 8, 19:55

Penalties:

1:	Greg Polis, NYR [Hooking] 1:44
	Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Hooking] 6:39
	Lou Nanne, MIN [Hi-sticking] 7:52
	Tim Young, MIN [Hooking] 14:26
	Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Fighting, Game misconduct] 18:25
	Wayne Dillon, NYR [Fighting, Game misconduct, Gross misconduct] 18:25
	Tom Younghans, MIN [Interference] 18:25
	Rod Gilbert, NYR [Roughing] 18:25
2:	Pat Hickey, NYR [Tripping] 10:06
	Tim Young, MIN [Hooking] 18:06
	Rod Gilbert, NYR [Cross checking, Roughing] 18:53
	Tom Younghans, MIN [Roughing] 18:53
3:	Dave Farrish, NYR [Tripping] 6:51
	Carol Vadnais, NYR [Boarding] 14:48

Penalty time: NYR: 39 minutes MIN: 27 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	1	1	2	3	1
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	1	1	0	2	2
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	2	2	2	0	2
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	1	0	1	6	0	3
Wayne Dillon	9	C	0	0	0	25	0	0
Don Murdoch	14	RW	5	0	5	0	3	10
Pat Hickey	16	LW	1	1	2	2	4	3
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	3	3	0	1	4
Mark Heaslip	19	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Greg Polis	20	RW	1	2	3	2	1	2
Pete Stemkowski	21	C	0	2	2	0	1	1
Dan Newman	24	RW	0	2	2	0	1	2
Nick Beverley	25	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	0	1	3
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	1	1	0	4	1
Gilles Gratton	33	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	1	1	0	4	9
Ken Hodge	88	RW	2	2	4	0	4	4
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							30	49
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					30	49

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dwight Bialowas	2	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	1	1	0	-3	0
Dennis O'Brien	5	D	0	0	0	17	0	0
Doug Hicks	6	D	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Glen Sharpley	7	C	1	1	2	0	1	4
Bill Goldsworthy	8	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Alex Pirus	10	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Steve Jensen	12	LW	0	3	3	0	2	4
Ernie Hicke	14	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Dean Talafous	15	C	0	1	1	0	-5	1
Pierre Jarry	16	LW	0	1	1	0	-4	1
Tim Young	17	C	1	0	1	4	-5	3
Tom Reid	20	D	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Bill Hogaboam	21	C	1	1	2	0	-1	3
Roland Eriksson	22	C	1	0	1	0	-1	2
Lou Nanne	23	D	0	0	0	2	-3	1
Tom Younghans	29	RW	0	0	0	4	-1	0
Gary Smith	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-30	29
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-30	29

Shots: NYR: 23-14-12-49 MIN: 13-10- 6-29 Goalies: NYR: Gilles Gratton (W, 3-0-0) MIN: Gary Smith (L, 1-2-0) Referee: Alf Lejeune Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 6,378

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