NHL game summary from December 17, 1972

Team	1	2	3	F
Pittsburgh Penguins (15-13-3)	0	0	1	1
New York Rangers (20-10-3)	3	3	3	9

1:	NYR,	Gene Carr 4 (Ron Harris, Walt Tkaczuk), 1:24
	NYR,	Gene Carr 5 (Bill Fairbairn, Ron Harris), 15:17
	NYR,	Bruce MacGregor 5 (Ted Irvine, Rod Seiling), 19:27
2:	NYR,	Jean Ratelle 14 (Rod Seiling, Rod Gilbert), :18
	NYR,	Walt Tkaczuk 10 (Bill Fairbairn), 16:19 - SH
	NYR,	Pete Stemkowski 7 (Bruce MacGregor, Ted Irvine), 17:14
3:	NYR,	Gene Carr 6 (Ab DeMarco), 5:15
	PIT,	Darryl Edestrand 5 (Jack Lynch, Syl Apps), 10:45 - PP
	NYR,	Jean Ratelle 15 (Vic Hadfield, Ab DeMarco), 17:47
	NYR,	Dale Rolfe 3 (Pete Stemkowski, Bruce MacGregor), 18:24

Penalties:

1:	Rod Gilbert, NYR [Roughing] 15:38
	Eddie Shack, PIT [Roughing] 15:38
	Vic Hadfield, NYR [Hi-sticking] 16:10
2:	Jack Lynch, PIT [Delay of game] 5:14
	Ab DeMarco, NYR [Holding] 9:31
	Ted Irvine, NYR [Charging] 14:49
	Ab DeMarco, NYR [Tripping] 17:54
	Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hooking] 18:16
3:	Robin Burns, PIT [Tripping] 2:55
	Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Roughing] 5:15
	Darryl Edestrand, PIT [Roughing] 5:15
	Vic Hadfield, NYR [Tripping] 7:55
	Ab DeMarco, NYR [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 10:07
	Bryan Hextall, PIT [Hi-sticking, Roughing, Slashing] 10:07
	Rod Seiling, NYR [Holding] 10:39

Penalty time: PIT: 14 minutes NYR: 22 minutes

PIT Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Duane Rupp	2	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Jack Lynch	3	D	0	1	1	2	-3	4
Dave Burrows	4	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Bryan Watson	5	D	0	0	0	0	-5	0
Bryan Hextall	7	C	0	0	0	6	-3	3
Al McDonough	9	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Robin Burns	10	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Nick Harbaruk	11	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Ken Schinkel	12	RW	0	0	0	0	-5	2
Rick Kessell	14	C	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Ron Schock	17	C	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Lowell MacDonald	18	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	5
Greg Polis	22	RW	0	0	0	0	-6	1
Eddie Shack	23	LW	0	0	0	2	-3	3
Darryl Edestrand	25	D	1	0	1	2	-7	4
Syl Apps	26	C	0	1	1	0	-2	2
Denis Herron	29	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-45	34
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-45	34

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ron Harris	3	D	0	2	2	0	3	4
Dale Rolfe	5	D	1	0	1	0	3	3
Glen Sather	6	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	0	1	1	2	2	2
Gene Carr	9	C	3	0	3	0	3	3
Bill Fairbairn	10	RW	0	2	2	0	4	1
Vic Hadfield	11	LW	0	1	1	4	2	4
Bruce MacGregor	12	C	1	2	3	0	3	1
Rod Seiling	16	D	0	2	2	2	6	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	1	2	4	4	4
Jean Ratelle	19	C	2	0	2	0	2	4
Pete Stemkowski	21	C	1	1	2	0	3	3
Bobby Rousseau	22	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ab Demarco	24	D	0	2	2	8	6	3
Larry Sacharuk	26	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Irvine	27	LW	0	2	2	2	3	1
Gilles Villemure	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							44	33
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)					44	33

Shots: PIT: 11-14- 9-34 NYR: 10- 8-15-33 Goalies: PIT: Denis Herron (L, 6-7-1) NYR: Gilles Villemure (W, 10-4-2) Referee: Peter Moffatt Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Jim Christison Attendance: 17,500

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