All NHL game summaries from December 16, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
Boston Bruins (17-8-5)	1	1	3	5
Buffalo Sabres (20-8-3)	1	0	0	1

1:	BUF,	Danny Gare 17 (Craig Ramsay, John Van Boxmeer), 4:46 - PP
	BOS,	Terry O'Reilly 8 (Peter McNab, Ray Bourque), 8:30
2:	BOS,	Terry O'Reilly 9 (Al Secord, Mike Milbury), 16:29
3:	BOS,	Jean Ratelle 13 (Rick Middleton, Dick Redmond), 5:58 - PP
	BOS,	Rick Middleton 12, 14:30
	BOS,	Stan Jonathan 5 (Terry O'Reilly, Dwight Foster), 18:40

Penalties:

1:	Tom Songin, BOS [Slashing] 3:56
	Derek Smith, BUF [Holding] 11:53
	Dick Redmond, BOS [Holding] 14:30
	Rick Dudley, BUF [Hooking] 19:32
2:	Jerry Korab, BUF [Fighting] 2:11
	Don Luce, BUF [Roughing] 2:11
	Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing] 2:11
	Al Secord, BOS [Roughing, Fighting] 2:11
	Bob Miller, BOS [Fighting] 4:31
	Ric Seiling, BUF [Fighting] 4:31
	Tom Songin, BOS [Hooking] 7:49
	Larry Playfair, BUF [Cross checking] 14:07
	Bench penalty, BOS [Too many men on the ice] 18:07
3:	Larry Playfair, BUF [Roughing, Slashing] 1:37
	Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing, Slashing] 1:37
	Bill Hajt, BUF [Holding] 4:56
	Rick Martin, BUF [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Misconduct] 4:56
	Tom Songin, BOS [Slashing] 7:56
	Jerry Korab, BUF [Roughing] 13:57
	Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing] 13:57
	Brad McCrimmon, BOS [Hi-sticking] 14:47
	Ray Bourque, BOS [Fighting] 18:15
	Ric Seiling, BUF [Fighting] 18:15

Penalty time: BOS: 37 minutes BUF: 43 minutes

BOS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gilles Gilbert	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Redmond	6	D	0	1	1	2	2	1
Ray Bourque	7	D	0	1	1	5	2	3
Peter McNab	8	C	0	1	1	0	2	2
Jean Ratelle	10	C	1	0	1	0	1	2
Bob Miller	14	C	0	0	0	5	0	1
Rick Middleton	16	RW	1	1	2	0	1	4
Stan Jonathan	17	LW	1	0	1	0	1	2
John Wensink	18	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Lalonde	19	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Al Secord	20	LW	0	1	1	7	2	2
Rick Smith	23	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry O'Reilly	24	RW	2	1	3	8	3	3
Gary Doak	25	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Milbury	26	D	0	1	1	0	2	1
Dwight Foster	27	RW	0	1	1	0	1	0
Tom Songin	28	RW	0	0	0	6	0	3
Brad McCrimmon	29	D	0	0	0	2	2	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							19	25
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					19	25

BUF Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Richie Dunn	3	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Jerry Korab	4	D	0	0	0	7	-2	1
John Van Boxmeer	5	D	0	1	1	0	-2	3
Jim Schoenfeld	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
Rick Martin	7	LW	0	0	0	12	-2	3
Tony McKegney	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Rick Dudley	9	LW	0	0	0	2	-2	2
Craig Ramsay	10	LW	0	1	1	0	0	2
Gilbert Perreault	11	C	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Ric Seiling	16	RW	0	0	0	10	0	2
John Gould	17	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Gare	18	RW	1	0	1	0	-2	4
Derek Smith	19	C	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Don Luce	20	C	0	0	0	2	0	0
Lindy Ruff	22	LW	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Bill Hajt	24	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Larry Playfair	27	D	0	0	0	6	0	0
Bob Sauve	28	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-19	27
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-19	27

Shots: BOS: 13- 3- 9-25 BUF: 7-15- 5-27 Goalies: BOS: Gilles Gilbert (W, 12-4-1) BUF: Bob Sauve (L, 9-4-2) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Paul Flaherty Attendance: 16,433

Team	1	2	3	F
Detroit Red Wings (9-13-7)	0	1	2	3
Chicago Blackhawks (10-11-10)	1	4	2	7

1:	CHI,	Grant Mulvey 13 (Rich Preston, Doug Wilson), 3:22 - PP
2:	CHI,	Cliff Koroll 2 (John Marks, Tim Higgins), 2:36
	CHI,	Darryl Sutter 1 (Reg Kerr, Doug Lecuyer), 3:36
	CHI,	Grant Mulvey 14 (Greg Fox, Terry Ruskowski), 10:39
	CHI,	Cliff Koroll 3 (John Marks, Keith Brown), 11:36
	DET,	Errol Thompson 13 (Mike Foligno, Vaclav Nedomansky), 12:52 - PP
3:	CHI,	Terry Ruskowski 7 (Grant Mulvey, Greg Fox), 1:01
	DET,	Errol Thompson 14 (Mike Foligno, Jim Korn), 1:51
	DET,	Errol Thompson 15 (Mike Foligno), 2:08
	CHI,	Reg Kerr 6 (Doug Wilson), 10:39

Penalties:

1:	Greg Joly, DET [Hooking] 1:39
	Mike Foligno, DET [Fighting] 10:16
	Ted Bulley, CHI [Roughing, Fighting] 10:16
	Mike O'Connell, CHI [Cross checking] 12:47
	Greg Joly, DET [Tripping] 14:36
	Doug Lecuyer, CHI [Slashing] 18:08
2:	Jean Hamel, DET [Fighting] 2:17
	Terry Ruskowski, CHI [Fighting] 2:17
	Glenn Hicks, DET [Elbowing] 5:05
	Pat Ribble, CHI [Holding] 12:44
	Jim Korn, DET [Roughing] 15:11
	Grant Mulvey, CHI [Roughing double minor] 15:11
3:	Darryl Sutter, CHI [Slashing] 6:51
	Errol Thompson, DET [Slashing] 6:51
	Terry Ruskowski, CHI [Fighting] 7:49
	Reed Larson, DET [Fighting] 7:49
	Greg Fox, CHI [Fighting] 8:33
	Mike Foligno, DET [Fighting] 8:33

Penalty time: DET: 30 minutes CHI: 34 minutes

DET Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Barry Long	2	D	0	0	0	0	-5	1
Jean Hamel	5	D	0	0	0	5	-1	0
Willie Huber	7	D	0	0	0	0	2	1
Dale McCourt	10	C	0	0	0	0	-3	0
Pete Mahovlich	11	C	0	0	0	0	1	4
Errol Thompson	12	LW	3	0	3	2	1	3
Dennis Sobchuk	14	C	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Paul Woods	15	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Mike Foligno	17	RW	0	3	3	10	1	3
Dan Bolduc	19	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Vaclav Nedomansky	20	C	0	1	1	0	-3	1
Dan Labraaten	21	LW	0	0	0	0	-3	0
Bill Hogaboam	22	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Glenn Hicks	23	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Greg Joly	24	D	0	0	0	4	-2	0
Jim Korn	26	D	0	1	1	2	2	1
Reed Larson	28	D	0	0	0	5	-4	3
Rogie Vachon	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-20	23
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-20	23

CHI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Pat Ribble	5	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Doug Lecuyer	7	LW	0	1	1	2	1	1
Terry Ruskowski	8	C	1	1	2	10	2	2
Reg Kerr	10	C	1	1	2	0	2	2
John Marks	11	RW	0	2	2	0	1	0
Tom Lysiak	12	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Mike O'Connell	14	D	0	0	0	2	3	2
Tim Higgins	15	RW	0	1	1	0	1	1
Rich Preston	16	RW	0	1	1	0	3	4
Alain Daigle	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	5
Greg Fox	18	D	0	2	2	5	2	0
Cliff Koroll	20	RW	2	0	2	0	1	3
Grant Mulvey	22	RW	2	1	3	4	3	2
Doug Wilson	24	D	0	2	2	0	2	4
Keith Brown	25	D	0	1	1	0	1	2
Darryl Sutter	27	C	1	0	1	2	1	1
Ted Bulley	29	LW	0	0	0	7	-1	3
Tony Esposito	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							20	34
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					20	34

Shots: DET: 7- 6-10-23 CHI: 7-14-13-34 Goalies: DET: Rogie Vachon (L, 5-9-4) CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 9-8-8) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 9,237

Team	1	2	3	F
Winnipeg Jets (11-17-4)	1	0	3	4
Edmonton Oilers (7-15-7)	0	1	2	3

1:	WIN,	Jude Drouin 5 (Peter Marsh, Craig Norwich), 5:45 - PP
2:	EDM,	Blair MacDonald 20 (Wayne Gretzky), 8:10
3:	WIN,	Peter Marsh 9 (Ron Wilson, Morris Lukowich), 3:53 - PP
	EDM,	Wayne Gretzky 13 (Mark Messier, Blair MacDonald), 6:36
	EDM,	Brett Callighen 9 (Ron Chipperfield), 9:53
	WIN,	Ron Wilson 10 (Craig Norwich, Peter Marsh), 16:26
	WIN,	Morris Lukowich 13 (Peter Marsh), 19:12

Penalties:

1:	Scott Campbell, WIN [Tripping] 1:37
	Lee Fogolin, EDM [Charging] 3:56
	Lyle Moffat, WIN [Interference] 6:18
	Dave Lumley, EDM [Hi-sticking] 7:45
	Bill Lesuk, WIN [Hi-sticking] 7:45
	Dave Lumley, EDM [Slashing] 17:54
	Doug Hicks, EDM [Fighting] 18:25
	Dave Hunter, EDM [Hi-sticking] 18:25
	Morris Lukowich, WIN [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 18:25
2:	Brett Callighen, EDM [Charging] 13:37
3:	Dave Lumley, EDM [Slashing] 2:42
	Scott Campbell, WIN [Roughing] 7:43
	Pat Price, EDM [Slashing] 7:43
	Barry Melrose, WIN [Hi-sticking] 11:08
	Mark Messier, EDM [Slashing] 11:08
	Pat Price, EDM [Fighting] 13:00
	Scott Campbell, WIN [Fighting] 13:00

Penalty time: WIN: 22 minutes EDM: 26 minutes

WIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ross Cory	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg	4	D	0	0	0	0	-3	6
Craig Norwich	5	D	0	2	2	0	0	3
Barry Melrose	6	D	0	0	0	2	0	2
Scott Campbell	7	D	0	0	0	9	-1	1
Jimmy Mann	8	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morris Lukowich	12	LW	1	1	2	7	1	1
Peter Marsh	14	RW	1	3	4	0	1	4
Bill Lesuk	17	RW	0	0	0	2	0	2
Bobby Guindon	18	C	0	0	0	0	0	4
Bill Riley	19	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willy Lindstrom	20	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	6
Lyle Moffat	22	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ron Wilson	24	C	1	1	2	0	1	4
Jude Drouin	25	C	1	0	1	0	-2	3
Al Cameron	26	D	0	0	0	0	2	0
Lorne Stamler	27	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Lindsay Middlebrook	33	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-5	37
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-5	37

EDM Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Lee Fogolin	2	D	0	0	0	2	1	0
Kevin Lowe	4	D	0	0	0	0	1	5
Doug Hicks	5	D	0	0	0	5	-1	3
Ron Chipperfield	7	C	0	1	1	0	1	2
Risto Siltanen	8	D	0	0	0	0	-2	5
Kari Makkonen	9	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Messier	11	C	0	1	1	2	1	2
Dave Hunter	12	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Blair MacDonald	14	RW	1	1	2	0	1	2
Alec Tidey	15	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Schmautz	16	RW	0	0	0	0	1	2
Brett Callighen	18	C	1	0	1	2	1	1
Dave Lumley	20	RW	0	0	0	6	-1	1
Stan Weir	21	C	0	0	0	0	-1	5
Pat Price	26	D	0	0	0	7	3	0
Dave Semenko	27	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Mio	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Gretzky	99	C	1	1	2	0	1	4
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							5	34
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					5	34

Shots: WIN: 10-13-14-37 EDM: 10-11-13-34 Goalies: WIN: Lindsay Middlebrook (W, 1-1-0) EDM: Eddie Mio (L, 5-8-4) Referee: Alf Lejeune Linesmen: Wayne Forsey, Swede Knox Attendance: 15,423

Team	1	2	3	F
Philadelphia Flyers (20-1-8)	1	0	0	1
New York Rangers (14-14-5)	1	0	0	1

1:	PHI,	Bill Barber 16, 9:15 - SH
	NYR,	Steve Vickers 13 (Ulf Nilsson, Dave Maloney), 14:44 - PP
2:	no scoring
3:	no scoring

Penalties:

1:	Mario Marois, NYR [Hooking] 0:54
	Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing] 2:36
	Ron Duguay, NYR [Roughing] 2:36
	Behn Wilson, PHI [Hooking] 4:24
	Ed Johnstone, NYR [Fighting] 8:32
	Norm Barnes, PHI [Fighting] 8:32
	Behn Wilson, PHI [Fighting] 8:32
	Barry Beck, NYR [Fighting double major] 8:32
	Mario Marois, NYR [Roughing] 8:32
	Bob Kelly, PHI [Roughing] 8:32
	Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing, Fighting] 8:32
	Mario Marois, NYR [Elbowing] 11:31
	Al Hill, PHI [Holding] 13:28
2:	Don Murdoch, NYR [Holding] 7:44
	Andre Dupont, PHI [Holding] 12:32
	Norm Barnes, PHI [Hi-sticking] 13:39
	Phil Esposito, NYR [Hi-sticking] 13:39
3:	Dave Maloney, NYR [Elbowing] 1:20
	Bob Dailey, PHI [Slashing] 5:57
	Andre Dupont, PHI [Roughing double minor] 8:02
	Don Maloney, NYR [Roughing double minor] 8:02

Penalty time: PHI: 37 minutes NYR: 33 minutes

PHI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bob Dailey	2	D	0	0	0	2	0	6
Behn Wilson	3	D	0	0	0	7	0	4
Andre Dupont	6	D	0	0	0	8	0	0
Bill Barber	7	LW	1	0	1	0	1	4
Bob Kelly	9	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1
Mel Bridgman	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	4
Dennis Ververgaert	11	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Linseman	14	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Al Hill	15	LW	0	0	0	2	0	2
Bobby Clarke	16	C	0	0	0	0	1	4
Paul Holmgren	17	RW	0	0	0	9	0	0
Rick MacLeish	19	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Watson	20	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Norm Barnes	25	D	0	0	0	7	0	1
Brian Propp	26	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Reggie Leach	27	RW	0	0	0	0	0	6
Mike Busniuk	28	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Myre	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							3	38
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					3	38

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Barry Beck	3	D	0	0	0	10	0	4
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	0	-1	4
Steve Vickers	8	LW	1	0	1	0	0	1
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Don Maloney	12	LW	0	0	0	4	0	3
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	6
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	5	0	2
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	0	0	4
Dean Talafous	19	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Beaton	21	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Hospodar	23	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	6	0	2
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	1	1	2	0	0
Steve Baker	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	0	0	2	0	5
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-4	35
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-4	35

Shots: PHI: 21- 7-10-38 NYR: 13- 9-13-35 Goalies: PHI: Phil Myre (T, 9-1-5) NYR: Steve Baker (T, 3-1-4) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Foyt Attendance: 17,404

Team	1	2	3	F
Pittsburgh Penguins (11-9-9)	0	1	0	1
Quebec Nordiques (12-15-5)	3	0	1	4

1:	QUE,	Rich Leduc 11 (Marc Tardif, Real Cloutier), 1:51 - PP
	QUE,	Marc Tardif 9 (Real Cloutier, Wally Weir), 15:32
	QUE,	Marc Tardif 10 (Roland Cloutier, Dale Hoganson), 15:59
2:	PIT,	Bob Stewart 2 (Nick Libett, George Ferguson), 11:39
3:	QUE,	Reg Thomas 2 (Robbie Ftorek), 3:39

Penalties:

1:	Gregg Sheppard, PIT [Hooking] 1:26
2:	Gerry Hart, QUE [Tripping] 13:04
3:	Paul Baxter, QUE [Cross checking] 14:27

Penalty time: PIT: 2 minutes QUE: 4 minutes

PIT Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Rob Holland	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Bladon	2	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Stackhouse	3	D	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Mario Faubert	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Russ Anderson	7	D	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Bob Stewart	8	D	1	0	1	0	1	5
Peter Lee	10	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
George Ferguson	11	C	0	1	1	0	1	2
Greg Malone	12	C	0	0	0	0	-3	2
Nick Libett	14	LW	0	1	1	0	1	3
Gary McAdam	16	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Rick Kehoe	17	RW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Ross Lonsberry	18	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gregg Sheppard	19	C	0	0	0	2	1	0
Rod Schutt	23	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Pat Hughes	24	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	4
Randy Carlyle	25	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Orest Kindrachuk	26	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-10	33
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-10	33

QUE Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Wally Weir	2	D	0	1	1	0	2	3
Paul Baxter	4	D	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Garry Lariviere	5	D	0	0	0	0	1	2
Gerry Hart	6	D	0	0	0	2	1	0
Robbie Ftorek	7	C	0	1	1	0	0	2
Marc Tardif	8	LW	2	1	3	0	2	7
Real Cloutier	9	RW	0	2	2	0	2	3
Rich Leduc	10	C	1	0	1	0	0	5
Jamie Hislop	11	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Fitchner	12	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Plante	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Michel Goulet	16	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Reg Thomas	22	C	1	0	1	0	0	3
Roland Cloutier	23	C	0	1	1	0	2	3
Pierre Lacroix	26	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Blair Stewart	28	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Michel Dion	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Hoganson	33	D	0	1	1	0	2	2
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							10	41
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					10	41

Shots: PIT: 8-14-11-33 QUE: 14-13-14-41 Goalies: PIT: Rob Holland (L, 8-9-5) QUE: Michel Dion (W, 9-6-3) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Jim Christison Attendance: 10,279

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