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Wednesday, December 6, 1961 · Madison Square Garden III

Blackhawks 8 at Rangers 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 76OVR Bill Hay Blackhawks First Star 4A · 5 SOG L 78OVR Ab McDonald Blackhawks Second Star 3G · 5 SOG R 62OVR Eric Nesterenko Blackhawks Third Star 2G · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 6:53 Murray Balfour (6) Pierre Pilote (5), Bill Hay (13) CHI 1 – 0 NYR
  2. 17:08 Eric Nesterenko (4) Bronco Horvath (9) CHI 2 – 0 NYR
  3. 19:51 Ab McDonald (5) PPG Bill Hay (14) CHI 3 – 0 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 13:59 Ab McDonald (6) PPG Bronco Horvath (10), Bill Hay (15) CHI 4 – 0 NYR
  2. 14:48 Ab McDonald (7) Stan Mikita (14), Moose Vasko (7) CHI 5 – 0 NYR
  3. 15:06 Bobby Hull (10) Murray Balfour (4), Bill Hay (16) CHI 6 – 0 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 2:22 Andy Bathgate (11) PPG Unassisted CHI 6 – 1 NYR
  2. 4:27 Eric Nesterenko (5) Unassisted CHI 7 – 1 NYR
  3. 10:26 Jean-Guy Gendron (8) Al Langlois (5), Jean Ratelle (8) CHI 7 – 2 NYR
  4. 10:43 Gerry Melnyk (3) Ron Murphy (7) CHI 8 – 2 NYR
  5. 16:23 Jean-Guy Gendron (9) Ken Schinkel (8), Harry Howell (9) CHI 8 – 3 NYR

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bill Hay C 0 4 5 0 0 +2 0:00 3.18
Ab McDonald L 3 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 2.78
Eric Nesterenko R 2 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.88
Murray Balfour R 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.68
Bronco Horvath C 0 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.48
Bobby Hull L 1 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.28
Stan Mikita C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Gerry Melnyk C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Ron Murphy L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Moose Vasko D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Pierre Pilote D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.48
Jack Evans D 0 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 0.37
Dollard St. Laurent D 0 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 0.37
Kenny Wharram R 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Reg Fleming D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bob Turner D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Hall W 30 27 3 .900 60:00 0.45

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jean-Guy Gendron L 2 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.80
Andy Bathgate R 1 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.98
Jean Ratelle C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Ken Schinkel R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Al Langlois D 0 1 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.48
Harry Howell D 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.40
Larry Cahan D 0 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.23
Dean Prentice L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Irv Spencer D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Pat Hannigan L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Earl Ingarfield C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Camille Henry C 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Vic Hadfield L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Andy Hebenton R 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Ted Hampson C 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Doug Harvey D 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gump Worsley L 28 20 8 .714 60:00 -4.00