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Friday, December 31, 1971 · Detroit Olympia

Golden Seals 3 at Red Wings 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 95OVR Marcel Dionne Red Wings First Star 3A · 4 SOG RC R 93OVR Mickey Redmond Red Wings Second Star 2G · 3 SOG R 49OVR Tommy Williams Golden Seals Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:31 Tommy Williams (3) Wayne Carleton (7), Ernie Hicke (8) CGS 1 – 0 DET
  2. 10:17 Larry Johnston (2) Bill Collins (11), Marcel Dionne (19) CGS 1 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 6:07 Nick Libett (12) Marcel Dionne (20), Bill Collins (12) CGS 1 – 2 DET
  2. 12:28 Mickey Redmond (17) PPG Unassisted CGS 1 – 3 DET
  3. 15:52 Alex Delvecchio (7) PPG Al Karlander (7), Ron Stackhouse (13) CGS 1 – 4 DET

3rd Period

  1. 2:05 Doug Volmar (6) Red Berenson (22), Tim Ecclestone (16) CGS 1 – 5 DET
  2. 4:56 Bobby Sheehan (17) Marshall Johnston (4), Dick Redmond (15) CGS 2 – 5 DET
  3. 6:20 Mickey Redmond (18) PPG Al Karlander (8), Marcel Dionne (21) CGS 2 – 6 DET
  4. 12:22 Ernie Hicke (9) Tommy Williams (9), Wayne Carleton (8) CGS 3 – 6 DET

California Golden Seals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Tommy Williams R 1 1 3 +1 1.75
Ernie Hicke L 1 1 2 +1 1.53
Wayne Carleton L 0 2 2 +1 1.40
Dick Redmond D 0 1 4 0 0.93
Bobby Sheehan C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Marshall Johnston D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Bert Marshall D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Craig Patrick R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Joey Johnston L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Norm Ferguson R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Gary Croteau R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ivan Boldirev C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Paul Shmyr D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Gerry Pinder L 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Stan Gilbertson L 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Walt McKechnie C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 2 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Lyle Carter — 6 5 1 .833 15:34 -0.25
Gilles Meloche L 18 13 5 .722 44:26 -2.45

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Marcel Dionne C 0 3 4 +2 2.48
Mickey Redmond R 2 0 3 +1 1.88
Bill Collins R 0 2 0 +1 1.40
Nick Libett L 1 0 4 +2 1.35
Larry Johnston D 1 0 1 +2 1.13
Al Karlander C 0 2 0 0 1.10
Alex Delvecchio C 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Doug Volmar R 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Red Berenson C 0 1 3 0 0.85
Tim Ecclestone L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Ron Stackhouse D 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Gary Bergman D 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Guy Charron C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Arnie Brown D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Ron Harris D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Danny Johnson C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Leon Rochefort R 0 0 2 -3 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Al Smith W 28 25 3 .893 60:00 0.25