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Wednesday, December 20, 1972 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Canucks 3 at Sabres 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 82OVR Jim Lorentz Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG C 78OVR Hugh Harris Sabres Second Star 2G · 7 SOG RC D 62OVR Larry Hillman Sabres Third Star 3A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 14:15 Rick Martin (22) PPG Larry Hillman (14), Jim Lorentz (21) VAN 0 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:51 Rick Martin (23) PPG Gilbert Perreault (29), Larry Hillman (15) VAN 0 – 2 BUF
  2. 7:28 Jim Lorentz (12) Larry Hillman (16), Don Luce (8) VAN 0 – 3 BUF
  3. 8:40 Rich Lemieux (5) Andre Boudrias (14) VAN 1 – 3 BUF
  4. 15:15 Gerry O'Flaherty (7) Bobby Schmautz (12), John Wright (14) VAN 2 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 5:45 Gerry Meehan (19) Tracy Pratt (5) VAN 2 – 4 BUF
  2. 6:06 Hugh Harris (5) Unassisted VAN 2 – 5 BUF
  3. 11:29 Don Tannahill (9) Bobby Schmautz (13), Gregg Boddy (8) VAN 3 – 5 BUF
  4. 14:21 Hugh Harris (6) Jim Lorentz (22), Mike Robitaille (8) VAN 3 – 6 BUF

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bobby Schmautz R 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.70
Don Tannahill L 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Rich Lemieux C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Andre Boudrias L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Gerry O'Flaherty L 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Gregg Boddy D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
John Wright C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Bobby Lalonde C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Dale Tallon D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Jim Hargreaves D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Dave Balon L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Barry Wilkins D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.00
Dennis Kearns D 0 0 4 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.15
Orland Kurtenbach C 0 0 5 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.22
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Don Lever C 0 0 2 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.45
Bryan McSheffrey R 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bruce Bullock L 30 24 6 .800 60:00 -2.10

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jim Lorentz C 1 2 1 0 0 +4 0:00 2.68
Hugh Harris C 2 0 7 0 0 +2 0:00 2.33
Larry Hillman D 0 3 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.95
Rick Martin L 2 0 6 0 0 -2 0:00 1.65
Gerry Meehan C 1 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.28
Tracy Pratt D 0 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.15
Don Luce C 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Mike Robitaille D 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.48
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Larry Mickey R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Randy Wyrozub C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Paul Terbenche D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Steve Atkinson R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Butch Deadmarsh L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Rene Robert R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier W 29 26 3 .897 60:00 0.35