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Tuesday, October 12, 1976 · Metropolitan Sports Center

Rangers 10 at North Stars 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 96OVR Don Murdoch Rangers First Star 5G · 10 SOG RC R 81OVR Ken Hodge Rangers Second Star 2G · 2A · 4 SOG L 79OVR Steve Jensen North Stars Third Star 3A · 4 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:12 Pat Hickey (1) Carol Vadnais (4), Ken Hodge (3) NYR 1 – 0 MNS
  2. 1:37 Bill Hogaboam (1) Glen Sharpley (1), Steve Jensen (1) NYR 1 – 1 MNS
  3. 5:15 Ken Hodge (3) Ron Greschner (1), Dave Farrish (3) NYR 2 – 1 MNS
  4. 6:02 Greg Polis (2) Mike McEwen (2), Walt Tkaczuk (2) NYR 3 – 1 MNS
  5. 12:14 Roland Eriksson (1) Fred Barrett (1), Steve Jensen (2) NYR 3 – 2 MNS
  6. 13:10 Ken Hodge (4) Pat Hickey (1), Phil Esposito (3) NYR 4 – 2 MNS

2nd Period

  1. 8:23 Don Murdoch (4) Dan Newman (1), Pete Stemkowski (1) NYR 5 – 2 MNS
  2. 9:46 Glen Sharpley (1) Steve Jensen (3), Bill Hogaboam (1) NYR 5 – 3 MNS
  3. 11:31 Tim Young (5) PPG Pierre Jarry (4), Dean Talafous (1) NYR 5 – 4 MNS
  4. 12:31 Don Murdoch (5) Walt Tkaczuk (3), Greg Polis (2) NYR 6 – 4 MNS
  5. 19:50 Don Murdoch (6) Carol Vadnais (5), Ken Hodge (4) NYR 7 – 4 MNS

3rd Period

  1. 11:28 Rod Gilbert (1) Pete Stemkowski (2), Dan Newman (2) NYR 8 – 4 MNS
  2. 17:32 Don Murdoch (7) Walt Tkaczuk (4), Greg Polis (3) NYR 9 – 4 MNS
  3. 19:55 Don Murdoch (8) Unassisted NYR 10 – 4 MNS

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Don Murdoch R 5 0 10 0 0 +3 0:00 4.95
Ken Hodge R 2 2 4 0 0 +4 0:00 3.65
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 3 4 0 0 +1 0:00 2.33
Greg Polis R 1 2 2 0 0 +1 0:00 2.15
Pat Hickey L 1 1 3 0 0 +4 0:00 2.05
Phil Esposito C 0 1 9 0 0 +4 0:00 1.90
Dan Newman R 0 2 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.55
Pete Stemkowski C 0 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.48
Mike McEwen D 0 1 1 0 0 +4 0:00 1.30
Carol Vadnais D 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.25
Ron Greschner D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Dave Farrish D 0 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.00
Rod Gilbert R 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.53
Dave Maloney D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Mark Heaslip R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Nick Beverley D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Wayne Dillon C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -1.88
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Gratton W 29 25 4 .862 60:00 -0.50

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Steve Jensen L 0 3 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.48
Glen Sharpley C 1 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.83
Bill Hogaboam C 1 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.45
Roland Eriksson C 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Fred Barrett D 0 1 0 0 0 -3 0:00 0.18
Pierre Jarry L 0 1 1 0 0 -4 0:00 0.10
Bill Goldsworthy R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Alex Pirus R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Dean Talafous C 0 1 1 0 0 -5 0:00 -0.05
Ernie Hicke L 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Tim Young C 1 0 3 0 0 -5 0:00 -0.08
Doug Hicks D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Dwight Bialowas D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Tom Reid D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Tom Younghans R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Lou Nanne D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.52
Dennis O'Brien D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -1.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Smith L 49 39 10 .796 60:00 -3.60