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Wednesday, December 1, 1976 · Pacific Coliseum

Red Wings 5 at Canucks 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 50OVR Bobby Sheehan Red Wings First Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG C 47OVR J.P. Leblanc Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG C 84OVR Walt McKechnie Red Wings Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:09 Rick Blight (13) Don Lever (6), Mike Walton (19) DET 0 – 1 VAN
  2. 1:58 Walt McKechnie (10) Dennis Polonich (13), Dan Maloney (9) DET 1 – 1 VAN
  3. 9:38 Bobby Sheehan (2) Buster Harvey (4), J.P. Leblanc (5) DET 2 – 1 VAN

2nd Period

  1. 11:54 Dennis Kearns (1) Chris Oddleifson (8), Dennis Ververgaert (6) DET 2 – 2 VAN

3rd Period

  1. 3:32 J.P. Leblanc (4) Bobby Sheehan (1), Buster Harvey (5) DET 3 – 2 VAN
  2. 14:57 Michel Bergeron (11) PPG Walt McKechnie (14), Dan Maloney (10) DET 4 – 2 VAN
  3. 18:05 Rick Wilson (1) Dennis Hextall (13), Dennis Polonich (14) DET 5 – 2 VAN

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bobby Sheehan C 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
J.P. Leblanc C 1 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Walt McKechnie C 1 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.60
Dennis Polonich C 0 2 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.55
Buster Harvey R 0 2 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.55
Dan Maloney L 0 2 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.48
Michel Bergeron R 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Rick Wilson D 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.83
Dennis Hextall C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Terry Harper D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Jim Nahrgang D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Rick Lapointe D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Nick Libett L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bill Lochead L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Al Cameron D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Mike Bloom L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Greg Joly D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford W 22 20 2 .909 60:00 0.50

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Rick Blight R 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Dennis Kearns D 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Dennis Ververgaert R 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Chris Oddleifson C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Don Lever C 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Mike Walton C 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.32
Garry Monahan L 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Bob Dailey D 0 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.08
Mike Robitaille D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Gerry O'Flaherty L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dave Fortier D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Grisdale D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Gould R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Andy Spruce L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bobby Lalonde C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Curt Ridley L 24 19 5 .792 60:00 -1.85