Top Cheddar 2026-27

Thursday, December 16, 1976 · Detroit Olympia

Canucks 3 at Red Wings 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 84OVR Walt McKechnie Red Wings First Star 2G · 2A · 4 SOG R 53OVR Michel Bergeron Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG D 73OVR Jim Nahrgang Red Wings Third Star 1A · 4 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:35 Dan Maloney (12) Dennis Hextall (17), Bill Lochead (4) VAN 0 – 1 DET
  2. 6:31 Chris Oddleifson (8) Hilliard Graves (9) VAN 1 – 1 DET
  3. 14:31 Mike Bloom (4) Jean Hamel (4), Michel Bergeron (7) VAN 1 – 2 DET
  4. 18:45 Dennis Polonich (8) Walt McKechnie (17) VAN 1 – 3 DET

2nd Period

  1. 9:32 Don Lever (11) Rick Blight (12), Mike Walton (24) VAN 2 – 3 DET
  2. 13:12 Gerry O'Flaherty (4) Ron Sedlbauer (4), Dennis Kearns (16) VAN 3 – 3 DET
  3. 13:25 Michel Bergeron (12) Bobby Sheehan (2), Terry Harper (5) VAN 3 – 4 DET
  4. 17:50 Walt McKechnie (11) PPG Jim Nahrgang (1), Nick Libett (10) VAN 3 – 5 DET

3rd Period

  1. 5:47 Buster Harvey (8) Walt McKechnie (18) VAN 3 – 6 DET
  2. 6:42 Walt McKechnie (12) Unassisted VAN 3 – 7 DET

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Rick Blight R 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Don Lever C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Chris Oddleifson C 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Mike Walton C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Hilliard Graves R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Gerry O'Flaherty L 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.53
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 0.52
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 1 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.33
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 1 0 0 -3 0:00 0.25
Garry Monahan L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Mike Robitaille D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Dennis Ververgaert R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bobby Lalonde C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jim Wiley C 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Dave Fortier D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Andy Spruce L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.60
Larry Carriere D 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bruce Bullock — 13 10 3 .769 26:35 -1.25
Curt Ridley L 21 17 4 .810 33:25 -1.30

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Walt McKechnie C 2 2 4 0 0 +3 0:00 3.50
Michel Bergeron R 1 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.45
Jim Nahrgang D 0 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.23
Nick Libett L 0 1 2 0 0 +3 0:00 1.22
Buster Harvey R 1 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.13
Mike Bloom L 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Bobby Sheehan C 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Jean Hamel D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.85
Dan Maloney L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Dennis Hextall C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Bill Lochead L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Terry Harper D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Greg Joly D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Al Cameron D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
J.P. Leblanc C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rick Lapointe D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dennis Polonich C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.07
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford W 28 25 3 .893 60:00 0.25