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Sunday, January 2, 1977 · Detroit Olympia

Rockies 6 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 93OVR Paul Gardner Rockies First Star 2G · 2A · 5 SOG RC R 59OVR Buster Harvey Red Wings Second Star 2G · 8 SOG C 60OVR Dennis Hextall Red Wings Third Star 3A · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:55 Buster Harvey (10) Bill Lochead (6), Dennis Hextall (22) CLR 0 – 1 DET
  2. 12:20 Gary Croteau (12) Tom Edur (14) CLR 1 – 1 DET
  3. 15:32 Paul Gardner (11) Guy Delparte (8), Wilf Paiement (18) CLR 2 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 2:36 Bill Lochead (9) Dennis Hextall (23) CLR 2 – 2 DET
  2. 6:17 Wilf Paiement (17) PPG Paul Gardner (11), John Van Boxmeer (6) CLR 3 – 2 DET
  3. 14:11 Wilf Paiement (18) PPG Paul Gardner (12), Bryan Lefley (5) CLR 4 – 2 DET
  4. 18:16 Nelson Pyatt (14) SHG Simon Nolet (10), John Van Boxmeer (7) CLR 5 – 2 DET

3rd Period

  1. 1:08 Buster Harvey (11) PPG Greg Joly (5), Nick Libett (16) CLR 5 – 3 DET
  2. 2:30 Dennis Polonich (11) Dennis Hextall (24), Greg Joly (6) CLR 5 – 4 DET
  3. 9:50 Paul Gardner (12) Gary Croteau (14), Tracy Pratt (5) CLR 6 – 4 DET

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Paul Gardner C 2 2 5 0 0 +1 0:00 3.28
Wilf Paiement R 2 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.98
Gary Croteau R 1 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
John Van Boxmeer D 0 2 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.55
Nelson Pyatt C 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Tom Edur D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Tracy Pratt D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Simon Nolet R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Guy Delparte R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Bryan Lefley D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.32
Chuck Arnason R 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Dave Hudson C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Mike Kitchen D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Ron Andruff C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Sean Shanahan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Barry Dean L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Jim McElmury D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Doug Favell W 36 32 4 .889 60:00 0.20

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Buster Harvey R 2 0 8 0 0 +1 0:00 2.25
Dennis Hextall C 0 3 0 0 0 +1 0:00 2.03
Bill Lochead L 1 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Dennis Polonich C 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Greg Joly D 0 2 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.95
Nick Libett L 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Walt McKechnie C 0 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.23
J.P. Leblanc C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bobby Sheehan C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Rick Wilson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Al Cameron D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Michel Bergeron R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Mike Bloom L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jean Hamel D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Rick Lapointe D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Jim Nahrgang D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford L 16 11 5 .688 40:00 -2.65
Ed Giacomin — 8 7 1 .875 20:00 -0.05