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Wednesday, March 9, 1977 · Madison Square Garden

North Stars 4 at Rangers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 85OVR Carol Vadnais Rangers First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG R 50OVR Bill Goldsworthy Rangers Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG L 80OVR Steve Vickers Rangers Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:58 Wayne Dillon (15) Steve Vickers (30), Bill Goldsworthy (12) MNS 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 10:59 Glen Sharpley (23) SHG Unassisted MNS 1 – 1 NYR
  3. 12:50 Rod Gilbert (24) Wayne Dillon (25), Carol Vadnais (35) MNS 1 – 2 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 7:24 Ernie Hicke (26) Jerry Engele (6), Bill Hogaboam (15) MNS 2 – 2 NYR
  2. 13:04 Steve Jensen (19) Roland Eriksson (37), Alex Pirus (13) MNS 3 – 2 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 3:33 Carol Vadnais (9) Walt Tkaczuk (34) MNS 3 – 3 NYR
  2. 4:25 Bill Goldsworthy (11) Walt Tkaczuk (35), Greg Polis (20) MNS 3 – 4 NYR
  3. 10:06 Phil Esposito (32) Ken Hodge (34), Dave Maloney (12) MNS 3 – 5 NYR
  4. 10:28 Tim Young (25) Bill Fairbairn (17) MNS 4 – 5 NYR
  5. 10:38 Steve Vickers (19) Rod Gilbert (45), Dave Maloney (13) MNS 4 – 6 NYR

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ernie Hicke L 1 0 4 0 1.05
Bill Fairbairn R 0 1 4 0 0.93
Jerry Engele D 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Steve Jensen L 1 0 4 -1 0.90
Alex Pirus R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Glen Sharpley C 1 0 1 0 0.68
Tim Young C 1 0 2 -2 0.60
Bill Hogaboam C 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Roland Eriksson C 0 1 2 -1 0.48
Nick Beverley D 0 0 0 +3 0.45
Jim Roberts R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Rich Nantais L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dean Talafous C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Tom Younghans R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Tom Reid D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Doug Hicks D 0 0 4 -4 -0.30
Lou Nanne D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Pete Lopresti L 40 34 6 .850 60:00 -1.10

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Carol Vadnais D 1 1 4 +2 1.98
Bill Goldsworthy R 1 1 1 +3 1.90
Steve Vickers L 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Wayne Dillon C 1 1 4 0 1.68
Dave Maloney D 0 2 1 +3 1.63
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Rod Gilbert R 1 1 2 -1 1.38
Greg Polis R 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Phil Esposito C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Ken Hodge R 0 1 2 0 0.78
Dave Farrish D 0 0 8 0 0.60
Mike McEwen D 0 0 3 +2 0.52
Pat Hickey L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Pete Stemkowski C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dan Newman R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ron Greschner D 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dave Tataryn W 28 24 4 .857 60:00 -0.60