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Sunday, February 5, 1978 · Madison Square Garden

Rockies 3 at Rangers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 93OVR Walt Tkaczuk Rangers First Star 2G · 2A · 4 SOG L 91OVR Pat Hickey Rangers Second Star 1G · 2A · 7 SOG D 97OVR Ron Greschner Rangers Third Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:37 Phil Esposito (19) PPG Ron Greschner (24), Carol Vadnais (31) CLR 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 15:34 Gary Croteau (13) PPG Wilf Paiement (35), Barry Beck (27) CLR 1 – 1 NYR
  3. 19:21 Pat Hickey (28) Walt Tkaczuk (22), Ron Greschner (25) CLR 1 – 2 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 13:46 Ralph Klassen (3) PPG Wilf Paiement (36), John Van Boxmeer (30) CLR 2 – 2 NYR
  2. 16:17 Walt Tkaczuk (21) Pat Hickey (17) CLR 2 – 3 NYR
  3. 18:02 Gary Croteau (14) Wilf Paiement (37), Barry Beck (28) CLR 3 – 3 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 9:19 Ron Greschner (11) PPG Walt Tkaczuk (23), Carol Vadnais (32) CLR 3 – 4 NYR
  2. 12:43 Walt Tkaczuk (22) Pat Hickey (18) CLR 3 – 5 NYR
  3. 19:18 Carol Vadnais (5) SHG Unassisted CLR 3 – 6 NYR

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Wilf Paiement R 0 3 2 0 0 -2 0:00 1.58
Gary Croteau R 2 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 1.50
Barry Beck D 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.40
John Van Boxmeer D 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Ralph Klassen C 1 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.45
Nelson Pyatt C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Dave Hudson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Joe Contini C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bob Neely R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Fred Ahern Jr R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Ron Delorme C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bryan Lefley D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Roger Lemelin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ron Andruff C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Andy Spruce L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Dennis Owchar D 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Mike Christie D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Plasse L 38 33 5 .868 60:00 -0.45

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Walt Tkaczuk C 2 2 4 0 0 +4 0:00 3.65
Pat Hickey L 1 2 7 0 0 +3 0:00 2.98
Ron Greschner D 1 2 5 0 0 +1 0:00 2.53
Carol Vadnais D 1 2 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.53
Phil Esposito C 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Steve Vickers L 0 0 3 0 0 +3 0:00 0.68
Dave Farrish D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Don Awrey D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Mark Heaslip R 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Dan Newman R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dallas Smith D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike McEwen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jerry Byers L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ron Duguay C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Wayne Thomas W 19 16 3 .842 60:00 -0.65