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Wednesday, November 8, 1978 · Detroit Olympia

Canucks 6 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 83OVR Thomas Gradin Canucks First Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG RC L 73OVR Nick Libett Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG R 66OVR Dennis Ververgaert Flyers Third Star 2G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:22 Thomas Gradin (7) Harold Snepsts (7), Chris Oddleifson (5) VAN 1 – 0 DET
  2. 6:38 Thomas Gradin (8) Rick Blight (1) VAN 2 – 0 DET
  3. 9:01 Nick Libett (2) SHG Andre St. Laurent (5), Terry Harper (2) VAN 2 – 1 DET
  4. 11:34 Errol Thompson (6) Roland Cloutier (4), Fern LeBlanc (5) VAN 2 – 2 DET
  5. 12:59 Andre St. Laurent (1) Unassisted VAN 2 – 3 DET
  6. 16:43 Dennis Ververgaert (3) PPG Curt Fraser (4), Lars Lindgren (4) VAN 3 – 3 DET

2nd Period

  1. 4:25 Jere Gillis (3) Chris Oddleifson (6), Thomas Gradin (8) VAN 4 – 3 DET
  2. 6:26 Dennis Ververgaert (4) Pit Martin (6) VAN 5 – 3 DET
  3. 8:57 Vaclav Nedomansky (7) Dennis Hextall (6), Nick Libett (4) VAN 5 – 4 DET

3rd Period

  1. 18:03 Ron Sedlbauer (8) Roland Eriksson (8), Hilliard Graves (5) VAN 6 – 4 DET

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Thomas Gradin C 2 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 2.58
Dennis Ververgaert R 2 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.80
Chris Oddleifson C 0 2 0 0 0 0 0:00 1.25
Jere Gillis L 1 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.20
Curt Fraser L 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Ron Sedlbauer L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Rick Blight R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Lars Lindgren D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Roland Eriksson C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Harold Snepsts D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Pit Martin C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Hilliard Graves R 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Lars Zetterstrom D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Don Lever C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dennis Kearns D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
John Grisdale D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Bromley W 27 23 4 .852 60:00 -0.70

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nick Libett L 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Andre St. Laurent C 1 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.45
Vaclav Nedomansky C 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Errol Thompson L 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Roland Cloutier C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Fern LeBlanc C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Dennis Hextall C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Terry Harper D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Willie Huber D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
David Hanson D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Bill Lochead L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Thommie Bergman D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Reed Larson D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Dale McCourt C 0 0 4 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.15
Perry Miller D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.22
Paul Woods C 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon L 17 11 6 .647 60:00 -3.40