Cleveland Barons at Detroit Red Wings

Fri, Dec 31, 1976 · Detroit Olympia · 1976–77 Regular Season

Cleveland Barons

2 – 4

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Cleveland Barons 4–2 on Fri, Dec 31, 1976 at Detroit Olympia. Walt McKechnie led the way with 3 points. Jim Rutherford made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–43.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
CLE	2	26
DET	4	43

Cleveland Barons

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
9	Wayne Merrick	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3
14	Frank Spring	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3
6	Len Frig	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1
5	Greg Smith	D	1	0	1	0	2	2
8	Phil Roberto	R	0	1	1	0	0	0
10	Ralph Klassen	C	0	1	1	0	0	4
24	Brent Meeke	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
25	Al MacAdam	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2
12	Mike Fidler	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3
3	Mike Christie	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0
26	Bob Girard	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0
7	Dave Gardner	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2
4	Bob Stewart	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2
20	Bob Murdoch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2
15	Jim Neilson	D	0	0	0	0	4	0
19	Jim Moxey	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0
21	Dennis Maruk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Gary Simmons	L	43	39	4	.907	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	Walt McKechnie	C	1	2	3	+2	0	4
3	Jim Nahrgang	D	0	2	2	+1	0	4
8	Dennis Polonich	C	1	1	2	+1	2	3
14	Nick Libett	L	1	1	2	+2	0	7
24	Greg Joly	D	0	1	1	0	0	4
27	Buster Harvey	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2
22	Dennis Hextall	C	1	0	1	0	2	1
26	Al Cameron	D	0	0	0	0	2	4
5	Jean Hamel	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2
18	Kevin Schamehorn	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Rick Lapointe	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Bill Lochead	L	0	0	0	+1	0	5
25	Mike Bloom	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Michel Bergeron	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3
12	J.P. Leblanc	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3
19	Rick Wilson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Bobby Sheehan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Jim Rutherford	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00