California Golden Seals at Detroit Red Wings

Fri, Dec 31, 1971 · Detroit Olympia · 1971–72 Regular Season

California Golden Seals

3 – 6

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings beat the California Golden Seals 6–3 on Fri, Dec 31, 1971 at Detroit Olympia. Marcel Dionne led the way with 3 points. Al Smith made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–24.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
CGS	3	28
DET	6	24

California Golden Seals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
9	Wayne Carleton	L	0	2	2	+1	2	2
20	Ernie Hicke	L	1	1	2	+1	2	2
7	Tommy Williams	R	1	1	2	+1	0	3
2	Marshall Johnston	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
24	Bobby Sheehan	C	1	0	1	0	0	2
4	Dick Redmond	D	0	1	1	0	0	4
22	Joey Johnston	L	0	0	0	0	0	1
18	Gary Croteau	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Craig Patrick	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
19	Bert Marshall	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
17	Norm Ferguson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3
15	Gerry Pinder	L	0	0	0	0	2	1
23	Ivan Boldirev	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-1	4	2
8	Walt McKechnie	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0
3	Paul Shmyr	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2
10	Stan Gilbertson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
27	Gilles Meloche	L	18	13	5	.722	44:26
1	Lyle Carter		6	5	1	.833	15:34

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
5	Marcel Dionne	C	0	3	3	+2	0	4
22	Bill Collins	R	0	2	2	+1	0	0
15	Al Karlander	C	0	2	2	0	2	0
20	Mickey Redmond	R	2	0	2	+1	0	3
10	Alex Delvecchio	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2
17	Tim Ecclestone	L	0	1	1	0	0	1
27	Doug Volmar	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1
7	Red Berenson	C	0	1	1	0	0	3
14	Nick Libett	L	1	0	1	+2	0	4
3	Larry Johnston	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1
21	Ron Stackhouse	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0
23	Guy Charron	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
4	Arnie Brown	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0
8	Danny Johnson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0
2	Gary Bergman	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1
11	Leon Rochefort	R	0	0	0	-3	2	2
16	Ron Harris	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Al Smith	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00