The Detroit Red Wings defeated the California Golden Seals, 6 to 3, on December 31, 1971.

Final

Golden Seals

11-20-7

3

Red Wings

14-17-6

6

Team

CGS

DET

1

2

0

3

2

Total

3

6

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CGS

DET

Tommy Williams (EV) assisted by Wayne Carleton and Ernie Hicke

1

0

Larry Johnston (EV) assisted by Bill Collins and Marcel Dionne

1

2nd period

CGS

DET

Nick Libett (EV) assisted by Marcel Dionne and Bill Collins

1

2

Mickey Redmond (EV) unassisted

1

3

Alex Delvecchio (PP) assisted by Al Karlander and Ron Stackhouse

1

4

3rd period

CGS

DET

Doug Volmar (EV) assisted by Red Berenson and Tim Ecclestone

1

5

Bobby Sheehan (EV) assisted by Marshall Johnston and Dick Redmond

2

5

Mickey Redmond (PP) assisted by Al Karlander and Marcel Dionne

2

6

Ernie Hicke (EV) assisted by Tommy Williams and Wayne Carleton

3

6

Golden Seals

Red Wings

Goals

3

6

Shots

28

24

Penalty Minutes

12

8

Power-Play Goals

0

2

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Golden Seals

Red Wings

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Gilles Meloche (L)		18	5	13	.722	44:26
Lyle Carter		6	1	5	.833	15:34

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Wayne Carleton	0	2	+1	2	2
Norm Ferguson	0	0	-1	0	3
Stan Gilbertson	0	0	-2	0	2
Ernie Hicke	1	1	+1	2	2
Joey Johnston	0	0	0	0	1
Marshall Johnston	0	1	0	0	0
Bert Marshall	0	0	0	0	3
Walt McKechnie	0	0	-2	0	0
Craig Patrick	0	0	0	0	1
Gerry Pinder	0	0	0	2	1
Dick Redmond	0	1	0	0	4
Bobby Sheehan	1	0	0	0	2
Paul Shmyr	0	0	-1	0	2
Carol Vadnais	0	0	-1	4	2
Tommy Williams	1	1	+1	0	3

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Al Smith (W)		28	3	25	.893	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Red Berenson	0	1	0	0	3
Gary Bergman	0	0	+2	0	1
Arnie Brown	0	0	-1	0	0
Guy Charron	0	0	-1	0	1
Bill Collins	0	2	+1	0	0
Alex Delvecchio	1	0	+1	0	2
Marcel Dionne	0	3	+2	0	4
Tim Ecclestone	0	1	0	0	1
Ron Harris	0	0	-2	0	1
Danny Johnson	0	0	-2	0	0
Larry Johnston	1	0	+2	0	1
Al Karlander	0	2	0	2	0
Nick Libett	1	0	+2	0	4
Mickey Redmond	2	0	+1	0	3
Leon Rochefort	0	0	-3	2	2
Ron Stackhouse	0	1	+1	2	0
Doug Volmar	1	0	+1	0	1