Walt McKechnie

Full Name: Walter Thomas John McKechnie

Position: C • Shoots: Left

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: June 19, 1947 in London, Ontario ca

Draft: Toronto, 1st round (6th overall), 1963 NHL Amateur

Amateur Teams: London Nationals

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Walt McKechnie 1976-77 Scoring Log

Regular Season Breakdown

Points Summary
Goals	25
Assists	34
Points	59
Games with Points	36 games

Points by Period
First	24
Second	18
Third	17
OT	0

Points by Situation
Even Strength	41
Power Play	13
Short-handed	5

Points by Opponent
CLE	12
VAN	8
STL	5
LAK	5
NYI	4
NYR	4
BOS	4
PIT	3
BUF	2
ATF	2
CBH	2
MNS	2
CLR	2
MTL	2
WSH	1
PHI	1

Goals by Arena
Detroit Olympia	15
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	2
Boston Garden	2
Pacific Coliseum	1
Omni Coliseum	1
Montreal Forum	1
Pittsburgh Civic Arena	1
McNichols Sports Arena	1
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	1

Goals by Goalie
Gerry Cheevers	2
Gary Simmons	2
Gilles Gilbert	2
Bruce Bullock	2
Michel Larocque	2
Dan Bouchard	1
Don Edwards	1
Michel Plasse	1
Gilles Gratton	1
Doug Soetaert	1
Dunc Wilson	1
Gilles Meloche	1
Gary Smith	1
Denis Herron	1
Ron Low	1
Curt Ridley	1
Billy Smith	1
Ed Staniowski	1
Glenn Resch	1
Al Smith	1

Goals by Assister
Nick Libett	10
Dennis Polonich	8
Dan Maloney	5
Al Cameron	3
Rick Lapointe	3
Rick Wilson	2
Jean Hamel	2
Bill Lochead	2
Buster Harvey	1
Terry Harper	1
Jim Nahrgang	1
Danny Grant	1

Assists by Scorer
Dan Maloney	8
Dennis Polonich	7
Nick Libett	7
Michel Bergeron	4
Rick Lapointe	2
Bill Lochead	2
Terry Harper	1
Buster Harvey	1
Mike Bloom	1
Dave Kelly	1

Regular Season

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Regular Season Table
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
1	1976-10-07	DET		WSH	1-2	2	09:33	EV	Walt McKechnie	Rick Wilson	Dennis Polonich	Ron Low
2	1976-10-09	DET		BUF	0-0	2	08:34	PP	Walt McKechnie	Dennis Polonich		Al Smith
3	1976-10-16	DET	@	PIT	2-2	2	05:50	EV	Dennis Polonich	Rick Lapointe	Walt McKechnie	Dunc Wilson
4	1976-10-17	DET	@	PHI	3-6	3	13:15	EV	Dan Maloney	Rick Wilson	Walt McKechnie	Gary Inness
5	1976-10-22	DET		NYI	1-0	2	01:14	EV	Dan Maloney	Walt McKechnie	Dennis Polonich	Glenn Resch
6	1976-10-22	DET		NYI	4-0	3	01:37	SH	Dan Maloney	Walt McKechnie		Glenn Resch
7	1976-10-23	DET	@	STL	0-1	2	18:35	EV	Dennis Polonich	Walt McKechnie		Ed Staniowski
8	1976-10-31	DET	@	NYR	1-0	1	16:40	EV	Dennis Polonich	Walt McKechnie	Jean Hamel	John Davidson
9	1976-10-31	DET	@	NYR	4-3	2	18:19	EV	Dan Maloney	Walt McKechnie	Dennis Polonich	John Davidson
10	1976-11-09	DET	@	NYI	0-2	1	11:28	PP	Walt McKechnie	Buster Harvey	Rick Lapointe	Glenn Resch
11	1976-11-10	DET		BOS	1-1	1	19:37	EV	Walt McKechnie	Dan Maloney	Dennis Polonich	Gerry Cheevers
12	1976-11-10	DET		BOS	2-5	3	16:55	EV	Walt McKechnie	Al Cameron	Dan Maloney	Gerry Cheevers
13	1976-11-13	DET		LAK	1-2	1	19:47	PP	Terry Harper	Walt McKechnie	Dan Maloney	Rogie Vachon
14	1976-11-13	DET		LAK	2-2	2	08:06	PP	Dan Maloney	Walt McKechnie	Michel Bergeron	Rogie Vachon
15	1976-11-17	DET		STL	2-0	1	19:47	EV	Walt McKechnie	Dennis Polonich		Ed Staniowski
16	1976-11-17	DET		STL	4-5	3	12:20	EV	Rick Lapointe	Walt McKechnie		Ed Staniowski
17	1976-11-19	DET		CLE	0-1	1	17:01	EV	Dan Maloney	Dennis Polonich	Walt McKechnie	Gary Simmons
18	1976-11-19	DET		CLE	1-1	2	03:17	PP	Dan Maloney	Walt McKechnie	Al Cameron	Gary Simmons
19	1976-11-19	DET		CLE	3-2	3	02:07	EV	Dan Maloney	Dennis Polonich	Walt McKechnie	Gary Simmons
20	1976-11-19	DET		CLE	4-2	3	19:22	EV	Walt McKechnie	Terry Harper	Dan Maloney	Gary Simmons
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
21	1976-11-21	DET	@	BOS	0-2	3	05:36	SH	Walt McKechnie			Gilles Gilbert
22	1976-11-25	DET	@	NYI	0-0	1	14:30	EV	Walt McKechnie	Dennis Polonich	Dan Maloney	Billy Smith
23	1976-12-01	DET	@	VAN	0-1	1	01:58	EV	Walt McKechnie	Dennis Polonich	Dan Maloney	Curt Ridley
24	1976-12-01	DET	@	VAN	3-2	3	14:57	PP	Michel Bergeron	Walt McKechnie	Dan Maloney	Curt Ridley
25	1976-12-15	DET	@	CLE	0-2	1	11:27	PP	Dennis Polonich	Walt McKechnie		Gilles Meloche
26	1976-12-15	DET	@	CLE	1-3	1	16:06	SH	Nick Libett	Walt McKechnie		Gilles Meloche
27	1976-12-16	DET		VAN	2-1	1	18:45	EV	Dennis Polonich	Walt McKechnie		Curt Ridley
28	1976-12-16	DET		VAN	4-3	2	17:50	PP	Walt McKechnie	Jim Nahrgang	Nick Libett	Bruce Bullock
29	1976-12-16	DET		VAN	5-3	3	05:47	EV	Buster Harvey	Walt McKechnie		Bruce Bullock
30	1976-12-16	DET		VAN	6-3	3	06:42	EV	Walt McKechnie			Bruce Bullock
31	1976-12-22	DET	@	ATF	0-2	2	15:45	EV	Walt McKechnie	Nick Libett	Dennis Polonich	Dan Bouchard
32	1976-12-23	DET		PIT	1-2	3	10:34	EV	Walt McKechnie	Nick Libett	Al Cameron	Denis Herron
33	1976-12-27	DET		LAK	0-2	1	18:37	PP	Bill Lochead	Nick Libett	Walt McKechnie	Rogie Vachon
34	1976-12-27	DET		LAK	2-6	2	14:57	EV	Michel Bergeron	Walt McKechnie	Jim Nahrgang	Rogie Vachon
35	1976-12-27	DET		LAK	3-6	3	03:50	EV	Michel Bergeron	Walt McKechnie		Rogie Vachon
36	1976-12-29	DET	@	CBH	0-1	1	18:25	PP	Dennis Polonich	Walt McKechnie	Nick Libett	Tony Esposito
37	1976-12-31	DET		CLE	0-0	1	07:09	EV	Nick Libett	Walt McKechnie	Jim Nahrgang	Gary Simmons
38	1976-12-31	DET		CLE	2-0	2	14:36	PP	Dennis Polonich	Greg Joly	Walt McKechnie	Gary Simmons
39	1976-12-31	DET		CLE	3-2	3	10:00	EV	Walt McKechnie	Nick Libett	Dennis Polonich	Gary Simmons
40	1977-01-06	DET		MNS	0-0	1	02:11	SH	Walt McKechnie			Gary Smith
Rk	Date	Tm		Opp	Scr	P	Time		Goal Scorer	Primary Assist	Secondary Assist	Goalie
41	1977-01-06	DET		MNS	1-2	1	10:14	PP	Nick Libett	Greg Joly	Walt McKechnie	Gary Smith
42	1977-01-13	DET	@	CLR	0-2	1	17:21	EV	Mike Bloom	Walt McKechnie		Doug Favell
43	1977-01-23	DET	@	MTL	0-1	1	05:29	EV	Walt McKechnie	Danny Grant	Al Cameron	Michel Larocque
44	1977-01-29	DET		CLE	1-1	1	19:16	EV	Walt McKechnie	Rick Lapointe		Gilles Meloche
45	1977-01-29	DET		CLE	2-2	2	18:41	PP	Rick Lapointe	Walt McKechnie	Nick Libett	Gilles Meloche
46	1977-01-29	DET		CLE	3-2	3	05:03	EV	Bill Lochead	Walt McKechnie	Rick Lapointe	Gilles Meloche
47	1977-02-05	DET	@	PIT	0-0	1	18:46	EV	Walt McKechnie	Rick Wilson	Nick Libett	Dunc Wilson
48	1977-02-06	DET		VAN	0-1	2	04:58	EV	Nick Libett	Walt McKechnie	Rick Wilson	Curt Ridley
49	1977-02-06	DET		VAN	1-1	2	08:58	EV	Nick Libett	Walt McKechnie		Curt Ridley
50	1977-02-10	DET		NYR	2-0	2	09:31	EV	Walt McKechnie	Nick Libett	Bill Lochead	Doug Soetaert
51	1977-02-10	DET		NYR	3-3	3	10:08	EV	Walt McKechnie	Jean Hamel		Gilles Gratton
52	1977-02-13	DET		MTL	2-5	3	19:53	EV	Walt McKechnie	Bill Lochead	Nick Libett	Michel Larocque
53	1977-02-15	DET	@	CLR	0-2	1	11:18	EV	Walt McKechnie	Rick Lapointe	Nick Libett	Michel Plasse
54	1977-02-23	DET	@	CBH	1-1	1	18:54	EV	Dave Kelly	Walt McKechnie		Tony Esposito
55	1977-03-01	DET	@	BOS	0-0	1	00:51	EV	Walt McKechnie	Nick Libett	Jean Hamel	Gilles Gilbert
56	1977-03-09	DET	@	BUF	2-5	3	08:45	SH	Walt McKechnie	Nick Libett		Don Edwards
57	1977-03-10	DET		STL	0-0	2	00:51	EV	Nick Libett	Walt McKechnie	Bill Lochead	Doug Grant
58	1977-03-10	DET		STL	1-1	2	08:36	EV	Nick Libett	Walt McKechnie		Doug Grant
59	1977-03-24	DET	@	ATF	0-0	1	16:20	EV	Michel Bergeron	Walt McKechnie	Jean Hamel	Phil Myre