All WHA game summaries from December 30, 1976
| 1: |
MIN, | Danny Gruen 6 (Ron Ward, Al McDonough), 3:31 |
| BIR, | Jeff Jacques 10 (Pete Marrin, Lou Nistico), 7:28 |
| MIN, | Al McDonough 9 (John Arbour, Ron Ward), 19:45 |
| 2: |
BIR, | Paul Henderson 12 (John Stewart, Mark Napier), 16:30 |
| 3: |
MIN, | John McKenzie 15 (Mike Antonovich), :37 |
| MIN, | Mike Antonovich 25 (John Arbour), 19:43 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Al McDonough, MIN 13:22 |
| Dale Hoganson, BIR 19:43 |
| 2: |
Ray McKay, MIN 4:06 |
| Ray McKay, MIN 9:32 |
| Dave Gorman, BIR 13:35 |
| 3: |
Pat Westrum, MIN 13:41 |
| Lou Nistico, BIR 13:41 |
| Bill Butters, MIN [major] 13:41 |
| Jeff Jacques, BIR [major] 13:41 |
| Jeff Jacques, BIR 19:43 |
| Bill Butters, MIN 19:43 |
Penalty time: MIN: 15 minutes
BIR: 13 minutes
Shots: MIN: 8-13- 6-27
BIR: 10-12-12-34
Goalies: MIN: Louis Levasseur (W, 12-10-0)
BIR: John Garrett (L, 10-18-1)
Attendance: 11,843
| 1: |
NE , | Gordie Roberts 7 (Doug Roberts, Gary MacGregor), 14:32 |
| CIN, | Blaine Stoughton 22 (Greg Carroll, Barry Legge), 16:06 |
| NE , | Dan Bolduc 6 (Ralph Backstrom, Ron Busniuk), 19:02 |
| 2: |
NE , | Mike Rogers 11 (Danny Arndt, Doug Roberts), :50 |
| NE , | Garry Swain 4 (Brett Callighen), 6:53 |
| CIN, | Dennis Sobchuk 18 (John Hughes, Peter Marsh), 16:55 |
| 3: |
CIN, | Claude Larose 14, 1:42 |
| CIN, | Dennis Sobchuk 19 (Bill Steele, Ron Plumb), 14:21 |
| NE , | Dan Bolduc 7, 15:26 |
| NE , | Brett Callighen 2 (Garry Swain, Tommy Earl), 18:58 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Ron Busniuk, NE 4:39 |
| John Hughes, CIN 6:58 |
| Bench penalty, CIN 9:23 |
| 2: |
Rich Leduc, CIN 0:23 |
| Doug Roberts, NE 3:03 |
| Dale Smedsmo, NE [major, misconduct] 3:03 |
| Brett Callighen, NE 11:12 |
| Bill Steele, CIN 11:12 |
| Rich Leduc, CIN 12:18 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 12:18 |
| Greg Carroll, CIN 20:00 |
| Doug Roberts, NE 20:00 |
| 3: | none |
Penalty time: NE : 25 minutes
CIN: 12 minutes
Shots: NE : 15- 8-10-33
CIN: 10-12-18-40
Goalies: NE : Cap Raeder (W, 4-1-0)
CIN: Paul Hoganson (L, 5-3-1)
Attendance: 7,138
| 1: |
WIN, | Anders Hedberg 32 (Ulf Nilsson, Bobby Hull), 15:07 |
| SD , | Joe Noris 18 (Andre Lacroix), 17:53 |
| SD , | Norm Ferguson 24 (Don Burgess, Paul Shmyr), 19:10 |
| 2: | no scoring |
| 3: |
SD , | Don Burgess 9 (John French, Norm Ferguson), 3:34 |
| SD , | Gerry Pinder 3 (Andre Lacroix, Randy Legge), 4:44 |
| WIN, | Lyle Moffat 6 (Bobby Guindon, Thommie Bergman), 17:47 |
| WIN, | Veli-Pekka Ketola 17 (Kent Ruhnke, Peter Sullivan), 19:01 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Ted Green, WIN 3:05 |
| Andre Lacroix, SD 5:14 |
| Ulf Nilsson, WIN 5:14 |
| Andre Lacroix, SD 14:50 |
| Joe Noris, SD 15:43 |
| 2: |
Bobby Guindon, WIN 7:42 |
| Perry Miller, WIN 15:01 |
| 3: |
Kevin Devine, SD 0:39 |
| Ulf Nilsson, WIN 6:08 |
| Bobby Guindon, WIN 7:11 |
| Perry Miller, WIN [minor, major] 7:11 |
| Andre Lacroix, SD [double minor] 14:07 |
Penalty time: WIN: 19 minutes
SD : 12 minutes
Shots: WIN: 5- 4- 6-15
SD : 10-10-22-42
Goalies: WIN: Joe Daley (L, 16-11-1)
SD : Ernie Wakely (W, 12-6-0)
Attendance: 10,146
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