All WHA game summaries from January 4, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Phoenix Roadrunners (14-22-2)	3	2	0	5
Birmingham Bulls (14-27-1)	3	1	4	8

1: BIR, Paul Henderson 13 (Dale Hoganson, John Stewart), 1:29
   PHO, Bob Liddington 11, 2:25
   BIR, Jeff Jacques 11 (Pete Marrin, Lou Nistico), 6:02
   BIR, Mark Napier 31 (Paul Henderson, Dale Hoganson), 9:31
   PHO, Ron Huston 10 (Garry Lariviere, Lauri Mononen), 14:06
   PHO, Robbie Ftorek 25 (Del Hall, Lauri Mononen), 18:09
2: PHO, Seppo Repo 13 (Jim Niekamp, Bob Liddington), 4:48
   PHO, Serge Beaudoin 4 (Seppo Repo), 8:54
   BIR, Lou Nistico 7 (Pete Marrin), 13:21
3: BIR, Tim Sheehy 21 (Rick Cunningham, Vaclav Nedomansky), 12:52
   BIR, Gilles Bilodeau 1 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Rick Cunningham), 13:11
   BIR, Tim Sheehy 22 (Gilles Bilodeau, Vaclav Nedomansky), 14:08
   BIR, Mark Napier 32 (Jean-Guy Lagace), 16:15

Penalties:

1: John Gray, PHO 3:59
   Serge Beaudoin, PHO 4:31
   Jean-Guy Lagace, BIR 11:35
   Robbie Ftorek, PHO 11:35
   Pete Marrin, BIR 12:07
   John Garrett, BIR 12:44
2: Rick Cunningham, BIR 2:08
   Serge Beaudoin, PHO 10:09
   Lou Nistico, BIR [minor, major] 18:48
   Jim Niekamp, PHO [minor, major] 18:48
3: Serge Beaudoin, PHO 0:15
   Dave Gorman, BIR 14:57
   Serge Beaudoin, PHO 14:57

Penalty time: PHO: 19 minutes
              BIR: 17 minutes

Shots: PHO: 11- 9- 9-29
       BIR: 15-11-14-40

Goalies: PHO: Gary Kurt, Clay Hebenton
         BIR: Wayne Wood, John Garrett

Attendance: 7,280

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (19-15-4)	1	1	3	5
Edmonton Oilers (16-22-1)	2	0	1	3

1: HOU, Don Larway 10 (Terry Ruskowski), 2:03
   EDM, Bill Flett 3 (Gavin Kirk), 11:40
   EDM, Wayne Connelly 6 (Doug Barrie, Bryan Campbell), 15:52
2: HOU, Ted Taylor 5 (Larry Hale), 3:04
3: HOU, Cam Connor 17 (Larry Lund), 9:23
   EDM, Bryan Campbell 6, 13:52
   HOU, John Tonelli 10 (Cam Connor, Ted Taylor), 18:48
   HOU, Rich Preston 15 (Larry Lund), 19:40

Penalties:

1: Gordie Howe, HOU 14:58
   Gavin Kirk, EDM 15:27
   Glen Irwin, HOU 15:27
2: Gordie Howe, HOU 0:12
   Gavin Kirk, EDM 8:38
   Marty Howe, HOU 9:30
   Poul Popiel, HOU 9:30
   Glen Sather, EDM 11:54
   Doug Barrie, EDM 17:16
   John Gray, HOU 17:16
   Poul Popiel, HOU 19:41
3: Poul Popiel, HOU 9:11
   Bob Russell, EDM 11:59
   Frank Beaton, EDM 17:08

Penalty time: HOU: 16 minutes
              EDM: 12 minutes

Shots: HOU:  5- 5-12-22
       EDM: 13-11- 4-28

Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 11-9-1)
         EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 8-11-0)

Attendance: 9,012

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (17-19-4)	2	1	0	3
Quebec Nordiques (23-15-1)	2	2	1	5

1: QUE, Marc Tardif 25 (Christian Bordeleau, Real Cloutier), 1:47
   NE , Mike Rogers 12 (Danny Arndt), 7:16
   QUE, Jim Dorey 3 (Christian Bordeleau, Real Cloutier), 16:23
   NE , Larry Pleau 5 (Brett Callighen, Mike Rogers), 16:36
2: QUE, Christian Bordeleau 17 (Paul Baxter, Marc Tardif), 1:52
   QUE, Pierre Roy 2 (Real Cloutier, Marc Tardif), 7:13
   NE , Larry Pleau 6 (Tommy Earl), 13:11
3: QUE, Marc Tardif 26 (Christian Bordeleau, Jim Dorey), 7:24

Penalties:

1: Pierre Roy, QUE 4:20
   Ralph Backstrom, NE 10:34
2: Jim Dorey, QUE 4:53
   Curt Brackenbury, QUE 13:36
3: Ron Busniuk, NE 7:55

Penalty time: NE : 4 minutes
              QUE: 6 minutes

Shots: NE :  8- 8- 7-23
       QUE: 11-14- 7-32

Goalies: NE : Cap Raeder (L, 4-2-0)
         QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 16-9-1)

Attendance: 8,627

Team	1	2	3	F
Indianapolis Racers (19-15-2)	0	0	1	1
Winnipeg Jets (20-15-1)	0	1	1	2

1: no scoring
2: WIN, Willy Lindstrom 19 (Ulf Nilsson, Perry Miller), 16:34
3: WIN, Bobby Guindon 6 (Bobby Hull), 11:32
   IND, Rosaire Paiement 10 (Gene Peacosh), 14:28

Penalties:

1: none
2: Bill Lesuk, WIN 3:23
   Rosaire Paiement, IND 5:55
3: Thommie Bergman, WIN 7:52

Penalty time: IND: 2 minutes
              WIN: 4 minutes

Shots: IND:  7- 8- 8-23
       WIN:  7- 9- 7-23

Goalies: IND: Michel Dion (L, 10-4-0)
         WIN: Joe Daley (W, 18-11-1)

Attendance: 7,217