Tuesday January 4, 1977
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All WHA game summaries from January 4, 1977



Team123F
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
PHO Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Liddington 1 1 2 0 0 0
Seppo Repo 1 1 2 0 0 0
Lauri Mononen 0 2 2 0 0 0
Serge Beaudoin 1 0 1 8 0 0
Robbie Ftorek 1 0 1 2 0 0
Ron Huston 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Niekamp 0 1 1 7 0 0
Garry Lariviere 0 1 1 0 0 0
Del Hall 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Gray 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Vaclav Nedomansky 0 3 3 0 0 0
Tim Sheehy 2 0 2 0 0 0
Mark Napier 2 0 2 0 0 0
Lou Nistico 1 1 2 7 0 0
Paul Henderson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Gilles Bilodeau 1 1 2 0 0 0
Rick Cunningham 0 2 2 2 0 0
Pete Marrin 0 2 2 2 0 0
Dale Hoganson 0 2 2 0 0 0
Jeff Jacques 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jean-Guy Lagace 0 1 1 2 0 0
John Stewart 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Garrett 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dave Gorman 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
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


Team123F
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
HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Cam Connor 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ted Taylor 1 1 2 0 0 0
Larry Lund 0 2 2 0 0 0
Don Larway 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rich Preston 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Tonelli 1 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Hale 0 1 1 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 0 0 6 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 0 0 4 0 0
John Gray 0 0 0 2 0 0
Marty Howe 0 0 0 2 0 0
Glen Irwin 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bryan Campbell 1 1 2 0 0 0
Wayne Connelly 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Flett 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gavin Kirk 0 1 1 4 0 0
Doug Barrie 0 1 1 2 0 0
Frank Beaton 0 0 0 2 0 0
Glen Sather 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Russell 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
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


Team123F
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
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Larry Pleau 2 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 1 1 2 0 0 0
Tommy Earl 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brett Callighen 0 1 1 0 0 0
Danny Arndt 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Busniuk 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Marc Tardif 2 2 4 0 0 0
Christian Bordeleau 1 3 4 0 0 0
Real Cloutier 0 3 3 0 0 0
Jim Dorey 1 1 2 2 0 0
Pierre Roy 1 0 1 2 0 0
Paul Baxter 0 1 1 0 0 0
Curt Brackenbury 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
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


Team123F
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
IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rosaire Paiement 1 0 1 2 0 0
Gene Peacosh 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Willy Lindstrom 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Guindon 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 0 1 1 0 0 0
Perry Miller 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Thommie Bergman 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bill Lesuk 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
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



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