Friday December 9, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

All WHA game summaries from December 9, 1977



Team1234F
New England Whalers (18-6-3) 0 1 0 1 2
Birmingham Bulls (8-15-2) 1 0 0 0 1

1: BIR,Pete Marrin 7 (Dale Hoganson, Tony Cassolato), 5:46
2: NE ,Gordie Roberts 5, 12:52
3: no scoring
4: NE ,George Lyle 10, 7:55
Penalties:

1: Jim Mayer, NE 16:58
2: John McKenzie, NE 2:31
Bob Stephenson, BIR 8:31
Brad Selwood, NE [misconduct] 11:21
Alan Hangsleben, NE 17:47
Steve Durbano, BIR 17:47
Frank Mahovlich, BIR 17:47
3: Ken Linseman, BIR 1:15
Steve Durbano, BIR 11:38
Jim Mayer, NE 11:38
Bob Stephenson, BIR [major] 11:38
Bryan Maxwell, NE [major] 11:38
4: none
Penalty time: NE : 23 minutes BIR: 15 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
George Lyle 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gordie Roberts 1 0 1 0 0 0
Brad Selwood 0 0 0 10 0 0
Bryan Maxwell 0 0 0 5 0 0
Jim Mayer 0 0 0 4 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 0 0 0 2 0 0
John McKenzie 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pete Marrin 1 0 1 0 0 0
Tony Cassolato 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dale Hoganson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Stephenson 0 0 0 7 0 0
Steve Durbano 0 0 0 4 0 0
Frank Mahovlich 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ken Linseman 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 9- 1- 6- 2-18 BIR: 5-12- 3- 3-23 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 14-2-3) BIR: Wayne Wood (L, 2-3-1) Attendance: 8,937


Team123F
Houston Aeros (10-12-1) 0 3 2 5
Edmonton Oilers (12-12-1) 0 1 2 3

1: no scoring
2: HOU,John Gray 8 (Poul Popiel, Cam Connor), 7:54
HOU,Don Larway 7 (Andre Lacroix, Scott Campbell), 8:49
EDM,Ab Demarco 1 (Bill Flett, Ron Chipperfield), 9:07
HOU,John Tonelli 1 (Andre Lacroix, Morris Lukowich), 11:18
3: EDM,Al Hamilton 5, 5:28
HOU,Andre Lacroix 13 (Rich Preston, Poul Popiel), 12:43
HOU,John Tonelli 2, 14:28
EDM,Gary MacGregor 11 (Al Hamilton, Butch Deadmarsh), 16:44
Penalties:

1: Joe Micheletti, EDM 8:46
Morris Lukowich, HOU 15:27
Scott Campbell, HOU [double minor] 19:57
2: Butch Deadmarsh, EDM 10:32
Pierre Guite, EDM 12:51
Cam Connor, HOU 16:31
3: none
Penalty time: HOU: 8 minutes EDM: 6 minutes
HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Andre Lacroix 1 2 3 0 0 0
John Tonelli 2 0 2 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 2 2 0 0 0
John Gray 1 0 1 0 0 0
Don Larway 1 0 1 0 0 0
Scott Campbell 0 1 1 4 0 0
Morris Lukowich 0 1 1 2 0 0
Cam Connor 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rich Preston 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Al Hamilton 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ab Demarco 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gary MacGregor 1 0 1 0 0 0
Butch Deadmarsh 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Flett 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Micheletti 0 0 0 2 0 0
Pierre Guite 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: HOU: 5-10-10-25 EDM: 19-14-12-45 Goalies: HOU: Ernie Wakely (W, 4-8-1) EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 8-5-1) Attendance: 6,728


Team123F
Czechoslovakia (1-0-0) 2 0 3 5
Indianapolis Racers (9-13-3) 0 2 1 3

1: CZE,Pavel Richter 1 (Vladislav Vlcek, Jaroslav Mec), 1:19
CZE,Pavel Richter 2 (Vladislav Vlcek, Jaroslav Mec), 4:30
2: IND,Rusty Patenaude 15 (Michel Parizeau, Ken Block), 10:09
IND,Claude St. Sauveur 16 (Bill Goldsworthy, Reg Thomas), 14:54
3: CZE,Pavel Richter 3 (Vladislav Vlcek, Jaroslav Mec), 9:07
CZE,Vladislav Vlcek 1 (Lubomir Penicka, Jiri Kolar), 10:59
IND,Claude St. Sauveur 17 (Ken Block, Bryon Baltimore), 12:40
CZE,Jaroslav Mec 1 (Pavel Richter, Lubomir Penicka), 14:15
Penalties:

1: Rusty Patenaude, IND 8:41
Vitezslav Duris, CZE 18:54
Peter Driscoll, IND 18:54
2: Lubomir Oslizlo, CZE 2:14
John French, IND 6:23
Vitezslav Duris, CZE 11:55
Rusty Patenaude, IND 17:52
Lubomir Oslizlo, CZE 19:39
3: none
Penalty time: CZE: 8 minutes IND: 8 minutes
CZE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pavel Richter 3 1 4 0 0 0
Jaroslav Mec 1 3 4 0 0 0
Vladislav Vlcek 1 3 4 0 0 0
Lubomir Penicka 0 2 2 0 0 0
Jiri Kolar 0 1 1 0 0 0
Vitezslav Duris 0 0 0 4 0 0
Lubomir Oslizlo 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Claude St. Sauveur 2 0 2 0 0 0
Ken Block 0 2 2 0 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 1 0 1 4 0 0
Michel Parizeau 0 1 1 0 0 0
Reg Thomas 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bryon Baltimore 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Goldsworthy 0 1 1 0 0 0
John French 0 0 0 2 0 0
Peter Driscoll 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CZE: 8-11-16-35 IND: 3-12-10-25 Goalies: CZE: Vladimir Dzurilla (W, 1-0-0) IND: Gary Inness (L, 5-6-3) Attendance: 5,851


Team1234F
Cincinnati Stingers (10-15-0) 0 2 1 1 4
Winnipeg Jets (13-12-1) 1 1 1 0 3

1: WIN,Lars-Erik Sjoberg 4 (Ulf Nilsson), :12
2: CIN,Claude Larose 5 (Craig Norwich), 4:55
CIN,Claude Larose 6 (Rick Dudley), 8:45
WIN,Peter Sullivan 4 (Ted Green, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 8:59
3: WIN,Anders Hedberg 20 (Ulf Nilsson, Bobby Hull), 5:23
CIN,Barry Melrose 1 (Ron Plumb, Pat Stapleton), 18:57
4: CIN,Robbie Ftorek 18 (Jamie Hislop, Pat Stapleton), 3:25
Penalties:

1: Rich Leduc, CIN 7:49
Bobby Hull, WIN 9:45
Dennis Sobchuk, CIN 15:01
Thommie Bergman, WIN 15:01
Ted Green, WIN 16:59
2: Dave Dunn, WIN 12:14
3: none
4: none
Penalty time: CIN: 4 minutes WIN: 8 minutes
CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Claude Larose 2 0 2 0 0 0
Pat Stapleton 0 2 2 0 0 0
Robbie Ftorek 1 0 1 0 0 0
Barry Melrose 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Plumb 0 1 1 0 0 0
Craig Norwich 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jamie Hislop 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Dudley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rich Leduc 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 0 2 2 0 0 0
Peter Sullivan 1 0 1 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ted Green 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dave Dunn 0 0 0 2 0 0
Thommie Bergman 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CIN: 10- 9- 9- 1-29 WIN: 13-12-14- 1-40 Goalies: CIN: Mike Liut (W, 3-4-0) WIN: Gary Bromley (L, 5-2-1) Attendance: 8,685



  Copyright © 2014-2025, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us