Sunday December 18, 1977
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All WHA game summaries from December 18, 1977



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Edmonton Oilers (13-14-1) 0 2 0 2
Birmingham Bulls (11-15-2) 1 0 2 3

1: BIR,Mark Napier 15 (Pete Marrin, Frank Mahovlich), 15:36
2: EDM,Al Hamilton 6 (Joe Micheletti), 9:02
EDM,Joe Micheletti 6 (Al Hamilton, Pierre Guite), 19:04
3: BIR,Frank Mahovlich 4 (Dave Gorman, John Stewart), 9:11
BIR,John Stewart 2 (Frank Mahovlich, Dave Gorman), 12:05
Penalties:

1: Al Hamilton, EDM 6:48
Dave Hanson, BIR [major] 14:05
Pierre Guite, EDM [minor, major] 14:05
Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 17:25
Pierre Guite, EDM [major] 19:32
Dave Hanson, BIR [minor, major, misconduct] 19:32
2: Ab Demarco, EDM 2:57
Tony Cassolato, BIR 3:57
3: Al Hamilton, EDM 14:04
Penalty time: EDM: 18 minutes BIR: 26 minutes
EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Al Hamilton 1 1 2 4 0 0
Joe Micheletti 1 1 2 0 0 0
Pierre Guite 0 1 1 12 0 0
Ab Demarco 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Frank Mahovlich 1 2 3 0 0 0
John Stewart 1 1 2 0 0 0
Dave Gorman 0 2 2 0 0 0
Mark Napier 1 0 1 0 0 0
Pete Marrin 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Hanson 0 0 0 22 0 0
Gilles Bilodeau 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tony Cassolato 0 0 0 2 0 0
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TOTAL00
Shots: EDM: 10-15-10-35 BIR: 9-11-13-33 Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 9-6-1) BIR: Wayne Wood (W, 3-3-1) Attendance: 6,875


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Czechoslovakia (1-5-0) 1 0 1 2
Houston Aeros (12-13-2) 0 2 1 3

1: CZE,Jaroslav Lycka 1, 10:40
2: HOU,Al McLeod 1 (Terry Ruskowski, John Hughes), 2:50
HOU,Ted Taylor 1 (Andre Lacroix, John Schella), 17:17
3: HOU,Poul Popiel 3, 2:38
CZE,Vitezslav Duris 4 (Vladislav Vlcek, Frantisek Cernik), 7:50
Penalties:

1: Morris Lukowich, HOU 12:41
Ted Taylor, HOU 15:07
John Tonelli, HOU 16:56
2: Milos Novak, CZE 4:53
Vitezslav Duris, CZE 7:34
Ron Hansis, HOU 7:34
Jaroslav Kocer, CZE 8:53
John Tonelli, HOU 12:50
Cam Connor, HOU 15:47
John Hughes, HOU 18:26
3: Rich Preston, HOU 4:09
John Schella, HOU 5:57
John Tonelli, HOU 5:57
Jaroslav Kocer, CZE 8:51
Ivan Podesva, CZE [minor, major] 10:50
Morris Lukowich, HOU [minor, major] 10:50
Penalty time: CZE: 15 minutes HOU: 27 minutes
CZE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Vitezslav Duris 1 0 1 2 0 0
Jaroslav Lycka 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frantisek Cernik 0 1 1 0 0 0
Vladislav Vlcek 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ivan Podesva 0 0 0 7 0 0
Jaroslav Kocer 0 0 0 4 0 0
Milos Novak 0 0 0 2 0 0
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HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ted Taylor 1 0 1 2 0 0
Al McLeod 1 0 1 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Schella 0 1 1 2 0 0
John Hughes 0 1 1 2 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Andre Lacroix 0 1 1 0 0 0
Morris Lukowich 0 0 0 9 0 0
John Tonelli 0 0 0 6 0 0
Ron Hansis 0 0 0 2 0 0
Cam Connor 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rich Preston 0 0 0 2 0 0
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TOTAL00
Shots: CZE: 8-10- 7-25 HOU: 4- 4- 7-15 Goalies: CZE: Ivan Podesva,
Vladimir Dzurilla HOU: Ernie Wakely (W, 6-9-2) Attendance: 6,577


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Soviet All-Stars (2-1-0) 0 2 2 4
Indianapolis Racers (9-17-4) 2 1 0 3

1: IND,Bill Goldsworthy 2 (Ken Block, Dave Fortier), 13:13
IND,Peter Driscoll 4 (Brad Rhiness, Rosaire Paiement), 15:31
2: IND,Reg Thomas 7 (Claude St. Sauveur, Bill Goldsworthy), 5:41
SOV,Victor Tumenev 1 (Nicolai Makarov, Vladimir Lavrentiev), 8:13
SOV,Anatoli Emeljaneko 1 (Vladimir Popov, Aleksandr Volchkov), 9:14
3: SOV,Zinetul Biljaketdinov 3 (Sergei Podgortsev, Mikhail Shostak), 6:23
SOV,Vladimir Popov 2 (Vladimir Lavrentiev), 12:27
Penalties:

1: Bench penalty, SOV 1:05
Dave Fortier, IND 3:04
Alexei Volchenkov, SOV 5:48
Bill Goldsworthy, IND 5:56
Zinetul Biljaketdinov, SOV 5:56
Zinetul Biljaketdinov, SOV 17:13
2: Kevin Devine, IND 7:52
Victor Tumenev, SOV 11:23
Rusty Patenaude, IND 19:08
3: Alexei Volchenkov, SOV 14:30
Peter Driscoll, IND 16:00
Vladimir Lavrentiev, SOV 17:03
Penalty time: SOV: 14 minutes IND: 10 minutes
SOV Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Vladimir Popov 1 1 2 0 0 0
Vladimir Lavrentiev 0 2 2 2 0 0
Zinetul Biljaketdinov 1 0 1 4 0 0
Victor Tumenev 1 0 1 2 0 0
Anatoli Emeljaneko 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mikhail Shostak 0 1 1 0 0 0
Sergei Podgortsev 0 1 1 0 0 0
Aleksandr Volchkov 0 1 1 0 0 0
Nicolai Makarov 0 1 1 0 0 0
Alexei Volchenkov 0 0 0 4 0 0
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TOTAL00

IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Goldsworthy 1 1 2 2 0 0
Peter Driscoll 1 0 1 2 0 0
Reg Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Fortier 0 1 1 2 0 0
Brad Rhiness 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ken Block 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 0 1 1 0 0 0
Claude St. Sauveur 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kevin Devine 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: SOV: 4-10- 9-23 IND: 10- 6- 4-20 Goalies: SOV: Sergei Babariko (W, 2-0-0) IND: Gary Inness (L, 5-9-3) Attendance: 6,176


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New England Whalers (20-8-3) 1 1 1 3
Winnipeg Jets (17-12-1) 1 3 3 7

1: WIN,Anders Hedberg 22 (Bobby Hull, Kent Nilsson), 3:07
NE ,Gordie Howe 8 (Mark Howe, Rick Ley), 9:33
2: WIN,Dave Dunn 3 (Anders Hedberg, Bobby Guindon), 2:56
NE ,Mike Antonovich 14 (Brad Selwood, John McKenzie), 6:11
WIN,Bobby Hull 23 (Anders Hedberg, Kent Nilsson), 12:39
WIN,Ted Green 1 (Dave Kryskow, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 19:42
3: WIN,Anders Hedberg 23 (Bobby Hull, Dave Dunn), 7:12
NE ,Mike Antonovich 15 (Mike Rogers, Brad Selwood), 10:19
WIN,Bobby Guindon 4 (Thommie Bergman, Barry Long), 14:39
WIN,Ken Baird 6 (Peter Sullivan, Willy Lindstrom), 17:09
Penalties:

1: Gordie Roberts, NE 2:17
Bryan Maxwell, NE 14:29
Bench penalty, WIN 19:13
2: Peter Sullivan, WIN 4:30
John McKenzie, NE 9:06
Dan Labraaten, WIN 9:06
Gordie Roberts, NE 11:19
Bill Lesuk, WIN 13:18
Alan Hangsleben, NE 18:59
3: Lars-Erik Sjoberg, WIN 8:28
Gordie Roberts, NE 9:27
Larry Pleau, NE 13:21
Dan Labraaten, WIN 13:21
Penalty time: NE : 14 minutes WIN: 12 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Antonovich 2 0 2 0 0 0
Brad Selwood 0 2 2 0 0 0
Gordie Howe 1 0 1 0 0 0
John McKenzie 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rick Ley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mark Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gordie Roberts 0 0 0 6 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 0 0 0 2 0 0
Larry Pleau 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bryan Maxwell 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Anders Hedberg 2 2 4 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 1 2 3 0 0 0
Dave Dunn 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bobby Guindon 1 1 2 0 0 0
Kent Nilsson 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ted Green 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Baird 1 0 1 0 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 0 1 1 2 0 0
Peter Sullivan 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dave Kryskow 0 1 1 0 0 0
Thommie Bergman 0 1 1 0 0 0
Willy Lindstrom 0 1 1 0 0 0
Barry Long 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dan Labraaten 0 0 0 4 0 0
Bill Lesuk 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 12-10-12-34 WIN: 6- 8-12-26 Goalies: NE : Louis Levasseur (L, 4-4-0) WIN: Joe Daley (W, 7-7-0) Attendance: 10,303



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