All WHA game summaries from December 20, 1977
| 1: |
CIN, | Craig Norwich 3 (Robbie Ftorek), 12:36 |
| CZE, | Frantisek Cernik 3 (Jaroslav Mec), 13:50 |
| CIN, | Jamie Hislop 6 (Robbie Ftorek, Pat Stapleton), 15:00 |
| 2: |
CIN, | Peter Marsh 3 (Blaine Stoughton), 1:25 |
| CZE, | Jan Klabouch 1 (Jiri Kolar, Milos Novak), 7:26 |
| CZE, | Frantisek Cernik 4 (Jaroslav Kocer), 8:57 |
| CIN, | Ron Plumb 5 (Rick Dudley), 17:34 |
| CIN, | Rich Leduc 21 (Gilles Marotte, Peter Marsh), 18:19 |
| 3: |
CZE, | Jaroslav Mec 2 (Vladislav Vlcek), 4:15 |
| CZE, | Vitezslav Duris 5, 6:34 |
| 4: | no scoring |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Josef Kveton, CZE 6:34 |
| Gilles Marotte, CIN 9:48 |
| 2: |
Vitezslav Duris, CZE 7:54 |
| Milos Novak, CZE 16:29 |
| 3: |
Blaine Stoughton, CIN 5:15 |
| Rick Dudley, CIN [misconduct] 6:30 |
| Rich Leduc, CIN 9:01 |
| Vitezslav Duris, CZE 9:01 |
| Jaroslav Kocer, CZE 13:20 |
| 4: | none |
Penalty time: CZE: 10 minutes
CIN: 16 minutes
Shots: CZE: 11- 8-12- 3-34
CIN: 11-12-11- 5-39
Goalies: CZE: Ivan Podesva,
Miroslav Kapoun
CIN: Michel Dion (T, 6-2-1)
Attendance: 6,875
| 1: |
EDM, | Al Hamilton 7 (Juha Widing, Bill Flett), 9:54 |
| HOU, | John Hughes 1 (Larry Lund, Morris Lukowich), 17:47 |
| 2: |
EDM, | Norm Ferguson 12, 3:40 |
| HOU, | John Gray 9 (Scott Campbell), 7:29 |
| HOU, | John Tonelli 5 (Rich Preston, Andre Lacroix), 9:52 |
| HOU, | Morris Lukowich 16 (Terry Ruskowski, Andre Lacroix), 12:37 |
| 3: |
EDM, | Dave Semenko 1 (Gary MacGregor, Paul Shmyr), 5:33 |
| EDM, | Juha Widing 4 (Paul Shmyr, Brett Callighen), 7:58 |
| HOU, | Morris Lukowich 17 (Terry Ruskowski, Poul Popiel), 9:27 |
| HOU, | John Gray 10 (John Tonelli), 11:27 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Ron Hansis, HOU 1:42 |
| Scott Campbell, HOU 7:59 |
| 2: |
Brett Callighen, EDM 1:30 |
| John Schella, HOU 1:30 |
| Rich Preston, HOU 2:30 |
| Paul Shmyr, EDM 4:28 |
| Ab Demarco, EDM 6:25 |
| Pierre Guite, EDM 12:14 |
| Terry Ruskowski, HOU 18:01 |
| 3: |
Scott Campbell, HOU 5:58 |
| Ab Demarco, EDM 7:23 |
| Poul Popiel, HOU 15:33 |
| Bench penalty, EDM 15:47 |
| Terry Ruskowski, HOU 16:03 |
Penalty time: EDM: 12 minutes
HOU: 16 minutes
Shots: EDM: 6-11-15-32
HOU: 5-11- 8-24
Goalies: EDM: Don McLeod (L, 4-6-0)
HOU: Ernie Wakely (W, 7-9-2)
Attendance: 6,091
| 1: |
SOV, | Anatoli Emeljaneko 2 (Aleksandr Volchkov, Vladimir Popov), 8:11 |
| WIN, | Kent Nilsson 10 (Anders Hedberg, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 11:09 |
| WIN, | Bobby Hull 24 (Kent Nilsson, Ted Green), 15:11 |
| 2: |
WIN, | Lars-Erik Sjoberg 6 (Peter Sullivan, Willy Lindstrom), 1:21 |
| WIN, | Dave Kryskow 8 (Kent Nilsson, Bobby Hull), 8:15 |
| WIN, | Peter Sullivan 8 (Bobby Guindon, Ted Green), 14:24 |
| SOV, | Igor Romashin 1 (Vladimir Lavrentiev, Zinetul Biljaketdinov), 16:13 |
| 3: |
WIN, | Dave Kryskow 9 (Lynn Powis), 2:28 |
| SOV, | Aleksandr Volchkov 2, 7:34 |
| SOV, | Nicolai Makarov 1 (Igor Romashin, Vladimir Lavrentiev), 15:43 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Nicolai Makarov, SOV 2:53 |
| Barry Long, WIN 4:43 |
| 2: |
Ken Baird, WIN 5:47 |
| Viacheslav Nazarov, SOV 6:53 |
| Ted Green, WIN 16:38 |
| 3: |
Ken Baird, WIN 3:35 |
| Zinetul Biljaketdinov, SOV 15:06 |
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg, WIN 15:06 |
Penalty time: SOV: 6 minutes
WIN: 10 minutes
Shots: SOV: 8-12-13-33
WIN: 9-13- 9-31
Goalies: SOV: M. Vaselinok (L, 0-2-0)
WIN: Joe Daley (W, 8-7-0)
Attendance: 9,111
Czechoslovakia (1-5-1)
Cincinnati Stingers (11-17-1)
Edmonton Oilers (13-15-1)
Houston Aeros (13-13-2)
Soviet All-Stars (2-2-0)
Winnipeg Jets (18-12-1)