All WHA game summaries from December 23, 1977
| 1: |
WIN, | Willy Lindstrom 7 (Dan Labraaten), 3:17 |
| CIN, | Ron Plumb 7 (Pat Stapleton, Rick Dudley), 5:52 |
| WIN, | Lyle Moffat 6 (Dave Kryskow, Lynn Powis), 10:28 |
| WIN, | Dan Labraaten 15 (Peter Sullivan, Lyle Moffat), 15:44 |
| CIN, | Claude Larose 8 (Gilles Marotte, Rick Dudley), 16:09 |
| 2: |
CIN, | Rick Dudley 7 (Bill Gilligan, Barry Legge), 10:27 |
| WIN, | Anders Hedberg 25 (Barry Long, Bobby Hull), 14:57 |
| WIN, | Anders Hedberg 26 (Kent Nilsson, Bobby Hull), 19:25 |
| 3: |
CIN, | Rick Dudley 8 (Ron Plumb, Pat Stapleton), 13:51 |
| WIN, | Peter Sullivan 9 (Anders Hedberg, Bobby Hull), 19:21 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Bobby Guindon, WIN 5:13 |
| Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 11:19 |
| Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 17:23 |
| Bobby Hull, WIN 18:46 |
| 2: |
Willy Lindstrom, WIN 9:15 |
| Gilles Marotte, CIN 9:15 |
| Rick Dudley, CIN 14:53 |
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg, WIN 14:53 |
| Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 18:55 |
| Craig Norwich, CIN 20:00 |
| 3: |
Dave Dunn, WIN 11:54 |
Penalty time: WIN: 10 minutes
CIN: 12 minutes
Shots: WIN: 13- 8-10-31
CIN: 14-11-10-35
Goalies: WIN: Joe Daley (W, 9-7-0)
CIN: Normand Lapointe (L, 2-1-0)
Attendance: 5,715
| 1: |
SOV, | Zinetula Bilyaletdinov 4 (Viacheslav Nazarov, Anatoli Emeljaneko), 10:48 |
| SOV, | Igor Romashin 2 (Gimaev, Nicolai Makarov), 18:18 |
| 2: |
SOV, | Zinetula Bilyaletdinov 5 (Viacheslav Nazarov, Vladimir Laurentiev), 4:35 |
| SOV, | Alexei Volchenkov 3 (Alexsandr Volchkov, Nicolai Makarov), 9:49 |
| 3: |
SOV, | Vladimir Gulobovich 1 (Zinetula Bilyaletdinov), 2:09 |
| HOU, | Rich Preston 9 (Andre Lacroix, John Gray), 5:39 |
| HOU, | Ron Hansis 4 (Terry Ruskowski), 7:37 |
| SOV, | Mikhail Shostak 1, 12:42 |
Penalties:
Penalty time: SOV: 0 minutes
HOU: 0 minutes
Shots: SOV: 5-13-11-29
HOU: 12- 1-11-24
Goalies: SOV: Sergei Babariko (W, 3-1-0)
HOU: Ernie Wakely (L, 7-11-2)
Attendance: n/a
| 1: |
IND, | Darryl Maggs 4 (Bobby Sheehan, Brad Rhiness), 3:13 |
| IND, | Reg Thomas 9 (Ken Block, Darryl Maggs), 16:05 |
| NE , | Gordie Roberts 6 (Mike Rogers, Jack Carlson), 18:13 |
| 2: |
NE , | John McKenzie 12 (Marty Howe, Dave Keon), 2:53 |
| IND, | Michel Parizeau 3 (Rusty Patenaude, Kevin Devine), 6:54 |
| 3: |
NE , | Rick Ley 2 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 4:03 |
| NE , | Gordie Howe 9 (Rick Ley, George Lyle), 5:20 |
| NE , | George Lyle 12 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 11:36 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Rick Ley, NE 1:07 |
| Kevin Devine, IND 3:28 |
| Bill Butters, NE [major] 3:28 |
| Dave Fortier, IND 4:20 |
| Rusty Patenaude, IND [double minor] 10:04 |
| Gordie Howe, NE 10:57 |
| Jack Carlson, NE 14:49 |
| Peter Driscoll, IND 19:08 |
| 2: |
Gordie Roberts, NE 0:26 |
| Bill Butters, NE 3:15 |
| Dave Fortier, IND 10:37 |
| George Lyle, NE 12:40 |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE 13:41 |
| Don Burgess, IND 13:41 |
| Gordie Howe, NE 17:40 |
| Mike Antonovich, NE 17:40 |
| Rusty Patenaude, IND 19:28 |
| Bill Butters, NE [double minor, major] 19:28 |
| Kevin Devine, IND [major] 19:28 |
| Dave Fortier, IND [misconduct] 19:28 |
| 3: |
Gordie Howe, NE 8:40 |
| Gary Inness, IND 17:45 |
| Kevin Devine, IND [major, game misconduct] 17:45 |
| Jack Carlson, NE [match penalty] 17:45 |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE [minor, major] 17:45 |
| Bench penalty, IND 19:35 |
Penalty time: IND: 50 minutes
NE : 51 minutes
Shots: IND: 11-11-10-32
NE : 14- 8-16-38
Goalies: IND: Gary Inness (L, 5-10-3)
NE : Al Smith (W, 17-3-3)
Attendance: 8,709
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