WHA game summary from January 4, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Quebec Nordiques (18-12-2)	2	2	2	6
New England Whalers (24-9-3)	2	2	0	4

1:	QUE,	Norm Dube 8 (Real Cloutier, Marc Tardif), 4:07
	NE ,	Bryan Maxwell 2 (Mark Howe, George Lyle), 4:39
	QUE,	Real Cloutier 25, 6:51
	NE ,	Larry Pleau 15 (Rick Ley, Mike Rogers), 9:08
2:	QUE,	Bob Fitchner 5 (Warren Miller, Paul Baxter), 1:52
	NE ,	George Lyle 15 (Gordie Howe, Mark Howe), 1:59
	NE ,	Gordie Roberts 7 (John McKenzie), 8:23
	QUE,	Matti Hagman 8 (Real Cloutier, Marc Tardif), 13:29
3:	QUE,	Matti Hagman 9 (Garry Lariviere), 14:39
	QUE,	Steve Sutherland 10 (Warren Miller), 19:07

Penalties:

Penalty time: QUE: 6 minutes NE : 16 minutes

QUE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Real Cloutier	1	2	3	0	0	0
Matti Hagman	2	0	2	0	0	0
Warren Miller	0	2	2	0	0	0
Marc Tardif	0	2	2	0	0	0
Bob Fitchner	1	0	1	4	0	0
Norm Dube	1	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Sutherland	1	0	1	0	0	0
Garry Lariviere	0	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Baxter	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jean Bernier	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
George Lyle	1	1	2	2	0	0
Mark Howe	0	2	2	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bryan Maxwell	1	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	10	0	0
John McKenzie	0	1	1	2	0	0
Rick Ley	0	1	1	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Butters	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: QUE: 11- 7-11-29 NE : 11-16-10-37 Goalies: QUE: Jim Corsi (W, 7-1-0) NE : Al Smith (L, 20-4-3) Attendance: 9,454