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:

1: John McKenzie, NE 2:27
   Bill Butters, NE 11:46
   George Lyle, NE 18:35
2: Mike Rogers, NE [misconduct] 3:00
   Jean Bernier, QUE 5:39
   Bob Fitchner, QUE 6:45
3: Bob Fitchner, QUE 19:30

Penalty time: QUE: 6 minutes
              NE : 16 minutes

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