All WHA game summaries from January 6, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (15-17-3)	1	2	1	4
Birmingham Bulls (15-19-2)	0	3	3	6

1:	HOU,	Morris Lukowich 19 (Scott Campbell, Poul Popiel), 2:37
2:	BIR,	Brent Hughes 7 (Frank Mahovlich, Dale Hoganson), 2:31
	BIR,	Frank Mahovlich 7 (John Stewart), 2:43
	HOU,	John Tonelli 8 (Don Larway), 5:14
	HOU,	Scott Campbell 4 (Don Larway, John Gray), 9:53
	BIR,	Dave Hanson 2 (John Stewart, Phil Roberto), 18:01
3:	BIR,	Dave Gorman 5 (Dave Hanson), :58
	HOU,	Scott Campbell 5 (Morris Lukowich, Al McLeod), 10:29
	BIR,	Pete Marrin 13 (Tony Cassolato, Paul Henderson), 16:24
	BIR,	Tony Cassolato 9, 19:31

Penalties:

1:	Dave Hanson, BIR 1:46
	John Schella, HOU 3:28
	Serge Beaudoin, BIR 8:41
	Poul Popiel, HOU 12:42
2:	Rich Preston, HOU 2:15
	Dave Gorman, BIR 4:18
	Rich Preston, HOU 4:18
	John Schella, HOU [minor, major] 10:41
	Frank Beaton, BIR [minor, major] 10:41
	Terry Ruskowski, HOU [minor, major] 15:47
	Steve Durbano, BIR [minor, major, misconduct] 15:47
3:	Dave Hanson, BIR 1:29
	John Schella, HOU 1:29
	Frank Beaton, BIR 8:51
	Cam Connor, HOU 8:51
	John Hughes, HOU 8:51
	Dale Hoganson, BIR 8:56

Penalty time: HOU: 28 minutes BIR: 36 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Scott Campbell	2	1	3	0	0	0
Morris Lukowich	1	1	2	0	0	0
Don Larway	0	2	2	0	0	0
John Tonelli	1	0	1	0	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	2	0	0
John Gray	0	1	1	0	0	0
Al McLeod	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Schella	0	0	0	11	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	0	0	7	0	0
Rich Preston	0	0	0	4	0	0
John Hughes	0	0	0	2	0	0
Cam Connor	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Hanson	1	1	2	4	0	0
Tony Cassolato	1	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Mahovlich	1	1	2	0	0	0
John Stewart	0	2	2	0	0	0
Dave Gorman	1	0	1	2	0	0
Pete Marrin	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brent Hughes	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dale Hoganson	0	1	1	2	0	0
Phil Roberto	0	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Henderson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Steve Durbano	0	0	0	17	0	0
Frank Beaton	0	0	0	9	0	0
Serge Beaudoin	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 7- 4-13-24 BIR: 13-14-12-39 Goalies: HOU: Lynn Zimmerman (L, 5-5-0) BIR: John Garrett (W, 10-11-1) Attendance: 11,183

Team	1	2	3	F
Quebec Nordiques (18-13-2)	0	0	3	3
Cincinnati Stingers (15-20-2)	1	1	3	5

1:	CIN,	Brian Coates 3 (Robbie Ftorek, Jamie Hislop), 17:35
2:	CIN,	Hugh Harris 4 (Ron Plumb), 7:43
3:	CIN,	Brian Coates 4 (Robbie Ftorek, Jamie Hislop), :25
	QUE,	Matti Hagman 10 (Real Cloutier, Garry Lariviere), 3:42
	QUE,	Marc Tardif 33 (Real Cloutier, Garry Lariviere), 6:27
	CIN,	Jamie Hislop 9 (Ron Plumb, Robbie Ftorek), 6:56
	CIN,	Hugh Harris 5 (Bill Gilligan), 8:03
	QUE,	Steve Sutherland 11 (Serge Bernier, Bob Fitchner), 10:35

Penalties:

1:	Charles Constantin, QUE 5:46
	Hugh Harris, CIN 9:42
	Charles Constantin, QUE 18:28
2:	Rick Morris, QUE 18:36
3:	Bill Gilligan, CIN 0:47
	Barry Melrose, CIN 5:33
	Paul Stewart, CIN [misconduct, game misconduct] 9:58
	Paul Baxter, QUE [misconduct, game misconduct] 9:58

Penalty time: QUE: 26 minutes CIN: 26 minutes

QUE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Real Cloutier	0	2	2	0	0	0
Garry Lariviere	0	2	2	0	0	0
Marc Tardif	1	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Sutherland	1	0	1	0	0	0
Matti Hagman	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Fitchner	0	1	1	0	0	0
Serge Bernier	0	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Baxter	0	0	0	20	0	0
Charles Constantin	0	0	0	4	0	0
Rick Morris	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

CIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jamie Hislop	1	2	3	0	0	0
Robbie Ftorek	0	3	3	0	0	0
Hugh Harris	2	0	2	2	0	0
Brian Coates	2	0	2	0	0	0
Ron Plumb	0	2	2	0	0	0
Bill Gilligan	0	1	1	2	0	0
Paul Stewart	0	0	0	20	0	0
Barry Melrose	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: QUE: 7-11-32-50 CIN: 16- 9- 8-33 Goalies: QUE: Ken Broderick (L, 6-7-1) CIN: Michel Dion (W, 9-4-1) Attendance: 4,199

Team	1	2	3	F
Winnipeg Jets (22-12-1)	2	1	1	4
Edmonton Oilers (16-17-1)	0	1	0	1

1:	WIN,	Ulf Nilsson 13 (Bobby Hull), 12:44
	WIN,	Ken Baird 7 (Kent Nilsson, Bill Lesuk), 18:41
2:	EDM,	Jerry Holland 1 (Paul Shmyr, Ron Chipperfield), 2:07
	WIN,	Ulf Nilsson 14 (Dave Dunn, Anders Hedberg), 17:25
3:	WIN,	Bobby Hull 26 (Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg), 12:52

Penalties:

Penalty time: WIN: 6 minutes EDM: 8 minutes

WIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ulf Nilsson	2	1	3	0	0	0
Bobby Hull	1	1	2	0	0	0
Anders Hedberg	0	2	2	0	0	0
Ken Baird	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kent Nilsson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Dunn	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Lesuk	0	1	1	0	0	0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg	0	0	0	2	0	0
Dan Labraaten	0	0	0	2	0	0
Barry Long	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

EDM Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jerry Holland	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Chipperfield	0	1	1	4	0	0
Paul Shmyr	0	1	1	0	0	0
Brett Callighen	0	0	0	2	0	0
Al Hamilton	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: WIN: 12- 7- 7-26 EDM: 9-14-13-36 Goalies: WIN: Gary Bromley (W, 9-2-1) EDM: Don McLeod (L, 6-7-0) Attendance: 9,073

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (24-10-3)	0	1	2	3
Indianapolis Racers (11-22-4)	2	2	0	4

1:	IND,	Blaine Stoughton 9 (Kevin Morrison, Rosaire Paiement), :15
	IND,	Claude St. Sauveur 18 (Reg Thomas, Gilles Marotte), 3:41
2:	IND,	Rusty Patenaude 19 (Peter Driscoll, Michel Parizeau), 7:07
	NE ,	Greg Carroll 5 (Mike Rogers, Bill Butters), 7:42
	IND,	Bill Goldsworthy 5 (Reg Thomas, Claude St. Sauveur), 13:42
3:	NE ,	George Lyle 16 (Gordie Roberts), 1:16
	NE ,	Gordie Howe 14 (George Lyle), 3:26

Penalties:

Penalty time: NE : 13 minutes IND: 9 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
George Lyle	1	1	2	0	0	0
Greg Carroll	1	0	1	2	0	0
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	5	0	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bill Butters	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Mayer	0	0	0	2	0	0
John McKenzie	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

IND Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Claude St. Sauveur	1	1	2	0	0	0
Reg Thomas	0	2	2	2	0	0
Bill Goldsworthy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Blaine Stoughton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rusty Patenaude	1	0	1	0	0	0
Peter Driscoll	0	1	1	5	0	0
Michel Parizeau	0	1	1	2	0	0
Gilles Marotte	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rosaire Paiement	0	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Morrison	0	1	1	0	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 12-13- 9-34 IND: 14- 9- 4-27 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 20-5-3) IND: Jim Park (W, 3-3-0) Attendance: 6,551