All WHA game summaries from January 7, 1978

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Indianapolis Racers (12-22-4)	0	1	0	1	2
Houston Aeros (15-18-3)	0	0	1	0	1

1: no scoring
2: IND, Kevin Morrison 5 (Michel Parizeau), 16:12
3: HOU, Ted Taylor 3 (Terry Ruskowski), 14:05
4: IND, Kevin Devine 9 (Rosaire Paiement, Blaine Stoughton), :21

Penalties:

1: Michel Parizeau, IND 4:52
   Don Larway, HOU 7:15
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 13:01
2: Darryl Maggs, IND 1:28
   Poul Popiel, HOU 4:01
   John Gray, HOU 7:53
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 16:37
3: none
4: none

Penalty time: IND: 4 minutes
              HOU: 10 minutes

Shots: IND: 10- 9-11- 1-31
       HOU:  7- 7- 5- 0-19

Goalies: IND: Gary Inness (W, 7-11-3)
         HOU: Ernie Wakely (L, 8-13-3)

Attendance: 7,768

Team	1	2	3	F
Cincinnati Stingers (15-21-2)	2	1	0	3
New England Whalers (25-10-3)	2	1	2	5

1: NE , Gordie Roberts 8, 1:01
   CIN, Paul Stewart 1 (Rich Leduc, Peter Marsh), 1:13
   NE , Mark Howe 8 (Gordie Howe, Marty Howe), 7:12
   CIN, Bill Gilligan 3 (Butch Deadmarsh, Hugh Harris), 17:08
2: CIN, Jamie Hislop 10, 5:52
   NE , Marty Howe 5, 11:31
3: NE , Greg Carroll 6 (Mike Rogers, Bill Butters), 3:49
   NE , Alan Hangsleben 5 (Bill Butters, Mike Rogers), 19:32

Penalties:

1: Paul Stewart, CIN [major] 2:04
   Jack Carlson, NE [major] 2:04
   Paul Stewart, CIN [major] 12:41
   Jack Carlson, NE [major] 12:41
   Rich Leduc, CIN [minor, major] 16:27
   Alan Hangsleben, NE [minor, major] 16:27
   Mark Howe, NE 17:22
   Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 18:59
2: Butch Deadmarsh, CIN [double minor] 9:37
   Alan Hangsleben, NE 14:28
   Gordie Roberts, NE 19:09
   Alan Hangsleben, NE 19:22
3: Gordie Howe, NE [major] 12:17

Penalty time: CIN: 23 minutes
              NE : 30 minutes

Shots: CIN: 10- 7- 8-25
       NE : 14-14-12-40

Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (L, 2-2-1)
         NE : Louis Levasseur (W, 5-4-0)

Attendance: 9,669