Friday January 20, 1978
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All WHA game summaries from January 20, 1978



Team123F
Edmonton Oilers (20-20-1) 0 1 2 3
Birmingham Bulls (19-21-2) 2 3 0 5

1: BIR,Rod Langway 1 (Mark Napier, Frank Mahovlich), 10:03
BIR,Pete Marrin 16 (Paul Henderson, Tony Cassolato), 11:34
2: BIR,Tony Cassolato 10 (Ken Linseman, Brent Hughes), 1:19
BIR,Rod Langway 2 (Ken Linseman), 1:30
BIR,John Stewart 4 (Mark Napier), 3:02
EDM,Pierre Guite 9 (Paul Shmyr, Blair MacDonald), 16:35
3: EDM,Al Hamilton 9 (Joe Micheletti, Blair MacDonald), 2:46
EDM,Bryan Campbell 6 (Al Hamilton, Ron Chipperfield), 4:53
Penalties:

1: Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 2:55
Pete Marrin, BIR 3:34
Ab Demarco, EDM 10:56
Brett Callighen, EDM 13:34
Dave Langevin, EDM 13:34
Ken Linseman, BIR 16:50
Joe Micheletti, EDM 19:13
Dave Langevin, EDM 19:36
2: Dave Gorman, BIR 4:16
Dave Hanson, BIR [misconduct] 15:16
Dave Semenko, EDM [misconduct] 15:16
Bob Stephenson, BIR 15:26
3: Frank Beaton, BIR [double major] 1:52
Paul Shmyr, EDM [major] 1:52
Joe Micheletti, EDM 13:09
Phil Roberto, BIR 18:17
Mike Zuke, EDM 18:17
Penalty time: EDM: 29 minutes BIR: 32 minutes
EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Al Hamilton 1 1 2 0 0 0
Blair MacDonald 0 2 2 0 0 0
Pierre Guite 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bryan Campbell 1 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 1 1 5 0 0
Joe Micheletti 0 1 1 4 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Semenko 0 0 0 10 0 0
Dave Langevin 0 0 0 4 0 0
Mike Zuke 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brett Callighen 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ab Demarco 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rod Langway 2 0 2 0 0 0
Tony Cassolato 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ken Linseman 0 2 2 2 0 0
Mark Napier 0 2 2 0 0 0
Pete Marrin 1 0 1 2 0 0
John Stewart 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Mahovlich 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brent Hughes 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Henderson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Hanson 0 0 0 10 0 0
Frank Beaton 0 0 0 10 0 0
Gilles Bilodeau 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Stephenson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Phil Roberto 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dave Gorman 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: EDM: 8-13- 9-30 BIR: 11- 5- 4-20 Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden,
Don McLeod BIR: John Garrett (W, 13-12-1) Attendance: 4,551


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Quebec Nordiques (21-16-2) 2 4 2 8
Cincinnati Stingers (16-25-2) 0 2 0 2

1: QUE,Marc Tardif 37 (Garry Lariviere, Matti Hagman), 10:08
QUE,Norm Dube 11 (Rick Morris, Pierre Lagace), 13:45
2: QUE,Matti Hagman 12 (Marc Tardif, Garry Lariviere), 2:31
QUE,Paulin Bordeleau 22, 11:44
QUE,Bob Fitchner 9 (Warren Miller, Garry Lariviere), 13:24
CIN,Willie Trognitz 1 (Paul Stewart, Robbie Ftorek), 18:07
QUE,Steve Sutherland 12 (Serge Bernier, Charles Constantin), 18:29
CIN,Robbie Ftorek 29 (Rick Dudley, Peter Marsh), 19:06
3: QUE,Garry Lariviere 2 (Marc Tardif), :34
QUE,Matti Hagman 13 (Garry Lariviere, Marc Tardif), 2:33
Penalties:

1: Barry Melrose, CIN 8:20
Alain Cote, QUE 10:30
Claude Larose, CIN 14:00
Marc Tardif, QUE 14:42
Paul Baxter, QUE 15:22
Rick Dudley, CIN 15:22
Markus Mattsson, QUE 18:08
2: Barry Melrose, CIN 1:06
Paul Baxter, QUE 5:20
Alain Cote, QUE 9:30
Paul Stewart, CIN 9:30
Bryon Baltimore, CIN 11:57
Charles Constantin, QUE 17:36
Rick Dudley, CIN [major] 19:21
Paul Baxter, QUE [major, gross misconduct, misconduct, game misconduct] 19:21
Paul Stewart, CIN [minor, major] 19:21
3: Craig Norwich, CIN [major] 8:56
Steve Sutherland, QUE [major] 8:56
Penalty time: QUE: 54 minutes CIN: 29 minutes
QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Garry Lariviere 1 4 5 0 0 0
Marc Tardif 1 3 4 2 0 0
Matti Hagman 2 1 3 0 0 0
Steve Sutherland 1 0 1 5 0 0
Norm Dube 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Fitchner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Paulin Bordeleau 1 0 1 0 0 0
Charles Constantin 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rick Morris 0 1 1 0 0 0
Warren Miller 0 1 1 0 0 0
Serge Bernier 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pierre Lagace 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Baxter 0 0 0 39 0 0
Alain Cote 0 0 0 4 0 0
Markus Mattsson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Robbie Ftorek 1 1 2 0 0 0
Willie Trognitz 1 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Stewart 0 1 1 9 0 0
Rick Dudley 0 1 1 7 0 0
Peter Marsh 0 1 1 0 0 0
Craig Norwich 0 0 0 5 0 0
Barry Melrose 0 0 0 4 0 0
Bryon Baltimore 0 0 0 2 0 0
Claude Larose 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: QUE: 13-14-12-39 CIN: 14-12- 6-32 Goalies: QUE: Markus Mattsson (W, 4-3-0) CIN: Michel Dion,
Normand Lapointe Attendance: 6,081


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Houston Aeros (18-19-3) 0 2 2 4
Indianapolis Racers (13-25-4) 1 0 2 3

1: IND,Michel Parizeau 5 (Rusty Patenaude, Gilles Marotte), 18:13
2: HOU,Rich Preston 14 (Terry Ruskowski, Scott Campbell), 2:26
HOU,Rich Preston 15 (Al McLeod, Morris Lukowich), 6:01
3: IND,Kevin Morrison 6 (Kevin Devine, Darryl Maggs), 7:07
HOU,Don Larway 11 (Andre Lacroix, Poul Popiel), 14:10
HOU,Andre Lacroix 17 (Don Larway, Poul Popiel), 17:59
IND,Reg Thomas 11 (Dave Fortier, Claude St. Sauveur), 18:28
Penalties:

1: Scott Campbell, HOU 3:46
Gilles Marotte, IND 8:05
Cam Connor, HOU 12:30
Kevin Devine, IND 12:30
John Schella, HOU 15:39
2: Dave Fortier, IND 1:54
Ken Block, IND 10:27
Scott Campbell, HOU [double minor] 10:48
Don Larway, HOU 19:01
3: Rosaire Paiement, IND [major] 5:42
Cam Connor, HOU [minor, major] 5:42
Penalty time: HOU: 19 minutes IND: 13 minutes
HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rich Preston 2 0 2 0 0 0
Don Larway 1 1 2 2 0 0
Andre Lacroix 1 1 2 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 2 2 0 0 0
Scott Campbell 0 1 1 6 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Morris Lukowich 0 1 1 0 0 0
Al McLeod 0 1 1 0 0 0
Cam Connor 0 0 0 9 0 0
John Schella 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Parizeau 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Morrison 1 0 1 0 0 0
Reg Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Devine 0 1 1 2 0 0
Gilles Marotte 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dave Fortier 0 1 1 2 0 0
Darryl Maggs 0 1 1 0 0 0
Claude St. Sauveur 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ken Block 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: HOU: 8-11-11-30 IND: 16-12-17-45 Goalies: HOU: Ernie Wakely (W, 11-13-3) IND: Gary Inness (L, 7-14-3) Attendance: 6,043


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New England Whalers (26-13-4) 1 2 1 0 4
Winnipeg Jets (26-14-2) 3 1 0 0 4

1: WIN,Kent Nilsson 16 (Dan Labraaten, Willy Lindstrom), 3:24
WIN,Bobby Hull 32 (Ulf Nilsson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 5:12
NE ,George Lyle 18 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 8:31
WIN,Kent Nilsson 17 (Ulf Nilsson, Bobby Hull), 10:18
2: NE ,Mike Rogers 15 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 4:47
WIN,Willy Lindstrom 11 (Kent Nilsson), 7:00
NE ,Jim Mayer 6 (Bill Butters, Mike Rogers), 16:44
3: NE ,Mark Howe 10 (Gordie Howe, George Lyle), :36
4: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Mark Howe, NE 9:15
2: Kim Clackson, WIN 4:35
Gordie Howe, NE 6:05
Bench penalty, WIN 6:05
Bill Butters, NE 8:17
3: none
4: none
Penalty time: NE : 6 minutes WIN: 4 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mark Howe 1 2 3 2 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 3 3 2 0 0
George Lyle 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 1 1 2 0 0 0
Jim Mayer 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Butters 0 1 1 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Kent Nilsson 2 1 3 0 0 0
Willy Lindstrom 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 0 2 2 0 0 0
Dan Labraaten 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kim Clackson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 10-10- 5- 4-29 WIN: 11- 7-12- 3-33 Goalies: NE : Louis Levasseur (T, 6-5-1) WIN: Joe Daley (T, 14-7-1) Attendance: 10,346



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