All WHA game summaries from January 21, 1978
| 1: |
HOU, | Morris Lukowich 21 (Terry Ruskowski, Rich Preston), 5:31 |
| CIN, | Ron Plumb 9 (Jamie Hislop, Pat Stapleton), 18:03 |
| 2: |
HOU, | John Schella 6 (Al McLeod, John Tonelli), 5:08 |
| HOU, | Steve West 4 (John Gray, Larry Lund), 6:00 |
| CIN, | Dennis Abgrall 7 (Rich Leduc, Hugh Harris), 11:20 |
| 3: |
HOU, | Rich Preston 16 (Terry Ruskowski, Morris Lukowich), :36 |
| HOU, | Terry Ruskowski 9 (Rich Preston, John Schella), 17:09 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Scott Campbell, HOU 5:40 |
| Ted Taylor, HOU 14:22 |
| Larry Lund, HOU 15:58 |
| Barry Melrose, CIN 19:51 |
| 2: |
Ron Plumb, CIN 3:19 |
| Ron Hansis, HOU 8:27 |
| Barry Melrose, CIN 8:27 |
| John Hughes, HOU 10:29 |
| Barry Melrose, CIN 14:14 |
| Scott Campbell, HOU 14:14 |
| 3: |
Ron Hansis, HOU 12:36 |
| Normand Lapointe, CIN 20:00 |
Penalty time: CIN: 10 minutes
HOU: 14 minutes
Shots: CIN: 16-11- 4-31
HOU: 5- 8-11-24
Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (L, 3-3-1)
HOU: Ernie Wakely (W, 12-13-3)
Attendance: 8,133
| 1: |
EDM, | Bill Flett 19 (Ron Busniuk), 1:02 |
| EDM, | Ron Chipperfield 19 (Joe Micheletti, Dave Langevin), 6:48 |
| IND, | Kevin Morrison 7 (John French, Don Burgess), 7:11 |
| EDM, | Ron Chipperfield 20, 12:08 |
| 2: |
IND, | Peter Driscoll 8 (Blaine Stoughton, Kevin Morrison), 4:47 |
| 3: | no scoring |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Brett Callighen, EDM 3:38 |
| Ken Block, IND 9:41 |
| Gary Inness, IND 11:10 |
| Kevin Morrison, IND 11:10 |
| Pierre Guite, EDM [triple minor] 11:10 |
| Ron Busniuk, EDM 16:09 |
| 2: |
Rusty Patenaude, IND 0:40 |
| Paul Shmyr, EDM 3:23 |
| Joe Micheletti, EDM 4:16 |
| Ron Busniuk, EDM 6:20 |
| Rusty Patenaude, IND 6:20 |
| Bench penalty, IND 14:15 |
| 3: |
Ron Busniuk, EDM 0:52 |
| Paul Shmyr, EDM 19:40 |
Penalty time: EDM: 20 minutes
IND: 12 minutes
Shots: EDM: 13- 5- 5-23
IND: 6-15-13-34
Goalies: EDM: Don McLeod (W, 9-8-0)
IND: Gary Inness (L, 7-15-3)
Attendance: 6,675
| 1: | no scoring |
| 2: | no scoring |
| 3: |
NE , | Mark Howe 11, 1:32 |
| QUE, | J.C. Tremblay 2 (Bob Fitchner), 3:39 |
| QUE, | Matti Hagman 14 (Marc Tardif, Garry Lariviere), 13:36 |
| NE , | Gordie Howe 17 (George Lyle, Rick Ley), 13:56 |
| QUE, | Garry Lariviere 3 (Marc Tardif), 14:20 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none |
| 2: |
George Lyle, NE 1:24 |
| Andre Peloffy, NE 6:52 |
| Garry Lariviere, QUE 9:32 |
| 3: | none |
Penalty time: NE : 4 minutes
QUE: 2 minutes
Shots: NE : 9- 8-12-29
QUE: 16-10-10-36
Goalies: NE : Louis Levasseur (L, 6-6-1)
QUE: Jim Corsi (W, 8-4-0)
Attendance: 9,050
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