All WHA game summaries from January 31, 1978
| 1: |
BIR, | Pete Marrin 20 (Tony Cassolato, Rod Langway), 8:59 |
| HOU, | John Tonelli 13 (Terry Ruskowski, Al McLeod), 10:18 |
| 2: |
BIR, | Ken Linseman 23 (Mark Napier, Brent Hughes), 1:25 |
| HOU, | John Gray 16 (Don Larway, Andre Lacroix), 3:30 |
| HOU, | Terry Ruskowski 11 (Rich Preston, John Hughes), 5:11 |
| 3: |
HOU, | Ron Hansis 7 (John Tonelli, Cam Connor), 14:20 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none |
| 2: |
Morris Lukowich, HOU 0:25 |
| Scott Campbell, HOU 8:27 |
| Rich Preston, HOU 9:29 |
| Rod Langway, BIR 11:46 |
| Frank Beaton, BIR [major] 15:33 |
| Scott Campbell, HOU [major] 15:33 |
| 3: |
Morris Lukowich, HOU 5:27 |
| Al McLeod, HOU 15:00 |
| Terry Ruskowski, HOU 15:47 |
Penalty time: HOU: 17 minutes
BIR: 7 minutes
Shots: HOU: 11- 5- 9-25
BIR: 5-11-25-41
Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 3-6-0)
BIR: John Garrett (L, 15-15-1)
Attendance: n/a
| 1: |
EDM, | Bill Flett 22 (Joe Micheletti), 5:18 |
| EDM, | Mike Zuke 12, 12:32 |
| IND, | Reg Thomas 15 (Kevin Morrison, John French), 13:26 |
| EDM, | Juha Widing 11 (Brett Callighen, Norm Ferguson), 15:19 |
| IND, | John French 3 (Reg Thomas, Dave Fortier), 18:12 |
| 2: |
IND, | Don Burgess 9 (Kevin Devine, Kevin Morrison), 1:04 |
| EDM, | Joe Micheletti 9 (Ron Chipperfield, Al Hamilton), 5:49 |
| 3: |
EDM, | Ron Busniuk 1 (Ron Chipperfield, Bill Flett), 4:12 |
| IND, | Kevin Morrison 9 (John French, Barry Wilkins), 11:35 |
| EDM, | Mike Zuke 13 (Blair MacDonald), 13:42 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Peter Driscoll, IND 8:48 |
| Brett Callighen, EDM 13:20 |
| 2: |
Dave Fortier, IND 8:33 |
| Brett Callighen, EDM 18:04 |
| Peter Driscoll, IND 18:04 |
| 3: |
Ron Busniuk, EDM 1:59 |
| Ron Chipperfield, EDM 8:25 |
| Kevin Devine, IND 9:42 |
Penalty time: EDM: 8 minutes
IND: 8 minutes
Shots: EDM: 13-23-14-50
IND: 14-13- 7-34
Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 13-8-1)
IND: Jim Park (L, 3-4-0)
Attendance: 4,497
| 1: |
WIN, | Dave Dunn 4 (Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg), :21 |
| QUE, | Matti Hagman 18 (Real Cloutier, J.C. Tremblay), 4:23 |
| WIN, | Willy Lindstrom 15, 4:31 |
| WIN, | Willy Lindstrom 16 (Thommie Bergman, Kent Nilsson), 17:17 |
| 2: |
WIN, | Ulf Nilsson 20, 7:24 |
| WIN, | Ulf Nilsson 21 (Bobby Hull, Dave Dunn), 14:01 |
| 3: |
WIN, | Ulf Nilsson 22 (Anders Hedberg), 4:13 |
| WIN, | Bobby Guindon 8 (Bill Lesuk, Peter Sullivan), 14:20 |
| QUE, | Paulin Bordeleau 25 (Norm Dube, Bob Fitchner), 19:37 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Thommie Bergman, WIN 2:37 |
| Paulin Bordeleau, QUE 6:53 |
| Anders Hedberg, WIN 6:53 |
| 2: |
Rick Morris, QUE 9:52 |
| 3: |
Willy Lindstrom, WIN 2:59 |
| Paul Baxter, QUE [major] 15:52 |
| Dave Dunn, WIN [major] 15:52 |
| Paulin Bordeleau, QUE 17:28 |
Penalty time: WIN: 11 minutes
QUE: 11 minutes
Shots: WIN: 10-15-10-35
QUE: 12- 7-13-32
Goalies: WIN: Joe Daley (W, 15-9-1)
QUE: Jim Corsi,
Ken Broderick
Attendance: 9,132
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