Saturday February 4, 1978
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All WHA game summaries from February 4, 1978



Team123F
Indianapolis Racers (15-31-4) 1 0 1 2
Birmingham Bulls (22-25-2) 4 0 1 5

1: BIR,Tony Cassolato 12 (Paul Henderson, Pete Marrin), :28
BIR,Frank Mahovlich 11 (Joe Noris), 4:18
BIR,Mark Napier 22 (Rod Langway, Joe Noris), 9:45
BIR,Tony Cassolato 13 (Pete Marrin), 10:31
IND,Peter Driscoll 12 (Claude St. Sauveur, Bill Goldsworthy), 18:45
2: no scoring
3: IND,John French 5 (Kevin Morrison), 14:23
BIR,Mark Napier 23 (Frank Beaton, Joe Noris), 15:11
Penalties:

1: Ken Linseman, BIR 1:31
Bill Prentice, IND [major, misconduct] 12:54
Frank Beaton, BIR [minor, major] 12:54
2: Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 5:27
3: none
Penalty time: IND: 15 minutes BIR: 11 minutes
IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Peter Driscoll 1 0 1 0 0 0
John French 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Goldsworthy 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kevin Morrison 0 1 1 0 0 0
Claude St. Sauveur 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Prentice 0 0 0 15 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Joe Noris 0 3 3 0 0 0
Tony Cassolato 2 0 2 0 0 0
Mark Napier 2 0 2 0 0 0
Pete Marrin 0 2 2 0 0 0
Frank Mahovlich 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Beaton 0 1 1 7 0 0
Paul Henderson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rod Langway 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ken Linseman 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gilles Bilodeau 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: IND: 10- 8- 9-27 BIR: 14- 8- 7-29 Goalies: IND: Peter McDuffe,
Gary Inness BIR: Wayne Wood (W, 7-6-1) Attendance: 11,454


Team123F
Winnipeg Jets (29-18-2) 4 2 1 7
Cincinnati Stingers (21-28-2) 2 0 3 5

1: WIN,Bobby Hull 34 (Ulf Nilsson), :56
WIN,Kent Nilsson 22 (Bobby Hull, Ulf Nilsson), 11:40
WIN,Ulf Nilsson 23 (Anders Hedberg, Kim Clackson), 14:49
CIN,Craig Norwich 4 (Rick Dudley, Rich Leduc), 16:06
CIN,Robbie Ftorek 36 (Claude Larose, Ron Plumb), 17:49
WIN,Anders Hedberg 37 (Ulf Nilsson, Barry Long), 19:31
2: WIN,Anders Hedberg 38 (Ulf Nilsson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 5:54
WIN,Kent Ruhnke 7 (Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Bill Lesuk), 15:24
3: WIN,Ken Baird 10 (Lynn Powis, Ted Green), 5:52
CIN,Brian Coates 8 (Peter Marsh, Ron Plumb), 7:53
CIN,Jamie Hislop 14 (Rick Dudley, Bryon Baltimore), 9:00
CIN,Rick Dudley 15 (Robbie Ftorek), 19:43
Penalties:

1: Barry Long, WIN 3:27
Barry Melrose, CIN 10:29
Ken Baird, WIN [major] 15:06
2: Hugh Harris, CIN 9:07
Lars-Erik Sjoberg, WIN 19:07
3: Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 5:02
Kim Clackson, WIN 7:03
Dave Dunn, WIN 16:18
Penalty time: WIN: 13 minutes CIN: 6 minutes
WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ulf Nilsson 1 4 5 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 2 1 3 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 1 1 2 0 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 0 2 2 2 0 0
Ken Baird 1 0 1 5 0 0
Kent Ruhnke 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kent Nilsson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kim Clackson 0 1 1 2 0 0
Barry Long 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ted Green 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Lesuk 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lynn Powis 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Dunn 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Dudley 1 2 3 0 0 0
Robbie Ftorek 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ron Plumb 0 2 2 0 0 0
Craig Norwich 1 0 1 0 0 0
Brian Coates 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jamie Hislop 1 0 1 0 0 0
Peter Marsh 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rich Leduc 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bryon Baltimore 0 1 1 0 0 0
Claude Larose 0 1 1 0 0 0
Hugh Harris 0 0 0 2 0 0
Barry Melrose 0 0 0 2 0 0
Butch Deadmarsh 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: WIN: 8-11- 9-28 CIN: 14- 6-12-32 Goalies: WIN: Gary Bromley (W, 11-6-1) CIN: Michel Dion (L, 11-9-1) Attendance: 7,346


Team123F
New England Whalers (30-18-4) 0 2 2 4
Houston Aeros (25-21-3) 3 0 2 5

1: HOU,Andre Lacroix 19 (Ron Hansis, John Gray), 5:22
HOU,Morris Lukowich 24 (Andre Lacroix, Terry Ruskowski), 7:42
HOU,Ted Taylor 5 (John Tonelli, Ernie Wakely), 17:27
2: NE ,Gordie Roberts 11 (Brad Selwood, John McKenzie), 10:34
NE ,George Lyle 23 (Gordie Roberts), 14:34
3: NE ,George Lyle 24 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 9:01
HOU,John Gray 17, 12:05
HOU,Morris Lukowich 25, 14:53
NE ,Mike Rogers 17 (Alan Hangsleben, Mark Howe), 17:17
Penalties:

1: John Hughes, HOU 1:18
Gordie Howe, NE 6:43
Terry Ruskowski, HOU 10:53
Rick Ley, NE 10:53
Alan Hangsleben, NE 13:29
Rick Ley, NE 15:00
2: Cam Connor, HOU 2:13
Bill Butters, NE 5:12
Cam Connor, HOU 6:17
Poul Popiel, HOU 9:02
3: John Gray, HOU 9:59
Bill Butters, NE 9:59
Penalty time: NE : 12 minutes HOU: 12 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
George Lyle 2 0 2 0 0 0
Gordie Roberts 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mark Howe 0 2 2 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 1 1 2 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 0 1 1 2 0 0
John McKenzie 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brad Selwood 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Ley 0 0 0 4 0 0
Bill Butters 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Morris Lukowich 2 0 2 0 0 0
John Gray 1 1 2 2 0 0
Andre Lacroix 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ted Taylor 1 0 1 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 1 1 2 0 0
John Tonelli 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Hansis 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ernie Wakely 0 1 1 0 0 0
Cam Connor 0 0 0 4 0 0
John Hughes 0 0 0 2 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 7-13-11-31 HOU: 7- 3- 8-18 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 23-9-3) HOU: Ernie Wakely (W, 17-15-3) Attendance: 13,215


Team1234F
Edmonton Oilers (26-23-1) 0 0 3 1 4
Quebec Nordiques (24-22-2) 0 3 0 0 3

1: no scoring
2: QUE,Paul Baxter 4 (Real Cloutier, Matti Hagman), 8:30
QUE,Real Cloutier 32 (Matti Hagman, Garry Lariviere), 19:17
QUE,Bob Fitchner 10 (Garry Lariviere, Steve Sutherland), 19:59
3: EDM,Dave Langevin 4 (Brett Callighen), 2:49
EDM,Bill Flett 25 (Ron Chipperfield, Paul Shmyr), 16:35
EDM,Juha Widing 12 (Brett Callighen, Norm Ferguson), 17:57
4: EDM,Mike Zuke 14 (Ron Chipperfield), 2:56
Penalties:

1: Dave Semenko, EDM 6:59
2: Marc Tardif, QUE 1:49
Pierre Guite, EDM 6:20
Rick Morris, QUE 9:53
Bill Flett, EDM 11:28
Paul Shmyr, EDM 18:31
Paul Baxter, QUE 18:31
3: Steve Sutherland, QUE 0:48
Charles Constantin, QUE [major] 4:17
Dave Semenko, EDM [major, match penalty] 4:17
Bob Fitchner, QUE [match penalty] 4:58
Jim Troy, EDM [minor, major, match penalty] 4:58
Steve Sutherland, QUE [minor, major, match penalty] 4:58
Paul Baxter, QUE 7:42
Brett Callighen, EDM 9:46
Warren Miller, QUE 11:31
Joe Micheletti, EDM 13:47
Paul Shmyr, EDM 18:37
Real Cloutier, QUE 19:34
4: none
Penalty time: EDM: 46 minutes QUE: 46 minutes
EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Brett Callighen 0 2 2 2 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bill Flett 1 0 1 2 0 0
Mike Zuke 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Langevin 1 0 1 0 0 0
Juha Widing 1 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 1 1 4 0 0
Norm Ferguson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Troy 0 0 0 17 0 0
Dave Semenko 0 0 0 17 0 0
Joe Micheletti 0 0 0 2 0 0
Pierre Guite 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Real Cloutier 1 1 2 2 0 0
Garry Lariviere 0 2 2 0 0 0
Matti Hagman 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bob Fitchner 1 0 1 10 0 0
Paul Baxter 1 0 1 4 0 0
Steve Sutherland 0 1 1 19 0 0
Charles Constantin 0 0 0 5 0 0
Marc Tardif 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Morris 0 0 0 2 0 0
Warren Miller 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: EDM: 7-17-14- 2-40 QUE: 8- 7- 8- 1-24 Goalies: EDM: Don McLeod (W, 11-10-0) QUE: Ken Broderick (L, 9-8-1) Attendance: 8,093



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