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Sunday February 26, 1978
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All WHA game summaries from February 26, 1978



Team123F
Indianapolis Racers (18-36-4) 3 0 3 6
Birmingham Bulls (26-33-2) 0 1 2 3
1: IND, Claude Larose 14 (Rusty Patenaude, Rich Leduc), 12:21
   IND, Barry Wilkins 1 (Rich Leduc, Rene Leclerc), 16:07
   IND, Peter Driscoll 18 (Claude St. Sauveur, Rene Leclerc), 16:37
2: BIR, Pete Marrin 25 (Mark Napier, Paul Henderson), 8:17
3: IND, Rich Leduc 29 (Blaine Stoughton), 2:01
   IND, Michel Parizeau 6 (Barry Wilkins, Kevin Devine), 2:35
   IND, Peter Driscoll 19 (Claude St. Sauveur), 7:44
   BIR, Mark Napier 29 (Rod Langway, Pete Marrin), 17:03
   BIR, Ken Linseman 28 (Serge Beaudoin, Tony Cassolato), 18:02

Penalties:

1: Dave Hanson, BIR [major] 6:59
   Dave Inkpen, IND [major] 6:59
   Pat Westrum, BIR 7:55
   Rusty Patenaude, IND 13:33
   Pete Marrin, BIR 15:25
2: Rich Leduc, IND [major] 2:32
   Tony Cassolato, BIR [major] 2:32
   Rod Langway, BIR 4:46
   Barry Wilkins, IND 6:03
   Dave Inkpen, IND 6:59
3: Dave Hanson, BIR [double minor] 5:27
   Serge Beaudoin, BIR [major] 5:27
   Glen Irwin, IND [major] 5:27

Penalty time: IND: 21 minutes
              BIR: 25 minutes

IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rich Leduc 1 2 3 5 0 0
Peter Driscoll 2 0 2 0 0 0
Barry Wilkins 1 1 2 2 0 0
Claude St. Sauveur 0 2 2 0 0 0
Rene Leclerc 0 2 2 0 0 0
Michel Parizeau 1 0 1 0 0 0
Claude Larose 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 0 1 1 2 0 0
Kevin Devine 0 1 1 0 0 0
Blaine Stoughton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Inkpen 0 0 0 7 0 0
Glen Irwin 0 0 0 5 0 0
TOTAL00

BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pete Marrin 1 1 2 2 0 0
Mark Napier 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ken Linseman 1 0 1 0 0 0
Serge Beaudoin 0 1 1 5 0 0
Tony Cassolato 0 1 1 5 0 0
Rod Langway 0 1 1 2 0 0
Paul Henderson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Hanson 0 0 0 9 0 0
Pat Westrum 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00

Shots: IND:  6- 3-12-21
       BIR: 16- 9-11-36

Goalies: IND: Eddie Mio (W, 2-1-0)
         BIR: Wayne Wood, John Garrett

Attendance: 5,643



Team123F
New England Whalers (34-22-4) 3 3 0 6
Edmonton Oilers (31-27-2) 1 1 3 5
1: EDM, Paul Shmyr 5 (Mike Zuke, Blair MacDonald), 5:35
   NE , Mike Antonovich 22 (Gordie Howe, John McKenzie), 6:06
   NE , Alan Hangsleben 9 (Steve Carlson), 12:21
   NE , Mike Antonovich 23 (Brad Selwood, Gordie Howe), 18:21
2: NE , Tim Sheehy 6 (Dave Keon, Mark Howe), 1:50
   NE , Mike Rogers 19 (Jim Mayer, Brad Selwood), 2:35
   NE , Gordie Howe 26 (Dave Keon, Ron Plumb), 5:23
   EDM, Ab Demarco 3 (Ron Chipperfield, Bill Flett), 16:22
3: EDM, Bill Flett 30 (Bryan Campbell, Ron Busniuk), 12:27
   EDM, Mike Zuke 19 (Paul Shmyr, Pierre Guite), 15:57
   EDM, Pierre Guite 13 (Blair MacDonald, Mike Zuke), 16:47

Penalties:

1: Mike Rogers, NE 3:48
   Dave Semenko, EDM 8:10
   Rick Ley, NE 15:04
2: Ron Busniuk, EDM 4:48
   Ron Plumb, NE 14:54
   Mike Zuke, EDM 20:00
3: Rick Ley, NE 5:10

Penalty time: NE : 8 minutes
              EDM: 6 minutes

NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gordie Howe 1 2 3 0 0 0
Mike Antonovich 2 0 2 0 0 0
Brad Selwood 0 2 2 0 0 0
Dave Keon 0 2 2 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 1 0 1 2 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 1 0 1 0 0 0
Tim Sheehy 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Plumb 0 1 1 2 0 0
Mark Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Mayer 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Carlson 0 1 1 0 0 0
John McKenzie 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Ley 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Zuke 1 2 3 2 0 0
Pierre Guite 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bill Flett 1 1 2 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 1 1 2 0 0 0
Blair MacDonald 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ab Demarco 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Busniuk 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bryan Campbell 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Semenko 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00

Shots: NE : 13- 9- 4-26
       EDM:  4-12-14-30

Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 27-13-3)
         EDM: Dave Dryden, Don McLeod

Attendance: 14,735



Team123F
Houston Aeros (30-26-3) 1 1 4 6
Winnipeg Jets (41-18-2) 3 3 3 9
1: WIN, Kent Nilsson 31 (Dave Kryskow, Kim Clackson), 3:26
   WIN, Bobby Hull 40 (Ulf Nilsson, Dave Dunn), 5:49
   HOU, John Gray 23 (Andre Lacroix, Poul Popiel), 11:44
   WIN, Kent Nilsson 32 (Ulf Nilsson, Bobby Hull), 14:46
2: HOU, Ron Hansis 9 (John Tonelli, Scott Campbell), 1:52
   WIN, Bill Lesuk 8 (Bobby Guindon, Peter Sullivan), 13:59
   WIN, Bobby Hull 41 (Kent Nilsson, Willy Lindstrom), 16:14
   WIN, Ted Green 4 (Ken Baird, Lynn Powis), 18:36
3: HOU, John Gray 24 (Don Larway, Andre Lacroix), 4:42
   HOU, Poul Popiel 5 (Cam Connor, John Tonelli), 10:20
   WIN, Ulf Nilsson 28, 10:33
   WIN, Ulf Nilsson 29 (Bobby Hull, Anders Hedberg), 11:46
   HOU, John Gray 25 (Don Larway, Larry Lund), 16:56
   WIN, Ken Baird 13 (Lyle Moffat, Lynn Powis), 17:26
   HOU, Morris Lukowich 30 (John Hughes, Larry Lund), 19:31

Penalties:

1: Terry Ruskowski, HOU 9:22
   Peter Sullivan, WIN 9:49
   Cam Connor, HOU 14:02
2: Don Larway, HOU 4:30
   Ulf Nilsson, WIN 5:40
   Bench penalty, HOU 7:20
3: Ulf Nilsson, WIN 2:53
   Cam Connor, HOU 5:38
   Andre Lacroix, HOU 9:47
   Ron Hansis, HOU [minor, major] 14:17
   Thommie Bergman, WIN [minor, major] 14:17

Penalty time: HOU: 19 minutes
              WIN: 13 minutes

HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John Gray 3 0 3 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 1 1 2 0 0 0
Andre Lacroix 0 2 2 2 0 0
Don Larway 0 2 2 2 0 0
Larry Lund 0 2 2 0 0 0
John Tonelli 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ron Hansis 1 0 1 7 0 0
Morris Lukowich 1 0 1 0 0 0
Cam Connor 0 1 1 4 0 0
Scott Campbell 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Hughes 0 1 1 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ulf Nilsson 2 2 4 4 0 0
Bobby Hull 2 2 4 0 0 0
Kent Nilsson 2 1 3 0 0 0
Ken Baird 1 1 2 0 0 0
Lynn Powis 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ted Green 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Lesuk 1 0 1 0 0 0
Peter Sullivan 0 1 1 2 0 0
Kim Clackson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lyle Moffat 0 1 1 0 0 0
Willy Lindstrom 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Dunn 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bobby Guindon 0 1 1 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Kryskow 0 1 1 0 0 0
Thommie Bergman 0 0 0 7 0 0
TOTAL00

Shots: HOU:  6- 7-12-25
       WIN: 16-12-15-43

Goalies: HOU: Lynn Zimmerman (L, 6-6-0)
         WIN: Gary Bromley, Joe Daley (W, 21-9-1)

Attendance: 9,669




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