All WHA game summaries from March 17, 1978
| 1: |
CIN, | Rick Dudley 25 (Pat Stapleton, Craig Norwich), 3:45 |
| CIN, | Jamie Hislop 22 (Robbie Ftorek, Rick Dudley), 11:51 |
| NE , | Tim Sheehy 10, 17:43 |
| 2: |
NE , | John McKenzie 21 (Mike Antonovich, Gordie Roberts), 1:26 |
| NE , | Marty Howe 8 (Jack Carlson), 6:26 |
| NE , | Gordie Roberts 13 (Brad Selwood, Mike Antonovich), 8:43 |
| NE , | George Lyle 26 (Larry Pleau, Mike Rogers), 16:35 |
| 3: |
NE , | Dave Keon 20 (Mike Antonovich), 9:31 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
George Lyle, NE 2:29 |
| Bruce Greig, CIN 9:25 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 9:25 |
| Barry Melrose, CIN 12:56 |
| John McKenzie, NE 15:09 |
| Peter Marsh, CIN 17:22 |
| 2: | none |
| 3: |
Alf Handrahan, CIN 2:08 |
| Dan Bolduc, NE 17:00 |
Penalty time: NE : 8 minutes
CIN: 8 minutes
Shots: NE : 12- 9- 9-30
CIN: 8- 9- 6-23
Goalies: NE : Louis Levasseur (W, 10-8-1)
CIN: Michel Dion,
Mike Liut
Attendance: 5,473
| 1: |
WIN, | Anders Hedberg 58 (Bobby Hull, Dave Dunn), 10:19 |
| WIN, | Anders Hedberg 59 (Kent Nilsson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 11:12 |
| EDM, | Blair MacDonald 31 (Randy Rota, Mike Zuke), 15:45 |
| EDM, | Norm Ferguson 24 (Pierre Jarry, Juha Widing), 16:30 |
| 2: |
EDM, | Norm Ferguson 25 (Pierre Jarry), 3:31 |
| 3: |
EDM, | Norm Ferguson 26 (Juha Widing, Pierre Jarry), 2:43 |
| EDM, | Juha Widing 17, 7:29 |
| EDM, | Blair MacDonald 32 (Ron Busniuk, Ron Chipperfield), 12:53 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none |
| 2: |
Ron Busniuk, EDM 9:58 |
| Kent Nilsson, WIN 11:30 |
| 3: |
Ron Chipperfield, EDM 4:22 |
| Randy Rota, EDM 11:16 |
Penalty time: WIN: 2 minutes
EDM: 6 minutes
Shots: WIN: 5- 8- 4-17
EDM: 18-15-12-45
Goalies: WIN: Gary Bromley (L, 21-10-1),
Markus Mattsson
EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 18-16-1)
Attendance: 15,599
| 1: |
HOU, | John Gray 29 (John Hughes, Morris Lukowich), 2:08 |
| BIR, | Joe Noris 10 (Rod Langway, Mark Napier), 2:37 |
| BIR, | Dave Gorman 9 (Brent Hughes, John Stewart), 3:06 |
| 2: | no scoring |
| 3: |
HOU, | Larry Lund 9 (John Tonelli, John Hughes), 4:51 |
| BIR, | Paul Henderson 34 (Mark Napier, Ken Linseman), 5:59 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 3:39 |
| Ron Hansis, HOU 7:46 |
| John Schella, HOU 17:59 |
| 2: |
Ernie Wakely, HOU 5:06 |
| Frank Beaton, BIR 8:40 |
| Terry Ruskowski, HOU 8:40 |
| Ken Linseman, BIR 17:06 |
| 3: |
Terry Ruskowski, HOU [major] 3:14 |
| Frank Beaton, BIR [minor, major] 3:14 |
| Larry Lund, HOU 5:22 |
| John Schella, HOU 11:48 |
| Dale Hoganson, BIR 13:03 |
Penalty time: BIR: 15 minutes
HOU: 17 minutes
Shots: BIR: 11- 8- 9-28
HOU: 4- 7-13-24
Goalies: BIR: Wayne Wood (W, 11-7-1)
HOU: Ernie Wakely (L, 24-20-4)
Attendance: 9,195
New England Whalers (38-27-4)
Cincinnati Stingers (30-35-3)
Winnipeg Jets (45-23-2)
Edmonton Oilers (33-34-2)
Birmingham Bulls (30-38-2)
Houston Aeros (35-30-4)