Friday April 7, 1978
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All WHA game summaries from April 7, 1978



Team123F
Houston Aeros (40-34-4) 2 1 0 3
Birmingham Bulls (35-41-3) 2 2 1 5

1: BIR,Ken Linseman 36 (Jim Turkiewicz, Dave Hanson), 6:46
HOU,John Gray 33 (Keke Mortson, Larry Lund), 12:36
HOU,John Tonelli 22 (Andre Lacroix), 14:10
BIR,Dave Gorman 16 (Steve Alley, Serge Beaudoin), 18:07
2: BIR,Dave Hanson 7 (Phil Roberto), 2:52
HOU,Poul Popiel 6 (Andre Lacroix, John Tonelli), 16:27
BIR,Ken Linseman 37 (Phil Roberto), 19:43
3: BIR,Phil Roberto 8 (Pete Marrin), 19:54
Penalties:

1: Phil Roberto, BIR 16:21
John Hughes, HOU 16:21
2: Scott Campbell, HOU 4:06
Poul Popiel, HOU [major] 6:44
Phil Roberto, BIR [major] 6:44
Dave Hanson, BIR [major] 6:44
Serge Beaudoin, BIR [minor, major] 6:44
Keke Mortson, HOU [minor, major] 6:44
John Hughes, HOU [minor, major, misconduct] 6:44
Dave Hanson, BIR 14:27
3: Morris Lukowich, HOU 3:10
Dave Gorman, BIR 3:10
Phil Roberto, BIR 8:10
Phil Roberto, BIR 13:10
Terry Ruskowski, HOU 13:10
Dave Gorman, BIR [misconduct] 13:10
Morris Lukowich, HOU [misconduct] 13:10
Penalty time: HOU: 47 minutes BIR: 37 minutes
HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John Tonelli 1 1 2 0 0 0
Andre Lacroix 0 2 2 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 1 0 1 5 0 0
John Gray 1 0 1 0 0 0
Keke Mortson 0 1 1 7 0 0
Larry Lund 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Hughes 0 0 0 19 0 0
Morris Lukowich 0 0 0 12 0 0
Scott Campbell 0 0 0 2 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Phil Roberto 1 2 3 11 0 0
Ken Linseman 2 0 2 0 0 0
Dave Hanson 1 1 2 7 0 0
Dave Gorman 1 0 1 12 0 0
Serge Beaudoin 0 1 1 7 0 0
Steve Alley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Turkiewicz 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pete Marrin 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: HOU: 13- 9- 9-31 BIR: 13- 9-11-33 Goalies: HOU: Ernie Wakely (L, 28-23-4) BIR: John Garrett (W, 22-26-1) Attendance: 10,548



Team123F
Winnipeg Jets (50-27-2) 2 0 0 2
Edmonton Oilers (38-39-3) 4 0 0 4

1: WIN,Bobby Guindon 20 (Willy Lindstrom, Ulf Nilsson), :32
EDM,Juha Widing 18 (Joe Micheletti, Brett Callighen), 6:08
EDM,Ron Busniuk 2 (Pierre Jarry, Blair MacDonald), 12:35
EDM,Brett Callighen 20, 16:27
WIN,Dave Kryskow 19 (Anders Hedberg, Kent Nilsson), 17:55
EDM,Blair MacDonald 34 (Ron Chipperfield, Cal Sandbeck), 18:54
2: no scoring
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: none
2: Juha Widing, EDM 1:30
Ulf Nilsson, WIN 9:36
3: Kim Clackson, WIN 4:08
Pierre Guite, EDM 4:29
Dave Dunn, WIN 13:50
Lars-Erik Sjoberg, WIN 17:33
Pierre Guite, EDM 18:48
Randy Rota, EDM 19:03
Penalty time: WIN: 8 minutes EDM: 8 minutes
WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Kryskow 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Guindon 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 0 1 1 2 0 0
Willy Lindstrom 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kent Nilsson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 0 0 0 2 0 0
Kim Clackson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dave Dunn 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Brett Callighen 1 1 2 0 0 0
Blair MacDonald 1 1 2 0 0 0
Juha Widing 1 0 1 2 0 0
Ron Busniuk 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pierre Jarry 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Micheletti 0 1 1 0 0 0
Cal Sandbeck 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pierre Guite 0 0 0 4 0 0
Randy Rota 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: WIN: 10- 6- 8-24 EDM: 15-20- 8-43 Goalies: WIN: Joe Daley (L, 21-11-1) EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 20-18-1) Attendance: 15,488



Team123F
Cincinnati Stingers (34-40-3) 1 2 3 6
Indianapolis Racers (24-48-5) 1 2 1 4

1: IND,Claude Larose 24 (Rich Leduc, Rusty Patenaude), 6:07
CIN,Greg Carroll 15 (Hugh Harris, Peter Marsh), 13:21
2: IND,Michel Parizeau 10 (Ken Block, Gilles Marotte), 8:13
CIN,Robbie Ftorek 54 (Rick Dudley, Jamie Hislop), 9:28
IND,Claude St. Sauveur 34 (Peter Driscoll, Kevin Morrison), 16:11
CIN,Robbie Ftorek 55 (Craig Norwich, Pat Stapleton), 17:58
3: IND,Claude St. Sauveur 35 (Rene Leclerc, Peter Driscoll), 2:16
CIN,Peter Marsh 24 (Hugh Harris, Greg Carroll), 3:01
CIN,Rick Dudley 30 (Robbie Ftorek, Craig Norwich), 7:52
CIN,Hugh Harris 12 (Greg Carroll), 9:45
Penalties:

1: Rusty Patenaude, IND 0:37
Pat Stapleton, CIN 5:39
Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 9:53
Barry Melrose, CIN [major] 11:25
Peter Driscoll, IND [major] 11:25
2: Rene Leclerc, IND 1:55
Pat Stapleton, CIN 11:46
3: Claude St. Sauveur, IND [misconduct] 6:13
Craig Norwich, CIN 11:56
Penalty time: CIN: 13 minutes IND: 19 minutes
CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Robbie Ftorek 2 1 3 0 0 0
Hugh Harris 1 2 3 0 0 0
Greg Carroll 1 2 3 0 0 0
Peter Marsh 1 1 2 0 0 0
Rick Dudley 1 1 2 0 0 0
Craig Norwich 0 2 2 2 0 0
Pat Stapleton 0 1 1 4 0 0
Jamie Hislop 0 1 1 0 0 0
Barry Melrose 0 0 0 5 0 0
Butch Deadmarsh 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Claude St. Sauveur 2 0 2 10 0 0
Peter Driscoll 0 2 2 5 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
Rene Leclerc 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rich Leduc 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gilles Marotte 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kevin Morrison 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ken Block 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CIN: 9-15-10-34 IND: 7- 8- 9-24 Goalies: CIN: Michel Dion (W, 19-11-1) IND: Gary Inness (L, 12-23-4) Attendance: 7,437




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