WHA game summary from April 16, 1978

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Quebec Nordiques (40-38-3)	2	0	1	0	3
Houston Aeros (43-34-4)	1	0	2	1	4
Houston Aeros lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7)

1:	QUE,	Jean Bernier 1, 5:12
	HOU,	Andre Lacroix 1 (Scott Campbell, Morris Lukowich), 15:59
	QUE,	Paul Baxter 1 (Andre Boudrias), 16:25
2:	no scoring
3:	HOU,	Al McLeod 1, :15
	QUE,	Real Cloutier 1 (Christian Bordeleau, Garry Lariviere), :42
	HOU,	Don Larway 1 (John Tonelli, John Schella), 15:49
4:	HOU,	Ted Taylor 1 (John Hughes, Poul Popiel), 7:19

Penalties:

1:	Real Cloutier, QUE 0:59
	Ron Hansis, HOU 0:59
	Marc Tardif, QUE 0:59
	Marc Tardif, QUE [major] 0:59
	Wally Weir, QUE [major, misconduct] 0:59
	John Schella, HOU [major, misconduct] 0:59
	Morris Lukowich, HOU [minor, major] 0:59
	Ted Taylor, HOU 1:35
	Paul Baxter, QUE 1:35
	John Gray, HOU 5:07
	Paul Baxter, QUE 7:07
	Ted Taylor, HOU 13:24
	Bob Fitchner, QUE [double minor] 13:24
	Jim Dorey, QUE 14:41
	John Gray, HOU 16:56
2:	Curt Brackenbury, QUE 12:18
	Al McLeod, HOU 14:47
3:	Ted Taylor, HOU 17:43
	Curt Brackenbury, QUE 17:43
4:	Scott Campbell, HOU 6:39
	Jim Dorey, QUE 6:39

Penalty time: QUE: 40 minutes HOU: 38 minutes

QUE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Paul Baxter	1	0	1	4	0	0
Real Cloutier	1	0	1	2	0	0
Jean Bernier	1	0	1	0	0	0
Garry Lariviere	0	1	1	0	0	0
Andre Boudrias	0	1	1	0	0	0
Christian Bordeleau	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wally Weir	0	0	0	15	0	0
Marc Tardif	0	0	0	7	0	0
Bob Fitchner	0	0	0	4	0	0
Curt Brackenbury	0	0	0	4	0	0
Jim Dorey	0	0	0	4	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ted Taylor	1	0	1	6	0	0
Al McLeod	1	0	1	2	0	0
Don Larway	1	0	1	0	0	0
Andre Lacroix	1	0	1	0	0	0
John Schella	0	1	1	15	0	0
Morris Lukowich	0	1	1	7	0	0
Scott Campbell	0	1	1	2	0	0
John Hughes	0	1	1	0	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Tonelli	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Gray	0	0	0	4	0	0
Ron Hansis	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: QUE: 19- 5- 8- 3-35 HOU: 9- 8-18- 3-38 Goalies: QUE: Richard Brodeur (L, 0-1-0) HOU: Lynn Zimmerman (W, 1-0-0) Attendance: 5,337