All WHA game summaries from October 20, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (1-2-0)	1	0	1	2
Cincinnati Stingers (2-1-1)	1	1	3	5

1: BIR, Rick Vaive 1 (Michel Goulet, Rick Adduono), 4:15
   CIN, Peter Marsh 4 (Mike Gartner, Rick Dudley), 16:12
2: CIN, Robbie Ftorek 1 (Jamie Hislop), 9:52
3: BIR, Craig Hartsburg 1 (Paul Henderson), 2:10
   CIN, Robbie Ftorek 2 (Jamie Hislop), 4:34
   CIN, Rick Dudley 3 (Dave Debol), 5:08
   CIN, Rick Dudley 4 (Dave Debol, Robbie Ftorek), 15:21

Penalties:

1: Barry Melrose, CIN 4:33
   Craig Hartsburg, BIR 11:53
   Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 14:28
2: Tony Cassolato, BIR 2:12
   Rick Dudley, CIN 2:12
   Rick Vaive, BIR 3:57
   Craig Norwich, CIN 9:39
3: Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 13:51

Penalty time: BIR: 10 minutes
              CIN: 6 minutes

Shots: BIR:  5- 5- 4-14
       CIN: 10-12-13-35

Goalies: BIR: Wayne Wood (L, 1-1-0)
         CIN: Mike Liut (W, 2-0-0)

Attendance: 9,627

Team	1	2	3	F
Edmonton Oilers (2-1-0)	1	0	3	4
Indianapolis Racers (1-3-0)	0	2	0	3

1: EDM, Bill Goldsworthy 2 (Dennis Sobchuk, Al Hamilton), 7:21
2: IND, Wayne Gretzky 1 (Kevin Morrison), 6:37
   IND, Wayne Gretzky 2 (Peter Driscoll, Don Larway), 6:41
3: EDM, Claire Alexander 2 (Bill Goldsworthy, Brett Callighen), 7:59
   EDM, Dennis Sobchuk 1, 8:17
   EDM, Al Hamilton 1 (Dave Hunter, Blair MacDonald), 11:53

Penalties:

1: Wes George, EDM 9:23
   Wes George, EDM [minor, major] 12:11
   Bruce Greig, IND [minor, major] 12:11
   Dave Semenko, EDM [major] 13:29
   Glen Irwin, IND [major] 13:29
   Brett Callighen, EDM 13:54
   Kevin Nugent, IND 13:54
   Rich Leduc, IND 18:53
2: Glen Irwin, IND [minor, major] 2:04
   Dave Semenko, EDM [minor, major] 2:04
   Wes George, EDM 2:32
   Peter Driscoll, IND 2:32
   Al McLeod, IND 9:38
3: Peter Driscoll, IND 6:48
   Dave Inkpen, IND 11:11
   Bench penalty, IND 16:23

Penalty time: EDM: 25 minutes
              IND: 33 minutes

Shots: EDM: 12-15-20-47
       IND:  7- 7- 3-17

Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 2-1-0)
         IND: Eddie Mio (L, 1-1-0)

Attendance: n/a