All WHA game summaries from December 9, 1978
| 1: |
BIR, | John Stewart 2 (Brent Hughes, Serge Beaudoin), 9:37 |
| BIR, | John Stewart 3 (Dave Gorman, Steve Alley), 15:49 |
| BIR, | Serge Beaudoin 4 (Paul Henderson, Jim Turkiewicz), 16:57 |
| 2: |
EDM, | Dennis Sobchuk 9 (Ron Chipperfield, Peter Driscoll), 2:54 |
| BIR, | Dave Gorman 7 (Steve Alley), 8:17 |
| BIR, | Steve Alley 5 (Dave Gorman, John Stewart), 8:40 |
| EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 12 (Paul Shmyr, Bill Flett), 15:51 |
| 3: |
BIR, | John Stewart 4 (Steve Alley), 11:00 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Rob Ramage, BIR 5:02 |
| Dave Semenko, EDM [major] 5:02 |
| Brett Callighen, EDM 7:35 |
| Rob Ramage, BIR 11:40 |
| Dennis Sobchuk, EDM 11:49 |
| Dave Semenko, EDM [major] 18:31 |
| Rob Ramage, BIR [major] 18:31 |
| Rick Vaive, BIR [minor, major] 18:35 |
| Dave Hunter, EDM [minor, major] 18:35 |
| 2: |
Louis Sleigher, BIR 9:15 |
| Rick Vaive, BIR [double minor] 12:08 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey, EDM 17:05 |
| John Stewart, BIR 17:40 |
| 3: |
Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 4:45 |
| Peter Driscoll, EDM 11:19 |
| Dave Hunter, EDM [major] 19:15 |
| Eddie Mio, EDM 19:57 |
| Peter Driscoll, EDM [major] 19:57 |
| Louis Sleigher, BIR [minor, major] 19:57 |
| Wayne Dillon, BIR [misconduct] 19:57 |
Penalty time: EDM: 37 minutes
BIR: 43 minutes
Shots: EDM: 5-14-12-31
BIR: 14-10- 8-32
Goalies: EDM: Eddie Mio (L, 4-6-0)
BIR: Pat Riggin (W, 6-4-1)
Attendance: 6,299
| 1: |
SOV, | Vladimir Kovin 1 (Alexander Skvortsov, Alexander Andrevi), 1:26 |
| SOV, | Sergei Gimaev 1 (Alexander Lobanov, Aleksandr Volchkov), 4:07 |
| NE , | Brad Selwood 4 (John McKenzie), 18:19 |
| 2: |
NE , | Andre Lacroix 14 (Rick Ley, Mark Howe), :14 |
| SOV, | Aleksandr Volchkov 1 (Anatoli Emeljaneko, Alexander Lobanov), 3:45 |
| NE , | Mark Howe 19 (Ron Plumb, Dave Keon), 13:31 |
| SOV, | Sergei Gimaev 2 (Alexander Lobanov), 14:43 |
| 3: |
SOV, | Jrek Gimaev 1 (Vladimir Popov), 6:37 |
| NE , | Mike Rogers 11 (Marty Howe, Warren Miller), 11:31 |
| SOV, | Alexander Andrevi 1 (Alexander Skvortsov), 17:17 |
| SOV, | Alexander Skvortsov 1 (Alexander Andrevi), 17:55 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Gordie Howe, NE 6:01 |
| John McKenzie, NE 7:39 |
| Vladimir Kovin, SOV 13:19 |
| 2: |
Victor Tumenev, SOV 3:11 |
| Mike Antonovich, NE 7:41 |
| John McKenzie, NE 9:20 |
| Mike Rogers, NE 13:23 |
| Vladimir Kovin, SOV 13:23 |
| 3: |
Alan Hangsleben, NE 8:41 |
Penalty time: SOV: 6 minutes
NE : 12 minutes
Shots: SOV: 11-10- 9-30
NE : 10- 8-10-28
Goalies: SOV: Vladimir Myshkin (W, 1-0-0)
NE : John Garrett (L, 9-5-4)
Attendance: 6,812
| 1: |
CIN, | Mike Gartner 13 (Dave Debol, Robbie Ftorek), 1:02 |
| QUE, | Rich Leduc 7 (Marc Tardif, J.C. Tremblay), 9:31 |
| 2: |
CIN, | Bill Gilligan 4 (Rick Dudley), 5:06 |
| 3: |
QUE, | Marc Tardif 17 (Danny Geoffrion, Paul Baxter), 12:35 |
| QUE, | Real Cloutier 27 (Serge Bernier), 14:21 |
| QUE, | J.C. Tremblay 2 (Real Cloutier, Serge Bernier), 14:37 |
| CIN, | Robbie Ftorek 13 (Chuck Luksa), 16:12 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Marc Tardif, QUE 0:12 |
| Dave Forbes, CIN 8:33 |
| Barry Melrose, CIN 10:43 |
| Danny Geoffrion, QUE 19:50 |
| 2: |
Curt Brackenbury, QUE 19:11 |
| 3: | none |
Penalty time: CIN: 4 minutes
QUE: 6 minutes
Shots: CIN: 20- 8-13-41
QUE: 14- 9-13-36
Goalies: CIN: Michel Dion (L, 6-6-0)
QUE: Jim Corsi (W, 9-4-0)
Attendance: 9,547
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