All WHA game summaries from December 17, 1978
| 1: |
SOV, | Alexander Andrevi 3 (Sergei Tyznyk, Alexander Skvortsov), 8:06 |
| BIR, | Bob Stephenson 8 (Craig Hartsburg, Wayne Dillon), 12:13 |
| 2: |
BIR, | Tony Cassolato 2 (Gavin Kirk, Dave Hanson), 6:25 |
| SOV, | Sergei Kapustin 1 (Victor Tumenev), 13:00 |
| 3: | no scoring |
| 4: | no scoring |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Jrek Gimaev, SOV 1:25 |
| Craig Hartsburg, BIR 2:13 |
| Rick Vaive, BIR 3:17 |
| Alexei Volchenkov, SOV 3:17 |
| Dave Hanson, BIR 6:02 |
| Serge Beaudoin, BIR 8:13 |
| Jrek Gimaev, SOV 10:45 |
| Brent Hughes, BIR 14:39 |
| 2: |
Rob Ramage, BIR 1:22 |
| Vladimir Kovin, SOV 1:30 |
| Serge Beaudoin, BIR 3:09 |
| Dave Hanson, BIR 19:37 |
| 3: |
Bob Stephenson, BIR 13:10 |
| 4: |
Wayne Dillon, BIR 2:58 |
Penalty time: SOV: 8 minutes
BIR: 20 minutes
Shots: SOV: 11-12- 5- 5-33
BIR: 10-10- 7- 4-31
Goalies: SOV: Vladimir Myshkin (T, 2-1-1)
BIR: Pat Riggin (T, 7-5-3)
Attendance: 5,242
| 1: |
NE , | Andre Lacroix 18 (Jack Carlson, Gordie Howe), 6:50 |
| NE , | Dave Keon 7 (Ron Plumb, John McKenzie), 12:49 |
| QUE, | Wally Weir 1, 15:25 |
| 2: |
QUE, | Francois Lacombe 2 (Serge Bernier, Norm Dube), 14:03 |
| QUE, | Real Cloutier 32 (Marc Tardif, Garry Lariviere), 18:27 |
| 3: |
QUE, | Rich Leduc 9 (Kevin Morrison), 1:24 |
| NE , | John McKenzie 10 (Mike Antonovich, Ron Plumb), 2:29 |
| NE , | Gordie Howe 13 (Andre Lacroix), 4:23 |
| 4: | no scoring |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Alan Hangsleben, NE 9:36 |
| 2: |
Gordie Roberts, NE 15:09 |
| Andre Lacroix, NE 16:12 |
| 3: | none |
| 4: | none |
Penalty time: NE : 6 minutes
QUE: 0 minutes
Shots: NE : 10-10-15-11-46
QUE: 7-17- 6- 3-33
Goalies: NE : Al Smith (T, 6-4-2)
QUE: Jim Corsi (T, 10-6-1)
Attendance: 7,764
| 1: |
WIN, | Morris Lukowich 21 (Paul Terbenche, Kent Nilsson), 2:21 |
| CIN, | Jamie Hislop 15 (Robbie Ftorek, Reg Thomas), 8:57 |
| WIN, | Kent Nilsson 11 (Terry Ruskowski, Scott Campbell), 18:30 |
| 2: |
WIN, | Peter Sullivan 20 (Scott Campbell), 7:07 |
| WIN, | Morris Lukowich 22 (Rich Preston, Paul Terbenche), 10:44 |
| CIN, | Craig Norwich 3 (Dave Debol), 13:10 |
| 3: |
WIN, | Bill Lesuk 7 (Bobby Guindon), 6:48 |
| CIN, | Bill Gilligan 5 (Mike Gartner, Dave Forbes), 11:28 |
| WIN, | Bill Lesuk 8 (Peter Sullivan, Mike Amodeo), 16:11 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Rick Dudley, CIN 3:41 |
| Kim Clackson, WIN 6:57 |
| 2: |
Mike Gartner, CIN [major] 2:46 |
| Terry Ruskowski, WIN [major] 2:46 |
| Bobby Guindon, WIN 13:04 |
| Barry Melrose, CIN 13:04 |
| 3: |
Barry Melrose, CIN 3:30 |
| Peter Marsh, CIN 7:00 |
| Bill Lesuk, WIN 7:00 |
| Kelly Davis, CIN 8:28 |
| Rich Preston, WIN 17:43 |
Penalty time: CIN: 15 minutes
WIN: 13 minutes
Shots: CIN: 9-11-13-33
WIN: 11-15-12-38
Goalies: CIN: Mike Liut (L, 8-8-2)
WIN: Markus Mattsson (W, 10-8-2)
Attendance: 8,032
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