Friday January 26, 1979
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All WHA game summaries from January 26, 1979



Team123F
New England Whalers (20-15-6) 1 1 2 4
Birmingham Bulls (17-24-3) 2 2 1 5

1: BIR,Rob Ramage 5 (Rick Vaive), :24
BIR,Rick Vaive 16 (Wayne Dillon, Jim Turkiewicz), 3:12
NE ,Andre Lacroix 23 (Mark Howe), 16:25
2: BIR,Paul Henderson 12 (John Stewart, Steve Alley), 6:09
NE ,Mark Howe 27 (Dave Keon), 12:05
BIR,Wayne Dillon 8 (Jim Turkiewicz, Pat Riggin), 18:17
3: BIR,Michel Goulet 16 (Wayne Dillon, Rick Vaive), 1:19
NE ,Gordie Howe 15 (Jack Carlson), 3:58
NE ,Mike Antonovich 15 (Mark Howe, Rick Ley), 17:55
Penalties:

1: John McKenzie, NE [misconduct] 9:46
John Stewart, BIR 14:12
Gordie Howe, NE 14:12
Greg Tebbutt, BIR 16:06
2: Gordie Roberts, NE 3:59
Warren Miller, NE [major] 9:02
Steve Alley, BIR [major] 9:02
Dave Hanson, BIR 11:10
3: Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 4:59
Jack Carlson, NE 4:59
Bob Stephenson, BIR 6:51
Bench penalty, NE 8:30
Greg Tebbutt, BIR 10:25
Penalty time: NE : 23 minutes BIR: 17 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mark Howe 1 2 3 0 0 0
Gordie Howe 1 0 1 2 0 0
Mike Antonovich 1 0 1 0 0 0
Andre Lacroix 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Carlson 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dave Keon 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Ley 0 1 1 0 0 0
John McKenzie 0 0 0 10 0 0
Warren Miller 0 0 0 5 0 0
Gordie Roberts 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Vaive 1 2 3 0 0 0
Wayne Dillon 1 2 3 0 0 0
Jim Turkiewicz 0 2 2 2 0 0
Michel Goulet 1 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Henderson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rob Ramage 1 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Alley 0 1 1 5 0 0
John Stewart 0 1 1 2 0 0
Pat Riggin 0 1 1 0 0 0
Greg Tebbutt 0 0 0 4 0 0
Bob Stephenson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dave Hanson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 9-10-10-29 BIR: 12-12- 3-27 Goalies: NE : John Garrett (L, 10-8-4) BIR: Pat Riggin (W, 11-11-3) Attendance: 7,127


Team123F
Cincinnati Stingers (20-22-5) 3 0 2 5
Edmonton Oilers (22-18-0) 1 1 0 2

1: CIN,Robbie Ftorek 24 (Jamie Hislop), 2:34
CIN,Reg Thomas 16 (Jamie Hislop, Bill Gilligan), 7:18
EDM,Blair MacDonald 18 (Al Hamilton, Brett Callighen), 13:16
CIN,Robbie Ftorek 25 (Jamie Hislop), 15:23
2: EDM,Dave Langevin 3 (Paul Shmyr, Wayne Gretzky), 10:26
3: CIN,Rick Dudley 17 (Mark Messier, Mike Gartner), 11:32
CIN,Robbie Ftorek 26, 19:56
Penalties:

1: Dave Langevin, EDM 5:23
Chuck Luksa, CIN 10:11
2: Robbie Ftorek, CIN 9:36
3: Dave Hunter, EDM 1:17
Paul Shmyr, EDM [major] 1:17
Paul Shmyr, EDM [major] 1:17
Barry Melrose, CIN [minor, major] 1:17
Chuck Luksa, CIN 5:01
Penalty time: CIN: 13 minutes EDM: 14 minutes
CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Robbie Ftorek 3 0 3 2 0 0
Jamie Hislop 0 3 3 0 0 0
Reg Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Dudley 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Gartner 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mark Messier 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Gilligan 0 1 1 0 0 0
Barry Melrose 0 0 0 7 0 0
Chuck Luksa 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Langevin 1 0 1 2 0 0
Blair MacDonald 1 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 1 1 10 0 0
Brett Callighen 0 1 1 0 0 0
Al Hamilton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Wayne Gretzky 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Hunter 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CIN: 13-13- 8-34 EDM: 13- 9-18-40 Goalies: CIN: Mike Liut (W, 14-14-3) EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 19-8-0) Attendance: 12,321



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