Sunday January 28, 1979
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All WHA game summaries from January 28, 1979



Team123F
Cincinnati Stingers (20-23-5) 0 0 0 0
Edmonton Oilers (23-18-0) 0 1 2 3

1: no scoring
2: EDM,Stan Weir 14 (Dennis Sobchuk, Brett Callighen), 16:42
3: EDM,Wayne Gretzky 26 (Claire Alexander, Dennis Sobchuk), 17:03
EDM,Ron Chipperfield 15 (Steve Carlson), 19:29
Penalties:

1: Dave Hunter, EDM 6:57
Dave Hunter, EDM [major] 6:57
Barry Legge, CIN [minor, major] 6:57
Steve Carlson, EDM 9:31
Barry Melrose, CIN 11:35
Claire Alexander, EDM 18:33
Paul Shmyr, EDM 18:33
2: Mike Gartner, CIN 5:47
Al Hamilton, EDM 10:48
Mark Messier, CIN 15:43
3: Barry Melrose, CIN 0:43
Stan Weir, EDM 0:43
Chuck Luksa, CIN 11:42
Dave Hunter, EDM 14:54
Craig Norwich, CIN 15:56
Peter Marsh, CIN 15:56
Barry Legge, CIN 19:53
Penalty time: CIN: 23 minutes EDM: 19 minutes
CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Legge 0 0 0 9 0 0
Barry Melrose 0 0 0 4 0 0
Craig Norwich 0 0 0 2 0 0
Chuck Luksa 0 0 0 2 0 0
Peter Marsh 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Gartner 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mark Messier 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dennis Sobchuk 0 2 2 0 0 0
Stan Weir 1 0 1 2 0 0
Wayne Gretzky 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 1 0 1 0 0 0
Claire Alexander 0 1 1 2 0 0
Steve Carlson 0 1 1 2 0 0
Brett Callighen 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Hunter 0 0 0 9 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 0 0 2 0 0
Al Hamilton 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CIN: 11- 6- 9-26 EDM: 5-10-11-26 Goalies: CIN: Mike Liut (L, 14-15-3) EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 20-8-0) Attendance: 10,284


Team123F
Winnipeg Jets (21-18-6) 1 3 2 6
New England Whalers (21-15-6) 1 6 1 8

1: WIN,Peter Sullivan 25 (Barry Long, Scott Campbell), 4:22
NE ,Warren Miller 13 (Andre Lacroix, Rick Ley), 16:11
2: WIN,Kent Nilsson 20, :20
NE ,George Lyle 5 (Gordie Roberts, John McKenzie), 3:30
NE ,Andre Lacroix 24 (Mark Howe), 5:28
NE ,Warren Miller 14, 6:47
WIN,Morris Lukowich 35 (Terry Ruskowski), 14:43
WIN,Terry Ruskowski 9 (Kent Nilsson, Roland Eriksson), 15:43
NE ,Mike Antonovich 16 (Mike Rogers, Marty Howe), 17:40
NE ,John McKenzie 13 (Rick Ley, Dave Keon), 18:40
NE ,Mark Howe 28 (Andre Lacroix), 19:45
3: WIN,Rich Preston 17 (Kent Nilsson, Terry Ruskowski), 4:53
WIN,Peter Sullivan 26 (Paul Terbenche, Kent Nilsson), 9:04
NE ,Blaine Stoughton 12 (Mike Antonovich, Mike Rogers), 18:36
Penalties:

1: John McKenzie, NE 18:18
2: Scott Campbell, WIN 5:15
Gordie Roberts, NE 18:30
3: none
Penalty time: WIN: 2 minutes NE : 4 minutes
WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Kent Nilsson 1 3 4 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 1 2 3 0 0 0
Peter Sullivan 2 0 2 0 0 0
Rich Preston 1 0 1 0 0 0
Morris Lukowich 1 0 1 0 0 0
Scott Campbell 0 1 1 2 0 0
Roland Eriksson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Barry Long 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Terbenche 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Andre Lacroix 1 2 3 0 0 0
Warren Miller 2 0 2 0 0 0
John McKenzie 1 1 2 2 0 0
Mike Antonovich 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mark Howe 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 0 2 2 0 0 0
Rick Ley 0 2 2 0 0 0
Blaine Stoughton 1 0 1 0 0 0
George Lyle 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gordie Roberts 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dave Keon 0 1 1 0 0 0
Marty Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: WIN: 11-15-10-36 NE : 5-13-11-29 Goalies: WIN: Markus Mattsson (L, 17-13-3) NE : Al Smith (W, 11-7-2) Attendance: 7,724



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