All WHA game summaries from February 23, 1979
| 1: |
BIR, | Bob Stephenson 11 (Serge Beaudoin, Dave Hanson), 2:31 |
| BIR, | Rick Vaive 20 (Paul Henderson, Rick Adduono), 8:26 |
| BIR, | Dave Gorman 12 (Rob Ramage), 9:27 |
| BIR, | Paul Henderson 18 (Wayne Dillon, Craig Hartsburg), 16:06 |
| WIN, | Bill Davis 1 (Bobby Guindon, Willy Lindstrom), 16:25 |
| BIR, | Dave Hanson 4 (Rick Adduono, Bob Stephenson), 17:49 |
| 2: |
BIR, | Louis Sleigher 23 (John Stewart), 5:23 |
| BIR, | Rick Adduono 13 (Bob Stephenson, Craig Hartsburg), 15:10 |
| 3: |
BIR, | Paul Henderson 19 (Craig Hartsburg), 5:02 |
| BIR, | Craig Hartsburg 6 (Rick Vaive, Dave Hanson), 8:25 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Paul Terbenche, WIN 15:10 |
| 2: |
Paul Henderson, BIR 5:35 |
| Steve West, WIN 11:24 |
| 3: |
Gaston Gingras, BIR [minor, major] 8:45 |
| Rich Preston, WIN [minor, major] 8:45 |
| Gaston Gingras, BIR 18:23 |
Penalty time: WIN: 11 minutes
BIR: 11 minutes
Shots: WIN: 7- 6- 9-22
BIR: 16- 8-12-36
Goalies: WIN: Joe Daley (L, 6-9-3),
Markus Mattsson
BIR: Ernie Wakely (W, 6-9-1)
Attendance: 5,742
| 1: | no scoring |
| 2: |
CIN, | Reg Thomas 21 (Craig Norwich, Robbie Ftorek), 18:38 |
| 3: |
EDM, | Dennis Sobchuk 19 (Dave Hunter), 8:24 |
| EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 32 (Blair MacDonald), 9:21 |
| EDM, | Ron Chipperfield 23 (Steve Carlson, Bill Flett), 14:59 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Craig Norwich, CIN 10:52 |
| Peter Marsh, CIN [major] 19:12 |
| Dave Langevin, EDM [major] 19:12 |
| 2: | none |
| 3: |
Dennis Sobchuk, EDM 3:35 |
Penalty time: CIN: 7 minutes
EDM: 7 minutes
Shots: CIN: 11- 9- 6-26
EDM: 14-13-15-42
Goalies: CIN: Michel Dion (L, 6-9-1)
EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 28-10-0)
Attendance: 12,468
| 1: |
QUE, | Serge Bernier 29 (Garry Lariviere), 14:25 |
| 2: |
QUE, | J.C. Tremblay 6 (Marc Tardif, Real Cloutier), 6:42 |
| NE , | John McKenzie 15 (Dave Inkpen, Gordie Roberts), 8:38 |
| QUE, | Paulin Bordeleau 12 (Rich Leduc), 12:04 |
| QUE, | Real Cloutier 48 (Marc Tardif, Serge Bernier), 15:00 |
| 3: |
NE , | Mike Rogers 19 (Dave Keon, John McKenzie), 4:14 |
| NE , | Alan Hangsleben 6 (Mark Howe, Rick Ley), 8:30 |
| NE , | Warren Miller 18 (Alan Hangsleben, Mike Antonovich), 9:50 |
| 4: |
NE , | Alan Hangsleben 7 (Larry Pleau, Andre Lacroix), 3:03 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Curt Brackenbury, QUE 1:43 |
| George Lyle, NE 3:16 |
| Jim Corsi, QUE 3:16 |
| Paul Baxter, QUE 13:37 |
| 2: |
Dave Inkpen, NE 9:04 |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE 11:13 |
| 3: |
Curt Brackenbury, QUE 11:29 |
| Larry Pleau, NE 15:06 |
| 4: | none |
Penalty time: QUE: 8 minutes
NE : 8 minutes
Shots: QUE: 9-10- 3- 0-22
NE : 14- 9-17- 4-44
Goalies: QUE: Jim Corsi (L, 12-13-1)
NE : John Garrett (W, 13-10-4)
Attendance: 7,126
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