Tuesday March 20, 1979
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All WHA game summaries from March 20, 1979



Team123F
Birmingham Bulls (25-36-6) 0 1 1 2
Cincinnati Stingers (29-33-6) 0 4 1 5

1: no scoring
2: CIN,Bill Gilligan 15 (Mike Gartner), n/a
BIR,Rick Adduono 17 (Rick Vaive, Dave Hanson), 2:23
CIN,Mike Gartner 24 (Mark Messier, Chuck Luksa), 4:45
CIN,Reg Thomas 30 (Robbie Ftorek), 6:48
CIN,Mark Messier 1, 11:53
3: BIR,Paul Henderson 23 (Rob Ramage, Craig Hartsburg), 1:08
CIN,Dave Forbes 5 (Bill Gilligan, Barry Melrose), n/a
Penalties:

1: Bench penalty, BIR 6:48
2: Dave Hanson, BIR 13:28
Peter Marsh, CIN [double minor] 13:28
Bryan Watson, CIN 19:39
3: Dave Hanson, BIR 9:05
Greg Tebbutt, BIR [minor, misconduct] 9:05
Claude St. Sauveur, CIN 9:44
Barry Legge, CIN 13:18
Penalty time: BIR: 18 minutes CIN: 10 minutes
BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Adduono 1 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Henderson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Hanson 0 1 1 4 0 0
Rick Vaive 0 1 1 0 0 0
Craig Hartsburg 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rob Ramage 0 1 1 0 0 0
Greg Tebbutt 0 0 0 12 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Gilligan 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mike Gartner 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mark Messier 1 1 2 0 0 0
Dave Forbes 1 0 1 0 0 0
Reg Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0
Chuck Luksa 0 1 1 0 0 0
Barry Melrose 0 1 1 0 0 0
Robbie Ftorek 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter Marsh 0 0 0 4 0 0
Bryan Watson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Claude St. Sauveur 0 0 0 2 0 0
Barry Legge 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: BIR: 7- 8- 8-23 CIN: 11-12- 9-32 Goalies: BIR: Pat Riggin (L, 13-16-5) CIN: Mike Liut (W, 22-21-3) Attendance: 5,524


Team123F
Finland (0-1-0) 1 0 3 4
Edmonton Oilers (38-25-2) 3 4 1 8

1: FIN,Jouni Rinne 1 (Harri Tuhoimaa), 2:11
EDM,Dave Semenko 9 (Ron Chipperfield, Al Hamilton), 10:38
EDM,Steve Carlson 12, 11:27
EDM,Risto Siltanen 2 (Brett Callighen, Peter Driscoll), 19:55
2: EDM,Stan Weir 22 (Al Hamilton, Dave Hunter), 2:12
EDM,Dennis Sobchuk 21 (Al Hamilton, Stan Weir), 2:28
EDM,Stan Weir 23 (Al Hamilton, Dave Hunter), 2:52
EDM,Wayne Gretzky 36 (Blair MacDonald, Risto Siltanen), 9:44
3: FIN,Ismo Villa 1 (Jouni Rinne, Harri Tuhoimaa), 3:29
FIN,Jouni Peltonen 1 (Jukka Koskilhati), 12:15
EDM,Dennis Sobchuk 22 (Dave Langevin, Paul Shmyr), 15:43
FIN,Juha Jyrkkio 1 (Matti Hagman), 19:08
Penalties:

1: Olli Saarinen, FIN 10:00
John Hughes, EDM 10:43
2: none
3: Juha Jyrkkio, FIN 15:18
Dave Hunter, EDM [double minor] 15:18
Wayne Gretzky, EDM 17:35
Penalty time: FIN: 4 minutes EDM: 8 minutes
FIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jouni Rinne 1 1 2 0 0 0
Harri Tuhoimaa 0 2 2 0 0 0
Juha Jyrkkio 1 0 1 2 0 0
Ismo Villa 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jouni Peltonen 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jukka Koskilhati 0 1 1 0 0 0
Matti Hagman 0 1 1 0 0 0
Olli Saarinen 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Al Hamilton 0 4 4 0 0 0
Stan Weir 2 1 3 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 2 0 2 0 0 0
Risto Siltanen 1 1 2 0 0 0
Dave Hunter 0 2 2 4 0 0
Wayne Gretzky 1 0 1 2 0 0
Dave Semenko 1 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Carlson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Langevin 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter Driscoll 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brett Callighen 0 1 1 0 0 0
Blair MacDonald 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Hughes 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: FIN: 2- 5-16-23 EDM: 18-33-18-69 Goalies: FIN: Jorma Virtanen (L, 0-1-0) EDM: Dave Dryden,
Hannu Kamppuri Attendance: 11,140


Team1234F
New England Whalers (32-26-9) 2 0 4 1 7
Quebec Nordiques (35-27-5) 2 1 3 0 6

1: QUE,Paulin Bordeleau 15 (Paul Baxter, Marc Tardif), 1:49
NE ,Mark Howe 37, 6:01
NE ,Alan Hangsleben 10 (Rick Ley), 7:56
QUE,Garry Lariviere 5 (Gilles Bilodeau, Rich Leduc), 9:25
2: QUE,Real Cloutier 67 (Bob Fitchner), 7:15
3: NE ,Dave Keon 17 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), :40
NE ,Mike Rogers 24 (Warren Miller, Mark Howe), 1:55
QUE,Rich Leduc 25 (Paul Baxter, Real Cloutier), 5:17
NE ,Warren Miller 23 (Mark Howe, Mike Rogers), 7:22
QUE,Real Cloutier 68 (Rich Leduc), 9:47
NE ,Andre Lacroix 31, 14:46
QUE,Real Cloutier 69, 18:34
4: NE ,Warren Miller 24 (Mike Rogers), 3:48
Penalties:

1: Francois Lacombe, QUE 4:12
Mike Rogers, NE [major] 4:12
Real Cloutier, QUE [major] 4:12
Jeff Brubaker, NE [minor, major] 9:25
Wally Weir, QUE [minor, major] 9:25
Gordie Roberts, NE 9:38
Curt Brackenbury, QUE 11:53
Gilles Bilodeau, QUE 18:12
2: Jim Warner, NE 5:30
Rich Leduc, QUE 6:46
Wally Weir, QUE 11:30
Jim Warner, NE 11:30
Jordy Douglas, NE 13:47
Marc Tardif, QUE 15:02
Garry Lariviere, QUE 19:55
3: Curt Brackenbury, QUE 3:37
John Garrett, NE 3:37
Mark Howe, NE 4:18
Gilles Bilodeau, QUE 8:00
Jordy Douglas, NE 8:32
Alan Hangsleben, NE 9:10
4: none
Penalty time: NE : 28 minutes QUE: 30 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mark Howe 1 3 4 2 0 0
Warren Miller 2 1 3 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 1 2 3 5 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 1 0 1 2 0 0
Dave Keon 1 0 1 0 0 0
Andre Lacroix 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Ley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff Brubaker 0 0 0 7 0 0
Jordy Douglas 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jim Warner 0 0 0 4 0 0
Gordie Roberts 0 0 0 2 0 0
John Garrett 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Real Cloutier 3 1 4 5 0 0
Rich Leduc 1 2 3 2 0 0
Paul Baxter 0 2 2 0 0 0
Garry Lariviere 1 0 1 2 0 0
Paulin Bordeleau 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gilles Bilodeau 0 1 1 4 0 0
Marc Tardif 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bob Fitchner 0 1 1 0 0 0
Wally Weir 0 0 0 9 0 0
Curt Brackenbury 0 0 0 4 0 0
Francois Lacombe 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 17- 4-12- 2-35 QUE: 8- 8-10- 3-29 Goalies: NE : John Garrett (W, 16-13-4) QUE: Jim Corsi (L, 16-15-1) Attendance: 9,724



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