Friday April 27, 1979
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All WHA game summaries from April 27, 1979



Team123F
New England Whalers (39-37-9) 2 1 2 5
Edmonton Oilers (50-30-2) 4 2 3 9
Edmonton Oilers lead, 2 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: NE ,Mike Antonovich 2 (John McKenzie, Dave Keon), :32
EDM,Wayne Gretzky 1 (Risto Siltanen), 4:18
EDM,Dave Semenko 1 (Ron Chipperfield), 4:26
EDM,Bill Flett 1 (Stan Weir, Dave Hunter), 6:55
EDM,Blair MacDonald 4 (Brett Callighen, Wayne Gretzky), 9:17
NE ,Gordie Howe 3 (Dave Keon, Andre Lacroix), 12:51
2: NE ,Alan Hangsleben 1 (Mark Howe), 3:42
EDM,Brett Callighen 1 (Wayne Gretzky), 9:03
EDM,Brett Callighen 2 (Blair MacDonald, Wayne Gretzky), 12:35
3: EDM,Al Hamilton 1 (Bill Flett, Dennis Sobchuk), 3:50
EDM,Dave Semenko 2 (Peter Driscoll, Dennis Sobchuk), 4:33
NE ,Larry Pleau 2 (Mike Rogers, Blaine Stoughton), 8:24
NE ,Mark Howe 3 (Mike Rogers), 8:43
EDM,Brett Callighen 3, 9:31
Penalties:

1: Mark Howe, NE 7:26
Dave Semenko, EDM 10:36
Dave Langevin, EDM 12:06
Dave Keon, NE 13:01
Bill Flett, EDM 19:43
2: none
3: Risto Siltanen, EDM 5:20
Ron Chipperfield, EDM 8:06
Mark Howe, NE 19:25
Penalty time: NE : 6 minutes EDM: 10 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mark Howe 1 1 2 4 0 0
Dave Keon 0 2 2 2 0 0
Mike Rogers 0 2 2 0 0 0
Larry Pleau 1 0 1 0 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Antonovich 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gordie Howe 1 0 1 0 0 0
Blaine Stoughton 0 1 1 0 0 0
John McKenzie 0 1 1 0 0 0
Andre Lacroix 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Brett Callighen 3 1 4 0 0 0
Wayne Gretzky 1 3 4 0 0 0
Dave Semenko 2 0 2 2 0 0
Bill Flett 1 1 2 2 0 0
Blair MacDonald 1 1 2 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 0 2 2 0 0 0
Al Hamilton 1 0 1 0 0 0
Risto Siltanen 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dave Hunter 0 1 1 0 0 0
Stan Weir 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter Driscoll 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Langevin 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 9-11- 7-27 EDM: 15-11-13-39 Goalies: NE : Al Smith,
John Garrett EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 2-0-0) Attendance: 13,349



Team123F
Quebec Nordiques (41-37-5) 1 3 1 5
Winnipeg Jets (42-35-6) 2 2 5 9
Winnipeg Jets lead, 3 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: QUE,Real Cloutier 1 (Paul Baxter, Louis Levasseur), 3:16
WIN,Rich Preston 3 (Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Steve West), 6:21
WIN,Steve West 2 (Kent Nilsson, Peter Sullivan), 19:14
2: QUE,Curt Brackenbury 1, 4:52
QUE,Danny Geoffrion 1 (Pierre Lagace, Francois Lacombe), 6:00
WIN,Paul Terbenche 1 (Morris Lukowich), 12:02
WIN,Peter Sullivan 2 (Kent Nilsson), 13:38
QUE,Paulin Bordeleau 1 (Danny Geoffrion, Marc Tardif), 18:44
3: WIN,Rich Preston 4 (Barry Long, Paul MacKinnon), :49
WIN,Peter Sullivan 3 (Rich Preston, Kent Nilsson), 13:45
WIN,Roland Eriksson 1 (Paul MacKinnon, Bill Lesuk), 14:15
WIN,Morris Lukowich 3 (Terry Ruskowski, Gary Smith), 14:33
QUE,Marc Tardif 5 (Danny Geoffrion, Real Cloutier), 17:00
WIN,Willy Lindstrom 4, 18:07 - EN
Penalties:

1: Pierre Lagace, QUE 4:10
Marc Tardif, QUE 17:55
Terry Ruskowski, WIN 19:51
2: Marc Tardif, QUE 9:06
Kim Clackson, WIN [double minor] 9:06
3: Louis Levasseur, QUE 0:44
Terry Ruskowski, WIN 0:44
Glenn Hicks, WIN 15:44
Penalty time: QUE: 8 minutes WIN: 10 minutes
QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Danny Geoffrion 1 2 3 0 0 0
Marc Tardif 1 1 2 4 0 0
Real Cloutier 1 1 2 0 0 0
Curt Brackenbury 1 0 1 0 0 0
Paulin Bordeleau 1 0 1 0 0 0
Pierre Lagace 0 1 1 2 0 0
Louis Levasseur 0 1 1 2 0 0
Paul Baxter 0 1 1 0 0 0
Francois Lacombe 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rich Preston 2 1 3 0 0 0
Peter Sullivan 2 1 3 0 0 0
Kent Nilsson 0 3 3 0 0 0
Morris Lukowich 1 1 2 0 0 0
Steve West 1 1 2 0 0 0
Paul MacKinnon 0 2 2 0 0 0
Paul Terbenche 1 0 1 0 0 0
Willy Lindstrom 1 0 1 0 0 0
Roland Eriksson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 1 1 4 0 0
Barry Long 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Lesuk 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gary Smith 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kim Clackson 0 0 0 4 0 0
Glenn Hicks 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: QUE: 9-11-10-30 WIN: 17-11-11-39 Goalies: QUE: Louis Levasseur (L, 0-1-0) WIN: Gary Smith (W, 3-0-0) Attendance: 8,209




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