All WHA game summaries from December 18, 1976
| 1: |
CAL, | Wayne Connelly 5 (Ron Chipperfield, Rick Sentes), 18:21 |
| 2: |
QUE, | Serge Bernier 23, 6:52 |
| QUE, | Serge Bernier 24, 12:27 |
| CAL, | Don Tannahill 4, 19:16 |
| 3: |
CAL, | Lynn Powis 14 (Richard Lemieux), 8:23 |
| CAL, | Richard Lemieux 6 (Lynn Powis), 19:11 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Richard Grenier, QUE 7:38 |
| 2: |
Paul Baxter, QUE [double minor] 4:25 |
| Bench penalty, QUE 14:43 |
| Jean Bernier, QUE 16:02 |
| Peter Driscoll, CAL 20:00 |
| 3: | none |
Penalty time: QUE: 10 minutes
CAL: 2 minutes
Shots: QUE: 11-11- 8-30
CAL: 16- 9- 9-34
Goalies: QUE: Richard Brodeur (L, 13-7-1)
CAL: Gary Bromley (W, 2-1-1)
Attendance: 3,311
| 1: |
CIN, | Dennis Sobchuk 14 (Bill Steele), 5:58 |
| MIN, | Gord Gallant 3 (Ron Ward), 9:23 |
| MIN, | John McKenzie 11 (Dave Keon, Mike Antonovich), 18:26 |
| 2: |
MIN, | Al McDonough 7 (Dave Keon, Ray Adduono), 8:16 |
| CIN, | Pierre Guite 9 (Rick Dudley), 10:29 |
| 3: |
MIN, | Ray Adduono 4 (Butch Deadmarsh, John Arbour), 16:02 |
| CIN, | Bill Steele 4 (Dave Inkpen, Rick Dudley), 17:16 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Craig Patrick, MIN 1:10 |
| Jack Carlson, MIN [major] 4:08 |
| Bryan Maxwell, CIN [minor, major] 4:08 |
| Jacques Locas, CIN [major] 6:29 |
| Pat Westrum, MIN [major] 6:29 |
| John Arbour, MIN 6:42 |
| John Hughes, CIN 9:28 |
| 2: |
Gord Gallant, MIN 3:26 |
| Pierre Guite, CIN 7:24 |
| Jerry Zrymiak, MIN 8:59 |
| 3: |
Ray McKay, MIN 0:38 |
| John Hughes, CIN 8:35 |
| Dave Inkpen, CIN 14:32 |
| Rick Dudley, CIN 19:58 |
| Pat Westrum, MIN 19:58 |
Penalty time: CIN: 22 minutes
MIN: 22 minutes
Shots: CIN: 13-13-12-38
MIN: 11-12-12-35
Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (L, 12-7-0)
MIN: Louis Levasseur (W, 10-8-0)
Attendance: 5,304
| 1: |
BIR, | Richard Farda 7 (Tim Sheehy, Jim Turkiewicz), 5:53 |
| NE , | Dan Bolduc 5 (Brett Callighen, Danny Arndt), 6:11 |
| NE , | Tom Webster 19 (Ron Busniuk), 19:16 |
| 2: |
NE , | Ralph Backstrom 9 (Brad Selwood), 4:32 |
| BIR, | Wayne Carleton 1 (Jeff Jacques, Jean-Guy Lagace), 12:40 |
| NE , | George Lyle 20 (Mike Rogers), 18:09 |
| 3: |
NE , | Gary MacGregor 5 (Ralph Backstrom, Larry Pleau), 11:44 |
| NE , | Dale Smedsmo 2 (Alan Hangsleben, Doug Roberts), 13:09 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Jean-Guy Lagace, BIR [major] 11:46 |
| Dale Smedsmo, NE [minor, major] 11:46 |
| Brett Callighen, NE 15:36 |
| 2: |
Dale Smedsmo, NE 10:21 |
| 3: |
Jeff Jacques, BIR 10:56 |
| John Garrett, BIR 13:32 |
Penalty time: BIR: 9 minutes
NE : 11 minutes
Shots: BIR: 14- 9- 8-31
NE : 10-14-19-43
Goalies: BIR: John Garrett (L, 7-16-1)
NE : Christer Abrahamsson (W, 10-6-3)
Attendance: 9,231
| 1: | no scoring |
| 2: |
SD , | Wayne Rivers 8 (Paul Shmyr, Andre Lacroix), 3:20 |
| SD , | Tony Cassolato 6 (Norm Ferguson), 6:54 |
| HOU, | Poul Popiel 6 (Larry Lund, Gordie Howe), 8:30 |
| SD , | Norm Ferguson 20 (Paul Shmyr, Bob Dobek), 12:35 |
| HOU, | Terry Ruskowski 10 (Cam Connor), 15:48 |
| 3: |
HOU, | Al McLeod 2, 7:38 |
| SD , | Bob Dobek 5 (Andre Lacroix, Paul Shmyr), 15:44 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Tony Cassolato, SD 0:53 |
| Cam Connor, HOU 7:35 |
| Brent Hughes, SD 12:19 |
| 2: |
Rich Preston, HOU 3:10 |
| Ken Lockett, SD 4:45 |
| Terry Ruskowski, HOU 5:11 |
| Marty Howe, HOU 19:22 |
| 3: |
Andre Lacroix, SD 11:13 |
| Larry Lund, HOU 14:31 |
Penalty time: HOU: 10 minutes
SD : 8 minutes
Shots: HOU: 8-10- 7-25
SD : 10-10-11-31
Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (L, 7-8-1)
SD : Ken Lockett (W, 8-6-0)
Attendance: 5,522