Sunday April 8, 1979
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All WHA game summaries from April 8, 1979



Team123F
Birmingham Bulls (31-39-6) 0 2 2 4
Edmonton Oilers (45-28-2) 2 1 2 5

1: EDM,Bill Flett 27 (Ron Chipperfield, Dave Langevin), 12:31
EDM,Brett Callighen 25 (Al Hamilton, Wayne Gretzky), 19:09
2: EDM,Dennis Sobchuk 26 (Al Hamilton, Ron Chipperfield), 2:58
BIR,Michel Goulet 27 (John Stewart), 10:04
BIR,Rick Adduono 19 (Rob Ramage, Dave Gorman), 19:02
3: BIR,Rick Adduono 20 (Steve Alley, Pat Riggin), 2:23
EDM,Stan Weir 28 (Steve Carlson), 6:03
EDM,Stan Weir 29 (Bill Flett, Dennis Sobchuk), 8:59
BIR,Bob Stephenson 20 (Dave Hanson, Jim Turkiewicz), 14:06
Penalties:

1: Dave Hanson, BIR 8:15
Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 18:00
2: Bench penalty, BIR 1:10
Rob Ramage, BIR 2:30
Dave Semenko, EDM 2:30
Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 6:55
Paul Shmyr, EDM 12:13
3: Pat Riggin, BIR 2:48
Blair MacDonald, EDM 3:57
Dennis Sobchuk, EDM 9:25
Penalty time: BIR: 12 minutes EDM: 8 minutes
BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Adduono 2 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Stephenson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Michel Goulet 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Turkiewicz 0 1 1 4 0 0
Pat Riggin 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dave Hanson 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rob Ramage 0 1 1 2 0 0
John Stewart 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Alley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Gorman 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Stan Weir 2 0 2 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 1 1 2 2 0 0
Bill Flett 1 1 2 0 0 0
Al Hamilton 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 2 2 0 0 0
Brett Callighen 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Langevin 0 1 1 0 0 0
Wayne Gretzky 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Carlson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dave Semenko 0 0 0 2 0 0
Blair MacDonald 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: BIR: 5- 6-11-22 EDM: 22- 8-10-40 Goalies: BIR: Pat Riggin (L, 13-18-5) EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 38-14-2) Attendance: 11,509


Team123F
New England Whalers (34-32-9) 2 2 0 4
Winnipeg Jets (36-34-6) 3 1 2 6

1: NE ,John McKenzie 19 (Dave Keon, Mike Antonovich), :58
NE ,George Lyle 15 (Mike Rogers, Mark Howe), 4:56
WIN,Morris Lukowich 62 (Barry Long, Terry Ruskowski), 5:52
WIN,Kent Nilsson 37 (Barry Long, Terry Ruskowski), 8:21
WIN,Terry Ruskowski 18 (Morris Lukowich, Willy Lindstrom), 9:29
2: WIN,Kent Nilsson 38 (Peter Sullivan, Rich Preston), :42
NE ,Warren Miller 25 (Mike Rogers, Mark Howe), 3:25
NE ,Andre Lacroix 32 (Gordie Howe, Larry Pleau), 14:58
3: WIN,Morris Lukowich 63 (Willy Lindstrom, Terry Ruskowski), 2:51
WIN,Bill Lesuk 17 (Roland Eriksson, Bobby Guindon), 17:04
Penalties:

1: Kim Clackson, WIN 2:55
Warren Miller, NE 7:58
Kim Clackson, WIN 13:23
2: none
3: Marty Howe, NE 1:47
Gordie Howe, NE 5:07
Morris Lukowich, WIN 6:50
Penalty time: NE : 6 minutes WIN: 6 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Rogers 0 2 2 0 0 0
Mark Howe 0 2 2 0 0 0
Warren Miller 1 0 1 2 0 0
John McKenzie 1 0 1 0 0 0
Andre Lacroix 1 0 1 0 0 0
George Lyle 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dave Keon 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Antonovich 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Pleau 0 1 1 0 0 0
Marty Howe 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Terry Ruskowski 1 3 4 0 0 0
Morris Lukowich 2 1 3 2 0 0
Kent Nilsson 2 0 2 0 0 0
Willy Lindstrom 0 2 2 0 0 0
Barry Long 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bill Lesuk 1 0 1 0 0 0
Roland Eriksson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bobby Guindon 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rich Preston 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter Sullivan 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kim Clackson 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 11- 4-11-26 WIN: 15- 9-11-35 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 17-17-5) WIN: Gary Smith (W, 4-13-1) Attendance: 10,172



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