The WHA and NHL Exhibition Games
Penalty Shots date player, team goaltender, team period time result Oct 17, 1976 Daniel Gruen, Minnesota Wayne Wood, Birmingham 2 6:49 Save Nov 11, 1976 Danny Lawson, Calgary Curt Larsson, Winnipeg 2 14:30 Save Dec 17, 1976 Robbie Ftorek, Phoenix Ken Broderick, Edmonton 1 17:53 Save Dec 26, 1976 Mark Napier, Birmingham Wayne Rutledge, Houston 3 17:44 Score Jan 20, 1977 Frank Hughes, Phoenix Paul Hoganson, Cincinnati 3 15:56 Save Feb 18, 1977 Bruce Greig, Calgary Norm Lapointe, Cincinnati 2 16:46 Score
Attendance
Total Attendance: 3,590,511; Average Attendance: 7,722 team g season avg g playoff avg team g season avg g playoff avg Birmingham 40 338,711 8,468 - - - Minnesota 25 155,280 6,211 - - - Calgary 40 172,535 4,313 - - - New England 40 356,726 8,918 2 10,730 9,865 Cincinnati 40 305,860 7,647 2 21,396 10,698 Phoenix 40 279,384 6,985 - - - Edmonton 40 334,805 8,370 2 30,098 15,049 Québec 40 343,922 8,598 10 91,420 9,142 Houston 40 353,209 8,830 6 57,430 9,572 San Diego 40 240,508 6,013 3 31,388 10,463 Indianapolis 40 371,787 9,295 4 50,867 12,717 Winnipeg 40 337,874 8,447 10 98,608 9,861
Interleague Competition: The WHA and NHL Exhibition Games
Starting in September 1974, the WHA and the NHL played over 50 exhibition games against one another. The first game ever was held September 26, 1974, as the Houston Aeros defeated the St. Louis Blues. Overall, the WHA won well more than half of the contests.
1974 1977 1978 Atlanta Flames 3, Winnipeg Jets 1 Atlanta Flames 3, Birmingham Bulls 0 Birmingham Bulls 4, Atlanta Flames 2 Houston Aeros 5, St. Louis Blues 3 Atlanta Flames 5, Houston Aeros 3 Cincinnati Stingers 6, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Minnesota North Stars 5, Toronto Toros 3 Boston Bruins 5, New England Whalers 0 Colorado Rockies 5, Winnipeg Jets 3 Philadelphia Flyers 4, New England Whalers 2 Cleveland Barons 4, Edmonton Oilers 2 Detroit Red Wings 7, New England Whalers 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Cleveland Crusaders 3 Edmonton Oilers 3, St. Louis Blues 2 Edmonton Oilers 4, Minnesota North Stars 2 San Diego Mariners 4, California Golden Seals 3 Edmonton Oilers 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 Edmonton Oilers 5, Vancouver Canucks 3 Vancouver Canucks 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 Minnesota North Stars 2, Winnipeg Jets 1 Edmonton Oilers 6, Colorado Rockies 4 New England Whalers 2, Chicago Black Hawks 2 Indianapolis Racers 4, St Louis Blues 1 1976 New England Whalers 4, Atlanta Flames 3 Minnesota North Stars 9, Edmonton Oilers 3 Birmingham Bulls 7, Atlanta Flames 6 New England Whalers 5, Atlanta Flames 4 New England Whalers 3, Detroit Red Wings 0 Calgary Cowboys 4, St Louis Blues 1 New England Whalers 5, Washington Capitals 4 New England Whalers 4, Chicago Black Hawks 4 New England Whalers 2, New York Rangers 2 New England Whalers 7, New York Rangers 4 New England Whalers 4, New York Rangers 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Edmonton Oilers 1 New England Whalers 9, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 New England Whalers 5, New York Islanders 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Houston Aeros 1 Québec Nordiques 5, New York Rangers 5 New England Whalers 5, Washington Capitals 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 7, Calgary Cowboys 3 Québec Nordiques 5, Washington Capitals 1 New England Whalers 5, Washington Capitals 2 Washington Capitals 2, Indianapolis Racers 1 St. Louis Blues 4, Birmingham Bulls 0 New York Rangers 4, Winnipeg Jets 2 Winnipeg Jets 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Winnipeg Jets 1, Detroit Red Wings 0 New York Rangers 7, Winnipeg Jets 4 Winnipeg Jets 6, St. Louis Blues 2 Winnipeg Jets 3, St Louis Blues 0 Québec Nordiques 3, Colorado Rockies 2 Winnipeg Jets 4, Minnesota North Stars 3 Québec Nordiques 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Winnipeg Jets 6, St. Louis Blues 2 Québec Nordiques 4, New York Rangers 1 Québec Nordiques 5, Chicago Black Hawks 2 Québec Nordiques 5, Minnesota North Stars 2 St Louis Blues 4, Birmingham Bulls 3 Washington Capitals 7, Québec Nordiques 4 Winnipeg Jets 2, St. Louis Blues 2 Winnipeg Jets 5, Minnesota North Stars 5 Winnipeg Jets 6, Minnesota North Stars 5
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