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1978 Finland & Sweden Exhibitions

1977-78

Finland and Sweden sent touring squads in March 1978 to play a series of exhibitions against the five American-based WHA clubs. The following season, Sweden sent a club in December to play a three-game set against the three Canadian-based WHA teams, and Finland did the same the following March.

1978-79 Finland & Sweden Exhibitions

March 17, 1978
Indianapolis 6, Sweden 3

Sweden 2 1 0 - 3
Indianapolis 3 0 3 - 6

1st period: 1. Ind: Burgess (Block, Irwin) 12:37; 2. Ind: Larose (Morrison) 13:48; 3. Swe: Ernlund (Svensson, Luckner) 14:13; 4. Swe: Wallin (Svensson, Ernlund) 16:51; 5. Ind: Leduc (Larose, Morrison) 17:23.
2nd period: 6. Swe: Petersson (Nilsson) 16:18.
3rd period: 7. Ind: French (Burgess, Morrison) 5:28; 8. Ind: Stoughton (Larose) 7:45; 9. Ind: Larose (Fortier) 11:48.
Shots: Swe: 7-11-7—29; Ind: 9-2-8—19
Goaltenders: Swe: Andersson; Ind: Park, Mio.
Attendance: 5,920.


March 18, 1978
Finland 3, Birmingham 2

Finland 0 1 2 - 3
Birmingham 0 1 1 - 2

1st period: No scoring.
2nd period: 1. Fin: Toivanen (Sevon) 4:19; 2. Bir: Langway (Mahovlich, Noris) 11:18.
3rd period: 3. Fin: Saleva (Hakulinen) 1:07; 4. Fin: Sevon (Hakulinen, Toivanen) 8:24; 5. Bir: Linseman (Hughes) 8:57.
Shots: Fin: 8-9-9—26; Bir: 6-7-11—24
Goaltenders: Fin: Virtanen; Bir: Wood, Garrett
Attendance: 5,215


March 19, 1978
Houston 6, Finland 4

Finland 3 0 1 - 4
Houston 3 2 1 - 6

1st period: 1. Fin: Taimio (Ahokainen) 7:10; 2. Fin: Jokinen (Laine, Koskinen) 7:56; 3. Fin: Sinisalo (Saleva) 9:17; 4. Hou: West (Taylor, Popiel) 10:49; 5. Hou: Lukowich (West, Popiel) 11:06; 6. Hou: West (Taylor) 15:43.
2nd period: 7. Hou: Lund (Schella) 3:33; 8. Hou: Larway (Lacroix) 6:35.
3rd period: 9. Fin: Taimio 12:37; 9. Hou: West (Lacroix, Preston) 19:39.
Shots: Fin 10-2-13—25; Hou: 13-10-9—32
Goaltenders: Fin: Sohlman, Hou: Wakely.
Attendance: 3,985

 
March 21, 1978
Houston 8, Sweden 3

Sweden 1 0 2 - 3
Houston 3 5 0 - 8

1st period: 1. Hou: Lukowich (Gray, Hughes) 13:06; 2. Hou: Larway 14:23; 3. Hou: Larway 15:40; 4. Swe: Bredberg 18:33.
2nd period: 5. Hou: Campbell (Taylor, West) 8:05; 6. Hou: Hansis (Hughes, Lund) 9:46; 7. Lund (Hansis, Tonelli) 9:58; 8. Hou: Lund 14:57; 9. Hou: Larway (Lacroix, Preston) 16:17.
3rd period: 10. Swe: Steen (Bredberg) 3:55; 11. Swe: Petersson (Kallur, Hansson) 16:29.
Shots: Swe: 3-12-11—26; Hou: 9-9-8—26
Goaltenders: Swe: Westblom, Andersson; Hou: Zimmerman.
Attendance: 4,901


March 22, 1978
Finland 4, Indianapolis 3

Finland 0 2 2 - 4
Indianapolis 2 0 1 - 3

1st period: 1. Ind: Leclerc (Marotte, Driscoll) 11:16; 2. Ind: Leduc (Larose, Prentice) 19:03.
2nd period: 3. Fin: Hakulinen (Ahokainen, Eloranta) 9:19; 4. Fin: Pakola (Kaario) 10:24.
3rd period: 5. Ind: Driscoll (Leclerc, Prentice) 13:11; 6. Fin: Kaario 17:49; 7. Fin: Saleva (Kilmalainen) 18:35.
Shots: Fin: 11-14-14—39; Ind: 9-13-12—34
Goaltenders: Fin: Sohlman; Ind: Mio.
Attendance: 6,172

 
March 25, 1978
Finland 8, Cincinnati 3

Finland 2 3 3 - 8
Cincinnati 1 1 1 - 3

1st period: 1. Cin: Gilligan (Norwich) 9:09; 2. Fin: Hakulainen 11:31; 3. Fin: Saleva 11:44.
2nd period: 4. Cin: Harris (Abgrall, Lahache) 2:28; 5. Fin: Saleva (Kilmalainen) 6:47; 6. Fin: Eloranta (Laine, Hakulinen) 14:34; 7. Fin: Hakulinen (Eloranta, Saleva) 18:00.
3rd period: 8. Fin: Saleva (Kilmalainen, Savon) 3:46; 9. Cin: Hislop (Dudley, Gilligan) 8:43; 10. Fin: Saleva (Kilmalainen, Ruotsalainen) 16:49; 11. Fin: Koskinen 17:56.
Shots: Fin: 13-13-17—43; Cin: 15-13-13—41
Goaltenders: Fin: Sohlman; Cin: Dion, Liut, Hoganson
Attendance: 5,373


March 25, 1978
New England 6, Sweden 0

Sweden 0 0 0 - 0
New England 0 3 3 - 6

1st period: No scoring.
2nd period: 1. NE: Rogers (Antonovich, J. Carlson) 0:38; 2. NE: Mty Howe (Pleau, Selwood) 3:35; 3. NE: Sheehy (Selwood, Roberts) 14:52.
3rd period: 4. NE: Lyle (Plumb, S. Carlsson) 7:20; 5. NE: Roberts 11:40; 6. NE: Rogers (Bolduc, Plumb) 12:50.
Shots: Swe: 10-8-10—26; NE: 6-12-14—32
Goaltenders: Swe: Andersson; NE: Smith, Levasseur.
Attendance: 7,023


March 26, 1978
Sweden 5, Cincinnati 4

Sweden 1 1 3 - 5
Cincinnati 2 1 1 - 4

1st period: 1. Cin: Carroll 7:11; 2. Cin: Marsh (Carroll) 12:59; 3. Swe: Svensson (Luckner, P. Wallin) 13:37.
2nd period: 4. Swe: Kallur (Luckner, Svensson) 5:19; 5. Cin: Carroll (Marsh, Lahache) 14:28.
3rd period: 6. Cin: Carroll (Stapleton, Thomas) 4:32; 7. Swe: Zetterstrom (Lindstrom) 6:08; 8. Swe: C. Wallin (Perlstrom) 8:19; 9. Swe: C. Wallin (Svensson, Perlstrom) 12:52.
Shots: Swe: 12-12-8—32; Cin: 10-10-7—27
Goaltenders: Swe: Andersson; Cin: Dion, Liut, Hoganson
Attendance: 2,255

 
March 28, 1978
Birmingham 7, Sweden 4

Sweden 1 3 0 - 4
Birmingham 3 3 1 - 7

1st period: 1. Bir: Alley (Stewart) 0:56; 2. Bir: Alley (Turkiewicz, Stewart) 5:32; 3. Bir: Linseman 14:26; 4. Swe: Hansson (Bark, Bredberg) 18:23.
2nd period: 5. Swe: Lindstrom (Nilsson) 9:59; 6. Bir: Cassolato (Noris, Langway) 10:24; 7. Swe: Lindstrom (Perlstrom) 12:23; 8. Swe: C. Wallin (P. Wallin, Perlstrom) 14:58; 9. Bir: Mahovlich (Noris, Turkiewicz) 16:58; 10. Bir: Alley (Gorman, Hughes) 18:53.
3rd period: 11. Bir: Roberto (Beaudoin) 18:45.
Shots: Swe: 12-13-9—34; Bir: 5-11-11—27
Goaltenders: Swe: Andersson; Bir: Garrett, Wood
Attendance: 7,986


March 28, 1978
New England 7, Finland 3

Finland 0 2 1 - 3
New England 0 2 5 - 7

1st period: No Scoring.
2nd period: 1. Fin: Saleva; 2. Fin: Tuohimaa; 3. NE: Roberts; 4. NE: Ley.
3rd period: NE scorers: Ley, Mark Howe, McKenzie, Antonovich, S. Carlson; Fin scorer: Laine
Shots: Not available
Goaltenders: Not available

(Full summary not available, information above reconstructed from written game accounts.)

 

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