WHA game summary from December 7, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (17-6-3)	2	3	1	6
Birmingham Bulls (8-14-2)	1	0	2	3

1:	NE ,	Gordie Howe 6 (John McKenzie, Mike Antonovich), 1:36
	BIR,	Bob Stephenson 4 (Ken Linseman, Serge Beaudoin), 5:41
	NE ,	Mike Rogers 10 (Jack Carlson, Rick Ley), 19:41
2:	NE ,	Larry Pleau 9 (Rick Ley, Gordie Roberts), 6:38
	NE ,	John McKenzie 10 (Mike Antonovich, Gordie Roberts), 9:49
	NE ,	Gordie Roberts 4 (Larry Pleau, Jack Carlson), 12:21
3:	BIR,	Ken Linseman 8 (Bob Stephenson, Brent Hughes), 2:07
	NE ,	Jack Carlson 4 (Mike Rogers, Gordie Roberts), 2:41
	BIR,	Mark Napier 12 (Brent Hughes, Ken Linseman), 16:58

Penalties:

Penalty time: NE : 6 minutes BIR: 6 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gordie Roberts	1	3	4	0	0	0
Jack Carlson	1	2	3	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	1	1	2	0	0	0
John McKenzie	1	1	2	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	1	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Antonovich	0	2	2	2	0	0
Rick Ley	0	2	2	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Howe	0	0	0	2	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ken Linseman	1	2	3	0	0	0
Bob Stephenson	1	1	2	0	0	0
Brent Hughes	0	2	2	0	0	0
Mark Napier	1	0	1	0	0	0
Serge Beaudoin	0	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Henderson	0	0	0	4	0	0
Gilles Bilodeau	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 11-12- 2-25 BIR: 12- 9-10-31 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 13-2-3) BIR: John Garrett (L, 6-11-1) Attendance: 10,211