WHA game summary from December 30, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (14-17-2)	1	1	0	2
New England Whalers (23-8-3)	2	3	1	6

1:	NE ,	Mark Howe 7 (Gordie Howe, George Lyle), 15:23
	NE ,	Gordie Howe 10 (Mark Howe, Gordie Roberts), 18:59
	BIR,	Serge Beaudoin 4 (Ken Linseman, Brent Hughes), 19:53
2:	BIR,	Pete Marrin 12 (Tony Cassolato, Ken Linseman), 3:20
	NE ,	Larry Pleau 13 (Rick Ley, Alan Hangsleben), 11:41
	NE ,	Larry Pleau 14 (Rick Ley, Alan Hangsleben), 12:09
	NE ,	Mike Antonovich 17 (Dave Keon, Gordie Roberts), 18:02
3:	NE ,	Gordie Howe 11 (Mark Howe, George Lyle), 8:33

Penalties:

1:	Bill Butters, NE [double minor] 3:46
	Gilles Bilodeau, BIR [minor, major] 3:46
	Dave Gorman, BIR [misconduct] 3:46
	Phil Roberto, BIR 16:54
	Bench penalty, BIR 17:15
	George Lyle, NE 17:32
2:	George Lyle, NE 2:11
	Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 4:03
	Bill Butters, NE 4:03
	George Lyle, NE 8:00
	Brad Selwood, NE 10:44
	Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 10:44
	Dave Gorman, BIR 11:23
	Mike Antonovich, NE 11:23
3:	Pat Westrum, BIR 6:10
	Jack Carlson, NE 6:10
	Ken Linseman, BIR 6:32
	Ken Linseman, BIR 10:20
	Mike Antonovich, NE 10:48
	Serge Beaudoin, BIR 13:53
	Gordie Howe, NE 19:38

Penalty time: BIR: 35 minutes NE : 22 minutes

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ken Linseman	0	2	2	4	0	0
Serge Beaudoin	1	0	1	2	0	0
Pete Marrin	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brent Hughes	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Cassolato	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Gorman	0	0	0	12	0	0
Gilles Bilodeau	0	0	0	7	0	0
Jim Turkiewicz	0	0	0	4	0	0
Phil Roberto	0	0	0	2	0	0
Pat Westrum	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gordie Howe	2	1	3	2	0	0
Mark Howe	1	2	3	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	2	0	2	0	0	0
George Lyle	0	2	2	6	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	2	2	0	0	0
Rick Ley	0	2	2	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	2	2	0	0	0
Mike Antonovich	1	0	1	4	0	0
Dave Keon	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Butters	0	0	0	6	0	0
Brad Selwood	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jack Carlson	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: BIR: 12-10- 3-25 NE : 13-19-12-44 Goalies: BIR: Wayne Wood (L, 5-4-1) NE : Al Smith (W, 19-3-3) Attendance: n/a