WHA game summary from December 17, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (10-23-1)	3	0	1	4
Houston Aeros (14-12-4)	1	0	2	3

1:	BIR,	Vaclav Nedomansky 17 (Richard Farda, Jean-Guy Lagace), 2:12
	BIR,	Vaclav Nedomansky 18, 12:21
	BIR,	Mark Napier 27 (Paul Henderson), 13:28
	HOU,	Gordie Howe 7 (Terry Ruskowski), 13:48
2:	no scoring
3:	HOU,	Ted Taylor 3 (Cam Connor), 1:04
	HOU,	Terry Ruskowski 9 (Ron Hansis, Poul Popiel), 3:02
	BIR,	Mark Napier 28 (John Stewart, Paul Henderson), 18:01

Penalties:

1:	Paul Henderson, BIR 6:07
	Rick Cunningham, BIR 7:23
	John Tonelli, HOU 7:23
	Jean-Guy Lagace, BIR 11:43
	Cam Connor, HOU [double minor] 11:43
	Rick Cunningham, BIR [misconduct] 11:43
	Dale Hoganson, BIR 16:54
	John Tonelli, HOU 16:54
	Don Larway, HOU 19:38
2:	Cam Connor, HOU 2:29
	Gord Gallant, BIR 2:29
	Glen Irwin, HOU [major] 5:02
	John Stewart, BIR 9:41
	John Stewart, BIR [minor, major] 13:03
	Terry Ruskowski, HOU [minor, major] 13:03
3:	Terry Ruskowski, HOU 8:01
	Ted Taylor, HOU 9:18
	Tim Sheehy, BIR [major] 9:18

Penalty time: BIR: 34 minutes HOU: 28 minutes

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mark Napier	2	0	2	0	0	0
Vaclav Nedomansky	2	0	2	0	0	0
Paul Henderson	0	2	2	2	0	0
John Stewart	0	1	1	9	0	0
Jean-Guy Lagace	0	1	1	2	0	0
Richard Farda	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rick Cunningham	0	0	0	12	0	0
Tim Sheehy	0	0	0	5	0	0
Dale Hoganson	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gord Gallant	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Terry Ruskowski	1	1	2	9	0	0
Ted Taylor	1	0	1	2	0	0
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Cam Connor	0	1	1	6	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Hansis	0	1	1	0	0	0
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	5	0	0
John Tonelli	0	0	0	4	0	0
Don Larway	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: BIR: 9- 7- 6-22 HOU: 11-19-15-45 Goalies: BIR: John Garrett (W, 7-15-1) HOU: Wayne Rutledge (L, 7-5-3) Attendance: 8,032