WHA game summary from December 18, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (10-24-1)	1	1	0	2
New England Whalers (13-16-4)	2	2	2	6

1:	BIR,	Richard Farda 7 (Tim Sheehy, Jim Turkiewicz), 5:53
	NE ,	Dan Bolduc 5 (Brett Callighen, Danny Arndt), 6:11
	NE ,	Tom Webster 19 (Ron Busniuk), 19:16
2:	NE ,	Ralph Backstrom 9 (Brad Selwood), 4:32
	BIR,	Wayne Carleton 1 (Jeff Jacques, Jean-Guy Lagace), 12:40
	NE ,	George Lyle 20 (Mike Rogers), 18:09
3:	NE ,	Gary MacGregor 5 (Ralph Backstrom, Larry Pleau), 11:44
	NE ,	Dale Smedsmo 2 (Alan Hangsleben, Doug Roberts), 13:09

Penalties:

Penalty time: BIR: 9 minutes NE : 11 minutes

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Wayne Carleton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Richard Farda	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jean-Guy Lagace	0	1	1	5	0	0
Jeff Jacques	0	1	1	2	0	0
Tim Sheehy	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Turkiewicz	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Garrett	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ralph Backstrom	1	1	2	0	0	0
Dale Smedsmo	1	0	1	9	0	0
Gary MacGregor	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dan Bolduc	1	0	1	0	0	0
George Lyle	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Webster	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brett Callighen	0	1	1	2	0	0
Larry Pleau	0	1	1	0	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	1	1	0	0	0
Danny Arndt	0	1	1	0	0	0
Brad Selwood	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	0	0	0
Doug Roberts	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Busniuk	0	1	1	0	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: BIR: 14- 9- 8-31 NE : 10-14-19-43 Goalies: BIR: John Garrett (L, 7-16-1) NE : Christer Abrahamsson (W, 10-6-3) Attendance: 9,231