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:

1: Jean-Guy Lagace, BIR [major] 11:46
   Dale Smedsmo, NE [minor, major] 11:46
   Brett Callighen, NE 15:36
2: Dale Smedsmo, NE 10:21
3: Jeff Jacques, BIR 10:56
   John Garrett, BIR 13:32

Penalty time: BIR: 9 minutes
              NE : 11 minutes

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

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


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