WHA game summary from January 14, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (15-30-1)	1	1	1	3
Houston Aeros (21-16-5)	3	1	1	5

1:	HOU,	Poul Popiel 8 (Mark Howe), :49
	HOU,	Morris Lukowich 8 (Poul Popiel, John Gray), 12:42
	HOU,	Cam Connor 19 (Al McLeod), 13:37
	BIR,	Tim Sheehy 24 (Pete Marrin), 17:22
2:	BIR,	Dale Hoganson 2 (Tim Sheehy, Gilles Bilodeau), 5:49
	HOU,	Mark Howe 11, 7:43
3:	BIR,	Jeff Jacques 12 (Lou Nistico, Tim Sheehy), 6:13
	HOU,	Terry Ruskowski 14 (Mark Howe), 19:44

Penalties:

1:	Gordie Howe, HOU 7:34
	Glen Irwin, HOU 7:34
	Marty Howe, HOU [double minor, game misconduct] 7:34
	Gilles Bilodeau, BIR [major] 7:34
	Dave Gorman, BIR [misconduct] 7:34
	Dale Hoganson, BIR [misconduct] 7:34
	Ted Taylor, HOU [misconduct] 7:34
	Paul Henderson, BIR 11:41
	Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 13:52
	Jeff Jacques, BIR 19:57
2:	Terry Ruskowski, HOU 4:35
	Ted Taylor, HOU 7:15
	Wayne Rutledge, HOU 7:35
	Larry Lund, HOU 9:49
	Tim Sheehy, BIR 11:09
	Dave Gorman, BIR 15:24
	Terry Ruskowski, HOU 18:06
3:	Poul Popiel, HOU 4:09
	John Tonelli, HOU 9:52

Penalty time: BIR: 35 minutes HOU: 42 minutes

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Tim Sheehy	1	2	3	2	0	0
Dale Hoganson	1	0	1	10	0	0
Jeff Jacques	1	0	1	2	0	0
Gilles Bilodeau	0	1	1	5	0	0
Pete Marrin	0	1	1	0	0	0
Lou Nistico	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Gorman	0	0	0	12	0	0
Paul Henderson	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jim Turkiewicz	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mark Howe	1	2	3	0	0	0
Poul Popiel	1	1	2	2	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	1	0	1	4	0	0
Cam Connor	1	0	1	0	0	0
Morris Lukowich	1	0	1	0	0	0
John Gray	0	1	1	0	0	0
Al McLeod	0	1	1	0	0	0
Marty Howe	0	0	0	14	0	0
Ted Taylor	0	0	0	12	0	0
Wayne Rutledge	0	0	0	2	0	0
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	2	0	0
John Tonelli	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	0	0	2	0	0
Larry Lund	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: BIR: 4-10-10-24 HOU: 18- 7- 6-31 Goalies: BIR: John Garrett (L, 10-21-1) HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 10-6-3) Attendance: 6,000