WHA game summary from January 16, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Birmingham Bulls (15-31-1) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 San Diego Mariners (25-17-2) |
1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 1: | SD , | Andre Lacroix 13 (Don Burgess, Wayne Rivers), 17:10 |
| 2: | SD , | Kevin Devine 13 (Joe Noris, Larry Hornung), 1:18 |
| SD , | John French 8 (Bob Dobek, Paul Shmyr), 3:57 | |
| SD , | Wayne Rivers 10 (Don Burgess, Andre Lacroix), 8:31 | |
| SD , | Don Burgess 11 (Wayne Rivers, Kevin Morrison), 15:06 | |
| 3: | BIR, | Gilles Bilodeau 2, 4:53 |
| BIR, | Jim Turkiewicz 3 (Gilles Bilodeau, Jean-Guy Lagace), 17:14 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Keith Kokkola, BIR 15:04 | |
| 2: | none | |
| 3: | Paul Henderson, BIR 7:34 | |
Penalty time: BIR: 4 minutes
SD : 0 minutes
| BIR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Bilodeau | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Turkiewicz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Guy Lagace | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Kokkola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Rivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Burgess | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Lacroix | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Devine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John French | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dobek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hornung | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Morrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Noris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: BIR: 4- 6-10-20
SD : 13-13-13-39
Goalies: BIR: Wayne Wood (L, 2-9-0)
SD : Ken Lockett (W, 11-7-0)
Attendance: 4,114