WHA game summary from October 14, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (0-2-0)	1	0	2	3
Birmingham Bulls (1-0-0)	2	1	2	5

1: BIR, Chris Evans 1, 4:08
   HOU, Terry Ruskowski 1 (Andre Lacroix, Poul Popiel), 5:25
   BIR, Joe Noris 1, 6:26
2: BIR, Vaclav Nedomansky 1, 9:12
3: HOU, Larry Lund 1 (Steve West, Don Larway), 4:31
   HOU, Cam Connor 1 (Andre Lacroix, Al McLeod), 8:28
   BIR, Joe Noris 2 (Frank Mahovlich, Pat Westrum), 11:38
   BIR, Tim Sheehy 1 (Pete Marrin, Frank Mahovlich), 12:11

Penalties:

1: Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 4:02
   Scott Campbell, HOU 4:02
   Paul Henderson, BIR 5:11
   Rich Preston, HOU 9:57
   Dave Gorman, BIR 14:59
2: Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 4:05
   Pat Westrum, BIR 6:10
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 6:10
   Scott Campbell, HOU 7:22
   John Garrett, BIR 17:34
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 17:34
3: John Schella, HOU 0:45
   Dale Hoganson, BIR 7:48
   John Schella, HOU 7:48
   Andre Lacroix, HOU [major] 11:42
   Dave Gorman, BIR 14:12
   John Hughes, HOU 14:12

Penalty time: HOU: 21 minutes
              BIR: 16 minutes

Shots: HOU: 10-15-13-38
       BIR: 10-13-13-36

Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (L, 0-2-0)
         BIR: John Garrett (W, 1-0-0)

Attendance: 8,618