WHA game summary from October 15, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (1-1-0)	1	0	1	2
New England Whalers (2-0-0)	3	0	2	5

1: BIR, Paul Henderson 1, 12:58
   NE , Gordie Howe 1 (Tom Webster, Dave Keon), 14:04
   NE , Jack Carlson 1 (Gordie Roberts, Greg Carroll), 15:59
   NE , Tom Webster 3 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 18:47
2: no scoring
3: BIR, Paul Henderson 2 (Tony Cassolato, Pete Marrin), 3:35
   NE , Alan Hangsleben 1 (Tom Webster, Gordie Howe), 12:06
   NE , Dave Keon 2 (John McKenzie), 19:45

Penalties:

1: Rick Ley, NE 7:04
   Brent Hughes, BIR 9:53
   Bill Butters, NE 12:00
   Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 13:49
2: Gordie Roberts, NE 1:04
3: Rick Ley, NE 14:11

Penalty time: BIR: 4 minutes
              NE : 8 minutes

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Paul Henderson	2	0	2	0
Pete Marrin	0	1	1	0
Tony Cassolato	0	1	1	0
Brent Hughes	0	0	0	2
Gilles Bilodeau	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Gordie Howe	1	2	3	0
Tom Webster	1	2	3	0
Dave Keon	1	1	2	0
Jack Carlson	1	0	1	0
Alan Hangsleben	1	0	1	0
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	2
Greg Carroll	0	1	1	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	0
John McKenzie	0	1	1	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	4
Bill Butters	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: BIR: 11- 9-10-30
       NE : 10-13-10-33

Goalies: BIR: John Garrett (L, 1-1-0)
         NE : Al Smith (W, 2-0-0)

Attendance: 9,206