All WHA game summaries from December 7, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (17-6-3)	2	3	1	6
Birmingham Bulls (8-14-2)	1	0	2	3

1: NE , Gordie Howe 6 (John McKenzie, Mike Antonovich), 1:36
   BIR, Bob Stephenson 4 (Ken Linseman, Serge Beaudoin), 5:41
   NE , Mike Rogers 10 (Jack Carlson, Rick Ley), 19:41
2: NE , Larry Pleau 9 (Rick Ley, Gordie Roberts), 6:38
   NE , John McKenzie 10 (Mike Antonovich, Gordie Roberts), 9:49
   NE , Gordie Roberts 4 (Larry Pleau, Jack Carlson), 12:21
3: BIR, Ken Linseman 8 (Bob Stephenson, Brent Hughes), 2:07
   NE , Jack Carlson 4 (Mike Rogers, Gordie Roberts), 2:41
   BIR, Mark Napier 12 (Brent Hughes, Ken Linseman), 16:58

Penalties:

1: Paul Henderson, BIR 0:11
   Mike Antonovich, NE 6:36
   Paul Henderson, BIR 13:04
2: Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 8:56
3: Alan Hangsleben, NE 12:07
   Mark Howe, NE 15:17

Penalty time: NE : 6 minutes
              BIR: 6 minutes

Shots: NE : 11-12- 2-25
       BIR: 12- 9-10-31

Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 13-2-3)
         BIR: John Garrett (L, 6-11-1)

Attendance: 10,211

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cincinnati Stingers (9-15-0)	1	2	1	0	4
Edmonton Oilers (12-11-1)	1	1	2	1	5

1: CIN, Peter Marsh 2 (Rich Leduc), 10:55
   EDM, Norm Ferguson 10 (Brett Callighen, Paul Shmyr), 16:29
2: CIN, Rich Leduc 18 (Robbie Ftorek), 10:58
   CIN, Rich Leduc 19, 15:50
   EDM, Bill Flett 10 (Joe Micheletti, Ron Chipperfield), 17:36
3: EDM, Norm Ferguson 11 (Juha Widing, Brett Callighen), 3:13
   CIN, Bill Gilligan 2 (Claude Larose, Rick Dudley), 11:35
   EDM, Paul Shmyr 2 (Ron Chipperfield, Don McLeod), 14:07
4: EDM, Bill Flett 11 (Ron Chipperfield, Al Hamilton), :54

Penalties:

1: Paul Shmyr, EDM 13:07
2: Peter Marsh, CIN 5:09
   Dave Semenko, EDM 9:39
3: Barry Melrose, CIN 8:49
4: none

Penalty time: CIN: 4 minutes
              EDM: 4 minutes

Shots: CIN:  8-12- 9- 0-29
       EDM: 15-11-14- 1-41

Goalies: CIN: Michel Dion (L, 5-2-0)
         EDM: Don McLeod (W, 4-4-0)

Attendance: 6,573

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (9-12-1)	0	1	1	2
Winnipeg Jets (13-11-1)	3	0	2	5

1: WIN, Dave Kryskow 6 (Lyle Moffat, Thommie Bergman), 1:41
   WIN, Bobby Hull 18 (Barry Long, Bobby Guindon), 9:46
   WIN, Anders Hedberg 19 (Ulf Nilsson, Dave Dunn), 14:51
2: HOU, Morris Lukowich 13 (Poul Popiel, John Schella), 19:39
3: WIN, Bobby Hull 19 (Ted Green), 1:27
   WIN, Dan Labraaten 13 (Peter Sullivan), 9:33
   HOU, Don Larway 6 (John Hughes), 17:39

Penalties:

1: Don Larway, HOU 2:29
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 13:56
   Bill Lesuk, WIN 15:29
2: Ken Baird, WIN 4:31
   Andre Lacroix, HOU 6:51
   Cam Connor, HOU 10:35
   John Schella, HOU 12:14
   Steve West, HOU [misconduct] 16:46
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 18:20
   Ted Green, WIN 18:20
3: none

Penalty time: HOU: 22 minutes
              WIN: 6 minutes

Shots: HOU:  4- 7-12-23
       WIN:  9- 9- 9-27

Goalies: HOU: Ernie Wakely (L, 3-8-1)
         WIN: Joe Daley (W, 5-7-0)

Attendance: 8,312