All WHA game summaries from December 16, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Czechoslovakia (1-4-0)	2	1	0	3
New England Whalers (20-6-3)	1	0	4	5

1:	CZE,	Milow Tarant 1 (Milos Novak, Josef Kveton), 9:32
	NE ,	Jack Carlson 5 (Larry Pleau, Mike Rogers), 10:55
	CZE,	Vitezslav Duris 2 (Vaclav Honc), 18:56
2:	CZE,	Vitezslav Duris 3 (Frantisek Cernik, Frantisek Vyborny), 11:19 - PP
3:	NE ,	Larry Pleau 12 (Bill Butters, Jack Carlson), 7:21
	NE ,	Gordie Howe 7 (Alan Hangsleben, Mark Howe), 13:55
	NE ,	John McKenzie 11 (Dave Keon, Gordie Roberts), 16:27 - PP
	NE ,	Mike Rogers 12, 18:17

Penalties:

1:	Gordie Roberts, NE 0:46
	Milow Tarant, CZE 7:00
	Lubomir Penicka, CZE 12:46
	Gordie Howe, NE 19:43
2:	Rudolf Slavik, CZE 6:35
	Mike Antonovich, NE 6:35
	Jaroslav Kocer, CZE 8:00
	Mark Howe, NE 8:00
	Jindrich Kokrment, CZE [minor, misconduct] 8:25
	Gordie Roberts, NE 9:35
	Josef Kveton, CZE 12:03
	Alan Hangsleben, NE 12:03
	Brad Selwood, NE 14:41
	Greg Carroll, NE [major] 15:49
	Vaclav Honc, CZE 16:34
3:	Jaroslav Lycka, CZE 9:15
	Gordie Howe, NE 9:15
	Vitezslav Duris, CZE 15:35

Penalty time: CZE: 28 minutes NE : 21 minutes

CZE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Vitezslav Duris	2	0	2	2	0	0
Milow Tarant	1	0	1	2	0	0
Vaclav Honc	0	1	1	2	0	0
Josef Kveton	0	1	1	2	0	0
Milos Novak	0	1	1	0	0	0
Frantisek Cernik	0	1	1	0	0	0
Frantisek Vyborny	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jindrich Kokrment	0	0	0	12	0	0
Rudolf Slavik	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jaroslav Kocer	0	0	0	2	0	0
Lubomir Penicka	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jaroslav Lycka	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Larry Pleau	1	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	1	1	2	0	0	0
Jack Carlson	1	1	2	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	4	0	0
John McKenzie	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	4	0	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	2	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bill Butters	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Keon	0	1	1	0	0	0
Greg Carroll	0	0	0	5	0	0
Brad Selwood	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Antonovich	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: CZE: 16- 9- 5-30 NE : 15-10-15-40 Goalies: CZE: Ivan Podesva (L, 0-1-0) NE : Al Smith (W, 16-2-3) Attendance: 8,940