WHA game summary from December 23, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Indianapolis Racers (9-19-4)	2	1	0	3
New England Whalers (21-8-3)	1	1	3	5

1: IND, Darryl Maggs 4 (Bobby Sheehan, Brad Rhiness), 3:13
   IND, Reg Thomas 9 (Ken Block, Darryl Maggs), 16:05
   NE , Gordie Roberts 6 (Mike Rogers, Jack Carlson), 18:13
2: NE , John McKenzie 12 (Marty Howe, Dave Keon), 2:53
   IND, Michel Parizeau 3 (Rusty Patenaude, Kevin Devine), 6:54
3: NE , Rick Ley 2 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 4:03
   NE , Gordie Howe 9 (Rick Ley, George Lyle), 5:20
   NE , George Lyle 12 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 11:36

Penalties:

1: Rick Ley, NE 1:07
   Kevin Devine, IND 3:28
   Bill Butters, NE [major] 3:28
   Dave Fortier, IND 4:20
   Rusty Patenaude, IND [double minor] 10:04
   Gordie Howe, NE 10:57
   Jack Carlson, NE 14:49
   Peter Driscoll, IND 19:08
2: Gordie Roberts, NE 0:26
   Bill Butters, NE 3:15
   Dave Fortier, IND 10:37
   George Lyle, NE 12:40
   Alan Hangsleben, NE 13:41
   Don Burgess, IND 13:41
   Gordie Howe, NE 17:40
   Mike Antonovich, NE 17:40
   Rusty Patenaude, IND 19:28
   Bill Butters, NE [double minor, major] 19:28
   Kevin Devine, IND [major] 19:28
   Dave Fortier, IND [misconduct] 19:28
3: Gordie Howe, NE 8:40
   Gary Inness, IND 17:45
   Kevin Devine, IND [major, game misconduct] 17:45
   Jack Carlson, NE [match penalty] 17:45
   Alan Hangsleben, NE [minor, major] 17:45
   Bench penalty, IND 19:35

Penalty time: IND: 50 minutes
              NE : 51 minutes

Shots: IND: 11-11-10-32
       NE : 14- 8-16-38

Goalies: IND: Gary Inness (L, 5-10-3)
         NE : Al Smith (W, 17-3-3)

Attendance: 8,709