WHA game summary from December 26, 1977
1: BIR, Serge Beaudoin 3 (Bob Stephenson), 11:11
BIR, Steve Durbano 3 (Dave Gorman, Bob Stephenson), 12:08
BIR, Pete Marrin 10 (Tony Cassolato, Paul Henderson), 15:09
2: BIR, Pete Marrin 11 (Tony Cassolato, Brent Hughes), 4:00
BIR, Frank Mahovlich 5 (Dave Gorman), 7:57
SOV, Vladimir Golubovich 1 (Jrek Gimaev, Victor Tumenev), 19:21
3: BIR, Brent Hughes 6 (John Stewart), 9:59
Penalties:
1: Phil Roberto, BIR 1:27
Vladimir Semenov, SOV 1:27
Pete Marrin, BIR 5:14
Sergei Korotov, SOV 13:52
Paul Henderson, BIR 17:55
2: Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 5:46
Vladimir Lavrentiev, SOV 6:49
Dave Gorman, BIR 12:29
3: Mikhail Shostak, SOV 2:20
Frank Mahovlich, BIR 5:04
Anatoli Emeljaneko, SOV 8:48
Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 9:45
Mark Napier, BIR 13:23
Wayne Wood, BIR 13:23
Jrek Gimaev, SOV [misconduct] 13:23
Steve Durbano, BIR [double minor, major] 15:43
Anatoli Emeljaneko, SOV [misconduct] 15:43
Jrek Gimaev, SOV [misconduct] 15:43
Mikhail Shostak, SOV [misconduct] 16:39
Penalty time: SOV: 50 minutes
BIR: 27 minutes
Shots: SOV: 10- 6-11-27
BIR: 6- 9- 7-22
Goalies: SOV: M. Vaselinok (L, 0-3-0)
BIR: Wayne Wood (W, 4-3-1)
Attendance: 13,173