WHA game summary from December 27, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (13-16-2)	1	0	0	1
New England Whalers (22-8-3)	3	1	4	8

1:	NE ,	George Lyle 13 (Gordie Howe, Rick Ley), 1:41
	NE ,	John McKenzie 13 (Rick Ley), 2:31
	NE ,	Mike Antonovich 16 (John McKenzie, Dave Keon), 3:07
	BIR,	Ken Linseman 12 (Rod Langway, Pat Westrum), 13:42
2:	NE ,	Brad Selwood 1 (Dave Keon, Mike Antonovich), 9:29
3:	NE ,	Mark Howe 6 (Alan Hangsleben, George Lyle), 6:05
	NE ,	Mike Rogers 13 (Gordie Roberts, Larry Pleau), 9:06
	NE ,	Brad Selwood 2 (Larry Pleau, Jack Carlson), 13:09
	NE ,	Marty Howe 4 (Mike Antonovich, John McKenzie), 18:20

Penalties:

1:	Pat Westrum, BIR 3:27
	Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 9:42
	Jack Carlson, NE 9:42
	Rick Ley, NE 18:08
2:	Gordie Roberts, NE 17:10
	Phil Roberto, BIR 17:10
3:	Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 7:22
	Steve Durbano, BIR [misconduct, game misconduct] 9:19
	Gilles Bilodeau, BIR [minor, major] 13:49
	Jack Carlson, NE [minor, major] 13:49
	Rick Ley, NE 18:34

Penalty time: BIR: 35 minutes NE : 15 minutes

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ken Linseman	1	0	1	0	0	0
Pat Westrum	0	1	1	2	0	0
Rod Langway	0	1	1	0	0	0
Steve Durbano	0	0	0	20	0	0
Gilles Bilodeau	0	0	0	11	0	0
Phil Roberto	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mike Antonovich	1	2	3	0	0	0
John McKenzie	1	2	3	0	0	0
Brad Selwood	2	0	2	0	0	0
George Lyle	1	1	2	0	0	0
Rick Ley	0	2	2	4	0	0
Larry Pleau	0	2	2	0	0	0
Dave Keon	0	2	2	0	0	0
Mark Howe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Howe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Carlson	0	1	1	9	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	2	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	0	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	1	1	0	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: BIR: 9-11- 3-23 NE : 11-13-14-38 Goalies: BIR: John Garrett,
Wayne Wood NE : Al Smith (W, 18-3-3) Attendance: 10,309