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
Ken Linseman	1	0	1	0
Pat Westrum	0	1	1	2
Rod Langway	0	1	1	0
Steve Durbano	0	0	0	20
Gilles Bilodeau	0	0	0	11
Phil Roberto	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

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


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