All WHA game summaries from December 29, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (14-16-2)	2	3	2	7
Cincinnati Stingers (13-19-1)	0	0	1	1

1:	BIR,	Mark Napier 16 (Brent Hughes, Ken Linseman), 9:50
	BIR,	Mark Napier 17 (Brent Hughes, Ken Linseman), 18:07
2:	BIR,	Paul Henderson 13 (Tony Cassolato, Pete Marrin), :29
	BIR,	Bob Stephenson 5 (Ken Linseman), 2:02
	BIR,	John Stewart 3 (Frank Mahovlich), 19:29
3:	CIN,	Robbie Ftorek 23 (Jamie Hislop, Ron Plumb), 4:10
	BIR,	Mark Napier 18 (Ken Linseman, Phil Roberto), 12:39
	BIR,	Ken Linseman 13 (Gilles Bilodeau), 17:52

Penalties:

1:	Tony Cassolato, BIR 0:38
	Ken Linseman, BIR 1:14
	Phil Roberto, BIR 5:22
	Rich Leduc, CIN 8:18
	Brent Hughes, BIR 10:56
	Ron Plumb, CIN 12:37
	Hugh Harris, CIN 16:25
	Bryon Baltimore, CIN 17:22
2:	Serge Beaudoin, BIR 8:20
	Jim Turkiewicz, BIR [minor, major] 9:28
	Paul Stewart, CIN [minor, major] 9:28
3:	Bench penalty, CIN 4:47
	Paul Stewart, CIN [major] 7:45
	Gilles Bilodeau, BIR [minor, major] 7:45
	Ken Linseman, BIR 9:59
	Barry Melrose, CIN [major] 13:15
	John Stewart, BIR [minor, major] 13:15

Penalty time: BIR: 33 minutes CIN: 27 minutes

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ken Linseman	1	4	5	4	0	0
Mark Napier	3	0	3	0	0	0
Brent Hughes	0	2	2	2	0	0
John Stewart	1	0	1	7	0	0
Paul Henderson	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Stephenson	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gilles Bilodeau	0	1	1	7	0	0
Tony Cassolato	0	1	1	2	0	0
Phil Roberto	0	1	1	2	0	0
Frank Mahovlich	0	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Marrin	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Turkiewicz	0	0	0	7	0	0
Serge Beaudoin	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

CIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Robbie Ftorek	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Plumb	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jamie Hislop	0	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Stewart	0	0	0	12	0	0
Barry Melrose	0	0	0	5	0	0
Rich Leduc	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bryon Baltimore	0	0	0	2	0	0
Hugh Harris	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: BIR: 14-10-10-34 CIN: 12- 6-10-28 Goalies: BIR: Wayne Wood (W, 5-3-1) CIN: Normand Lapointe,
Michel Dion (L, 7-3-1) Attendance: 7,654

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (14-15-2)	2	4	1	7
Indianapolis Racers (9-21-4)	0	0	1	1

1:	HOU,	Rich Preston 10 (Terry Ruskowski, Larry Lund), 12:05
	HOU,	Terry Ruskowski 7 (Morris Lukowich), 13:06
2:	HOU,	Cam Connor 11, 1:50
	HOU,	John Gray 11 (Al McLeod, Terry Ruskowski), 4:50
	HOU,	Rich Preston 11 (Larry Lund, Steve West), 9:04
	HOU,	Larry Lund 5 (Steve West, Andre Lacroix), 18:22
3:	HOU,	John Gray 12 (Larry Hale, Andre Lacroix), 7:52
	IND,	Gilles Marotte 2, 13:45

Penalties:

1:	Al McLeod, HOU 6:18
	Morris Lukowich, HOU 10:57
	Reg Thomas, IND [major] 16:12
	Morris Lukowich, HOU [minor, major] 16:12
	John Schella, HOU [major] 18:34
	Rosaire Paiement, IND [major] 18:34
2:	John Gray, HOU 2:16
	Gilles Marotte, IND 10:27
	Cam Connor, HOU 19:30
3:	Al McLeod, HOU 2:46
	John Tonelli, HOU 14:16
	Kevin Morrison, IND 14:16
	Poul Popiel, HOU 17:09

Penalty time: HOU: 26 minutes IND: 14 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Terry Ruskowski	1	2	3	0	0	0
Larry Lund	1	2	3	0	0	0
John Gray	2	0	2	2	0	0
Rich Preston	2	0	2	0	0	0
Andre Lacroix	0	2	2	0	0	0
Steve West	0	2	2	0	0	0
Cam Connor	1	0	1	2	0	0
Morris Lukowich	0	1	1	9	0	0
Al McLeod	0	1	1	4	0	0
Larry Hale	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Schella	0	0	0	5	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	0	0	2	0	0
John Tonelli	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

IND Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gilles Marotte	1	0	1	2	0	0
Reg Thomas	0	0	0	5	0	0
Rosaire Paiement	0	0	0	5	0	0
Kevin Morrison	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 10-19-11-40 IND: 12-12-12-36 Goalies: HOU: Ernie Wakely (W, 8-11-2) IND: Peter McDuffe,
Gary Inness Attendance: 7,877