WHA game summary from January 8, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (16-19-2)	4	1	0	5
New England Whalers (25-11-3)	1	2	1	4

1: BIR, Steve Durbano 4, 6:53
   BIR, Paul Henderson 14 (Dale Hoganson, Pete Marrin), 7:54
   NE , John McKenzie 14 (Dave Keon, Bryan Maxwell), 12:45
   BIR, Pete Marrin 14, 12:58
   BIR, Frank Mahovlich 8 (Mark Napier, Jim Turkiewicz), 17:12
2: NE , Dave Keon 8 (Bill Butters, Alan Hangsleben), 2:02
   NE , Mike Antonovich 18 (Dave Keon, John McKenzie), 9:11
   BIR, Dale Hoganson 1 (Pete Marrin), 19:23
3: NE , Mike Rogers 14 (Gordie Howe, George Lyle), 8:16

Penalties:

1: Phil Roberto, BIR 1:43
   Marty Howe, NE 15:27
2: Bill Butters, NE 4:23
   Dave Gorman, BIR 7:07
3: John Stewart, BIR 5:34
   Gordie Howe, NE 5:34
   Dave Hanson, BIR 7:33
   Ken Linseman, BIR 11:12
   Gordie Roberts, NE 11:12

Penalty time: BIR: 10 minutes
              NE : 8 minutes

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Pete Marrin	1	2	3	0
Dale Hoganson	1	1	2	0
Frank Mahovlich	1	0	1	0
Paul Henderson	1	0	1	0
Steve Durbano	1	0	1	0
Jim Turkiewicz	0	1	1	0
Mark Napier	0	1	1	0
Dave Gorman	0	0	0	2
Dave Hanson	0	0	0	2
John Stewart	0	0	0	2
Ken Linseman	0	0	0	2
Phil Roberto	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Dave Keon	1	2	3	0
John McKenzie	1	1	2	0
Mike Antonovich	1	0	1	0
Mike Rogers	1	0	1	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	2
Bill Butters	0	1	1	2
George Lyle	0	1	1	0
Bryan Maxwell	0	1	1	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	1	1	0
Gordie Roberts	0	0	0	2
Marty Howe	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: BIR: 14- 7-11-32
       NE :  8-13- 6-27

Goalies: BIR: John Garrett (W, 11-11-1)
         NE : Al Smith (L, 20-6-3)

Attendance: 8,774