WHA game summary from January 22, 1978
1: BIR, Ken Linseman 18, 11:26
HOU, Rich Preston 17 (Terry Ruskowski, Andre Lacroix), 12:18
2: HOU, Rich Preston 18 (Scott Campbell, Terry Ruskowski), 10:39
HOU, Terry Ruskowski 10 (Andre Lacroix, Scott Campbell), 14:39
3: HOU, John Gray 14 (Ron Hansis, Ernie Wakely), 8:01
BIR, Paul Henderson 17 (Pete Marrin, Tony Cassolato), 15:16
Penalties:
1: Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 5:23
Frank Mahovlich, BIR 11:32
Scott Campbell, HOU 16:05
2: Ken Linseman, BIR 2:22
Gilles Bilodeau, BIR [major] 12:28
Cam Connor, HOU [major] 12:28
Pete Marrin, BIR 14:06
3: Scott Campbell, HOU 1:55
Dave Hanson, BIR 1:55
Frank Mahovlich, BIR 2:09
Bench penalty, BIR 6:00
Cam Connor, HOU 9:31
Gilles Bilodeau, BIR [minor, major] 14:04
Cam Connor, HOU [minor, major] 14:04
Frank Beaton, BIR 19:54
Penalty time: BIR: 28 minutes
HOU: 18 minutes
Shots: BIR: 3- 7-13-23
HOU: 7-13- 7-27
Goalies: BIR: John Garrett (L, 13-13-1)
HOU: Ernie Wakely (W, 13-13-3)
Attendance: 7,043