WHA game summary from January 27, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (28-15-4)	2	2	2	6
Birmingham Bulls (20-23-2)	2	0	0	2

1: BIR, Pete Marrin 19 (Jim Turkiewicz), 5:27
   NE , Dave Keon 11, 5:45
   BIR, Frank Mahovlich 10 (Brent Hughes, Ken Linseman), 8:17
   NE , Jim Mayer 7 (Gordie Roberts), 12:14
2: NE , George Lyle 21 (Rick Ley, Gordie Howe), 12:52
   NE , Alan Hangsleben 7 (Greg Carroll, Rick Ley), 19:22
3: NE , Dave Keon 12, 17:16
   NE , Mark Howe 14, 19:38

Penalties:

1: Gilles Bilodeau, BIR [major] 8:02
   Marty Howe, NE [minor, major] 8:02
   Bill Butters, NE [major] 9:23
   Dave Hanson, BIR [minor, major] 9:23
   Pat Westrum, BIR [minor, major] 13:46
   Jack Carlson, NE [minor, major] 13:46
   Brent Hughes, BIR 14:22
   Brad Selwood, NE 19:52
2: George Lyle, NE 7:02
   Frank Beaton, BIR 7:02
   Bill Butters, NE 7:41
   Steve Durbano, BIR 10:39
3: Steve Durbano, BIR 3:59
   Jack Carlson, NE 3:59
   Dave Hanson, BIR 14:58
   Bill Butters, NE 14:58

Penalty time: NE : 29 minutes
              BIR: 29 minutes

Shots: NE :  3- 5-13-21
       BIR: 11- 3- 3-17

Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 21-7-3)
         BIR: John Garrett (L, 14-14-1)

Attendance: 12,824