WHA game summary from March 4, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (28-33-2)	2	2	1	5
New England Whalers (34-25-4)	2	0	0	2

1: BIR, Ken Linseman 29 (Phil Roberto, Serge Beaudoin), :57
   NE , Gordie Howe 28 (Mark Howe), 1:19
   BIR, Paul Henderson 29 (Pete Marrin), 5:49
   NE , Jim Mayer 10 (Rick Ley, Brad Selwood), 7:26
2: BIR, Frank Mahovlich 12 (John Stewart, Serge Beaudoin), 1:15
   BIR, Pete Marrin 26 (Mark Napier), 14:41
3: BIR, Ken Linseman 30 (Dave Hanson), 17:26

Penalties:

1: Frank Beaton, BIR 3:14
   Ron Plumb, NE 3:14
   Gilles Bilodeau, BIR [major] 7:15
   Jack Carlson, NE [major] 7:15
   Brent Hughes, BIR 7:40
2: Frank Beaton, BIR [major] 4:15
   Dan Bolduc, NE [major] 4:15
   Gordie Howe, NE 7:07
   Jack Carlson, NE 13:21
   John Stewart, BIR 13:21
   Pat Westrum, BIR 16:19
   John McKenzie, NE 16:19
3: Al Smith, NE 17:54
   Alan Hangsleben, NE [major] 17:54
   Tony Cassolato, BIR [major] 17:54
   Steve Durbano, BIR [major] 17:54
   John Stewart, BIR [major] 17:54
   Jack Carlson, NE [major] 17:54
   John Garrett, BIR [triple minor, game misconduct] 17:54

Penalty time: BIR: 49 minutes
              NE : 30 minutes

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Ken Linseman	2	0	2	0
Pete Marrin	1	1	2	0
Serge Beaudoin	0	2	2	0
Paul Henderson	1	0	1	0
Frank Mahovlich	1	0	1	0
John Stewart	0	1	1	7
Mark Napier	0	1	1	0
Dave Hanson	0	1	1	0
Phil Roberto	0	1	1	0
John Garrett	0	0	0	16
Frank Beaton	0	0	0	7
Steve Durbano	0	0	0	5
Tony Cassolato	0	0	0	5
Gilles Bilodeau	0	0	0	5
Brent Hughes	0	0	0	2
Pat Westrum	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	2
Jim Mayer	1	0	1	0
Rick Ley	0	1	1	0
Brad Selwood	0	1	1	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	0
Jack Carlson	0	0	0	12
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	5
Dan Bolduc	0	0	0	5
Ron Plumb	0	0	0	2
Al Smith	0	0	0	2
John McKenzie	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: BIR:  9- 7- 5-21
       NE :  9-11-12-32

Goalies: BIR: John Garrett (W, 18-22-1), Wayne Wood
         NE : Al Smith (L, 27-16-3)

Attendance: 8,125