All WHA game summaries from December 29, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Birmingham Bulls (14-17-3)	0	0	0	0
New England Whalers (18-9-6)	1	0	4	5

1: NE , Gordie Howe 14 (Mark Howe, Andre Lacroix), 4:18
2: no scoring
3: NE , Mike Rogers 14 (Brad Selwood, Gordie Roberts), 3:07
   NE , Gordie Roberts 6 (Mike Rogers, Warren Miller), 7:12
   NE , Dave Keon 9 (John McKenzie, Warren Miller), 9:40
   NE , Alan Hangsleben 4 (Mark Howe, Al Smith), 16:16

Penalties:

1: Rick Vaive, BIR 3:51
   George Lyle, NE 6:10
2: Ron Plumb, NE 2:22
   Gaston Gingras, BIR 4:18
3: Warren Miller, NE 7:24
   Alan Hangsleben, NE 14:07
   Rick Vaive, BIR 15:30
   Gordie Roberts, NE 15:30

Penalty time: BIR: 6 minutes
              NE : 10 minutes

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Rick Vaive	0	0	0	4
Gaston Gingras	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Gordie Roberts	1	1	2	2
Mike Rogers	1	1	2	0
Warren Miller	0	2	2	2
Mark Howe	0	2	2	0
Alan Hangsleben	1	0	1	2
Dave Keon	1	0	1	0
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	0
John McKenzie	0	1	1	0
Brad Selwood	0	1	1	0
Andre Lacroix	0	1	1	0
Al Smith	0	1	1	0
George Lyle	0	0	0	2
Ron Plumb	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: BIR:  6- 8- 9-23
       NE :  8- 9- 8-25

Goalies: BIR: Ernie Wakely (L, 2-6-0)
         NE : Al Smith (W, 9-4-2)

Attendance: 7,061