All WHA game summaries from January 26, 1974

Team	1	2	3	F
Cleveland Crusaders (22-20-5)	0	0	0	0
New England Whalers (27-19-2)	3	1	0	4

1:	NE ,	Ted Green 4 (Hugh Harris, Don Blackburn), 4:18
	NE ,	John French 16 (Al Karlander, Tom Webster), 7:49
	NE ,	Tom Webster 28 (Al Karlander, Jim Dorey), 13:22
2:	NE ,	Tom Webster 29 (John French, Rick Ley), 15:23
3:	no scoring

Penalties:

1:	Paul Shmyr, CLE [major] 0:33
	Ray Clearwater, CLE [major] 0:33
	Jim Dorey, NE [major] 0:33
	Larry Pleau, NE [major] 0:33
	Jim Wiste, CLE 4:40
	Rick Ley, NE 4:40
	Paul Shmyr, CLE 6:57
	Ray Clearwater, CLE 19:06
2:	Paul Andrea, CLE 1:16
3:	Paul Shmyr, CLE [major] 10:55
	Tim Sheehy, NE [major] 10:55
	Tim Sheehy, NE [major] 16:54
	Paul Shmyr, CLE [major, game misconduct] 16:54

Penalty time: CLE: 38 minutes NE : 22 minutes

CLE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Paul Shmyr	0	0	0	27	0	0
Ray Clearwater	0	0	0	7	0	0
Jim Wiste	0	0	0	2	0	0
Paul Andrea	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Tom Webster	2	1	3	0	0	0
John French	1	1	2	0	0	0
Al Karlander	0	2	2	0	0	0
Ted Green	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Dorey	0	1	1	5	0	0
Rick Ley	0	1	1	2	0	0
Hugh Harris	0	1	1	0	0	0
Don Blackburn	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tim Sheehy	0	0	0	10	0	0
Larry Pleau	0	0	0	5	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: CLE: 4- 5-10-19 NE : 10-13- 7-30 Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 17-13-5) NE : Al Smith (W, 16-11-0) Attendance: 7,139

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (27-14-4)	2	1	1	4
Vancouver Blazers (19-29-0)	0	1	1	2

1:	HOU,	Frank Hughes 29 (Larry Lund, Andre Hinse), 2:28
	HOU,	Ted Taylor 11 (Murray Hall, Gord Labossiere), 11:27
2:	VAN,	John Migneault 11 (Claude St. Sauveur, Ron Plumb), 9:17
	HOU,	Mark Howe 25, 14:36
3:	VAN,	Rob Walton 8 (Don Burgess, John McKenzie), 19:09
	HOU,	Gordie Howe 16 (Mark Howe, Poul Popiel), 19:50

Penalties:

1:	Dave Hutchison, VAN 1:24
	John Schella, HOU 6:21
	Gordie Howe, HOU 7:46
	Don Burgess, VAN 7:46
	Jim Cardiff, VAN [misconduct] 10:43
	Murray Myers, VAN 19:08
	Poul Popiel, HOU 19:08
	John Schella, HOU [minor, major] 19:21
	Dave Hutchison, VAN [minor, major] 19:21
2:	Dave Hutchison, VAN [minor, misconduct] 11:44
	Gordie Howe, HOU 11:56
	Jack Stanfield, HOU 18:09
3:	Colin Campbell, VAN 16:05

Penalty time: HOU: 17 minutes VAN: 37 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mark Howe	1	1	2	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	4	0	0
Ted Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Hughes	1	0	1	0	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	2	0	0
Andre Hinse	0	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Lund	0	1	1	0	0	0
Gord Labossiere	0	1	1	0	0	0
Murray Hall	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Schella	0	0	0	9	0	0
Jack Stanfield	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

VAN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
John Migneault	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rob Walton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Don Burgess	0	1	1	2	0	0
Ron Plumb	0	1	1	0	0	0
Claude St. Sauveur	0	1	1	0	0	0
John McKenzie	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Hutchison	0	0	0	21	0	0
Jim Cardiff	0	0	0	10	0	0
Colin Campbell	0	0	0	2	0	0
Murray Myers	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 9- 9-11-29 VAN: 8- 7- 9-24 Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (W, 16-6-2) VAN: Pete Donnelly (L, 14-11-0) Attendance: 14,159