WHA game summary from May 17, 1974

Team	1	2	3	F
Chicago Cougars (46-44-5)	1	3	0	4
Houston Aeros (59-27-5)	3	3	1	7
Houston Aeros lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7)

1: HOU, Murray Hall 7, 5:19
   HOU, Frank Hughes 8 (Gordie Howe, Andre Hinse), 10:51
   CHI, Ralph Backstrom 5, 12:17
   HOU, Mark Howe 10 (Jim Sherrit, Gordie Howe), 13:22
2: HOU, Andre Hinse 6 (Gordie Howe), 1:34
   HOU, Larry Hale 3 (Jim Sherrit), 3:21
   CHI, Rosaire Paiement 10, 5:01
   CHI, Rick Morris 3 (Joe Hardy, Don Gordon), 11:38
   HOU, Andre Hinse 7 (Larry Lund, Poul Popiel), 14:08
   CHI, Larry Mavety 4 (Pat Stapleton, Bob Sicinski), 15:34
3: HOU, Frank Hughes 9 (Andre Hinse), :48

Penalties:

1: Larry Mavety, CHI 0:26
   Ralph Backstrom, CHI 3:58
   Larry Lund, HOU 3:58
   John Schella, HOU 6:29
   Ted Taylor, HOU 7:42
   Brian Coates, CHI 10:39
   Larry Lund, HOU 11:22
   Ralph Backstrom, CHI 15:38
   Gord Labossiere, HOU 15:38
2: Reg Fleming, CHI 0:58
   Larry Lund, HOU 8:26
   Jim Benzelock, CHI 13:31
3: Reg Fleming, CHI 10:25

Penalty time: CHI: 14 minutes
              HOU: 12 minutes

CHI Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Ralph Backstrom	1	0	1	4
Larry Mavety	1	0	1	2
Rick Morris	1	0	1	0
Rosaire Paiement	1	0	1	0
Bob Sicinski	0	1	1	0
Pat Stapleton	0	1	1	0
Don Gordon	0	1	1	0
Joe Hardy	0	1	1	0
Reg Fleming	0	0	0	4
Brian Coates	0	0	0	2
Jim Benzelock	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Andre Hinse	2	2	4	0
Gordie Howe	0	3	3	0
Frank Hughes	2	0	2	0
Jim Sherrit	0	2	2	0
Mark Howe	1	0	1	0
Larry Hale	1	0	1	0
Murray Hall	1	0	1	0
Larry Lund	0	1	1	6
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	0
Ted Taylor	0	0	0	2
Gord Labossiere	0	0	0	2
John Schella	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: CHI:  9-10- 9-28
       HOU:  9-10-11-30

Goalies: CHI: Andre Gill (L, 6-4-0), Cam Newton (s, 2-4-0)
         HOU: Don McLeod (W, 11-2-0)

Attendance: 9,874