Sunday December 22, 1974
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All WHA game summaries from December 22, 1974



Team123F
Houston Aeros (22-11-0) 0 2 1 3
Cleveland Crusaders (11-14-1) 0 0 0 0

1: no scoring
2: HOU,Ted Taylor 6 (Gord Labossiere), 7:51
HOU,Gord Labossiere 9 (Larry Lund, Andre Hinse), 10:56
3: HOU,Ted Taylor 7 (Gord Labossiere, Murray Hall), 10:13
Penalties:

1: Gerry Cheevers, CLE 10:39
Rich Leduc, CLE [major] 10:39
Terry Ruskowski, HOU [minor, major] 10:39
Gordie Howe, HOU 19:50
2: Ray Clearwater, CLE 10:10
Glen Irwin, HOU [double major, misconduct] 13:19
Russ Walker, CLE [minor, major] 13:19
3: Gord Labossiere, HOU 7:19
Marty Howe, HOU 15:16
Penalty time: HOU: 33 minutes CLE: 16 minutes
HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gord Labossiere 1 2 3 2 0 0
Ted Taylor 2 0 2 0 0 0
Murray Hall 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Lund 0 1 1 0 0 0
Andre Hinse 0 1 1 0 0 0
Glen Irwin 0 0 0 20 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 0 0 7 0 0
Marty Howe 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Russ Walker 0 0 0 7 0 0
Rich Leduc 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ray Clearwater 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gerry Cheevers 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: HOU: 18-11- 8-37 CLE: 9-13-11-33 Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 12-4-0) CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 7-7-0) Attendance: 8,632


Team123F
San Diego Mariners (15-15-1) 0 2 1 3
Edmonton Oilers (16-9-0) 2 0 4 6

1: EDM,Bruce MacGregor 6 (Barry Long, Al Hamilton), 1:15
EDM,Ken Baird 16 (Al Hamilton), 14:52
2: SD ,Norm Ferguson 14 (Kevin Morrison, Ray Adduono), :33
SD ,Kevin Devine 1 (Andre Lacroix), 13:09
3: EDM,Doug Barrie 7 (Mike Rogers), 6:37
SD ,Andre Lacroix 16 (Wayne Rivers, Kevin Morrison), 11:19
EDM,Ron Buchanan 8 (Doug Barrie, Tom Gilmore), 13:02
EDM,Barry Long 4, 18:24
EDM,Doug Barrie 8 (Barry Long), 19:28
Penalties:

1: Brian Morenz, SD 13:35
2: Rusty Patenaude, EDM 3:20
Craig Reichmuth, SD 3:20
Bobby Sheehan, EDM 11:48
Mike Laughton, SD 15:42
3: Ron Plumb, SD 5:27
Rusty Patenaude, EDM 5:27
Harry Howell, SD 6:03
Steve Carlyle, EDM 17:16
Ross Perkins, EDM 17:36
Andre Lacroix, SD 17:36
Bench penalty, SD 19:38
Penalty time: SD : 14 minutes EDM: 10 minutes
SD Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Andre Lacroix 1 1 2 2 0 0
Kevin Morrison 0 2 2 0 0 0
Kevin Devine 1 0 1 0 0 0
Norm Ferguson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ray Adduono 0 1 1 0 0 0
Wayne Rivers 0 1 1 0 0 0
Craig Reichmuth 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Laughton 0 0 0 2 0 0
Harry Howell 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Plumb 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brian Morenz 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Doug Barrie 2 1 3 0 0 0
Barry Long 1 2 3 0 0 0
Al Hamilton 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bruce MacGregor 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Buchanan 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Baird 1 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Gilmore 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 0 0 0 4 0 0
Steve Carlyle 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ross Perkins 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bobby Sheehan 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: SD : 5-12-12-29 EDM: 14- 9-10-33 Goalies: SD : Bob Blanchet (L, 2-1-0) EDM: Ken Brown,
Jacques Plante Attendance: 9,856


Team123F
New England Whalers (19-11-1) 0 0 1 1
Indianapolis Racers (6-27-0) 2 0 0 2

1: IND,Craig Hamner 1 (Bob Sicinski, Nick Harbaruk), 5:18
IND,Bob Whitlock 15 (Brian McDonald, Jim Johnson), 10:58
2: no scoring
3: NE ,Wayne Carleton 12, 3:21
Penalties:

1: Ken Desjardine, IND 0:19
Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 2:48
2: Rick Ley, NE 7:53
Bob Whitlock, IND 17:41
3: Wayne Carleton, NE [double minor, misconduct] 14:03
John Sheridan, IND 15:02
Penalty time: NE : 18 minutes IND: 6 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Carleton 1 0 1 14 0 0
Rick Ley 0 0 0 2 0 0
Thommy Abrahamsson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Whitlock 1 0 1 2 0 0
Craig Hamner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Sicinski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Johnson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brian McDonald 0 1 1 0 0 0
Nick Harbaruk 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ken Desjardine 0 0 0 2 0 0
John Sheridan 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 8- 3- 6-17 IND: 8- 8- 7-23 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 11-6-0) IND: Andy Brown (W, 5-16-0) Attendance: 7,114


Team1234F
Quebec Nordiques (18-13-0) 0 0 2 0 2
Michigan Stags (10-20-2) 2 0 0 1 3

1: MIC,Gary Veneruzzo 14 (Pierre Guite, Danny Gruen), 10:15
MIC,J.P. LeBlanc 3 (Gary Veneruzzo, Steve Andrascik), 14:19
2: no scoring
3: QUE,Serge Bernier 24 (Pierre Roy, Real Cloutier), 2:02
QUE,Serge Bernier 25 (Pierre Roy), 8:09
4: MIC,Steve Andrascik 5 (J.P. LeBlanc, Gary Veneruzzo), 2:57
Penalties:

1: Francois Lacombe, QUE 9:44
Danny Gruen, MIC 10:27
2: Pierre Roy, QUE 0:53
Steve Andrascik, MIC 4:40
Dale Hoganson, QUE 4:40
Ed Johnstone, MIC 16:01
3: none
4: none
Penalty time: QUE: 6 minutes MIC: 6 minutes
QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Serge Bernier 2 0 2 0 0 0
Pierre Roy 0 2 2 2 0 0
Real Cloutier 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dale Hoganson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Francois Lacombe 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

MIC Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary Veneruzzo 1 2 3 0 0 0
Steve Andrascik 1 1 2 2 0 0
J.P. LeBlanc 1 1 2 0 0 0
Danny Gruen 0 1 1 2 0 0
Pierre Guite 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ed Johnstone 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: QUE: 9-10-18- 2-39 MIC: 12- 7- 5- 2-26 Goalies: QUE: Serge Aubry (L, 4-4-0) MIC: Paul Hoganson (W, 2-1-1) Attendance: 2,875


Team123F
Chicago Cougars (11-18-0) 1 0 1 2
Toronto Toros (19-12-1) 0 2 3 5

1: CHI,Rosaire Paiement 7 (Ralph Backstrom, Bob Liddington), 12:57
2: TOR,Vaclav Nedomansky 19, 10:30
TOR,Wayne Dillon 15 (Mike Amodeo, Jim Turkiewicz), 17:09
3: CHI,Jan Popiel 8 (Peter Mara, Duke Harris), 6:25
TOR,Rick Cunningham 3 (Vaclav Nedomansky), 6:35
TOR,Rick Cunningham 4 (Tom Simpson, Wayne Dillon), 9:38
TOR,Paul Henderson 18 (Wayne Dillon), 18:43
Penalties:

1: Jan Popiel, CHI 14:43
2: Brian Gibbons, TOR 3:39
Larry Mavety, CHI 8:57
Darryl Maggs, CHI 10:11
Brian Gibbons, TOR 11:19
Don Gordon, CHI 11:19
Larry Mavety, CHI 12:29
Vaclav Nedomansky, TOR 12:29
3: Wayne Dillon, TOR 9:43
Jan Popiel, CHI [minor, misconduct] 9:43
Gavin Kirk, TOR 19:44
Penalty time: CHI: 22 minutes TOR: 10 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jan Popiel 1 0 1 14 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 1 0 1 0 0 0
Duke Harris 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter Mara 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Liddington 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Mavety 0 0 0 4 0 0
Don Gordon 0 0 0 2 0 0
Darryl Maggs 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Dillon 1 2 3 2 0 0
Rick Cunningham 2 0 2 0 0 0
Vaclav Nedomansky 1 1 2 2 0 0
Paul Henderson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Amodeo 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Simpson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Turkiewicz 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brian Gibbons 0 0 0 4 0 0
Gavin Kirk 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CHI: 6- 6-11-23 TOR: 15-10-16-41 Goalies: CHI: Cam Newton (L, 7-8-0) TOR: Gilles Gratton (W, 11-7-1) Attendance: 10,317


Team123F
Phoenix Roadrunners (15-12-2) 2 1 1 4
Winnipeg Jets (15-13-1) 1 1 0 2

1: WIN,Ulf Nilsson 11 (Anders Hedberg, Mike Ford), 1:44
PHO,Michel Cormier 16 (Gerry Odrowski, John Hughes), 12:33
PHO,Michel Cormier 17 (Gerry Odrowski, Jim Boyd), 16:30
2: WIN,Bobby Hull 30 (Norm Beaudin, Heikki Riihiranta), 2:14
PHO,Wendell Bennett 2 (Bob Barlow, Dennis Sobchuk), 17:20
3: PHO,Bob Barlow 6 (Mike Stevens, Dennis Sobchuk), 6:15
Penalties:

1: John Gray, PHO 6:06
Ron Snell, WIN 19:14
Gerry Odrowski, PHO 19:47
2: John Migneault, PHO 5:17
Wendell Bennett, PHO 15:05
3: Al McLeod, PHO 7:18
Peter McNamee, PHO 11:11
Murray Keogan, PHO 14:36
Murray Keogan, PHO 18:13
Penalty time: PHO: 16 minutes WIN: 2 minutes
PHO Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Cormier 2 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Barlow 1 1 2 0 0 0
Gerry Odrowski 0 2 2 2 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 0 2 2 0 0 0
Wendell Bennett 1 0 1 2 0 0
Mike Stevens 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Hughes 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Boyd 0 1 1 0 0 0
Murray Keogan 0 0 0 4 0 0
Peter McNamee 0 0 0 2 0 0
Al McLeod 0 0 0 2 0 0
John Gray 0 0 0 2 0 0
John Migneault 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ulf Nilsson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 1 0 1 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 0 1 1 0 0 0
Heikki Riihiranta 0 1 1 0 0 0
Norm Beaudin 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Ford 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Snell 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: PHO: 11- 7- 6-24 WIN: 10-13-20-43 Goalies: PHO: Gary Kurt (W, 11-4-2) WIN: Joe Daley (L, 8-9-1) Attendance: 9,298



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