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All WHA game summaries from December 29, 1974



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Indianapolis Racers (6-28-1) 2 0 2 0 4
Edmonton Oilers (17-10-0) 3 1 0 1 5

1: EDM,Ron Climie 12 (Mike Rogers, Blair MacDonald), 3:56
EDM,Tom Gilmore 4 (Eddie Joyal, Doug Barrie), 5:21
EDM,Rusty Patenaude 12 (Barry Long, Ken Baird), 10:29
IND,John Sheridan 9 (Bob Fitchner, Bob Whitlock), 11:26
IND,Bob Sicinski 6, 18:30
2: EDM,Eddie Joyal 5 (Tom Gilmore, Bruce MacGregor), 7:05
3: IND,Brian McDonald 4 (Kerry Bond), 8:23
IND,Nick Harbaruk 6 (Ken Desjardine, Bob Sicinski), 18:45
4: EDM,Tom Gilmore 5, 3:57
Penalties:

1: Joe Hardy, IND 16:41
2: Barry Long, EDM [minor, misconduct] 11:21
Nick Harbaruk, IND 17:33
3: Rusty Patenaude, EDM 8:38
Bill Horton, IND 8:38
Dick Proceviat, IND 9:28
Ken Desjardine, IND 13:07
4: none
Penalty time: IND: 10 minutes EDM: 14 minutes
IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Sicinski 1 1 2 0 0 0
Nick Harbaruk 1 0 1 2 0 0
Brian McDonald 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Sheridan 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Desjardine 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bob Fitchner 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kerry Bond 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Whitlock 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Hardy 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dick Proceviat 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bill Horton 0 0 0 2 0 0
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TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Gilmore 2 1 3 0 0 0
Eddie Joyal 1 1 2 0 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 1 0 1 2 0 0
Ron Climie 1 0 1 0 0 0
Barry Long 0 1 1 12 0 0
Blair MacDonald 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ken Baird 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bruce MacGregor 0 1 1 0 0 0
Doug Barrie 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 0 1 1 0 0 0
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TOTAL00
Shots: IND: 9-12-11- 0-32 EDM: 10-14- 8- 4-36 Goalies: IND: Ed Dyck (L, 1-10-1) EDM: Jacques Plante (W, 6-1-0) Attendance: 10,058


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Winnipeg Jets (17-14-1) 1 2 0 3
Houston Aeros (24-11-0) 1 0 5 6

1: HOU,Ted Taylor 8 (John Schella), 4:38
WIN,Bobby Hull 33 (Anders Hedberg, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 6:21
2: WIN,Bobby Hull 34 (Heikki Riihiranta, Alain Beaule), 6:01
WIN,Ulf Nilsson 12 (Bobby Hull, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 17:41
3: HOU,Frank Hughes 27 (Ted Taylor, Larry Hale), 1:57
HOU,Ted Taylor 9 (Gord Labossiere), 2:05
HOU,Ted Taylor 10 (Gord Labossiere), 5:22
HOU,Mark Howe 9 (John Schella, Gordie Howe), 6:59
HOU,Murray Hall 5 (Poul Popiel), 19:59
Penalties:

1: Larry Lund, HOU 2:01
Mark Howe, HOU 3:40
Thommie Bergman, WIN 8:26
John Schella, HOU 12:36
Marty Howe, HOU 15:18
Anders Hedberg, WIN 15:18
Terry Ruskowski, HOU 16:14
2: Jim Sherrit, HOU 5:03
Glen Irwin, HOU 8:56
Larry Hale, HOU 17:00
3: Mike Ford, WIN 10:34
Terry Ruskowski, HOU 19:13
Penalty time: WIN: 6 minutes HOU: 18 minutes
WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bobby Hull 2 1 3 0 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 0 1 1 2 0 0
Alain Beaule 0 1 1 0 0 0
Heikki Riihiranta 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Ford 0 0 0 2 0 0
Thommie Bergman 0 0 0 2 0 0
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TOTAL00

HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ted Taylor 3 1 4 0 0 0
John Schella 0 2 2 2 0 0
Gord Labossiere 0 2 2 0 0 0
Mark Howe 1 0 1 2 0 0
Murray Hall 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Hughes 1 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Hale 0 1 1 2 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 1 1 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jim Sherrit 0 0 0 2 0 0
Glen Irwin 0 0 0 2 0 0
Larry Lund 0 0 0 2 0 0
Marty Howe 0 0 0 2 0 0
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TOTAL00
Shots: WIN: 5-20- 5-30 HOU: 15- 8-18-41 Goalies: WIN: Curt Larsson (L, 6-2-0) HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 11-7-0) Attendance: 7,891


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Chicago Cougars (12-20-0) 2 1 0 3
Michigan Stags (11-22-2) 0 1 3 4

1: CHI,Rosaire Paiement 8 (Pat Stapleton, Ralph Backstrom), 16:37
CHI,Peter Mara 8 (Jan Popiel, Duke Harris), 18:24
2: MIC,J.P. LeBlanc 4 (Barry Legge, Gary Veneruzzo), :22
CHI,Frank Rochon 14 (Gary MacGregor), 14:17
3: MIC,Tom Serviss 5 (Barry Legge, Pierre Guite), 1:11
MIC,Pierre Guite 20 (J.P. LeBlanc, Danny Gruen), 13:28
MIC,Bill Evo 1 (Reg Thomas), 18:47
Penalties:

1: Gary Veneruzzo, MIC 16:06
Rosaire Paiement, CHI [major] 19:02
Danny Gruen, MIC [major] 19:02
2: Bench penalty, CHI 1:37
Rosaire Paiement, CHI 5:13
Barry Legge, MIC 5:54
Larry Mavety, CHI 11:55
3: Gary Bredin, MIC 1:51
Ralph Backstrom, CHI [major] 2:48
J.P. LeBlanc, MIC [major] 2:48
Dunc McCallum, CHI 13:11
Larry Johnston, MIC 19:24
Penalty time: CHI: 18 minutes MIC: 18 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rosaire Paiement 1 0 1 7 0 0
Peter Mara 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Rochon 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 0 1 1 5 0 0
Gary MacGregor 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pat Stapleton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Duke Harris 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jan Popiel 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Mavety 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dunc McCallum 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

MIC Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
J.P. LeBlanc 1 1 2 5 0 0
Pierre Guite 1 1 2 0 0 0
Barry Legge 0 2 2 2 0 0
Tom Serviss 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Evo 1 0 1 0 0 0
Danny Gruen 0 1 1 5 0 0
Gary Veneruzzo 0 1 1 2 0 0
Reg Thomas 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gary Bredin 0 0 0 2 0 0
Larry Johnston 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CHI: 5-10- 7-22 MIC: 10-12-15-37 Goalies: CHI: Cam Newton (L, 8-10-0) MIC: Paul Hoganson (W, 3-2-1) Attendance: 3,828


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Cleveland Crusaders (13-16-1) 0 0 0 0
Minnesota Fighting Saints (16-16-0) 4 0 2 6

1: MIN,George Morrison 13 (Ted Hampson, Terry Ball), 6:37
MIN,Don Tannahill 11 (Fran Huck), 14:31
MIN,Wayne Connelly 14 (Ted Hampson, Mike Walton), 16:24
MIN,George Morrison 14 (Wayne Connelly, Ron Busniuk), 18:02
2: no scoring
3: MIN,Mike Walton 25 (Gord Gallant, Danny O'Shea), 2:10
MIN,George Morrison 15 (Terry Ball, Ted Hampson), 13:38
Penalties:

1: Jim Harrison, CLE [major] 1:23
John Arbour, MIN [major] 1:23
Ray Clearwater, CLE 9:11
Rick Smith, MIN 13:25
Wayne Muloin, CLE 17:39
2: Gord Gallant, MIN [minor, major] 0:16
Paul Shmyr, CLE [minor, major] 0:16
Gary Gambucci, MIN 4:00
Skip Krake, CLE [minor, major] 14:56
Pat Westrum, MIN [minor, major] 14:56
3: Ron Busniuk, MIN 7:14
Penalty time: CLE: 23 minutes MIN: 25 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Paul Shmyr 0 0 0 7 0 0
Skip Krake 0 0 0 7 0 0
Jim Harrison 0 0 0 5 0 0
Wayne Muloin 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ray Clearwater 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
George Morrison 3 0 3 0 0 0
Ted Hampson 0 3 3 0 0 0
Wayne Connelly 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mike Walton 1 1 2 0 0 0
Terry Ball 0 2 2 0 0 0
Don Tannahill 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gord Gallant 0 1 1 7 0 0
Ron Busniuk 0 1 1 2 0 0
Danny O'Shea 0 1 1 0 0 0
Fran Huck 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pat Westrum 0 0 0 7 0 0
John Arbour 0 0 0 5 0 0
Gary Gambucci 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Smith 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CLE: 10- 7- 6-23 MIN: 16- 9-12-37 Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 8-8-0) MIN: John Garrett (W, 12-7-0) Attendance: 7,058



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