Wednesday January 15, 1975
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All WHA game summaries from January 15, 1975



Team123F
Minnesota Fighting Saints (20-18-0) 2 2 0 4
Cleveland Crusaders (16-21-2) 0 2 0 2

1: MIN,Gary Gambucci 4 (Fran Huck, Don Tannahill), 9:05
MIN,Fran Huck 16 (Don Tannahill, John Arbour), 19:22
2: MIN,George Morrison 18 (Ted Hampson), 8:45
MIN,Fran Huck 17 (Don Tannahill), 13:35
CLE,Al McDonough 13 (Ray Clearwater, Tom Edur), 17:21
CLE,Rich Leduc 15 (Tom Edur, Skip Krake), 19:59
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: John Arbour, MIN 19:33
2: Ron Ward, CLE 2:43
Skip Krake, CLE 9:56
Ted Hampson, MIN 12:55
Ron Busniuk, MIN 16:07
3: Fran Huck, MIN 9:51
Gary Jarrett, CLE 9:51
Steve Cardwell, CLE [major] 16:49
Rick Smith, MIN [major] 16:49
Gerry Cheevers, CLE 16:57
Russ Walker, CLE [major] 16:57
Gord Gallant, MIN [minor, major] 16:57
Mike McMahon, MIN [misconduct] 16:57
Penalty time: MIN: 30 minutes CLE: 18 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Fran Huck 2 1 3 2 0 0
Don Tannahill 0 3 3 0 0 0
Gary Gambucci 1 0 1 0 0 0
George Morrison 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Arbour 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ted Hampson 0 1 1 2 0 0
Mike McMahon 0 0 0 10 0 0
Gord Gallant 0 0 0 7 0 0
Rick Smith 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ron Busniuk 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Edur 0 2 2 0 0 0
Rich Leduc 1 0 1 0 0 0
Al McDonough 1 0 1 0 0 0
Skip Krake 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ray Clearwater 0 1 1 0 0 0
Russ Walker 0 0 0 5 0 0
Steve Cardwell 0 0 0 5 0 0
Gerry Cheevers 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Ward 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gary Jarrett 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: MIN: 14-11- 9-34 CLE: 15-15-10-40 Goalies: MIN: Mike Curran (W, 4-5-0) CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 10-11-1) Attendance: 4,631


Team123F
Edmonton Oilers (19-13-2) 0 1 1 2
Houston Aeros (28-12-0) 4 1 4 9

1: HOU,Andre Hinse 18 (Larry Lund, Frank Hughes), 8:28
HOU,Gord Labossiere 10 (Ted Taylor), 10:22
HOU,Andre Hinse 19, 15:36
HOU,Don Larway 12 (Terry Ruskowski, Rich Preston), 19:59
2: EDM,Doug Barrie 9 (Ken Baird, Bobby Sheehan), 7:08
HOU,Andre Hinse 20 (Poul Popiel), 13:32
3: HOU,Gordie Howe 17, :27
HOU,Andre Hinse 21 (Gordie Howe), 1:17
HOU,Andre Hinse 22 (Larry Lund), 2:29
EDM,Ray McKay 3 (Blair MacDonald, Murray Kennett), 6:44
HOU,Frank Hughes 30 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 14:20
Penalties:

1: none
2: John Schella, HOU 1:18
Chris Worthy, EDM [minor, major] 9:37
Jim Sherrit, HOU [minor, major] 9:37
Bobby Sheehan, EDM 12:03
Ted Taylor, HOU 14:36
3: Ken Baird, EDM 2:25
Terry Ruskowski, HOU 6:24
Jim McCrimmon, EDM 12:48
Gord Labossiere, HOU 15:49
Ken Baird, EDM 18:30
Ray McKay, EDM 19:31
Penalty time: EDM: 17 minutes HOU: 15 minutes
EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ray McKay 1 0 1 2 0 0
Doug Barrie 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Baird 0 1 1 4 0 0
Bobby Sheehan 0 1 1 2 0 0
Blair MacDonald 0 1 1 0 0 0
Murray Kennett 0 1 1 0 0 0
Chris Worthy 0 0 0 7 0 0
Jim McCrimmon 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Andre Hinse 5 0 5 0 0 0
Gordie Howe 1 2 3 0 0 0
Frank Hughes 1 1 2 0 0 0
Larry Lund 0 2 2 0 0 0
Gord Labossiere 1 0 1 2 0 0
Don Larway 1 0 1 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ted Taylor 0 1 1 2 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mark Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rich Preston 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Sherrit 0 0 0 7 0 0
John Schella 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: EDM: 6-10- 4-20 HOU: 19- 9-14-42 Goalies: EDM: Ken Brown,
Chris Worthy HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 16-4-0) Attendance: 6,342


Team123F
Chicago Cougars (16-22-1) 1 3 1 5
New England Whalers (23-15-2) 4 1 2 7

1: NE ,Larry Pleau 18 (Paul Hurley, Ted Green), 2:34
NE ,Larry Pleau 19 (Tim Sheehy, John French), 3:08
NE ,Tim Sheehy 16 (John French, Alan Hangsleben), 8:19
CHI,Ralph Backstrom 11 (Rosaire Paiement, Pat Stapleton), 14:28
NE ,Tom Webster 20 (Don Blackburn, Paul Hurley), 17:10
2: CHI,Rick Morris 4 (Larry Mavety, Mark Lomenda), 1:06
NE ,John French 10 (Larry Pleau, Paul Hurley), 5:46
CHI,Larry Mavety 6 (Pat Stapleton, Rod Zaine), 11:14
CHI,Rosaire Paiement 11, 19:11
3: NE ,Ted Green 2 (Tom Webster), 6:33
CHI,Rick Morris 5 (Pat Stapleton, Larry Mavety), 9:45
NE ,Wayne Carleton 17 (Brad Selwood, Tom Webster), 15:20
Penalties:

1: Larry Mavety, CHI 0:54
Bryon Baltimore, CHI 10:24
Nick Fotiu, NE [major] 10:24
Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 13:32
2: Larry Mavety, CHI 8:55
Mark Lomenda, CHI 16:41
3: Larry Mavety, CHI 4:41
Fred O'Donnell, NE 7:42
Penalty time: CHI: 10 minutes NE : 9 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Larry Mavety 1 2 3 6 0 0
Pat Stapleton 0 3 3 0 0 0
Rick Morris 2 0 2 0 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Lomenda 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rod Zaine 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bryon Baltimore 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Larry Pleau 2 1 3 0 0 0
John French 1 2 3 0 0 0
Tom Webster 1 2 3 0 0 0
Paul Hurley 0 3 3 0 0 0
Tim Sheehy 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ted Green 1 1 2 0 0 0
Wayne Carleton 1 0 1 0 0 0
Brad Selwood 0 1 1 0 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 0 1 1 0 0 0
Don Blackburn 0 1 1 0 0 0
Nick Fotiu 0 0 0 5 0 0
Fred O'Donnell 0 0 0 2 0 0
Thommy Abrahamsson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CHI: 6-11- 6-23 NE : 20-10- 9-39 Goalies: CHI: Dave Dryden (L, 7-12-1) NE : Al Smith (W, 15-8-1) Attendance: 7,840


Team1234F
Toronto Toros (23-17-2) 2 0 3 0 5
Phoenix Roadrunners (19-17-6) 2 2 1 0 5

1: TOR,Steve Cuddie 5 (Gavin Kirk, Tom Martin), 1:15
PHO,Cam Connor 5 (Dennis Sobchuk, Gerry Odrowski), 2:47
TOR,Brian Gibbons 2 (Wayne Dillon, Paul Henderson), 13:16
PHO,Jim Boyd 7 (Don Borgeson, Michel Cormier), 17:15
2: PHO,Jim Boyd 8, 4:42
PHO,Dennis Sobchuk 16, 18:49
3: TOR,Vaclav Nedomansky 22 (Frank Mahovlich), 7:10
PHO,Michel Cormier 22 (Don Borgeson, Jim Boyd), 7:45
TOR,Tom Simpson 31 (Wayne Dillon, Jim Dorey), 11:20
TOR,Paul Henderson 20 (Tom Simpson, Wayne Dillon), 11:48
4: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Peter McNamee, PHO [double minor] 5:27
Rick Cunningham, TOR 10:13
2: Jim Turkiewicz, TOR 2:05
Brian Gibbons, TOR 9:01
3: Jim Niekamp, PHO 9:47
Brian Gibbons, TOR 12:49
4: none
Penalty time: TOR: 8 minutes PHO: 6 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Dillon 0 3 3 0 0 0
Paul Henderson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Tom Simpson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Brian Gibbons 1 0 1 4 0 0
Steve Cuddie 1 0 1 0 0 0
Vaclav Nedomansky 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Dorey 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Martin 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gavin Kirk 0 1 1 0 0 0
Frank Mahovlich 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Cunningham 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Turkiewicz 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

PHO Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Boyd 2 1 3 0 0 0
Michel Cormier 1 1 2 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 1 1 2 0 0 0
Don Borgeson 0 2 2 0 0 0
Cam Connor 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gerry Odrowski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter McNamee 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jim Niekamp 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: TOR: 6- 5-16- 4-31 PHO: 9-11-10- 3-33 Goalies: TOR: Jim Shaw (T, 5-3-1) PHO: Gary Kurt (T, 15-6-4) Attendance: 5,477


Team123F
Vancouver Blazers (17-20-2) 1 1 2 4
Winnipeg Jets (17-17-2) 1 1 0 2

1: VAN,Larry Israelson 2 (Mike Pelyk, Bryan Campbell), :43
WIN,Anders Hedberg 14 (Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Perry Miller), 18:27
2: WIN,Ulf Nilsson 14 (Thommie Bergman, Bobby Hull), 13:00
VAN,Danny Lawson 18 (Bryan Campbell), 13:33
3: VAN,Butch Deadmarsh 3 (Rick Jodzio, Paul Terbenche), 4:21
VAN,Bryan Campbell 16 (Danny Lawson, Duane Rupp), 12:00
Penalties:

1: Perry Miller, WIN 1:54
Curt Larsson, WIN 5:03
Mike Pelyk, VAN 8:26
Mike Pelyk, VAN 17:05
Heikki Riihiranta, WIN 19:29
2: Mike Pelyk, VAN 6:28
Anders Hedberg, WIN [major] 9:00
Jimmy Jones, VAN [minor, major] 9:00
Pat Price, VAN 12:31
Jimmy Jones, VAN 18:25
3: Danny Lawson, VAN 1:49
Duane Rupp, VAN 6:45
Mike Pelyk, VAN 14:19
Perry Miller, WIN 14:19
Penalty time: VAN: 23 minutes WIN: 13 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bryan Campbell 1 2 3 0 0 0
Danny Lawson 1 1 2 2 0 0
Larry Israelson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Butch Deadmarsh 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Pelyk 0 1 1 8 0 0
Duane Rupp 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rick Jodzio 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Terbenche 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Jones 0 0 0 9 0 0
Pat Price 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Anders Hedberg 1 0 1 5 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Perry Miller 0 1 1 4 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 0 1 1 0 0 0
Thommie Bergman 0 1 1 0 0 0
Heikki Riihiranta 0 0 0 2 0 0
Curt Larsson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: VAN: 6- 6-10-22 WIN: 14-15-13-42 Goalies: VAN: Don McLeod (W, 15-17-2) WIN: Curt Larsson (L, 6-3-0) Attendance: 5,786



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