Friday December 26, 1975
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All WHA game summaries from December 26, 1975



Team123F
Denver Spurs (12-18-1) 1 2 1 4
Houston Aeros (20-12-0) 4 1 4 9

1: DEN,Barry Legge 5 (Bob Liddington, John Arbour), :56
HOU,Mark Howe 10 (Rich Preston, Poul Popiel), 10:35
HOU,Don Larway 10 (John Tonelli, John Schella), 12:59
HOU,Frank Hughes 15 (Larry Lund, Marty Howe), 15:41
HOU,Gordie Howe 8 (Mark Howe), 16:40
2: DEN,Bob Liddington 7 (Bryon Baltimore, Rick Morris), 2:25
HOU,Glen Irwin 2 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 7:07
DEN,Rick Morris 8, 16:30
3: DEN,Ralph Backstrom 17 (Jim Sherrit, Don Borgeson), 1:00
HOU,Gord Labossiere 4 (Ted Taylor, Murray Hall), 3:39
HOU,Andre Hinse 13 (Larry Lund, Frank Hughes), 5:27
HOU,Don Larway 11, 13:26
HOU,Gordie Howe 9 (Marty Howe, Jan Popiel), 16:43
Penalties:

1: Frank Rochon, DEN 2:55
Glen Irwin, HOU 19:09
2: John Schella, HOU 8:46
Ron Delorme, DEN 11:34
3: none
Penalty time: DEN: 4 minutes HOU: 4 minutes
DEN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Liddington 1 1 2 0 0 0
Rick Morris 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 1 0 1 0 0 0
Barry Legge 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Sherrit 0 1 1 0 0 0
Don Borgeson 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Arbour 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bryon Baltimore 0 1 1 0 0 0
Frank Rochon 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Delorme 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gordie Howe 2 1 3 0 0 0
Mark Howe 1 2 3 0 0 0
Don Larway 2 0 2 0 0 0
Frank Hughes 1 1 2 0 0 0
Larry Lund 0 2 2 0 0 0
Marty Howe 0 2 2 0 0 0
Glen Irwin 1 0 1 2 0 0
Andre Hinse 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gord Labossiere 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Schella 0 1 1 2 0 0
Murray Hall 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Tonelli 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted Taylor 0 1 1 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rich Preston 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jan Popiel 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: DEN: 7- 9- 9-25 HOU: 11- 9-23-43 Goalies: DEN: Bob Johnson,
Chris Grigg HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 16-9-0) Attendance: 10,153


Team123F
Cincinnati Stingers (15-18-1) 1 0 2 3
New England Whalers (15-16-3) 4 0 0 4

1: NE ,Larry Pleau 7 (Rosaire Paiement, Tom Webster), :35
NE ,Ron Climie 15 (Marty Gateman, Christer Abrahamsson), 1:09
CIN,Pierre Guite 12 (Claude Larose, Jacques Locas), 4:04
NE ,Tom Webster 20 (Gordie Roberts, Larry Pleau), 5:11
NE ,Tom Webster 21 (Alan Hangsleben, Larry Pleau), 8:33
2: no scoring
3: CIN,Pierre Guite 13 (Jacques Locas, Bryan Campbell), 11:46
CIN,Ron Plumb 6 (Jacques Locas), 19:04
Penalties:

1: Doug Roberts, NE 1:34
Tommy Earl, NE 3:25
Jacques Locas, CIN 8:13
Dale Smedsmo, CIN 14:44
Bernie MacNeil, CIN 15:55
Rosaire Paiement, NE 15:55
Marty Gateman, NE 16:49
2: Bob McManama, NE 4:51
Bryan Campbell, CIN 10:20
Garry Swain, NE 18:08
3: Doug Roberts, NE 4:17
Nick Fotiu, NE 9:50
Gordie Roberts, NE 17:21
Rick Dudley, CIN [major] 18:35
Alan Hangsleben, NE [major] 18:35
Christer Abrahamsson, NE [major] 18:35
Dennis Sobchuk, CIN [misconduct] 18:35
Penalty time: CIN: 23 minutes NE : 28 minutes
CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jacques Locas 0 3 3 2 0 0
Pierre Guite 2 0 2 0 0 0
Ron Plumb 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bryan Campbell 0 1 1 2 0 0
Claude Larose 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 0 0 0 10 0 0
Rick Dudley 0 0 0 5 0 0
Dale Smedsmo 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bernie MacNeil 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Webster 2 1 3 0 0 0
Larry Pleau 1 2 3 0 0 0
Ron Climie 1 0 1 0 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 0 1 1 5 0 0
Christer Abrahamsson 0 1 1 5 0 0
Marty Gateman 0 1 1 2 0 0
Gordie Roberts 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 0 1 1 2 0 0
Doug Roberts 0 0 0 4 0 0
Garry Swain 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob McManama 0 0 0 2 0 0
Nick Fotiu 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tommy Earl 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CIN: 14-10-12-36 NE : 10- 9- 9-28 Goalies: CIN: John Kiely,
Paul Hoganson NE : Christer Abrahamsson (W, 10-9-1) Attendance: 10,507


Team123F
Phoenix Roadrunners (13-15-3) 1 0 1 2
San Diego Mariners (15-13-4) 3 1 0 4

1: SD ,John French 7 (Andre Lacroix, Wayne Rivers), :43
SD ,Ray Adduono 8 (Norm Ferguson, Kevin Morrison), 2:59
SD ,Alec Tidey 10 (Kevin Devine, Andre Lacroix), 12:28
PHO,Cam Connor 7 (Al McLeod, Dave Gorman), 18:37
2: SD ,Andre Lacroix 13 (John French, Wayne Rivers), 14:24
3: PHO,Dave Gorman 5 (Barry Dean), 3:26
Penalties:

1: Jim Clarke, PHO 0:55
Jim Niekamp, PHO 1:08
Brent Hughes, SD 5:51
Kevin Morrison, SD 6:19
Garry Lariviere, PHO [major] 8:05
Brent Hughes, SD [major] 8:05
Cam Connor, PHO 8:42
Kevin Morrison, SD 8:42
Jim Clarke, PHO 11:36
2: Alec Tidey, SD 10:39
Dave Gorman, PHO 13:01
Cam Connor, PHO 13:33
3: Andre Lacroix, SD 0:45
Lauri Mononen, PHO [major] 13:38
Kevin Devine, SD [major] 13:38
Mike McMahon, SD [minor, major] 14:50
John Gray, PHO [minor, major, misconduct] 14:50
Robbie Ftorek, PHO [misconduct] 19:33
Penalty time: PHO: 49 minutes SD : 27 minutes
PHO Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Gorman 1 1 2 2 0 0
Cam Connor 1 0 1 4 0 0
Barry Dean 0 1 1 0 0 0
Al McLeod 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Gray 0 0 0 17 0 0
Robbie Ftorek 0 0 0 10 0 0
Garry Lariviere 0 0 0 5 0 0
Lauri Mononen 0 0 0 5 0 0
Jim Clarke 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jim Niekamp 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

SD Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Andre Lacroix 1 2 3 2 0 0
John French 1 1 2 0 0 0
Wayne Rivers 0 2 2 0 0 0
Alec Tidey 1 0 1 2 0 0
Ray Adduono 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Devine 0 1 1 5 0 0
Kevin Morrison 0 1 1 4 0 0
Norm Ferguson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike McMahon 0 0 0 7 0 0
Brent Hughes 0 0 0 7 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: PHO: 9- 8-12-29 SD : 16- 9-11-36 Goalies: PHO: Gary Kurt (L, 6-9-1) SD : Ernie Wakely (W, 15-7-2) Attendance: 8,395


Team123F
Edmonton Oilers (15-21-2) 1 1 4 6
Toronto Toros (11-20-3) 1 4 3 8

1: TOR,Paul Henderson 7 (Jeff Jacques), 3:37
EDM,Rusty Patenaude 20 (Norm Ullman, Tim Sheehy), 14:23
2: EDM,Rusty Patenaude 21 (Norm Ullman, Ken Baird), 3:58
TOR,Richard Farda 9 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Dave Syvret), 4:53
TOR,Paul Henderson 8 (Gavin Kirk, Jim Turkiewicz), 7:03
TOR,Richard Farda 10 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Jim Dorey), 9:03
TOR,Jeff Jacques 7 (Richard Farda, Jim Dorey), 16:20
3: TOR,Steve Atkinson 1 (Tom Simpson, Lou Nistico), 2:07
EDM,Mike Rogers 10 (Tim Sheehy), 2:49
TOR,Gavin Kirk 18 (Mark Napier), 3:30
EDM,Norm Ullman 12 (Ken Baird, Doug Barrie), 15:29
EDM,Bob Russell 4 (Bill Laing), 18:15
TOR,Paul Henderson 9, 19:10
EDM,Ken Baird 11 (Norm Ullman, Al Hamilton), 19:52
Penalties:

1: Al Hamilton, EDM 2:23
Bob McAneeley, EDM 4:52
Dave Tataryn, TOR 4:52
Steve Atkinson, TOR 6:56
Mike Rogers, EDM 9:31
Paul Heaver, TOR 9:31
Jeff Jacques, TOR 12:43
Doug Barrie, EDM 17:38
2: Dave Syvret, TOR 1:31
Bob Russell, EDM [major] 3:07
Paul Heaver, TOR [major] 3:07
Dan Spring, EDM 5:25
Al Hamilton, EDM 6:32
Bruce MacGregor, EDM [major] 6:32
Lou Nistico, TOR [minor, major] 6:32
Ted McAneeley, EDM 15:52
3: none
Penalty time: EDM: 24 minutes TOR: 22 minutes
EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Norm Ullman 1 3 4 0 0 0
Ken Baird 1 2 3 0 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 2 0 2 0 0 0
Tim Sheehy 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bob Russell 1 0 1 5 0 0
Mike Rogers 1 0 1 2 0 0
Al Hamilton 0 1 1 4 0 0
Doug Barrie 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bill Laing 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bruce MacGregor 0 0 0 5 0 0
Dan Spring 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ted McAneeley 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob McAneeley 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Paul Henderson 3 0 3 0 0 0
Richard Farda 2 1 3 0 0 0
Jeff Jacques 1 1 2 2 0 0
Gavin Kirk 1 1 2 0 0 0
Jim Dorey 0 2 2 0 0 0
Vaclav Nedomansky 0 2 2 0 0 0
Steve Atkinson 1 0 1 2 0 0
Lou Nistico 0 1 1 7 0 0
Dave Syvret 0 1 1 2 0 0
Tom Simpson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Turkiewicz 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mark Napier 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Heaver 0 0 0 7 0 0
Dave Tataryn 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: EDM: 13-14-10-37 TOR: 13-13-13-39 Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 12-11-2) TOR: Dave Tataryn (W, 5-4-0) Attendance: 6,849


Team123F
Calgary Cowboys (18-14-2) 0 4 1 5
Winnipeg Jets (24-13-0) 1 1 2 4

1: WIN,Bobby Hull 23 (Peter Sullivan, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 18:17
2: CAL,Larry Israelson 10 (Chris Evans), 2:31
CAL,Danny Lawson 19 (Francois Lacombe, Larry Israelson), 8:38
CAL,Butch Deadmarsh 13 (Peter Driscoll, Don Tannahill), 8:51
CAL,George Morrison 14 (Rick Sentes, John Miszuk), 12:41
WIN,Bobby Hull 24 (Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Ulf Nilsson), 17:49
3: CAL,Peter Driscoll 9 (Chris Evans), 2:05
WIN,Perry Miller 6 (Anders Hedberg), 5:48
WIN,Ulf Nilsson 17 (Anders Hedberg), 12:57
Penalties:

1: Ron Chipperfield, CAL 1:40
Francois Lacombe, CAL 2:25
Perry Miller, WIN 3:12
John Miszuk, CAL 4:02
Ted Green, WIN 6:05
Thommie Bergman, WIN 7:02
John Miszuk, CAL 14:26
Francois Lacombe, CAL 17:11
Ulf Nilsson, WIN 19:29
2: Butch Deadmarsh, CAL [minor, major] 9:00
Chris Evans, CAL 15:28
Ulf Nilsson, WIN 15:28
Don Tannahill, CAL 15:50
Larry Israelson, CAL 16:47
Mike Ford, WIN 16:47
3: Murray Keogan, CAL 3:29
Chris Evans, CAL 8:53
Perry Miller, WIN 10:59
Francois Lacombe, CAL 19:53
Penalty time: CAL: 29 minutes WIN: 14 minutes
CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Larry Israelson 1 1 2 2 0 0
Peter Driscoll 1 1 2 0 0 0
Chris Evans 0 2 2 4 0 0
Butch Deadmarsh 1 0 1 7 0 0
Danny Lawson 1 0 1 0 0 0
George Morrison 1 0 1 0 0 0
Francois Lacombe 0 1 1 6 0 0
John Miszuk 0 1 1 4 0 0
Don Tannahill 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rick Sentes 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 0 0 2 0 0
Murray Keogan 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bobby Hull 2 0 2 0 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 1 1 2 4 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 0 2 2 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 0 2 2 0 0 0
Perry Miller 1 0 1 4 0 0
Peter Sullivan 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted Green 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Ford 0 0 0 2 0 0
Thommie Bergman 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CAL: 9-15- 3-27 WIN: 15-10-14-39 Goalies: CAL: Don McLeod (W, 13-12-1) WIN: Joe Daley (L, 17-10-0) Attendance: 10,313



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