WHA game summary from January 9, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Cleveland Crusaders (15-22-2)	1	3	1	5
Houston Aeros (24-13-0)	1	3	2	6

1: HOU, Don Larway 13 (John Tonelli, Terry Ruskowski), 5:44
   CLE, Rich Leduc 17 (Gerry Pinder, Paul Shmyr), 9:40
2: HOU, Gordie Howe 12 (Mark Howe, Rich Preston), :39
   CLE, Al McDonough 16 (Ron Ward), 2:56
   HOU, Murray Hall 11 (Gord Labossiere, Ted Taylor), 3:43
   HOU, Glen Irwin 3 (Poul Popiel, Terry Ruskowski), 10:41
   CLE, Jim Harrison 14, 12:51
   CLE, Ron Ward 16 (Paul Shmyr, Danny Gruen), 15:09
3: HOU, John Tonelli 12 (Terry Ruskowski), 4:59
   CLE, Rich Leduc 18, 8:17
   HOU, Don Larway 14 (Poul Popiel, Terry Ruskowski), 11:11

Penalties:

1: John Tonelli, HOU 11:00
   Danny Gruen, CLE 15:12
2: Poul Popiel, HOU 4:15
   John Schella, HOU 7:05
   Ted Taylor, HOU 13:50
3: Russ Walker, CLE 6:15
   Gerry Pinder, CLE 9:26
   Gordie Howe, HOU 9:49
   Ray McKay, CLE 9:59
   Mark Howe, HOU 13:35

Penalty time: CLE: 8 minutes
              HOU: 12 minutes

CLE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Rich Leduc	2	0	2	0
Ron Ward	1	1	2	0
Paul Shmyr	0	2	2	0
Jim Harrison	1	0	1	0
Al McDonough	1	0	1	0
Gerry Pinder	0	1	1	2
Danny Gruen	0	1	1	2
Russ Walker	0	0	0	2
Ray McKay	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Terry Ruskowski	0	4	4	0
Don Larway	2	0	2	0
John Tonelli	1	1	2	2
Poul Popiel	0	2	2	2
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	2
Murray Hall	1	0	1	0
Glen Irwin	1	0	1	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	2
Ted Taylor	0	1	1	2
Rich Preston	0	1	1	0
Gord Labossiere	0	1	1	0
John Schella	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: CLE: 11-11- 8-30
       HOU:  8-11-10-29

Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 9-11-1)
         HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 17-10-0)

Attendance: 10,269