Sunday January 11, 1976
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All WHA game summaries from January 11, 1976



Team123F
Minnesota Fighting Saints (19-15-3) 0 3 4 7
Cincinnati Stingers (18-22-1) 1 1 2 4

1: CIN,Dale Smedsmo 6 (Gene Sobchuk), :34
2: MIN,Wayne Connelly 17 (Mike Antonovich), 3:55
MIN,Wayne Connelly 18 (Fran Huck, Mike Walton), 9:55
CIN,Rick Dudley 21 (Bryan Campbell, Dennis Sobchuk), 11:11
MIN,Mike Antonovich 10 (John McKenzie), 13:58
3: CIN,Gene Sobchuk 12 (John Hughes), 2:24
MIN,Mike Walton 19 (Wayne Connelly, Gerry Odrowski), 6:52
MIN,Fran Huck 11, 7:46
MIN,Henry Boucha 14 (Wayne Connelly, Mike Walton), 11:54
CIN,Pierre Guite 15 (Bernie MacNeil), 12:49
MIN,John McKenzie 13 (Mike Walton), 15:26
Penalties:

1: none
2: Mike Pelyk, CIN 8:58
Dale Smedsmo, CIN [misconduct] 9:55
Rick Smith, MIN 10:57
Dave Inkpen, CIN 13:40
3: Ron Busniuk, MIN 3:44
Dennis Sobchuk, CIN [major] 7:20
Ron Busniuk, MIN [major] 7:20
Paul Holmgren, MIN 14:47
Penalty time: MIN: 11 minutes CIN: 19 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Connelly 2 2 4 0 0 0
Mike Walton 1 3 4 0 0 0
John McKenzie 1 1 2 0 0 0
Fran Huck 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mike Antonovich 1 1 2 0 0 0
Henry Boucha 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gerry Odrowski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Busniuk 0 0 0 7 0 0
Paul Holmgren 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Smith 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gene Sobchuk 1 1 2 0 0 0
Dale Smedsmo 1 0 1 10 0 0
Rick Dudley 1 0 1 0 0 0
Pierre Guite 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 0 1 1 5 0 0
John Hughes 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bryan Campbell 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bernie MacNeil 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Inkpen 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Pelyk 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: MIN: 11- 8-12-31 CIN: 10-10-15-35 Goalies: MIN: John Garrett (W, 17-12-3) CIN: Paul Hoganson (L, 4-5-0) Attendance: 7,236


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Indianapolis Racers (16-23-2) 1 0 2 3
Cleveland Crusaders (16-22-2) 1 1 2 4

1: IND,Blair MacDonald 10 (Al Karlander), 15:59
CLE,Jim Harrison 15 (John A. Stewart, Paul Shmyr), 18:33
2: CLE,Al McDonough 17 (Paul Shmyr, Jim Harrison), 14:12
3: CLE,Jim Harrison 16 (Russ Walker), 1:00
CLE,Gerry Pinder 11 (Jim Harrison, Randy Legge), 6:43
IND,Hugh Harris 6 (Pat Stapleton, Bob Sicinski), 8:08
IND,Brian McDonald 5 (Rene Leclerc, Hugh Harris), 12:10
Penalties:

1: Jim Harrison, CLE 1:03
Rene Leclerc, IND 5:06
Brian McDonald, IND 10:02
Brian Coates, IND 17:11
2: Terry Ball, CLE 5:05
Russ Walker, CLE 9:32
Randy Wyrozub, IND 12:57
Ted Scharf, IND 12:57
Paul Baxter, CLE [double minor, misconduct] 12:57
3: Ray McKay, CLE 12:32
Danny Gruen, CLE 16:16
Penalty time: IND: 10 minutes CLE: 24 minutes
IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Hugh Harris 1 1 2 0 0 0
Brian McDonald 1 0 1 2 0 0
Blair MacDonald 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rene Leclerc 0 1 1 2 0 0
Al Karlander 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Sicinski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pat Stapleton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Randy Wyrozub 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brian Coates 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ted Scharf 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Harrison 2 2 4 2 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 2 2 0 0 0
Al McDonough 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gerry Pinder 1 0 1 0 0 0
Russ Walker 0 1 1 2 0 0
John A. Stewart 0 1 1 0 0 0
Randy Legge 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Baxter 0 0 0 14 0 0
Ray McKay 0 0 0 2 0 0
Danny Gruen 0 0 0 2 0 0
Terry Ball 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: IND: 8- 6-14-28 CLE: 20- 6- 5-31 Goalies: IND: Michel Dion (L, 2-7-0) CLE: Gerry Cheevers (W, 10-11-1) Attendance: 5,283


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Houston Aeros (26-13-0) 2 1 2 5
Edmonton Oilers (17-27-2) 0 1 2 3

1: HOU,John Tonelli 13 (Terry Ruskowski, Don Larway), 15:15
HOU,Mark Howe 13, 16:57
2: HOU,Larry Lund 15 (Rich Preston, Andre Hinse), 4:53
EDM,Bill Laing 3 (Skip Krake, Ted McAneeley), 6:56
3: HOU,Andre Hinse 19 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), :54
EDM,Dan Spring 6 (Tim Sheehy, Mike Rogers), 4:02
HOU,Andre Hinse 20 (Frank Hughes, John Schella), 4:31
EDM,Barry Long 8, 9:55
Penalties:

1: Ted Taylor, HOU 10:48
2: Skip Krake, EDM 16:31
3: Peter Morris, EDM 0:21
Penalty time: HOU: 2 minutes EDM: 4 minutes
HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Andre Hinse 2 1 3 0 0 0
Mark Howe 1 1 2 0 0 0
Larry Lund 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Tonelli 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Hughes 0 1 1 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Don Larway 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rich Preston 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Schella 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted Taylor 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Barry Long 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Laing 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dan Spring 1 0 1 0 0 0
Skip Krake 0 1 1 2 0 0
Tim Sheehy 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted McAneeley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter Morris 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: HOU: 8- 4- 6-18 EDM: 8- 6-10-24 Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 9-3-0) EDM: Chris Worthy (L, 5-11-0) Attendance: 11,179


Team123F
San Diego Mariners (18-19-4) 1 1 2 4
New England Whalers (20-18-3) 4 1 3 8

1: SD ,Brent Hughes 5 (Norm Ferguson), :36
NE ,Larry Pleau 13 (Rick Ley, Gordie Roberts), 2:05
NE ,Rosaire Paiement 13 (Larry Pleau, Tom Webster), 3:07
NE ,Larry Pleau 14 (Thommy Abrahamsson, Rick Ley), 7:25
NE ,Garry Swain 5 (Danny Arndt, Rick Ley), 13:34
2: SD ,Alec Tidey 12 (Joe Noris, Kevin Devine), 5:26
NE ,Rosaire Paiement 14 (Alan Hangsleben, Tom Webster), 15:54
3: NE ,Thommy Abrahamsson 11 (Wayne Carleton, Doug Roberts), 6:51
SD ,Ray Adduono 10 (Norm Ferguson, Gene Peacosh), 8:07
NE ,Rosaire Paiement 15, 8:56
NE ,Wayne Carleton 13 (Garry Swain), 13:39
SD ,Don Burgess 10 (Gary Bredin, Mike McMahon), 18:19
Penalties:

1: Gary Bredin, SD 6:37
Danny Arndt, NE 11:18
Andre Lacroix, SD 18:23
2: Tom Webster, NE 11:06
3: Wayne Carleton, NE 11:22
Kevin Morrison, SD 15:20
Penalty time: SD : 6 minutes NE : 6 minutes
SD Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Norm Ferguson 0 2 2 0 0 0
Alec Tidey 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ray Adduono 1 0 1 0 0 0
Don Burgess 1 0 1 0 0 0
Brent Hughes 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Bredin 0 1 1 2 0 0
Joe Noris 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kevin Devine 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gene Peacosh 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike McMahon 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kevin Morrison 0 0 0 2 0 0
Andre Lacroix 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rosaire Paiement 3 0 3 0 0 0
Larry Pleau 2 1 3 0 0 0
Rick Ley 0 3 3 0 0 0
Wayne Carleton 1 1 2 2 0 0
Thommy Abrahamsson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Garry Swain 1 1 2 0 0 0
Tom Webster 0 2 2 2 0 0
Danny Arndt 0 1 1 2 0 0
Doug Roberts 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gordie Roberts 0 1 1 0 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: SD : 5-15-12-32 NE : 15- 7- 7-29 Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 18-9-2) NE : Christer Abrahamsson (W, 15-9-1) Attendance: 8,401


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Ottawa Civics (14-25-1) 2 1 2 0 5
Winnipeg Jets (29-16-0) 2 1 2 1 6

1: WIN,Lyle Moffat 6 (Veli-Pekka Ketola, Norm Beaudin), 2:02
OTT,Frank Rochon 10 (Mark Lomenda, Bryon Baltimore), 17:02
WIN,Lars-Erik Sjoberg 3 (Bobby Hull, Anders Hedberg), 17:58
OTT,Bryon Baltimore 1 (Ralph Backstrom), 19:43
2: OTT,Mark Lomenda 6 (Darryl Maggs, Gary MacGregor), 9:59
WIN,Ulf Nilsson 23 (Bobby Hull), 15:09
3: OTT,Gary MacGregor 15 (Frank Rochon), 2:12
OTT,Gary MacGregor 16, 6:37
WIN,Norm Beaudin 11 (Lyle Moffat, Veli-Pekka Ketola), 11:54
WIN,Bobby Hull 27 (Anders Hedberg, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 14:28
4: WIN,Anders Hedberg 31 (Bobby Hull, Ulf Nilsson), 8:01
Penalties:

1: none
2: Gary MacGregor, OTT 3:41
Brian Lavender, OTT 5:47
Don Borgeson, OTT 18:28
3: none
4: none
Penalty time: OTT: 6 minutes WIN: 0 minutes
OTT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary MacGregor 2 1 3 2 0 0
Mark Lomenda 1 1 2 0 0 0
Frank Rochon 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bryon Baltimore 1 1 2 0 0 0
Darryl Maggs 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 0 1 1 0 0 0
Don Borgeson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brian Lavender 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bobby Hull 1 3 4 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 1 2 3 0 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Norm Beaudin 1 1 2 0 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 1 1 2 0 0 0
Lyle Moffat 1 1 2 0 0 0
Veli-Pekka Ketola 0 2 2 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: OTT: 13- 9- 8- 2-32 WIN: 10-18-14- 7-49 Goalies: OTT: Lynn Zimmerman (L, 2-6-0) WIN: Joe Daley (W, 21-11-0) Attendance: 7,926



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