Thursday January 15, 1976
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All WHA game summaries from January 15, 1976



Team1234F
Houston Aeros (27-14-0) 0 1 3 1 5
Ottawa Civics (14-26-1) 1 1 2 0 4

1: OTT,Frank Rochon 11 (Gary MacGregor), 11:20
2: OTT,Don Borgeson 21 (Ralph Backstrom), 1:07
HOU,Andre Hinse 21 (Frank Hughes, John Schella), 12:20
3: HOU,Marty Howe 6 (Gordie Howe, Larry Hale), 3:04
HOU,Gord Labossiere 5 (Poul Popiel), 3:31
OTT,Ralph Backstrom 21 (Don Borgeson, Jim Sherrit), 5:02
OTT,Darryl Maggs 3 (Larry Bignell), 6:07
HOU,Rich Preston 6 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 7:37
4: HOU,Gord Labossiere 6 (Ted Taylor), 1:37
Penalties:

1: John Schella, HOU 5:15
John Arbour, OTT 5:29
John Schella, HOU 12:10
2: Darryl Maggs, OTT 5:54
Rick Morris, OTT 14:07
Marty Howe, HOU 14:07
Gary MacGregor, OTT 15:12
Poul Popiel, HOU 17:19
3: none
4: none
Penalty time: HOU: 8 minutes OTT: 8 minutes
HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gord Labossiere 2 0 2 0 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 2 2 0 0 0
Marty Howe 1 0 1 2 0 0
Rich Preston 1 0 1 0 0 0
Andre Hinse 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Schella 0 1 1 4 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ted Taylor 0 1 1 0 0 0
Frank Hughes 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mark Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Hale 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

OTT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Borgeson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 1 1 2 0 0 0
Darryl Maggs 1 0 1 2 0 0
Frank Rochon 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gary MacGregor 0 1 1 2 0 0
Larry Bignell 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Sherrit 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Morris 0 0 0 2 0 0
John Arbour 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: HOU: 18-17-19- 1-55 OTT: 10- 6- 9- 0-25 Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 10-3-0) OTT: Cam Newton (L, 4-5-0) Attendance: 9,355


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Cleveland Crusaders (17-22-2) 0 2 1 3
Indianapolis Racers (16-24-2) 1 0 0 1

1: IND,Nick Harbaruk 16 (Brian McDonald, Dick Proceviat), 3:52
2: CLE,Danny Gruen 8 (Al McDonough, Randy Legge), 9:18
CLE,Danny Gruen 9 (Ray McKay), 16:34
3: CLE,Tom Edur 5 (Gerry Pinder, Rich Leduc), 7:08
Penalties:

1: none
2: Hugh Harris, IND 1:19
John Stewart, CLE 4:04
Tom Edur, CLE 4:52
Bob Fitchner, IND 6:31
Russ Walker, CLE 9:58
3: Rich Leduc, CLE 3:02
Ray McKay, CLE 7:50
Bob Fitchner, IND 10:03
Paul Shmyr, CLE [double minor] 10:03
Penalty time: CLE: 14 minutes IND: 6 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Danny Gruen 2 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Edur 1 0 1 2 0 0
Rich Leduc 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ray McKay 0 1 1 2 0 0
Al McDonough 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gerry Pinder 0 1 1 0 0 0
Randy Legge 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 0 0 4 0 0
Russ Walker 0 0 0 2 0 0
John Stewart 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Nick Harbaruk 1 0 1 0 0 0
Brian McDonald 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dick Proceviat 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Fitchner 0 0 0 4 0 0
Hugh Harris 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CLE: 5-19-12-36 IND: 13-14-11-38 Goalies: CLE: Bob Whidden (W, 6-8-1) IND: Michel Dion (L, 2-8-0) Attendance: 6,689


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Cincinnati Stingers (18-23-1) 1 0 1 2
New England Whalers (21-18-3) 2 0 3 5

1: CIN,Dennis Sobchuk 11 (Frank Beaton), 8:26
NE ,Tom Webster 25 (Rosaire Paiement, Larry Pleau), 11:36
NE ,Ron Climie 17 (Larry Pleau, Tom Webster), 18:19
2: no scoring
3: NE ,Larry Pleau 15 (Tom Webster, Rosaire Paiement), 9:04
CIN,Gene Sobchuk 13 (Mike Pelyk, Ron Plumb), 11:46
NE ,Rosaire Paiement 16 (Larry Pleau, Tom Webster), 15:49
NE ,Rosaire Paiement 17 (Alan Hangsleben), 19:53
Penalties:

1: Paul Hurley, NE 4:25
Dale Smedsmo, CIN [major] 4:25
Rick Ley, NE [major] 4:25
Ron Plumb, CIN 8:12
Ron Plumb, CIN 14:41
John Hughes, CIN 17:43
Rick Ley, NE 19:16
2: Dave Inkpen, CIN [major] 5:27
Frank Beaton, CIN [major] 5:27
Fred O'Donnell, NE [major] 5:27
Garry Swain, NE [major] 5:27
Alan Hangsleben, NE 8:16
3: Murray Myers, CIN 7:36
Penalty time: CIN: 23 minutes NE : 21 minutes
CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gene Sobchuk 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Beaton 0 1 1 5 0 0
Ron Plumb 0 1 1 4 0 0
Mike Pelyk 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Inkpen 0 0 0 5 0 0
Dale Smedsmo 0 0 0 5 0 0
John Hughes 0 0 0 2 0 0
Murray Myers 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rosaire Paiement 2 2 4 0 0 0
Tom Webster 1 3 4 0 0 0
Larry Pleau 1 3 4 0 0 0
Ron Climie 1 0 1 0 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rick Ley 0 0 0 7 0 0
Garry Swain 0 0 0 5 0 0
Fred O'Donnell 0 0 0 5 0 0
Paul Hurley 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CIN: 10-11-15-36 NE : 8-10-11-29 Goalies: CIN: Paul Hoganson (L, 4-6-0) NE : Christer Abrahamsson (W, 16-9-1) Attendance: 9,448


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Calgary Cowboys (23-16-2) 1 1 1 3
Quebec Nordiques (26-16-2) 1 2 2 5

1: CAL,George Morrison 15 (Ron Chipperfield, Francois Lacombe), 6:57
QUE,Michel Parizeau 10 (Jim Benzelock, J.C. Tremblay), 9:09
2: QUE,Marc Tardif 37 (Pierre Roy, Jim Benzelock), 4:37
QUE,Marc Tardif 38 (Rejean Houle, Serge Bernier), 11:43
CAL,Ron Chipperfield 15 (George Morrison, Danny Lawson), 15:15
3: QUE,Serge Bernier 20 (Christian Bordeleau), 4:20
QUE,Jean Bernier 3 (Jim Benzelock, Bill Prentice), 6:35
CAL,George Morrison 16 (Ron Chipperfield), 15:57
Penalties:

1: Chris Evans, CAL 2:45
Pierre Roy, QUE 5:40
Peter Driscoll, CAL [major] 8:51
Marc Tardif, QUE [major] 8:51
Pierre Roy, QUE [major] 8:51
Butch Deadmarsh, CAL [major, game misconduct] 8:51
2: Paul Terbenche, CAL 2:41
Bill Prentice, QUE 6:13
Paul Terbenche, CAL 11:27
Steve Sutherland, QUE 13:44
Peter Driscoll, CAL [major] 14:56
Pierre Roy, QUE [minor, major] 14:56
Serge Bernier, QUE 17:08
Francois Lacombe, QUE 19:12
3: Bob Leiter, CAL 3:47
Steve Sutherland, QUE 7:58
Duane Rupp, CAL 10:32
Rejean Houle, QUE 15:43
Penalty time: CAL: 35 minutes QUE: 31 minutes
CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
George Morrison 2 1 3 0 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 1 2 3 0 0 0
Francois Lacombe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Danny Lawson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Butch Deadmarsh 0 0 0 15 0 0
Peter Driscoll 0 0 0 10 0 0
Paul Terbenche 0 0 0 4 0 0
Chris Evans 0 0 0 2 0 0
Duane Rupp 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Leiter 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Benzelock 0 3 3 0 0 0
Marc Tardif 2 0 2 5 0 0
Serge Bernier 1 1 2 2 0 0
Michel Parizeau 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jean Bernier 1 0 1 0 0 0
Pierre Roy 0 1 1 14 0 0
Bill Prentice 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rejean Houle 0 1 1 2 0 0
Christian Bordeleau 0 1 1 0 0 0
J.C. Tremblay 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Sutherland 0 0 0 4 0 0
Francois Lacombe 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CAL: 9-14-10-33 QUE: 10-12-11-33 Goalies: CAL: Wayne Wood (L, 8-1-1) QUE: Michel DeGuise (W, 2-2-1) Attendance: 8,181


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Minnesota Fighting Saints (19-16-3) 2 1 1 0 4
San Diego Mariners (19-19-4) 2 2 0 1 5

1: MIN,Mike Antonovich 11 (Ron Busniuk, John McKenzie), 5:42
SD ,Kevin Morrison 11 (Andre Lacroix, Ray Adduono), 8:43
MIN,John McKenzie 14 (Dave Keon), 9:48
SD ,Norm Ferguson 21 (Don Burgess, Brent Hughes), 15:49
2: MIN,Jack Carlson 5 (Ron Busniuk, Paul Holmgren), 4:53
SD ,Kevin Morrison 12 (Ray Adduono, Don Burgess), 10:58
SD ,Alec Tidey 13 (Kevin Devine, Joe Noris), 11:48
3: MIN,Wayne Connelly 19 (Henry Boucha, Mike Walton), 3:56
4: SD ,Wayne Rivers 9, 1:07
Penalties:

1: Rick Smith, MIN 6:45
Bill Butters, MIN 8:36
2: Ted Hampson, MIN 16:45
3: Brian Morenz, SD 6:08
Rick Smith, MIN 6:08
John McKenzie, MIN 6:08
Bill Butters, MIN [major] 10:12
Kevin Devine, SD [major] 10:12
Peter McNamee, SD 10:25
Brent Hughes, SD 15:09
Gerry Odrowski, MIN 17:16
4: none
Penalty time: MIN: 17 minutes SD : 11 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John McKenzie 1 1 2 2 0 0
Ron Busniuk 0 2 2 0 0 0
Jack Carlson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Connelly 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Antonovich 1 0 1 0 0 0
Henry Boucha 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Holmgren 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Walton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Keon 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Butters 0 0 0 7 0 0
Rick Smith 0 0 0 4 0 0
Gerry Odrowski 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ted Hampson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

SD Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Kevin Morrison 2 0 2 0 0 0
Don Burgess 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ray Adduono 0 2 2 0 0 0
Norm Ferguson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Alec Tidey 1 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Rivers 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Devine 0 1 1 5 0 0
Brent Hughes 0 1 1 2 0 0
Andre Lacroix 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Noris 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter McNamee 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brian Morenz 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: MIN: 7- 9- 6- 0-22 SD : 16-11- 8- 4-39 Goalies: MIN: John Garrett (L, 17-13-3) SD : Ernie Wakely (W, 19-9-2) Attendance: 8,119



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