All WHA game summaries from January 17, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Houston Aeros (27-15-0) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Calgary Cowboys (24-16-2) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1: | HOU, | Don Larway 15, 4:53 |
| CAL, | Ron Chipperfield 16 (Paul Terbenche), 5:34 | |
| HOU, | Marty Howe 7 (Larry Lund), 6:24 | |
| 2: | CAL, | George Morrison 17 (Danny Lawson, Ron Chipperfield), 11:16 |
| 3: | CAL, | Don Tannahill 14 (John Miszuk, Butch Deadmarsh), 6:20 |
| CAL, | Butch Deadmarsh 16 (Don McLeod), 19:35 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Glen Irwin, HOU 11:13 | |
| 3: | Paul Terbenche, CAL 19:10 | |
Penalty time: HOU: 2 minutes
CAL: 2 minutes
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Larway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Howe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Irwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| CAL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Deadmarsh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Chipperfield | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Morrison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Tannahill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Terbenche | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Miszuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Lawson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don McLeod | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: HOU: 7-11- 6-24
CAL: 16-11- 9-36
Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (L, 10-4-0)
CAL: Don McLeod (W, 15-13-1)
Attendance: 6,902
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cincinnati Stingers (19-23-1) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
 Indianapolis Racers (16-25-2) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | CIN, | Pierre Guite 16 (Claude Larose), 1:31 |
| CIN, | Claude Larose 24, 6:55 | |
| CIN, | Bryan Campbell 15 (Murray Myers, Rick Dudley), 19:30 | |
| 3: | CIN, | Murray Myers 7 (Bryan Campbell, Dennis Sobchuk), 10:39 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Fitchner, IND 4:29 |
| Ken Block, IND 8:04 | |
| Dale Smedsmo, CIN 17:09 | |
| 2: | Bob Woytowich, IND 9:14 |
| 3: | Ted Scharf, IND 0:47 |
| Ted Scharf, IND 2:57 | |
| Pierre Guite, CIN 2:57 | |
| Gene Sobchuk, CIN 3:24 | |
| Ken Block, IND 10:13 | |
| Bench penalty, IND 15:56 |
Penalty time: CIN: 6 minutes
IND: 14 minutes
| CIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Myers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Campbell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Larose | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Guite | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Dudley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Sobchuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Sobchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Smedsmo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| IND Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Scharf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Woytowich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Fitchner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CIN: 11-12- 9-32
IND: 13-13-13-39
Goalies: CIN: Paul Hoganson (W, 5-6-0)
IND: Michel Dion (L, 2-9-0)
Attendance: 14,127
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota Fighting Saints (20-17-3) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Phoenix Roadrunners (19-19-3) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1: | MIN, | John McKenzie 15 (Mike Antonovich, Bill Butters), :22 |
| PHO, | John Migneault 4 (Lauri Mononen, Jim Clarke), 9:14 | |
| MIN, | Gary Gambucci 7 (Gerry Odrowski, Fran Huck), 13:49 | |
| 2: | MIN, | Fran Huck 12 (Jerry Zrymiak, Bruce Boudreau), 10:51 |
| 3: | MIN, | Dave Keon 17 (John McKenzie, Mike Antonovich), 9:56 |
| PHO, | Pekka Rautakallio 7 (Robbie Ftorek, Barry Dean), 18:24 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Jim Boyd, PHO 1:01 | |
| Bruce Boudreau, MIN 8:50 | ||
| John McKenzie, MIN 9:19 | ||
| John Gray, PHO 10:28 | ||
| 3: | Barry Dean, PHO 6:34 | |
| Robbie Ftorek, PHO 8:57 | ||
| Gerry Odrowski, MIN 12:30 | ||
| Fran Huck, MIN 17:48 | ||
Penalty time: MIN: 8 minutes
PHO: 8 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Huck | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John McKenzie | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Antonovich | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Gambucci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Keon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Odrowski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Boudreau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Zrymiak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Butters | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| PHO Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pekka Rautakallio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Migneault | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robbie Ftorek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Dean | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Clarke | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lauri Mononen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 8- 5- 8-21
PHO: 9-13- 9-31
Goalies: MIN: John Garrett (W, 18-14-3)
PHO: Jack Norris (L, 11-8-2)
Attendance: 7,655
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toronto Toros (14-25-3) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Quebec Nordiques (27-16-2) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1: | QUE, | Real Cloutier 30 (Christian Bordeleau, Marc Tardif), 6:09 |
| QUE, | Serge Bernier 21 (Rejean Houle, J.C. Tremblay), 9:13 | |
| TOR, | Mark Napier 15 (Gavin Kirk, Frank Mahovlich), 19:54 | |
| 2: | TOR, | Paul Henderson 14 (Paul Heaver), 6:36 |
| TOR, | Tom Simpson 9, 11:20 | |
| QUE, | Christian Bordeleau 23 (Serge Bernier, Real Cloutier), 17:49 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
| 4: | QUE, | Rejean Houle 26 (Serge Bernier, Marc Tardif), 9:45 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Frank Mahovlich, TOR 16:42 | |
| 3: | Jim Turkiewicz, TOR 4:40 | |
| Steve Sutherland, QUE [minor, major] 7:25 | ||
| Jerry Rollins, TOR [minor, major] 7:25 | ||
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: TOR: 11 minutes
QUE: 7 minutes
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Henderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Napier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Simpson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Mahovlich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Heaver | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gavin Kirk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Rollins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Turkiewicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| QUE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serge Bernier | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Bordeleau | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Real Cloutier | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rejean Houle | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Tardif | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.C. Tremblay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Sutherland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: TOR: 8-13- 5- 4-30
QUE: 8-18-16- 6-48
Goalies: TOR: Jim Shaw (L, 3-6-0)
QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 25-11-1)
Attendance: 8,361
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland Crusaders (18-23-2) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 San Diego Mariners (20-19-4) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1: | CLE, | John A. Stewart 9 (Tom Edur), 8:26 |
| SD , | Wayne Rivers 10 (Andre Lacroix, John French), 17:25 | |
| SD , | Don Burgess 11 (Brian Morenz), 19:18 | |
| CLE, | John A. Stewart 10 (Gerry Pinder, Ron Ward), 19:18 | |
| 2: | CLE, | Jim Harrison 19, :33 |
| SD , | Wayne Rivers 11 (Andre Lacroix), 13:53 | |
| 3: | SD , | Joe Noris 19 (Alec Tidey), :42 |
| CLE, | Gerry Pinder 12 (Tom Edur, John C. Stewart), 1:52 | |
| SD , | Joe Noris 20 (Kevin Devine, Brent Hughes), 14:38 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Paul Shmyr, CLE 12:53 | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: CLE: 2 minutes
SD : 0 minutes
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John A. Stewart | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Pinder | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Edur | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Harrison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John C. Stewart | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ward | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Noris | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Rivers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Lacroix | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Burgess | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Morenz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alec Tidey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John French | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Hughes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Devine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CLE: 5- 9- 7-21
SD : 5-10-11-26
Goalies: CLE: Bob Whidden (L, 6-9-1)
SD : Ernie Wakely (W, 20-9-2)
Attendance: 8,878