WHA game summary from January 21, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (21-21-4)	0	1	2	3
Houston Aeros (28-16-0)	1	3	5	9

1: HOU, Don Larway 18 (Terry Ruskowski, Larry Hale), 5:37
2: HOU, Gord Labossiere 8 (Ted Taylor), :19
   HOU, Gord Labossiere 9 (Andre Hinse, Murray Hall), 8:32
   NE , Rosaire Paiement 19 (Larry Pleau, Ron Climie), 15:30
   HOU, Frank Hughes 20 (Andre Hinse, Larry Lund), 16:05
3: NE , Rick Ley 3 (Tommy Earl, Bob McManama), 2:47
   HOU, Poul Popiel 8 (Rich Preston, Mark Howe), 4:00
   HOU, Gord Labossiere 10, 7:28
   HOU, Mark Howe 14 (Rich Preston, Poul Popiel), 11:38
   NE , Rick Ley 4 (Mike Rogers, Ralph Backstrom), 14:01
   HOU, Andre Hinse 23 (Larry Lund, Frank Hughes), 15:59
   HOU, Don Larway 19 (Terry Ruskowski, John Tonelli), 18:38

Penalties:

1: none
2: Danny Arndt, NE 4:18
3: John Tonelli, HOU 5:08
   John Tonelli, HOU 12:14
   Larry Lund, HOU 16:24

Penalty time: NE : 2 minutes
              HOU: 6 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Rick Ley	2	0	2	0
Rosaire Paiement	1	0	1	0
Bob McManama	0	1	1	0
Tommy Earl	0	1	1	0
Ron Climie	0	1	1	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	1	1	0
Larry Pleau	0	1	1	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	0
Danny Arndt	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Gord Labossiere	3	0	3	0
Andre Hinse	1	2	3	0
Don Larway	2	0	2	0
Poul Popiel	1	1	2	0
Frank Hughes	1	1	2	0
Mark Howe	1	1	2	0
Larry Lund	0	2	2	2
Terry Ruskowski	0	2	2	0
Rich Preston	0	2	2	0
John Tonelli	0	1	1	4
Larry Hale	0	1	1	0
Ted Taylor	0	1	1	0
Murray Hall	0	1	1	0
TOTAL


Shots: NE :  9-10- 8-27
       HOU: 11-11-16-38

Goalies: NE : Christer Abrahamsson (L, 16-11-1)
         HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 18-11-0)

Attendance: 7,492