Wednesday January 21, 1976
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All WHA game summaries from January 21, 1976



Team123F
Cleveland Crusaders (18-24-2) 2 0 0 2
Cincinnati Stingers (20-23-1) 3 1 4 8

1: CIN,Rick Dudley 22 (Bryan Campbell), :41
CLE,Rich Leduc 21 (John A. Stewart), :58
CIN,Mike Pelyk 6 (Dave Inkpen), 1:48
CIN,Rick Dudley 23 (Bryan Campbell, Murray Myers), 7:32
CLE,Al McDonough 18 (Ron Ward, Danny Gruen), 17:03
2: CIN,Bryan Campbell 16 (Dennis Sobchuk, Ron Plumb), 17:49
3: CIN,Dennis Sobchuk 12 (Gene Sobchuk, Dale Smedsmo), 1:06
CIN,John Hughes 3 (Pierre Guite, Jacques Locas), 1:41
CIN,Murray Myers 8 (Bryan Campbell, Rick Dudley), 3:16
CIN,Terry Ball 3 (Rick Dudley, Murray Myers), 10:01
Penalties:

1: Paul Baxter, CLE 10:35
John Hughes, CIN 11:35
Mike Pelyk, CIN 14:04
Ron Ward, CLE 17:33
Jim Harrison, CLE 19:22
2: Barry Legge, CLE 5:03
Dale Smedsmo, CIN 5:03
Dale Smedsmo, CIN 5:03
John Hughes, CIN 5:54
Gerry Cheevers, CLE 16:24
3: Terry Ball, CLE 7:47
Dennis Sobchuk, CIN 12:12
Bill Evo, CLE 12:12
Jacques Locas, CIN 14:15
Bernie MacNeil, CIN 15:23
Penalty time: CLE: 14 minutes CIN: 16 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rich Leduc 1 0 1 0 0 0
Al McDonough 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Ward 0 1 1 2 0 0
John A. Stewart 0 1 1 0 0 0
Danny Gruen 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Evo 0 0 0 2 0 0
Paul Baxter 0 0 0 2 0 0
Barry Legge 0 0 0 2 0 0
Terry Ball 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Harrison 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gerry Cheevers 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Dudley 2 2 4 0 0 0
Bryan Campbell 1 3 4 0 0 0
Murray Myers 1 2 3 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 1 1 2 2 0 0
John Hughes 1 0 1 4 0 0
Mike Pelyk 1 0 1 2 0 0
Terry Ball 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dale Smedsmo 0 1 1 4 0 0
Jacques Locas 0 1 1 2 0 0
Pierre Guite 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Inkpen 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Plumb 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gene Sobchuk 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bernie MacNeil 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CLE: 8-10-15-33 CIN: 15-11-10-36 Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 11-12-1) CIN: Paul Hoganson (W, 6-6-0) Attendance: 6,876


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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#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Ley 2 0 2 0 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 1 0 1 0 0 0
Tommy Earl 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Climie 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Pleau 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob McManama 0 1 1 0 0 0
Danny Arndt 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gord Labossiere 3 0 3 0 0 0
Andre Hinse 1 2 3 0 0 0
Don Larway 2 0 2 0 0 0
Frank Hughes 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mark Howe 1 1 2 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 1 1 2 0 0 0
Larry Lund 0 2 2 2 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 2 2 0 0 0
Rich Preston 0 2 2 0 0 0
John Tonelli 0 1 1 4 0 0
Murray Hall 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Hale 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted Taylor 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
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


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San Diego Mariners (20-20-4) 0 3 2 0 5
Minnesota Fighting Saints (21-17-3) 1 1 3 1 6

1: MIN,Dave Keon 18 (Rick Smith, John McKenzie), 5:50
2: SD ,Wayne Rivers 12 (Brent Hughes, Ernie Wakely), 2:46
SD ,Gary Bredin 8 (Don Burgess, Peter McNamee), 4:18
MIN,John McKenzie 16 (Dave Keon), 9:48
SD ,John French 11 (Kevin Morrison, Andre Lacroix), 16:06
3: SD ,Wayne Rivers 13 (Andre Lacroix, John French), 2:51
MIN,Fran Huck 13 (Gary Gambucci), 3:06
MIN,Jack Carlson 6 (Wayne Connelly, Paul Holmgren), 4:54
SD ,Gene Peacosh 22 (Ray Adduono, Norm Ferguson), 10:47
MIN,Mike Walton 20 (Fran Huck), 12:05
4: MIN,Dave Keon 19 (Henry Boucha, Mike Antonovich), 4:22
Penalties:

1: Gary Gambucci, MIN 4:41
Bob Wall, SD 8:14
Kevin Morrison, SD 12:14
2: Ron Busniuk, MIN 14:40
3: Rick Smith, MIN 1:20
Bill Butters, MIN 8:14
Ron Busniuk, MIN 12:15
Joe Noris, SD 18:18
4: none
Penalty time: SD : 6 minutes MIN: 10 minutes
SD Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Rivers 2 0 2 0 0 0
John French 1 1 2 0 0 0
Andre Lacroix 0 2 2 0 0 0
Gene Peacosh 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Bredin 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Morrison 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ernie Wakely 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ray Adduono 0 1 1 0 0 0
Don Burgess 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter McNamee 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brent Hughes 0 1 1 0 0 0
Norm Ferguson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Noris 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Wall 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Keon 2 1 3 0 0 0
John McKenzie 1 1 2 0 0 0
Fran Huck 1 1 2 0 0 0
Jack Carlson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Walton 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Gambucci 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rick Smith 0 1 1 2 0 0
Henry Boucha 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Holmgren 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Antonovich 0 1 1 0 0 0
Wayne Connelly 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Busniuk 0 0 0 4 0 0
Bill Butters 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: SD : 9-11-15- 1-36 MIN: 7- 7-12- 3-29 Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 20-10-2) MIN: John Garrett (W, 19-14-3) Attendance: 5,313


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Indianapolis Racers (16-26-2) 0 0 2 2
Quebec Nordiques (28-16-2) 1 2 0 3

1: QUE,Steve Sutherland 15 (Serge Bernier, Rejean Houle), 10:29
2: QUE,J.C. Tremblay 5 (Rejean Houle, Dale Hoganson), 17:00
QUE,Ric Jordan 4 (Serge Bernier, Rejean Houle), 18:15
3: IND,Al Karlander 6 (Randy Wyrozub, Hugh Harris), 1:43
IND,Dick Proceviat 3 (Hugh Harris), 10:12
Penalties:

1: Pat Stapleton, IND 10:43
Kim Clackson, IND [minor, major] 13:03
Bill Prentice, QUE [minor, major] 13:03
2: none
3: Ric Jordan, QUE 1:57
Penalty time: IND: 9 minutes QUE: 9 minutes
IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Hugh Harris 0 2 2 0 0 0
Al Karlander 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Proceviat 1 0 1 0 0 0
Randy Wyrozub 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kim Clackson 0 0 0 7 0 0
Pat Stapleton 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rejean Houle 0 3 3 0 0 0
Serge Bernier 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ric Jordan 1 0 1 2 0 0
Steve Sutherland 1 0 1 0 0 0
J.C. Tremblay 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dale Hoganson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Prentice 0 0 0 7 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: IND: 10- 5- 8-23 QUE: 10- 7-11-28 Goalies: IND: Michel Dion (L, 2-10-0) QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 26-11-1) Attendance: 11,438


Team123F
Calgary Cowboys (25-17-2) 1 0 0 1
Winnipeg Jets (32-17-0) 1 2 1 4

1: WIN,Anders Hedberg 33 (Mike Ford, Bobby Hull), 8:58
CAL,Danny Lawson 28, 18:31 - SH
2: WIN,Lyle Moffat 7 (Norm Beaudin, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 14:05
WIN,Mats Lindh 8 (Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 19:46
3: WIN,Ulf Nilsson 24 (Anders Hedberg, Bobby Hull), 17:01
Penalties:

1: Duane Rupp, CAL 7:13
Francois Lacombe, CAL 12:07
Heikki Riihiranta, WIN 14:50
Francois Lacombe, CAL 17:53
2: Rick Sentes, CAL [major] 9:36
Thommie Bergman, WIN [major] 9:36
Butch Deadmarsh, CAL [double minor] 11:26
Mike Ford, WIN 17:14
3: none
Penalty time: CAL: 15 minutes WIN: 9 minutes
CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Danny Lawson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Sentes 0 0 0 5 0 0
Francois Lacombe 0 0 0 4 0 0
Butch Deadmarsh 0 0 0 4 0 0
Duane Rupp 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Anders Hedberg 1 1 2 0 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 0 2 2 0 0 0
Mats Lindh 1 0 1 0 0 0
Lyle Moffat 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Ford 0 1 1 2 0 0
Norm Beaudin 0 1 1 0 0 0
Thommie Bergman 0 0 0 5 0 0
Heikki Riihiranta 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CAL: 8- 5- 9-22 WIN: 14-11- 6-31 Goalies: CAL: Don McLeod (L, 15-14-1) WIN: Joe Daley (W, 23-11-0) Attendance: 8,331



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