Friday March 26, 1976
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All WHA game summaries from March 26, 1976



Team123F
Indianapolis Racers (32-37-6) 1 0 2 3
Cleveland Crusaders (32-38-5) 1 0 1 2

1: IND,Rene Leclerc 33 (Darryl Maggs), 4:00
CLE,Wayne Connelly 28 (Gerry Pinder, Rich Leduc), 17:46
2: no scoring
3: IND,Michel Parizeau 23 (Al Karlander, Pat Stapleton), 2:51
IND,Reg Thomas 23 (Nick Harbaruk, Ken Block), 10:32
CLE,Ron Ward 31 (Danny Gruen), 13:34
Penalties:

1: Darryl Maggs, IND 1:07
Tom Edur, CLE [double minor] 6:30
Brian McDonald, IND [double minor] 6:30
Darryl Maggs, IND 17:23
Al McDonough, CLE 18:49
Rene Leclerc, IND 18:49
2: Kim Clackson, IND 2:02
Paul Baxter, CLE 5:45
Ray McKay, CLE 11:55
Kerry Bond, IND 16:35
3: Gary MacGregor, CLE 2:33
Pat Stapleton, IND [game misconduct] 13:20
Barry Legge, CLE 15:23
Penalty time: IND: 24 minutes CLE: 14 minutes
IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rene Leclerc 1 0 1 2 0 0
Michel Parizeau 1 0 1 0 0 0
Reg Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0
Pat Stapleton 0 1 1 10 0 0
Darryl Maggs 0 1 1 4 0 0
Al Karlander 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ken Block 0 1 1 0 0 0
Nick Harbaruk 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brian McDonald 0 0 0 4 0 0
Kerry Bond 0 0 0 2 0 0
Kim Clackson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ron Ward 1 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Connelly 1 0 1 0 0 0
Danny Gruen 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rich Leduc 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gerry Pinder 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Edur 0 0 0 4 0 0
Gary MacGregor 0 0 0 2 0 0
Al McDonough 0 0 0 2 0 0
Paul Baxter 0 0 0 2 0 0
Barry Legge 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ray McKay 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: IND: 8-10-15-33 CLE: 16-13-11-40 Goalies: IND: Michel Dion (W, 12-12-1) CLE: Bob Johnson (L, 16-18-1) Attendance: 4,120


Team123F
Cincinnati Stingers (34-42-1) 1 0 0 1
Houston Aeros (48-26-0) 4 0 1 5

1: HOU,Gord Labossiere 18 (Mark Howe, Murray Hall), 4:37
HOU,Murray Hall 17 (Gord Labossiere), 5:17
HOU,Murray Hall 18 (Mark Howe, Rich Preston), 10:44
HOU,Murray Hall 19 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 15:01
CIN,Dennis Sobchuk 27, 17:06
2: no scoring
3: HOU,Gord Labossiere 19 (Murray Hall), 9:59
Penalties:

1: Rick Dudley, CIN 9:48
Frank Beaton, CIN [major] 11:09
Rich Preston, HOU [major] 11:09
2: none
3: Frank Hughes, HOU 4:34
Poul Popiel, HOU 6:56
John Hughes, CIN 9:20
Terry Ruskowski, HOU 9:20
Poul Popiel, HOU 12:05
Penalty time: CIN: 9 minutes HOU: 13 minutes
CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dennis Sobchuk 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Beaton 0 0 0 5 0 0
John Hughes 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Dudley 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Murray Hall 3 2 5 0 0 0
Gord Labossiere 2 1 3 0 0 0
Mark Howe 0 3 3 0 0 0
Rich Preston 0 1 1 5 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 0 0 4 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 0 0 2 0 0
Frank Hughes 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CIN: 16-11- 7-34 HOU: 15- 7- 7-29 Goalies: CIN: Paul Hoganson (L, 19-20-0) HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 15-9-0) Attendance: 10,586


Team123F
Calgary Cowboys (38-33-4) 0 1 0 1
New England Whalers (32-37-7) 2 1 1 4

1: NE ,Ralph Backstrom 34 (Dan Bolduc, Gordie Roberts), 5:42
NE ,Fred O'Donnell 10 (Rosaire Paiement, Rick Ley), 17:54
2: CAL,Bob Leiter 16 (George Morrison, Duane Rupp), 11:26
NE ,Mike Rogers 30 (Ron Busniuk, Tom Webster), 13:39
3: NE ,Ralph Backstrom 35 (Tom Webster, Larry Pleau), 18:12
Penalties:

1: Nick Fotiu, NE 6:14
Butch Deadmarsh, CAL 6:53
Rick Jodzio, CAL 11:02
Ron Busniuk, NE 15:45
2: Peter Driscoll, CAL 4:06
Francois Lacombe, CAL 5:53
Pat Westrum, CAL [major] 8:49
Dan Bolduc, NE [major] 8:49
Gordie Roberts, NE 10:26
3: Gordie Roberts, NE 1:29
Ron Chipperfield, CAL 1:41
Penalty time: CAL: 15 minutes NE : 13 minutes
CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Leiter 1 0 1 0 0 0
Duane Rupp 0 1 1 0 0 0
George Morrison 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pat Westrum 0 0 0 5 0 0
Francois Lacombe 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 0 0 2 0 0
Butch Deadmarsh 0 0 0 2 0 0
Peter Driscoll 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Jodzio 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ralph Backstrom 2 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Webster 0 2 2 0 0 0
Fred O'Donnell 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dan Bolduc 0 1 1 5 0 0
Gordie Roberts 0 1 1 4 0 0
Ron Busniuk 0 1 1 2 0 0
Larry Pleau 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Ley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 0 1 1 0 0 0
Nick Fotiu 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CAL: 4-10- 9-23 NE : 12-21- 5-38 Goalies: CAL: Ed Humphreys (L, 1-5-0) NE : Bruce Landon (W, 10-15-4) Attendance: 10,096


Team123F
San Diego Mariners (34-34-6) 1 0 0 1
Phoenix Roadrunners (37-32-6) 0 2 1 3

1: SD ,Gene Peacosh 36 (Andre Lacroix), 15:32
2: PHO,Lauri Mononen 14 (Del Hall, Jim Niekamp), :31
PHO,Ron Huston 20 (Pekka Rautakallio, Del Hall), 15:31
3: PHO,Pekka Rautakallio 11 (Gary Veneruzzo, Dave Gorman), 13:48
Penalties:

1: Pekka Rautakallio, PHO 11:06
John Gray, PHO [major] 19:28
Kevin Devine, SD [major] 19:28
2: Bob Wall, SD 15:18
3: Serge Beaudoin, PHO 7:00
John Gray, PHO 9:47
Mike McMahon, SD 9:47
Del Hall, PHO 14:12
Penalty time: SD : 9 minutes PHO: 13 minutes
SD Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gene Peacosh 1 0 1 0 0 0
Andre Lacroix 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kevin Devine 0 0 0 5 0 0
Bob Wall 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mike McMahon 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

PHO Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pekka Rautakallio 1 1 2 2 0 0
Del Hall 0 2 2 2 0 0
Ron Huston 1 0 1 0 0 0
Lauri Mononen 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Gorman 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gary Veneruzzo 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Niekamp 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Gray 0 0 0 7 0 0
Serge Beaudoin 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: SD : 16- 6-14-36 PHO: 9-10-18-37 Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 33-18-4) PHO: Gary Kurt (W, 17-18-2) Attendance: 8,136


Team123F
Edmonton Oilers (26-47-5) 0 1 2 3
Toronto Toros (24-45-5) 3 3 1 7

1: TOR,Paul Heaver 1 (Jean-Luc Phaneuf), 3:01
TOR,Peter Folco 1 (Mark Napier, Vaclav Nedomansky), 4:12
TOR,Bob D'Alvise 5 (Mark Napier, Vaclav Nedomansky), 12:02
2: TOR,Pete Marrin 20 (Jeff Jacques, Lou Nistico), 11:37
TOR,Mark Napier 40 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Jim Dorey), 14:55
EDM,Tim Sheehy 33 (Wayne Carleton), 18:03
TOR,Vaclav Nedomansky 53 (Jim Dorey), 18:46
3: EDM,Bill Laing 7 (Mike Rogers, Bob Russell), 9:51
EDM,Mike Rogers 31 (Ted McAneeley), 14:55
TOR,Tom Simpson 19 (Frank Mahovlich, Jean-Luc Phaneuf), 15:50
Penalties:

1: Paul Henderson, TOR 6:53
Ken Baird, EDM 8:57
Bill Laing, EDM 10:47
Jack Carlson, EDM [major] 12:46
Jerry Rollins, TOR [minor, major] 12:46
2: Jim Dorey, TOR 0:42
Rick Morris, EDM 12:59
Al Hamilton, EDM 15:33
Jim Dorey, TOR 16:22
Frank Mahovlich, TOR 16:22
Ted McAneeley, EDM 16:22
Rick Morris, EDM [minor, misconduct] 16:22
Jerry Zrymiak, TOR 16:42
3: Ken Baird, EDM 6:21
Jim Dorey, TOR 6:21
Bob McAneeley, EDM [major] 6:41
Lou Nistico, TOR [minor, major] 6:41
Bob McAneeley, EDM 12:16
Paul Henderson, TOR 12:16
Gilles Bilodeau, TOR 19:45
Penalty time: EDM: 36 minutes TOR: 30 minutes
EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Rogers 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bill Laing 1 0 1 2 0 0
Tim Sheehy 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ted McAneeley 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bob Russell 0 1 1 0 0 0
Wayne Carleton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Morris 0 0 0 14 0 0
Bob McAneeley 0 0 0 7 0 0
Jack Carlson 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ken Baird 0 0 0 4 0 0
Al Hamilton 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Vaclav Nedomansky 1 3 4 0 0 0
Mark Napier 1 2 3 0 0 0
Jim Dorey 0 2 2 6 0 0
Jean-Luc Phaneuf 0 2 2 0 0 0
Paul Heaver 1 0 1 0 0 0
Peter Folco 1 0 1 0 0 0
Pete Marrin 1 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Simpson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bob D'Alvise 1 0 1 0 0 0
Lou Nistico 0 1 1 7 0 0
Frank Mahovlich 0 1 1 2 0 0
Jeff Jacques 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jerry Rollins 0 0 0 7 0 0
Paul Henderson 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jerry Zrymiak 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gilles Bilodeau 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: EDM: 8-10-17-35 TOR: 10-16- 8-34 Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 21-26-5) TOR: John Garrett (W, 29-23-4) Attendance: 16,507



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