WHA game summary from May 9, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (58-31-0)	0	0	1	1
New England Whalers (42-44-7)	2	1	1	4
New England Whalers lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7)

1: NE , Rosaire Paiement 4 (Gordie Roberts, Tom Webster), 8:13
   NE , Don Borgeson 1 (Brad Selwood, Cap Raeder), 9:45
2: NE , Thommy Abrahamsson 2 (Ron Busniuk, Tommy Earl), 9:51
3: NE , Bob McManama 4 (Don Borgeson, Rick Ley), 14:35
   HOU, Mark Howe 2 (Gordie Howe, John Schella), 16:20

Penalties:

1: John Schella, HOU 0:48
   Nick Fotiu, NE 0:48
   Poul Popiel, HOU 7:24
   Mark Howe, HOU [misconduct] 13:41
   Garry Swain, NE 14:34
   Rick Ley, NE 15:40
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 17:58
2: Poul Popiel, HOU 1:07
   Rick Ley, NE 1:56
   Brad Selwood, NE 6:52
   John Tonelli, HOU 6:52
   Gordie Roberts, NE 7:30
   Gordie Howe, HOU 7:36
   Brad Selwood, NE 19:14
3: Brad Selwood, NE 3:06
   Gord Labossiere, HOU 3:46
   Marty Howe, HOU 11:01
   Dan Bolduc, NE 16:50

Penalty time: HOU: 26 minutes
              NE : 18 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Mark Howe	1	0	1	10
John Schella	0	1	1	2
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	2
Poul Popiel	0	0	0	4
Terry Ruskowski	0	0	0	2
Gord Labossiere	0	0	0	2
John Tonelli	0	0	0	2
Marty Howe	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Don Borgeson	1	1	2	0
Rosaire Paiement	1	0	1	0
Thommy Abrahamsson	1	0	1	0
Bob McManama	1	0	1	0
Brad Selwood	0	1	1	6
Rick Ley	0	1	1	4
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	2
Ron Busniuk	0	1	1	0
Tom Webster	0	1	1	0
Tommy Earl	0	1	1	0
Cap Raeder	0	1	1	0
Nick Fotiu	0	0	0	2
Dan Bolduc	0	0	0	2
Garry Swain	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: HOU:  9- 7-14-30
       NE : 16-10-10-36

Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (L, 2-1-0)
         NE : Cap Raeder (W, 5-3-0)

Attendance: 10,507