WHA game summary from May 13, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (42-46-7)	1	0	1	2
Houston Aeros (60-31-0)	0	2	2	4
Houston Aeros lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7)

1: NE , Tom Webster 8 (Ralph Backstrom), 19:32
2: HOU, John Tonelli 7 (Don Larway), 7:08
   HOU, Frank Hughes 4 (Poul Popiel), 17:01
3: HOU, Terry Ruskowski 5 (John Tonelli, Don Larway), :53
   HOU, Andre Hinse 2 (Rich Preston, Gord Labossiere), 13:39
   NE , Rick Ley 1 (Rosaire Paiement, Mike Rogers), 16:08

Penalties:

1: Jan Popiel, HOU 4:30
   Rick Ley, NE 4:30
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU [major] 10:50
   Rosaire Paiement, NE [major] 10:50
   Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 16:04
   Ted Taylor, HOU 16:58
2: Brad Selwood, NE 0:35
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 0:35
   Rick Ley, NE 1:08
   Gordie Howe, HOU 1:47
   Rosaire Paiement, NE 3:02
   Brad Selwood, NE 15:05
3: Ralph Backstrom, NE 12:28
   Gordie Roberts, NE [misconduct] 12:28
   Glen Irwin, HOU 15:07

Penalty time: NE : 29 minutes
              HOU: 15 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Rick Ley	1	0	1	4
Tom Webster	1	0	1	0
Rosaire Paiement	0	1	1	7
Ralph Backstrom	0	1	1	2
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	0
Gordie Roberts	0	0	0	10
Brad Selwood	0	0	0	4
Thommy Abrahamsson	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
John Tonelli	1	1	2	0
Don Larway	0	2	2	0
Terry Ruskowski	1	0	1	7
Frank Hughes	1	0	1	0
Andre Hinse	1	0	1	0
Rich Preston	0	1	1	0
Gord Labossiere	0	1	1	0
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	0
Ted Taylor	0	0	0	2
Gordie Howe	0	0	0	2
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	2
Jan Popiel	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: NE : 10- 7-10-27
       HOU: 15-16-14-45

Goalies: NE : Cap Raeder (L, 5-5-0)
         HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 5-3-0)

Attendance: 14,975