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	+/-	Shots
Rick Ley	1	0	1	4	0	0
Tom Webster	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rosaire Paiement	0	1	1	7	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	1	1	2	0	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	0	0	10	0	0
Brad Selwood	0	0	0	4	0	0
Thommy Abrahamsson	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

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

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