WHA game summary from May 15, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (60-32-0)	0	0	1	1
New England Whalers (43-46-7)	1	3	2	6
Series tied, 3-3 (best of 7)

1: NE , Mike Rogers 5 (Larry Pleau, Ron Busniuk), 18:52
2: NE , Nick Fotiu 3 (Tom Webster, Rosaire Paiement), :31
   NE , Ralph Backstrom 5 (Larry Pleau, Dan Bolduc), 3:07
   NE , Tom Webster 9 (Larry Pleau, Nick Fotiu), 5:28
3: NE , Tom Webster 10 (Gordie Roberts, Rosaire Paiement), 5:53
   HOU, Don Larway 5 (John Tonelli), 13:29
   NE , Garry Swain 3 (Tommy Earl), 19:11

Penalties:

1: John Schella, HOU 3:47
   Ron Busniuk, NE 12:00
   Gordie Roberts, NE 14:03
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 17:45
   Nick Fotiu, NE 17:45
2: Gordie Howe, HOU 2:28
   Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 5:59
   Don Larway, HOU [major] 6:15
   Rick Ley, NE [major] 6:15
   Rosaire Paiement, NE 14:56
   Rick Ley, NE 16:46
3: Ted Taylor, HOU 5:02
   Glen Irwin, HOU [major] 5:02
   Jim Troy, NE [major, misconduct] 5:02
   Ralph Backstrom, NE 7:33
   Bill Butters, HOU 11:12
   Nick Fotiu, NE 11:12
   Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 12:49
   Alan Hangsleben, NE 15:00
   Nick Fotiu, NE 18:19
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU [major] 19:39
   Garry Swain, NE [major] 19:39

Penalty time: HOU: 25 minutes
              NE : 47 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Don Larway	1	0	1	5
John Tonelli	0	1	1	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	0	0	7
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	5
Ted Taylor	0	0	0	2
Bill Butters	0	0	0	2
John Schella	0	0	0	2
Gordie Howe	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Tom Webster	2	1	3	0
Larry Pleau	0	3	3	0
Nick Fotiu	1	1	2	6
Rosaire Paiement	0	2	2	2
Garry Swain	1	0	1	5
Ralph Backstrom	1	0	1	2
Mike Rogers	1	0	1	0
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	2
Ron Busniuk	0	1	1	2
Dan Bolduc	0	1	1	0
Tommy Earl	0	1	1	0
Jim Troy	0	0	0	15
Rick Ley	0	0	0	7
Thommy Abrahamsson	0	0	0	4
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: HOU:  9-13-18-40
       NE : 11-10- 7-28

Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame, Wayne Rutledge
         NE : Cap Raeder (W, 6-5-0)

Attendance: 10,507