Friday October 8, 1976
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All WHA game summaries from October 8, 1976



Team123F
Houston Aeros (0-1-0) 0 1 1 2
Birmingham Bulls (1-0-0) 1 2 1 4

1: BIR,Tom Simpson 1 (Jean-Luc Phaneuf), 7:14
2: BIR,Jean-Luc Phaneuf 1 (Tom Simpson), 2:41
HOU,Rich Preston 1 (Mark Howe), 14:48
BIR,Mark Napier 1 (Gavin Kirk, Frank Mahovlich), 15:34
3: BIR,Lou Nistico 1 (Jean-Guy Lagace), 3:31
HOU,Gordie Howe 1, 10:50
Penalties:

1: John Schella, HOU 3:52
Glen Irwin, HOU 13:13
Gavin Kirk, BIR 13:17
Jerry Rollins, BIR 16:38
Poul Popiel, HOU 18:58
2: Larry Hale, HOU 7:25
John Schella, HOU 14:02
Rich Preston, HOU 15:44
3: Poul Popiel, HOU 7:36
Dale Hoganson, BIR 10:20
Gordie Howe, HOU 16:37
Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 17:51
Penalty time: HOU: 16 minutes BIR: 8 minutes
HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gordie Howe 1 0 1 2 0 0
Rich Preston 1 0 1 2 0 0
Mark Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 0 0 4 0 0
John Schella 0 0 0 4 0 0
Larry Hale 0 0 0 2 0 0
Glen Irwin 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jean-Luc Phaneuf 1 1 2 0 0 0
Tom Simpson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Lou Nistico 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Napier 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gavin Kirk 0 1 1 2 0 0
Frank Mahovlich 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jean-Guy Lagace 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Turkiewicz 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dale Hoganson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jerry Rollins 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: HOU: 12- 7- 8-27 BIR: 6-14- 7-27 Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (L, 0-1-0) BIR: John Garrett (W, 1-0-0) Attendance: 12,776


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New England Whalers (0-1-0) 0 0 0 0
Edmonton Oilers (1-0-0) 1 0 1 2

1: EDM,Ken Baird 1 (Barry Long), 12:35
2: no scoring
3: EDM,Tim Sheehy 1 (Barry Merrell), 7:12
Penalties:

1: Rick Morris, EDM 0:13
Ron Busniuk, NE 0:13
Rick Morris, EDM 10:15
Dan Bolduc, NE 13:04
2: Ron Busniuk, NE [double minor] 2:10
Barry Long, EDM 4:41
Glen Sather, EDM 18:21
Mike Rogers, NE 18:21
3: Rusty Patenaude, EDM 3:20
Penalty time: NE : 10 minutes EDM: 10 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ron Busniuk 0 0 0 6 0 0
Dan Bolduc 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Rogers 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tim Sheehy 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Baird 1 0 1 0 0 0
Barry Long 0 1 1 2 0 0
Barry Merrell 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Morris 0 0 0 4 0 0
Glen Sather 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 8- 8- 9-25 EDM: 9-11- 4-24 Goalies: NE : Christer Abrahamsson (L, 0-1-0) EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 1-0-0) Attendance: 9,461


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Minnesota Fighting Saints (0-2-0) 0 2 1 3
Indianapolis Racers (1-0-0) 0 2 2 4

1: no scoring
2: MIN,John McKenzie 2 (Mike Antonovich, Ray McKay), 5:55
IND,Mark Lomenda 1 (Gary MacGregor, Al Karlander), 12:18
IND,Frank Rochon 1 (Bryan Campbell, Pat Stapleton), 12:39
MIN,Dave Keon 1 (John McKenzie, Pat Westrum), 18:38
3: IND,Reg Thomas 1 (Darryl Maggs), 1:19
MIN,Mike Antonovich 2 (John McKenzie, Dave Keon), 2:55
IND,Pat Stapleton 1 (Darryl Maggs, Nick Harbaruk), 11:41
Penalties:

1: Bill Butters, MIN 0:47
Gary MacGregor, IND 9:41
Al McDonough, MIN 11:14
Ray McKay, MIN 12:32
2: none
3: none
Penalty time: MIN: 6 minutes IND: 2 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John McKenzie 1 2 3 0 0 0
Dave Keon 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mike Antonovich 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ray McKay 0 1 1 2 0 0
Pat Westrum 0 1 1 0 0 0
Al McDonough 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bill Butters 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Stapleton 1 1 2 0 0 0
Darryl Maggs 0 2 2 0 0 0
Reg Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Lomenda 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Rochon 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gary MacGregor 0 1 1 2 0 0
Al Karlander 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bryan Campbell 0 1 1 0 0 0
Nick Harbaruk 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: MIN: 11-11- 8-30 IND: 12- 7- 6-25 Goalies: MIN: Louis Levasseur (L, 0-1-0) IND: Andy Brown (W, 1-0-0) Attendance: 9,103


Team123F
Cincinnati Stingers (1-1-0) 1 2 3 6
Phoenix Roadrunners (1-0-0) 2 3 3 8

1: CIN,Claude Larose 1, 1:05
PHO,Robbie Ftorek 1 (Del Hall, John Gray), 5:11
PHO,Robbie Ftorek 2, 19:31
2: PHO,Ron Huston 1 (Garry Lariviere), 1:38
CIN,Jacques Locas 2 (Peter Marsh, Ron Plumb), 3:02
PHO,Del Hall 1 (Robbie Ftorek), 7:21
PHO,Lauri Mononen 1 (Seppo Repo, Juhani Tamminen), 8:29
CIN,Rich Leduc 2 (Dave Inkpen, Blaine Stoughton), 12:37
3: PHO,Lauri Mononen 2 (Del Hall), 2:25
PHO,Del Hall 2 (Robbie Ftorek), 6:51
CIN,Claude Larose 2 (Ron Plumb), 10:54
CIN,Blaine Stoughton 2 (Greg Carroll, Dave Inkpen), 17:46
PHO,Del Hall 3 (John Gray), 19:07
CIN,Pierre Guite 2 (Greg Carroll), 19:25
Penalties:

1: Dennis Abgrall, CIN 5:19
Dave Inkpen, CIN 7:36
Rich Leduc, CIN 19:01
Jim Niekamp, PHO [double minor] 19:01
2: Garry Lariviere, PHO 2:40
Dave Inkpen, CIN 15:48
3: Rick Dudley, CIN 1:10
Francois Ouimet, CIN 16:08
Robbie Ftorek, PHO 16:08
Penalty time: CIN: 12 minutes PHO: 8 minutes
CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Claude Larose 2 0 2 0 0 0
Blaine Stoughton 1 1 2 0 0 0
Dave Inkpen 0 2 2 4 0 0
Greg Carroll 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ron Plumb 0 2 2 0 0 0
Rich Leduc 1 0 1 2 0 0
Jacques Locas 1 0 1 0 0 0
Pierre Guite 1 0 1 0 0 0
Peter Marsh 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Dudley 0 0 0 2 0 0
Francois Ouimet 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dennis Abgrall 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

PHO Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Del Hall 3 2 5 0 0 0
Robbie Ftorek 2 2 4 2 0 0
Lauri Mononen 2 0 2 0 0 0
John Gray 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ron Huston 1 0 1 0 0 0
Garry Lariviere 0 1 1 2 0 0
Seppo Repo 0 1 1 0 0 0
Juhani Tamminen 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Niekamp 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CIN: 9-12-15-36 PHO: 15-11- 9-35 Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe,
Paul Hoganson PHO: Gary Kurt (W, 1-0-0) Attendance: 10,484


Team123F
Calgary Cowboys (0-1-0) 0 1 0 1
Winnipeg Jets (1-0-0) 0 3 1 4

1: no scoring
2: WIN,Willy Lindstrom 1 (Lyle Moffat, Dave Dunn), 2:21
CAL,Lynn Powis 1 (Paul Hurley), 2:43
WIN,Willy Lindstrom 2 (Veli-Pekka Ketola), 6:41
WIN,Anders Hedberg 1 (Mike Ford), 9:17
3: WIN,Kent Ruhnke 1 (Mats Lindh), 10:09
Penalties:

1: Dave Dunn, WIN 3:38
George Morrison, CAL 6:41
Lynn Powis, CAL 10:23
Ric Jordan, CAL 15:13
2: Lars-Erik Sjoberg, WIN 3:55
George Pesut, CAL 5:07
Lynn Powis, CAL 5:07
Lynn Powis, CAL 7:48
Ulf Nilsson, WIN 11:56
3: Willy Lindstrom, WIN 3:57
Ron Chipperfield, CAL 5:27
John Miszuk, CAL 7:30
Bill Lesuk, WIN 16:46
Chris Evans, CAL 17:30
Joe Daley, WIN 17:30
Penalty time: CAL: 18 minutes WIN: 12 minutes
CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lynn Powis 1 0 1 6 0 0
Paul Hurley 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Miszuk 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ric Jordan 0 0 0 2 0 0
Chris Evans 0 0 0 2 0 0
George Pesut 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 0 0 0 2 0 0
George Morrison 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Willy Lindstrom 2 0 2 2 0 0
Kent Ruhnke 1 0 1 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Dunn 0 1 1 2 0 0
Lyle Moffat 0 1 1 0 0 0
Veli-Pekka Ketola 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mats Lindh 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Ford 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Daley 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bill Lesuk 0 0 0 2 0 0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CAL: 13-15-11-39 WIN: 12- 9- 8-29 Goalies: CAL: Don McLeod (L, 0-1-0),
Gary Bromley WIN: Joe Daley (W, 1-0-0) Attendance: 7,502



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