WHA game summary from October 9, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Phoenix Roadrunners (1-1-0)	2	1	0	3
Houston Aeros (1-1-0)	4	1	0	5

1: HOU, Rich Preston 2 (Marty Howe, Gordie Howe), 3:28
   PHO, John Gray 1 (Del Hall, Al McLeod), 6:28
   HOU, Terry Ruskowski 1 (John Tonelli), 7:12
   HOU, Larry Lund 1 (Gordie Howe, Mark Howe), 9:02
   PHO, Robbie Ftorek 3 (Pekka Rautakallio, Del Hall), 10:58
   HOU, Rich Preston 3 (Larry Hale, Mark Howe), 18:44
2: PHO, Serge Beaudoin 1 (Lauri Mononen, Seppo Repo), 9:13
   HOU, John Tonelli 1 (Gordie Howe, Terry Ruskowski), 18:13
3: no scoring

Penalties:

1: Bench penalty, PHO 7:30
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 7:36
   Jim Niekamp, PHO 7:36
   Glen Irwin, HOU 9:28
   Glen Irwin, HOU 13:14
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 17:50
   Robbie Ftorek, PHO 17:50
   Glen Irwin, HOU [major] 18:44
   Serge Beaudoin, PHO [major] 18:44
   John Gray, PHO [misconduct] 18:44
   Mark Howe, HOU [misconduct] 18:44
2: Larry Hale, HOU 2:53
   Garry Lariviere, PHO 10:53
   Garry Lariviere, PHO 17:01
   Cam Connor, HOU 19:07
3: Poul Popiel, HOU 8:49

Penalty time: PHO: 25 minutes
              HOU: 29 minutes

PHO Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Del Hall	0	2	2	0
John Gray	1	0	1	10
Serge Beaudoin	1	0	1	5
Robbie Ftorek	1	0	1	2
Lauri Mononen	0	1	1	0
Seppo Repo	0	1	1	0
Al McLeod	0	1	1	0
Pekka Rautakallio	0	1	1	0
Garry Lariviere	0	0	0	4
Jim Niekamp	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Gordie Howe	0	3	3	0
Rich Preston	2	0	2	0
Terry Ruskowski	1	1	2	4
John Tonelli	1	1	2	0
Mark Howe	0	2	2	10
Larry Lund	1	0	1	0
Larry Hale	0	1	1	2
Marty Howe	0	1	1	0
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	9
Cam Connor	0	0	0	2
Poul Popiel	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: PHO: 12- 6- 9-27
       HOU: 13-10-10-33

Goalies: PHO: Gary Kurt (L, 1-1-0)
         HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 1-0-0)

Attendance: 7,656