All WHA game summaries from October 16, 1976
| 1: | no scoring |
| 2: | no scoring |
| 3: |
HOU, | Mark Howe 1 (Gordie Howe), 5:35 |
| HOU, | Rich Preston 4 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 6:11 |
| HOU, | Poul Popiel 1 (Ted Taylor, John Schella), 18:29 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Paul Henderson, BIR 0:45 |
| Don Larway, HOU 5:55 |
| Jeff Jacques, BIR [double minor] 13:00 |
| Gordie Howe, HOU [double minor] 13:00 |
| 2: |
Jerry Rollins, BIR 12:28 |
| John Schella, HOU 18:32 |
| 3: |
Bench penalty, BIR 17:43 |
| Mark Howe, HOU 17:43 |
Penalty time: BIR: 10 minutes
HOU: 10 minutes
Shots: BIR: 5-11- 8-24
HOU: 19-14- 6-39
Goalies: BIR: John Garrett (L, 1-2-1)
HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 2-1-0)
Attendance: 8,807
| 1: |
QUE, | Charles Constantin 1 (Paulin Bordeleau), 3:36 |
| QUE, | Marc Tardif 1 (Real Cloutier), 4:14 |
| QUE, | Andre Boudrias 1 (Richard Grenier, Serge Aubry), 5:02 |
| QUE, | Serge Bernier 4 (Paulin Bordeleau, Paul Baxter), 13:36 |
| 2: |
QUE, | Serge Bernier 5 (J.C. Tremblay, Christian Bordeleau), :26 |
| NE , | Danny Arndt 1 (Gordie Roberts, Ralph Backstrom), 3:19 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 1 (Thommy Abrahamsson), 4:27 |
| QUE, | Richard Grenier 3 (Francois Lacombe, Curt Brackenbury), 6:36 |
| QUE, | Paulin Bordeleau 3 (Serge Bernier), 13:49 |
| QUE, | Real Cloutier 5 (Marc Tardif, Christian Bordeleau), 17:12 |
| 3: | no scoring |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Francois Lacombe, QUE 0:20 |
| Ron Busniuk, NE 4:05 |
| Marc Tardif, QUE 11:31 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 18:48 |
| 2: |
Christian Bordeleau, QUE 7:16 |
| Francois Lacombe, QUE 12:52 |
| Wally Weir, QUE 19:36 |
| 3: |
Gordie Roberts, NE 2:59 |
Penalty time: QUE: 10 minutes
NE : 6 minutes
Shots: QUE: 14- 7- 6-27
NE : 6-20- 8-34
Goalies: QUE: Serge Aubry (W, 1-0-0)
NE : Bruce Landon,
Christer Abrahamsson
Attendance: 9,803
| 1: |
WIN, | Willy Lindstrom 4 (Mike Ford, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 2:39 |
| PHO, | Ron Huston 2 (Al McLeod), 3:37 |
| WIN, | Anders Hedberg 3 (Mike Ford, Heikki Riihiranta), 4:27 |
| WIN, | Veli-Pekka Ketola 2 (Peter Sullivan), 15:32 |
| 2: |
PHO, | Serge Beaudoin 2 (Bob Liddington, Jim Niekamp), 3:35 |
| PHO, | Seppo Repo 2 (Lauri Mononen, Juhani Tamminen), 7:29 |
| 3: |
PHO, | Seppo Repo 3 (Juhani Tamminen, Garry Lariviere), 8:24 |
| PHO, | Del Hall 5 (Michel Cormier, Robbie Ftorek), 9:54 |
| PHO, | Robbie Ftorek 5 (John Gray, Garry Lariviere), 11:18 |
| WIN, | Bobby Guindon 1 (Kent Ruhnke), 19:43 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Bob Liddington, PHO 2:25 |
| Bench penalty, PHO 2:25 |
| Del Hall, PHO 4:02 |
| Bill Lesuk, WIN 4:02 |
| Heikki Riihiranta, WIN 11:17 |
| Ulf Nilsson, WIN 16:16 |
| 2: |
Dave Dunn, WIN 4:16 |
| Dave Dunn, WIN 9:01 |
| John Gray, PHO [double minor] 10:58 |
| Dave Dunn, WIN 15:59 |
| Serge Beaudoin, PHO [triple minor] 15:59 |
| 3: |
Al McLeod, PHO 0:32 |
| Bill Lesuk, WIN 0:32 |
| Garry Lariviere, PHO [major] 15:50 |
| Dave Dunn, WIN [major] 15:50 |
| Lauri Mononen, PHO 19:45 |
| Seppo Repo, PHO 19:45 |
Penalty time: WIN: 19 minutes
PHO: 27 minutes
Shots: WIN: 9- 7- 6-22
PHO: 8-11-13-32
Goalies: WIN: Curt Larsson,
Joe Daley (L, 3-1-0)
PHO: Gary Kurt (W, 3-1-0)
Attendance: 11,127
| 1: | no scoring |
| 2: |
SD , | John French 3 (Norm Ferguson, Joe Noris), 5:14 |
| CAL, | Lynn Powis 2 (Bernie Lukowich, Don Tannahill), 6:56 |
| SD , | Wayne Rivers 2 (Andre Lacroix, Paul Shmyr), 8:03 |
| SD , | Gary Veneruzzo 5 (Joe Noris, Andre Lacroix), 15:36 |
| 3: |
CAL, | Danny Lawson 1 (Warren Miller, Paul Terbenche), 2:27 |
| SD , | Andre Lacroix 3, 19:28 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Paul Hurley, CAL 8:18 |
| Warren Miller, CAL [minor, major] 11:40 |
| Kevin Devine, SD [minor, major] 11:40 |
| 2: |
Chris Evans, CAL 13:49 |
| Gerry Pinder, SD 19:31 |
| 3: |
Brent Hughes, SD 7:50 |
| Wayne Rivers, SD 14:02 |
Penalty time: CAL: 11 minutes
SD : 13 minutes
Shots: CAL: 10- 4- 9-23
SD : 7-12- 7-26
Goalies: CAL: Don McLeod (L, 0-3-0)
SD : Ken Lockett (W, 1-1-0)
Attendance: 5,306
Birmingham Bulls (2-2-1)
Houston Aeros (3-1-0)
Quebec Nordiques (4-0-0)
New England Whalers (0-3-0)
Winnipeg Jets (3-1-0)
Phoenix Roadrunners (3-1-0)
Calgary Cowboys (0-5-0)
San Diego Mariners (2-1-1)