WHA game summary from October 19, 1976

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New England Whalers (0-3-1)	2	1	1	0	4
Houston Aeros (3-1-1)	1	3	0	0	4

1: HOU, Mark Howe 2 (Gordie Howe), 1:08
   NE , George Lyle 1 (Thommy Abrahamsson, Doug Roberts), 11:14
   NE , Brad Selwood 1, 16:49
2: HOU, Mark Howe 3 (Gordie Howe, Rich Preston), :19
   HOU, Cam Connor 2 (John Tonelli, Mark Howe), 7:57
   HOU, Frank Hughes 1 (Larry Lund, Andre Hinse), 9:24
   NE , Tommy Earl 1 (Gordie Roberts), 17:27
3: NE , Tommy Earl 2, 6:51
4: no scoring

Penalties:

1: Frank Hughes, HOU 2:41
   Gordie Howe, HOU 10:25
   Dave Hynes, NE 12:33
2: Terry Ruskowski, HOU [double major] 2:04
   Gordie Roberts, NE [double major] 2:04
   Ted Taylor, HOU [misconduct] 2:04
   Tommy Earl, NE 4:25
   Cam Connor, HOU 4:25
   John Schella, HOU 16:18
   Brad Selwood, NE 16:18
3: John Tonelli, HOU 3:23
   Don Larway, HOU 9:58
4: none

Penalty time: NE : 16 minutes
              HOU: 32 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Tommy Earl	2	0	2	2
Brad Selwood	1	0	1	2
George Lyle	1	0	1	0
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	10
Doug Roberts	0	1	1	0
Thommy Abrahamsson	0	1	1	0
Dave Hynes	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Mark Howe	2	1	3	0
Gordie Howe	0	2	2	2
Frank Hughes	1	0	1	2
Cam Connor	1	0	1	2
John Tonelli	0	1	1	2
Andre Hinse	0	1	1	0
Larry Lund	0	1	1	0
Rich Preston	0	1	1	0
Ted Taylor	0	0	0	10
Terry Ruskowski	0	0	0	10
Don Larway	0	0	0	2
John Schella	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: NE : 13-12-17- 5-47
       HOU:  8-14- 4- 5-31

Goalies: NE : Christer Abrahamsson (T, 0-2-1)
         HOU: Wayne Rutledge (T, 1-0-1)

Attendance: 5,556