WHA game summary from October 21, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (3-2-1)	3	0	2	5
Birmingham Bulls (3-4-1)	3	2	3	8

1:	HOU,	Mark Howe 4 (Rich Preston), :32
	BIR,	Pete Marrin 1 (Jean-Guy Lagace, Jeff Jacques), 3:31
	BIR,	Pete Marrin 2 (Jeff Jacques), 7:32
	BIR,	Lou Nistico 3 (Dale Hoganson), 9:26
	HOU,	John Tonelli 2 (Terry Ruskowski, Rich Preston), 10:26
	HOU,	Don Larway 1 (John Tonelli, Gordie Howe), 14:32
2:	BIR,	Gavin Kirk 3 (Mark Napier, Vaclav Nedomansky), 6:44
	BIR,	Mark Napier 8 (Frank Mahovlich, Gavin Kirk), 8:24
3:	HOU,	Marty Howe 2 (Terry Ruskowski, John Tonelli), 2:55
	HOU,	Morris Lukowich 1 (Larry Lund, Frank Hughes), 4:18
	BIR,	Richard Farda 3, 6:58
	BIR,	Gavin Kirk 4 (Mark Napier), 8:31
	BIR,	Vaclav Nedomansky 5 (Richard Farda, Paul Henderson), 15:50

Penalties:

1:	Jean-Guy Lagace, BIR 9:20
2:	Poul Popiel, HOU 5:54
	Gordie Howe, HOU 7:36
	Cam Connor, HOU 11:44
	Glen Irwin, HOU [minor, major, misconduct] 11:44
	Lou Nistico, BIR [minor, major, misconduct] 11:44
	Gavin Kirk, BIR 19:03
3:	Poul Popiel, HOU 8:20
	Poul Popiel, HOU 18:21
	Jean-Guy Lagace, BIR 19:48

Penalty time: HOU: 27 minutes BIR: 23 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
John Tonelli	1	2	3	0	0	0
Rich Preston	0	2	2	0	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	2	2	0	0	0
Morris Lukowich	1	0	1	0	0	0
Don Larway	1	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Howe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Howe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	2	0	0
Frank Hughes	0	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Lund	0	1	1	0	0	0
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	17	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	0	0	6	0	0
Cam Connor	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

BIR Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gavin Kirk	2	1	3	2	0	0
Mark Napier	1	2	3	0	0	0
Pete Marrin	2	0	2	0	0	0
Vaclav Nedomansky	1	1	2	0	0	0
Richard Farda	1	1	2	0	0	0
Jeff Jacques	0	2	2	0	0	0
Lou Nistico	1	0	1	17	0	0
Jean-Guy Lagace	0	1	1	4	0	0
Paul Henderson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dale Hoganson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Mahovlich	0	1	1	0	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 12-10-11-33 BIR: 12- 9-10-31 Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (L, 2-2-0) BIR: Wayne Wood,
John Garrett Attendance: 7,277