WHA game summary from October 22, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (3-3-1)	1	0	1	2
New England Whalers (1-3-1)	3	1	1	5

1: NE , Tommy Earl 3 (Ralph Backstrom, Thommy Abrahamsson), :55
   HOU, Rich Preston 5 (John Schella), 5:13
   NE , Tom Webster 1 (George Lyle, Thommy Abrahamsson), 9:20
   NE , Ralph Backstrom 1, 12:14
2: NE , Danny Arndt 2 (Tommy Earl, Ron Busniuk), 1:02
3: NE , Rosaire Paiement 2 (Dave Hynes, Doug Roberts), 4:09
   HOU, Gordie Howe 2 (Terry Ruskowski, Don Larway), 5:39

Penalties:

1: Cam Connor, HOU 8:01
   George Lyle, NE 14:31
   Glen Irwin, HOU [minor, major] 17:34
   Dan Bolduc, NE [minor, major] 17:34
   Don Larway, HOU 18:46
2: Cam Connor, HOU [double major] 5:41
   Alan Hangsleben, NE [major, misconduct] 5:41
   Tom Webster, NE 6:42
   John Tonelli, HOU 6:42
   John Schella, HOU 7:05
   Poul Popiel, HOU 15:18
   Tommy Earl, NE 19:14
3: Gordie Roberts, NE 1:39
   Cam Connor, HOU 2:29
   Doug Roberts, NE 4:36
   Marty Howe, HOU 16:26

Penalty time: HOU: 31 minutes
              NE : 32 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	0
Rich Preston	1	0	1	0
Don Larway	0	1	1	2
John Schella	0	1	1	2
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0
Cam Connor	0	0	0	14
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	7
John Tonelli	0	0	0	2
Poul Popiel	0	0	0	2
Marty Howe	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Tommy Earl	1	1	2	2
Ralph Backstrom	1	1	2	0
Thommy Abrahamsson	0	2	2	0
Tom Webster	1	0	1	2
Danny Arndt	1	0	1	0
Rosaire Paiement	1	0	1	0
George Lyle	0	1	1	2
Doug Roberts	0	1	1	2
Dave Hynes	0	1	1	0
Ron Busniuk	0	1	1	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	15
Dan Bolduc	0	0	0	7
Gordie Roberts	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: HOU:  6- 9-14-29
       NE : 13-13- 2-28

Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (L, 1-1-1)
         NE : Christer Abrahamsson (W, 1-2-1)

Attendance: 7,964