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	+/-	Shots
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rich Preston	1	0	1	0	0	0
Don Larway	0	1	1	2	0	0
John Schella	0	1	1	2	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0	0	0
Cam Connor	0	0	0	14	0	0
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	7	0	0
Marty Howe	0	0	0	2	0	0
John Tonelli	0	0	0	2	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

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

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