Saturday November 20, 1976
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All WHA game summaries from November 20, 1976



Team123F
Winnipeg Jets (13-7-0) 2 0 2 4
Indianapolis Racers (8-9-2) 3 3 2 8
1: IND, Hugh Harris 8 (Bob Sicinski, Darryl Maggs), 10:44
   WIN, Bill Lesuk 7 (Mats Lindh, Lyle Moffat), 11:48
   IND, Rene Leclerc 5 (Bryon Baltimore, Reg Thomas), 12:54
   IND, Bob Sicinski 2 (Kim Clackson, Rosaire Paiement), 14:23
   WIN, Kent Ruhnke 4, 18:54
2: IND, Rene Leclerc 6 (Al Karlander, Reg Thomas), 1:11
   IND, Gene Peacosh 8 (Bob Sicinski), 3:49
   IND, Reg Thomas 5 (Rene Leclerc, Al Karlander), 10:56
3: WIN, Anders Hedberg 18 (Veli-Pekka Ketola, Ulf Nilsson), 1:32
   IND, Reg Thomas 6 (Rene Leclerc, Al Karlander), 17:01
   WIN, Veli-Pekka Ketola 12 (Kent Ruhnke, Heikki Riihiranta), 19:23
   IND, Reg Thomas 7 (Bob Sicinski, Rene Leclerc), 19:43

Penalties:

1: Kim Clackson, IND 4:08
   Perry Miller, WIN 7:15
2: none
3: Bryon Baltimore, IND [major] 0:38
   Blair MacDonald, IND 14:09

Penalty time: WIN: 2 minutes
              IND: 9 minutes

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Kent Ruhnke 1 1 2 0 0 0
Veli-Pekka Ketola 1 1 2 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Lesuk 1 0 1 0 0 0
Lyle Moffat 0 1 1 0 0 0
Heikki Riihiranta 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ulf Nilsson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mats Lindh 0 1 1 0 0 0
Perry Miller 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00

IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Reg Thomas 3 2 5 0 0 0
Rene Leclerc 2 3 5 0 0 0
Bob Sicinski 1 3 4 0 0 0
Al Karlander 0 3 3 0 0 0
Hugh Harris 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gene Peacosh 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bryon Baltimore 0 1 1 5 0 0
Kim Clackson 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 0 1 1 0 0 0
Darryl Maggs 0 1 1 0 0 0
Blair MacDonald 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00

Shots: WIN:  8-11-15-34
       IND: 15-10- 8-33

Goalies: WIN: Curt Larsson (L, 2-2-0)
         IND: Michel Dion (W, 6-1-0)

Attendance: 11,718



Team1234F
Minnesota Fighting Saints (4-11-4) 1 0 2 0 3
New England Whalers (7-8-3) 1 0 2 0 3
1: MIN, Mike Antonovich 8 (Dave Keon, Ron Ward), 4:32
   NE , Doug Roberts 1 (Rick Ley, Ralph Backstrom), 18:38
2: no scoring
3: NE , Gordie Roberts 3 (Ralph Backstrom, Alan Hangsleben), 1:33
   NE , Mike Rogers 6 (George Lyle, Tom Webster), 2:29
   MIN, Mike Antonovich 9 (Dave Keon, John McKenzie), 3:11
   MIN, Jerry Zrymiak 1 (Craig Patrick, John Stewart), 9:58
4: no scoring

Penalties:

1: Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 3:04
   Ray McKay, MIN 12:56
2: Jerry Zrymiak, MIN 1:59
   Gordie Roberts, NE 18:05
3: Brad Selwood, NE 3:04
   Ray McKay, MIN 7:21
4: none

Penalty time: MIN: 6 minutes
              NE : 6 minutes

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Antonovich 2 0 2 0 0 0
Dave Keon 0 2 2 0 0 0
Jerry Zrymiak 1 0 1 2 0 0
John McKenzie 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Ward 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Stewart 0 1 1 0 0 0
Craig Patrick 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ray McKay 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL00

NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ralph Backstrom 0 2 2 0 0 0
Gordie Roberts 1 0 1 2 0 0
Doug Roberts 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 1 0 1 0 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Ley 0 1 1 0 0 0
George Lyle 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Webster 0 1 1 0 0 0
Thommy Abrahamsson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brad Selwood 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00

Shots: MIN:  8- 8-11- 4-31
       NE : 12-13-11- 7-43

Goalies: MIN: Mike Curran (T, 0-4-3)
         NE : Bruce Landon (T, 1-2-1)

Attendance: 9,912



Team123F
Houston Aeros (11-7-2) 0 2 3 5
Phoenix Roadrunners (10-9-1) 2 0 0 2
1: PHO, John Gray 9 (Del Hall, Robbie Ftorek), 2:16
   PHO, John Gray 10 (Robbie Ftorek, Pekka Rautakallio), 6:11
2: HOU, Larry Lund 8 (Frank Hughes, Cam Connor), 11:33
   HOU, Mark Howe 10 (Poul Popiel, Terry Ruskowski), 14:26
3: HOU, Larry Lund 9 (Poul Popiel, John Schella), 9:14
   HOU, Morris Lukowich 4 (John Tonelli, Larry Hale), 10:35
   HOU, John Tonelli 4 (Morris Lukowich, Ted Taylor), 17:20

Penalties:

1: Poul Popiel, HOU 9:17
   John Gray, PHO 11:19
2: Glen Irwin, HOU 7:52
   Rich Preston, HOU 13:43
   Robbie Ftorek, PHO 13:43
3: Larry Lund, HOU 6:23
   Pekka Rautakallio, PHO 7:07

Penalty time: HOU: 8 minutes
              PHO: 6 minutes

HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Larry Lund 2 0 2 2 0 0
John Tonelli 1 1 2 0 0 0
Morris Lukowich 1 1 2 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 2 2 2 0 0
Mark Howe 1 0 1 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Hale 0 1 1 0 0 0
Cam Connor 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Schella 0 1 1 0 0 0
Frank Hughes 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted Taylor 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rich Preston 0 0 0 2 0 0
Glen Irwin 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00

PHO Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John Gray 2 0 2 2 0 0
Robbie Ftorek 0 2 2 2 0 0
Pekka Rautakallio 0 1 1 2 0 0
Del Hall 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00

Shots: HOU:  9-13- 9-31
       PHO:  7- 7-10-24

Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 6-2-2)
         PHO: Clay Hebenton (L, 5-4-1)

Attendance: 9,557




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