WHA game summary from December 8, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (12-9-4)	1	0	0	1
New England Whalers (10-14-4)	1	4	0	5

1: HOU, Ron Hansis 1 (Terry Ruskowski, Ted Taylor), 8:39
   NE , George Lyle 15 (Tom Webster), 19:04
2: NE , Gordie Roberts 6, 4:39
   NE , George Lyle 16 (Tom Webster, Mike Rogers), 9:52
   NE , George Lyle 17 (Tom Webster, Mike Rogers), 14:21
   NE , Dan Bolduc 3 (George Lyle, Tom Webster), 15:18
3: no scoring

Penalties:

1: none
2: John Tonelli, HOU 7:52
   Glen Irwin, HOU [game misconduct] 16:13
   Danny Arndt, NE [game misconduct] 16:13
3: Rick Ley, NE 8:29
   Ron Busniuk, NE 9:17
   Wayne Rutledge, HOU 13:18

Penalty time: HOU: 14 minutes
              NE : 14 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Ron Hansis	1	0	1	0
Ted Taylor	0	1	1	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	10
Wayne Rutledge	0	0	0	2
John Tonelli	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
George Lyle	3	1	4	0
Tom Webster	0	4	4	0
Mike Rogers	0	2	2	0
Dan Bolduc	1	0	1	0
Gordie Roberts	1	0	1	0
Danny Arndt	0	0	0	10
Ron Busniuk	0	0	0	2
Rick Ley	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: HOU: 12- 9-16-37
       NE : 12-17-10-39

Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (L, 7-3-3)
         NE : Cap Raeder (W, 1-0-0)

Attendance: 7,518