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	+/-	Shots
Ron Hansis	1	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	10	0	0
Wayne Rutledge	0	0	0	2	0	0
John Tonelli	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

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

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