WHA game summary from December 19, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (15-13-4)	1	3	2	6
Phoenix Roadrunners (13-19-2)	1	0	3	4

1:	PHO,	Lauri Mononen 9 (Jerry Rollins), 4:47
	HOU,	Cam Connor 14 (John Tonelli, Ted Taylor), 8:11
2:	HOU,	Gordie Howe 8 (Poul Popiel, Rich Preston), 8:33
	HOU,	Ted Taylor 4 (Terry Ruskowski, Rich Preston), 13:10
	HOU,	Rich Preston 11 (Poul Popiel, Marty Howe), 17:41
3:	HOU,	Larry Lund 10 (Rich Preston, Gordie Howe), 3:57
	PHO,	Seppo Repo 11 (Michel Cormier, Serge Beaudoin), 4:41
	PHO,	Michel Cormier 9 (Jerry Rollins, Seppo Repo), 7:48
	PHO,	Ron Huston 9 (Lauri Mononen, Robbie Ftorek), 17:21
	HOU,	Gordie Howe 9, 19:42

Penalties:

Penalty time: HOU: 8 minutes PHO: 4 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Rich Preston	1	3	4	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	2	1	3	0	0	0
Ted Taylor	1	1	2	2	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	2	2	0	0	0
Larry Lund	1	0	1	2	0	0
Cam Connor	1	0	1	2	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0	0	0
Marty Howe	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Tonelli	0	1	1	0	0	0
Al McLeod	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

PHO Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Seppo Repo	1	1	2	0	0	0
Lauri Mononen	1	1	2	0	0	0
Michel Cormier	1	1	2	0	0	0
Jerry Rollins	0	2	2	0	0	0
Ron Huston	1	0	1	0	0	0
Robbie Ftorek	0	1	1	0	0	0
Serge Beaudoin	0	1	1	0	0	0
Andre Hinse	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jim Niekamp	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 13-12- 8-33 PHO: 9-10- 9-28 Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 8-5-3) PHO: Clay Hebenton (L, 7-13-2) Attendance: 5,519