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:

1: Larry Lund, HOU 10:24
   Andre Hinse, PHO 16:25
2: Al McLeod, HOU 7:33
   Ted Taylor, HOU 10:52
   Jim Niekamp, PHO 17:01
3: Cam Connor, HOU 16:12

Penalty time: HOU: 8 minutes
              PHO: 4 minutes

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

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


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