WHA game summary from December 21, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (13-17-4)	0	0	0	0
Houston Aeros (16-13-4)	1	0	3	4

1: HOU, Larry Lund 11 (Rich Preston, Gordie Howe), 15:47
2: no scoring
3: HOU, Cam Connor 15 (Al McLeod, Ted Taylor), 4:54
   HOU, John Tonelli 6 (Don Larway, Poul Popiel), 15:27
   HOU, Cam Connor 16 (Terry Ruskowski, Ted Taylor), 17:28

Penalties:

1: Ralph Backstrom, NE 4:32
   Don Larway, HOU 18:33
   John Gray, HOU 18:33
2: Cam Connor, HOU 6:56
   Tom Webster, NE 7:29
   Brett Callighen, NE [major] 11:44
   Glen Irwin, HOU [major] 11:44
3: Gordie Howe, HOU 10:57
   Mark Howe, HOU [major] 12:08
   George Lyle, NE [major] 12:08

Penalty time: NE : 14 minutes
              HOU: 18 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Brett Callighen	0	0	0	5
George Lyle	0	0	0	5
Tom Webster	0	0	0	2
Ralph Backstrom	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Cam Connor	2	0	2	2
Ted Taylor	0	2	2	0
John Tonelli	1	0	1	0
Larry Lund	1	0	1	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	2
Don Larway	0	1	1	2
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	0
Al McLeod	0	1	1	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0
Rich Preston	0	1	1	0
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	5
Mark Howe	0	0	0	5
John Gray	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: NE :  4- 8- 6-18
       HOU:  9-11-12-32

Goalies: NE : Christer Abrahamsson (L, 10-7-3)
         HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 8-8-1)

Attendance: 7,274