WHA game summary from December 23, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (14-17-4)	0	2	3	5
San Diego Mariners (21-13-2)	1	2	0	3

1: SD , Norm Ferguson 23 (Andre Lacroix, John French), 7:16
2: NE , George Lyle 21 (Tom Webster, Mike Rogers), :14
   NE , Danny Arndt 5 (Larry Pleau, Terry Caffery), 6:21
   SD , Tony Cassolato 7 (Paul Shmyr, Andre Lacroix), 10:42
   SD , Brad Rhiness 2 (Norm Ferguson, John French), 12:53
3: NE , Ralph Backstrom 10 (Ron Busniuk), 4:48
   NE , Larry Pleau 4 (Danny Arndt), 7:07
   NE , Tom Webster 20 (Larry Pleau, Mike Rogers), 19:23

Penalties:

1: Cap Raeder, NE 1:28
   Andre Lacroix, SD 1:28
   Kevin Devine, SD 2:13
   Paul Shmyr, SD 3:56
   Ron Busniuk, NE 6:19
   Ron Busniuk, NE 16:47
2: Andre Lacroix, SD 0:56
   Gordie Roberts, NE 3:15
   Ralph Backstrom, NE 10:09
   Ron Busniuk, NE 13:31
3: Alan Hangsleben, NE 11:15
   Alan Hangsleben, NE 14:36
   Tim O'Connell, SD 14:36

Penalty time: NE : 16 minutes
              SD : 10 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Larry Pleau	1	2	3	0
Tom Webster	1	1	2	0
Danny Arndt	1	1	2	0
Mike Rogers	0	2	2	0
Ralph Backstrom	1	0	1	2
George Lyle	1	0	1	0
Ron Busniuk	0	1	1	6
Terry Caffery	0	1	1	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	4
Cap Raeder	0	0	0	2
Gordie Roberts	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

SD Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Norm Ferguson	1	1	2	0
Andre Lacroix	0	2	2	4
John French	0	2	2	0
Tony Cassolato	1	0	1	0
Brad Rhiness	1	0	1	0
Paul Shmyr	0	1	1	2
Kevin Devine	0	0	0	2
Tim O'Connell	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: NE :  8- 9-12-29
       SD :  7-13- 9-29

Goalies: NE : Cap Raeder (W, 3-1-0)
         SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 11-6-0)

Attendance: 5,346