WHA game summary from January 4, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (19-15-4)	1	1	3	5
Edmonton Oilers (16-22-1)	2	0	1	3

1: HOU, Don Larway 10 (Terry Ruskowski), 2:03
   EDM, Bill Flett 3 (Gavin Kirk), 11:40
   EDM, Wayne Connelly 6 (Doug Barrie, Bryan Campbell), 15:52
2: HOU, Ted Taylor 5 (Larry Hale), 3:04
3: HOU, Cam Connor 17 (Larry Lund), 9:23
   EDM, Bryan Campbell 6, 13:52
   HOU, John Tonelli 10 (Cam Connor, Ted Taylor), 18:48
   HOU, Rich Preston 15 (Larry Lund), 19:40

Penalties:

1: Gordie Howe, HOU 14:58
   Gavin Kirk, EDM 15:27
   Glen Irwin, HOU 15:27
2: Gordie Howe, HOU 0:12
   Gavin Kirk, EDM 8:38
   Marty Howe, HOU 9:30
   Poul Popiel, HOU 9:30
   Glen Sather, EDM 11:54
   Doug Barrie, EDM 17:16
   John Gray, HOU 17:16
   Poul Popiel, HOU 19:41
3: Poul Popiel, HOU 9:11
   Bob Russell, EDM 11:59
   Frank Beaton, EDM 17:08

Penalty time: HOU: 16 minutes
              EDM: 12 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Cam Connor	1	1	2	0
Ted Taylor	1	1	2	0
Larry Lund	0	2	2	0
John Tonelli	1	0	1	0
Don Larway	1	0	1	0
Rich Preston	1	0	1	0
Larry Hale	0	1	1	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0
Poul Popiel	0	0	0	6
Gordie Howe	0	0	0	4
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	2
John Gray	0	0	0	2
Marty Howe	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

EDM Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Bryan Campbell	1	1	2	0
Bill Flett	1	0	1	0
Wayne Connelly	1	0	1	0
Gavin Kirk	0	1	1	4
Doug Barrie	0	1	1	2
Bob Russell	0	0	0	2
Frank Beaton	0	0	0	2
Glen Sather	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: HOU:  5- 5-12-22
       EDM: 13-11- 4-28

Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 11-9-1)
         EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 8-11-0)

Attendance: 9,012