WHA game summary from February 26, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (36-19-6)	0	2	3	5
San Diego Mariners (33-26-3)	1	2	1	4

1:	SD ,	Joe Noris 23 (Kevin Morrison, Wayne Rivers), 18:48
2:	HOU,	Larry Lund 18 (Gordie Howe, Poul Popiel), 5:32
	SD ,	Wayne Rivers 12 (Andre Lacroix, Joe Noris), 11:33
	HOU,	Cam Connor 28 (Dwayne Pentland, John Tonelli), 12:41
	SD ,	Paul Shmyr 9 (Rick Sentes, Norm Ferguson), 19:09
3:	SD ,	Kevin Devine 19 (Joe Noris, Wayne Rivers), 5:20
	HOU,	Rich Preston 26 (Marty Howe), 5:48
	HOU,	John Tonelli 19 (Mark Howe, Poul Popiel), 7:09
	HOU,	Terry Ruskowski 17 (Al McLeod), 17:05

Penalties:

1:	none
2:	Terry Ruskowski, HOU 2:52
	Kevin Devine, SD [major] 2:52
	Morris Lukowich, HOU [minor, major] 2:52
	Al McLeod, HOU [misconduct] 2:52
	Brent Hughes, SD [misconduct] 2:52
	Rick Sentes, SD 4:31
	Don Larway, HOU 10:12
	Cam Connor, HOU 13:10
	Ken Lockett, SD 13:10
	John Tonelli, HOU 15:24
3:	Brent Hughes, SD 2:01
	Gordie Howe, HOU 7:03

Penalty time: HOU: 27 minutes SD : 21 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
John Tonelli	1	1	2	2	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	2	2	0	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	1	0	1	2	0	0
Cam Connor	1	0	1	2	0	0
Rich Preston	1	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Lund	1	0	1	0	0	0
Al McLeod	0	1	1	10	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	2	0	0
Dwayne Pentland	0	1	1	0	0	0
Marty Howe	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	0	0	0
Morris Lukowich	0	0	0	7	0	0
Don Larway	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

SD Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Joe Noris	1	2	3	0	0	0
Wayne Rivers	1	2	3	0	0	0
Kevin Devine	1	0	1	5	0	0
Paul Shmyr	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Sentes	0	1	1	2	0	0
Kevin Morrison	0	1	1	0	0	0
Andre Lacroix	0	1	1	0	0	0
Norm Ferguson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Brent Hughes	0	0	0	12	0	0
Ken Lockett	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 8- 6-12-26 SD : 5- 9-11-25 Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 17-10-2) SD : Ken Lockett (L, 14-13-0) Attendance: 10,114