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
John Tonelli	1	1	2	2
Poul Popiel	0	2	2	0
Terry Ruskowski	1	0	1	2
Cam Connor	1	0	1	2
Rich Preston	1	0	1	0
Larry Lund	1	0	1	0
Al McLeod	0	1	1	10
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	2
Dwayne Pentland	0	1	1	0
Marty Howe	0	1	1	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	0
Morris Lukowich	0	0	0	7
Don Larway	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

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


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