WHA game summary from April 15, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Edmonton Oilers (34-45-4)	0	1	1	2
Houston Aeros (52-24-6)	1	3	2	6
Houston Aeros lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7)

1: HOU, Don Larway 1, 10:59
2: EDM, Brett Callighen 1, 1:32
   HOU, Al McLeod 1 (Rich Preston, Terry Ruskowski), 9:29
   HOU, Marty Howe 1 (Gordie Howe, Al McLeod), 11:25
   HOU, Rich Preston 2 (Terry Ruskowski, Morris Lukowich), 16:58
3: HOU, Terry Ruskowski 1 (Rich Preston), 1:53
   EDM, Brett Callighen 2 (Randy Rota), 3:55
   HOU, Cam Connor 1 (Larry Lund, Gordie Howe), 17:26

Penalties:

1: Ron Busniuk, EDM [minor, major] 0:09
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU [minor, major] 0:09
   Ted Taylor, HOU 1:23
   Marty Howe, HOU 7:18
   Gavin Kirk, EDM 8:14
   Cam Connor, HOU 16:51
   Bill Flett, EDM 19:48
2: John Tonelli, HOU 17:34
3: Gregg Boddy, EDM [major] 6:54
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU [major, game misconduct] 6:54
   Gavin Kirk, EDM 7:14
   Morris Lukowich, HOU 7:14
   John Tonelli, HOU 9:19
   Frank Beaton, EDM 14:48
   Ron Hansis, HOU 14:48

Penalty time: EDM: 20 minutes
              HOU: 36 minutes

EDM Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Brett Callighen	2	0	2	0
Randy Rota	0	1	1	0
Ron Busniuk	0	0	0	7
Gregg Boddy	0	0	0	5
Gavin Kirk	0	0	0	4
Frank Beaton	0	0	0	2
Bill Flett	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Terry Ruskowski	1	2	3	22
Rich Preston	1	2	3	0
Al McLeod	1	1	2	0
Gordie Howe	0	2	2	0
Cam Connor	1	0	1	2
Marty Howe	1	0	1	2
Don Larway	1	0	1	0
Morris Lukowich	0	1	1	2
Larry Lund	0	1	1	0
John Tonelli	0	0	0	4
Ron Hansis	0	0	0	2
Ted Taylor	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: EDM:  6- 8-10-24
       HOU:  9-12- 8-29

Goalies: EDM: Louis Levasseur (L, 0-2-0)
         HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 2-0-0)

Attendance: 10,382