All WHA game summaries 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	+/-	Shots
Brett Callighen	2	0	2	0	0	0
Randy Rota	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Busniuk	0	0	0	7	0	0
Gregg Boddy	0	0	0	5	0	0
Gavin Kirk	0	0	0	4	0	0
Frank Beaton	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bill Flett	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

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

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