WHA game summary from April 17, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (52-25-6)	1	1	0	2
Edmonton Oilers (35-45-4)	3	2	2	7
Houston Aeros lead, 2 games to 1   (best of 7)

1: EDM, Bryan Campbell 1 (Glen Sather, Al Hamilton), 2:55
   HOU, Gordie Howe 1 (Larry Lund, Rich Preston), 8:21
   EDM, Dave Langevin 1 (Norm Ullman, Ron Busniuk), 8:51
   EDM, Brett Callighen 3 (Barry Wilkins, Bill Flett), 13:57
2: EDM, Brett Callighen 4 (Bill Flett, Al Hamilton), 2:23
   HOU, Mark Howe 1 (Terry Ruskowski, Ted Taylor), 4:20
   EDM, Gavin Kirk 1 (Gregg Boddy, Brett Callighen), 17:21
3: EDM, Randy Rota 2 (Norm Ullman, Frank Beaton), 15:46
   EDM, Bryan Campbell 2 (Frank Beaton, Dave Langevin), 18:56

Penalties:

1: Rich Preston, HOU 0:59
   Rusty Patenaude, EDM 2:06
   Cam Connor, HOU 2:06
   Gregg Boddy, EDM 5:05
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 5:05
   Rusty Patenaude, EDM 6:57
   Barry Wilkins, EDM 6:57
   Cam Connor, HOU 7:25
   Brett Callighen, EDM 10:35
   Rusty Patenaude, EDM 16:02
2: Cam Connor, HOU 1:02
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 2:01
   Ron Busniuk, EDM 12:21
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 12:21
   Rusty Patenaude, EDM 14:20
   Al McLeod, HOU 19:16
   Frank Beaton, EDM [major, misconduct] 19:16
   Cam Connor, HOU 19:57
3: Ron Grahame, HOU 1:36
   Gregg Boddy, EDM 11:34
   John Tonelli, HOU 17:42

Penalty time: HOU: 22 minutes
              EDM: 33 minutes

Shots: HOU:  7-12- 8-27
       EDM: 14-17- 9-40

Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (L, 2-1-0)
         EDM: Ken Broderick (W, 1-0-0)

Attendance: 14,754