WHA game summary from December 4, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (9-10-1)	1	1	1	3
Cincinnati Stingers (9-14-0)	0	1	1	2

1:	HOU,	Andre Lacroix 11 (Don Larway, Rich Preston), 2:18
2:	HOU,	Rich Preston 7 (Don Larway), 1:18
	CIN,	Rick Dudley 5 (Claude Larose, Bill Gilligan), 18:09
3:	CIN,	Pat Stapleton 2, 11:10
	HOU,	Cam Connor 8 (Terry Ruskowski), 13:15

Penalties:

1:	Scott Campbell, HOU [double minor, misconduct] 3:50
	Barry Melrose, CIN [major] 3:50
	Steve West, HOU [major] 3:50
	Gilles Marotte, CIN [minor, misconduct] 3:50
	Larry Hale, HOU [misconduct] 3:50
2:	John Schella, HOU 13:03
	Barry Melrose, CIN 15:22
3:	Bill Gilligan, CIN [minor, major] 1:34
	Cam Connor, HOU [minor, major] 1:34
	Blaine Stoughton, CIN [minor, misconduct] 8:04
	John Schella, HOU 11:03

Penalty time: HOU: 40 minutes CIN: 38 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Rich Preston	1	1	2	0	0	0
Don Larway	0	2	2	0	0	0
Cam Connor	1	0	1	7	0	0
Andre Lacroix	1	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0	0	0
Scott Campbell	0	0	0	14	0	0
Larry Hale	0	0	0	10	0	0
Steve West	0	0	0	5	0	0
John Schella	0	0	0	4	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

CIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Pat Stapleton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Dudley	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Gilligan	0	1	1	7	0	0
Claude Larose	0	1	1	0	0	0
Blaine Stoughton	0	0	0	12	0	0
Gilles Marotte	0	0	0	12	0	0
Barry Melrose	0	0	0	7	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 11- 8- 7-26 CIN: 14-13-11-38 Goalies: HOU: Ernie Wakely (W, 3-7-1) CIN: Mike Liut (L, 2-4-0) Attendance: 5,098