WHA game summary from December 18, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Czechoslovakia (1-5-0)	1	0	1	2
Houston Aeros (12-13-2)	0	2	1	3

1: CZE, Jaroslav Lycka 1, 10:40
2: HOU, Al McLeod 1 (Terry Ruskowski, John Hughes), 2:50
   HOU, Ted Taylor 1 (Andre Lacroix, John Schella), 17:17
3: HOU, Poul Popiel 3, 2:38
   CZE, Vitezslav Duris 4 (Vladislav Vlcek, Frantisek Cernik), 7:50

Penalties:

1: Morris Lukowich, HOU 12:41
   Ted Taylor, HOU 15:07
   John Tonelli, HOU 16:56
2: Milos Novak, CZE 4:53
   Vitezslav Duris, CZE 7:34
   Ron Hansis, HOU 7:34
   Jaroslav Kocer, CZE 8:53
   John Tonelli, HOU 12:50
   Cam Connor, HOU 15:47
   John Hughes, HOU 18:26
3: Rich Preston, HOU 4:09
   John Schella, HOU 5:57
   John Tonelli, HOU 5:57
   Jaroslav Kocer, CZE 8:51
   Ivan Podesva, CZE [minor, major] 10:50
   Morris Lukowich, HOU [minor, major] 10:50

Penalty time: CZE: 15 minutes
              HOU: 27 minutes

CZE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Vitezslav Duris	1	0	1	2
Jaroslav Lycka	1	0	1	0
Frantisek Cernik	0	1	1	0
Vladislav Vlcek	0	1	1	0
Ivan Podesva	0	0	0	7
Jaroslav Kocer	0	0	0	4
Milos Novak	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Ted Taylor	1	0	1	2
Al McLeod	1	0	1	0
Poul Popiel	1	0	1	0
John Hughes	0	1	1	2
John Schella	0	1	1	2
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0
Andre Lacroix	0	1	1	0
Morris Lukowich	0	0	0	9
John Tonelli	0	0	0	6
Cam Connor	0	0	0	2
Rich Preston	0	0	0	2
Ron Hansis	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: CZE:  8-10- 7-25
       HOU:  4- 4- 7-15

Goalies: CZE: Ivan Podesva, Vladimir Dzurilla
         HOU: Ernie Wakely (W, 6-9-2)

Attendance: 6,577