WHA game summary from December 30, 1977
1: HOU, Cam Connor 12 (John Tonelli, Ted Taylor), 1:14
CIN, Brian Coates 1 (Jamie Hislop), 1:34
CIN, Rich Leduc 22 (Peter Marsh, Pat Stapleton), 5:55
CIN, Robbie Ftorek 24 (Jamie Hislop, Bryon Baltimore), 12:10
HOU, Andre Lacroix 15 (John Hughes, Rich Preston), 16:59
2: CIN, Brian Coates 2 (Robbie Ftorek, Jamie Hislop), 2:27
HOU, Larry Hale 1 (Terry Ruskowski, Don Larway), 4:57
HOU, John Tonelli 6 (Ted Taylor), 12:00
3: HOU, Terry Ruskowski 8 (Morris Lukowich, John Hughes), 8:02
CIN, Peter Marsh 7 (Ron Plumb), 11:25
4: no scoring
Penalties:
1: Barry Melrose, CIN 9:28
John Schella, HOU 19:54
2: none
3: Bryon Baltimore, CIN [major] 2:16
John Tonelli, HOU [major] 2:16
4: none
Penalty time: CIN: 7 minutes
HOU: 7 minutes
Shots: CIN: 12- 8- 9- 6-35
HOU: 15-10- 7- 3-35
Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (T, 2-1-1)
HOU: Ernie Wakely (T, 8-11-3)
Attendance: 7,170