WHA game summary from January 28, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (29-15-4)	0	2	1	3
Houston Aeros (22-20-3)	0	0	0	0

1:	no scoring
2:	NE ,	Jim Mayer 8, 2:57
	NE ,	Gordie Roberts 9 (Gordie Howe, Mark Howe), 12:24
3:	NE ,	Greg Carroll 7 (Rick Ley, Mike Antonovich), 6:31

Penalties:

1:	John Hughes, HOU 9:26
	John McKenzie, NE 14:35
	Gordie Howe, NE 18:18
2:	Rich Preston, HOU 3:55
	Cam Connor, HOU 7:13
	Gordie Howe, NE 9:34
	Rick Ley, NE 10:18
	Don Larway, HOU 10:18
	Dan Bolduc, NE 19:37
3:	Don Larway, HOU 6:15
	Gordie Roberts, NE 6:15
	Jim Mayer, NE 9:28
	John McKenzie, NE 17:11
	Terry Ruskowski, HOU [misconduct] 19:08

Penalty time: NE : 16 minutes HOU: 20 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gordie Roberts	1	0	1	2	0	0
Jim Mayer	1	0	1	2	0	0
Greg Carroll	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	4	0	0
Rick Ley	0	1	1	2	0	0
Mike Antonovich	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	0	0	0
John McKenzie	0	0	0	4	0	0
Dan Bolduc	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Terry Ruskowski	0	0	0	10	0	0
Don Larway	0	0	0	4	0	0
Cam Connor	0	0	0	2	0	0
John Hughes	0	0	0	2	0	0
Rich Preston	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 8-10- 8-26 HOU: 12- 6-10-28 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 22-7-3) HOU: Ernie Wakely (L, 15-14-3) Attendance: 10,744