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
Jim Mayer	1	0	1	2
Gordie Roberts	1	0	1	2
Greg Carroll	1	0	1	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	4
Rick Ley	0	1	1	2
Mike Antonovich	0	1	1	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	0
John McKenzie	0	0	0	4
Dan Bolduc	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

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


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