WHA game summary from December 28, 1974

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (19-13-1)	0	1	0	1
Houston Aeros (23-11-0)	1	3	2	6

1:	HOU,	Frank Hughes 26 (Andre Hinse, Larry Lund), 15:35
2:	NE ,	Terry Caffery 9, 3:38
	HOU,	Jim Sherrit 11 (Gordie Howe, Poul Popiel), 7:47
	HOU,	Larry Lund 20 (Gordie Howe, Andre Hinse), 10:36
	HOU,	Glen Irwin 1 (Terry Ruskowski), 13:34
3:	HOU,	Poul Popiel 3 (Gordie Howe, Mark Howe), 7:20
	HOU,	Jim Sherrit 12 (Gordie Howe), 14:12

Penalties:

1:	Don Larway, HOU 5:10
	Glen Irwin, HOU 8:26
	Terry Caffery, NE 9:05
	Rick Ley, NE 10:00
	Larry Lund, HOU 11:34
	Tom Webster, NE 15:05
2:	none
3:	John Schella, HOU 6:21
	Nick Fotiu, NE [game misconduct] 13:03
	Don Larway, HOU [major] 13:03
	Tommy Earl, NE [major] 13:03

Penalty time: NE : 21 minutes HOU: 13 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Terry Caffery	1	0	1	2	0	0
Nick Fotiu	0	0	0	10	0	0
Tommy Earl	0	0	0	5	0	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	2	0	0
Tom Webster	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gordie Howe	0	4	4	0	0	0
Jim Sherrit	2	0	2	0	0	0
Larry Lund	1	1	2	2	0	0
Poul Popiel	1	1	2	0	0	0
Andre Hinse	0	2	2	0	0	0
Glen Irwin	1	0	1	2	0	0
Frank Hughes	1	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	0	0	0
Don Larway	0	0	0	7	0	0
John Schella	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 8- 6-11-25 HOU: 11-10- 6-27 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 11-8-0) HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 13-4-0) Attendance: 8,345