Saturday December 27, 1975
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All WHA game summaries from December 27, 1975



Team123F
Toronto Toros (11-21-3) 0 0 0 0
Cleveland Crusaders (12-19-2) 1 3 1 5

1: CLE,Paul Baxter 2 (John A. Stewart, Gerry Pinder), 16:56
2: CLE,Jim Harrison 9 (Bryan Maxwell, John A. Stewart), 7:24
CLE,Danny Gruen 7 (Ron Ward, Al McDonough), 8:57
CLE,Al McDonough 13 (Ron Ward, Jim Harrison), 16:12
3: CLE,Rich Leduc 14 (Gerry Pinder, Paul Shmyr), 2:01
Penalties:

1: Paul Shmyr, CLE 0:56
Danny Gruen, CLE 5:32
Greg Neeld, TOR 5:32
Jeff Jacques, TOR 14:42
2: Greg Neeld, TOR 6:34
Jim Harrison, CLE 11:05
Danny Gruen, CLE 13:11
Lou Nistico, TOR [double minor] 13:11
Jim Turkiewicz, TOR 15:48
Greg Neeld, TOR 19:48
3: Paul Shmyr, CLE 2:43
Bryan Maxwell, CLE 13:10
Jeff Jacques, TOR 13:10
Penalty time: TOR: 16 minutes CLE: 12 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Greg Neeld 0 0 0 6 0 0
Jeff Jacques 0 0 0 4 0 0
Lou Nistico 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jim Turkiewicz 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Harrison 1 1 2 2 0 0
Al McDonough 1 1 2 0 0 0
Gerry Pinder 0 2 2 0 0 0
John A. Stewart 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ron Ward 0 2 2 0 0 0
Danny Gruen 1 0 1 4 0 0
Paul Baxter 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rich Leduc 1 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 1 1 4 0 0
Bryan Maxwell 0 1 1 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: TOR: 5-12- 8-25 CLE: 14-21-12-47 Goalies: TOR: Jim Shaw (L, 1-5-0) CLE: Bob Whidden (W, 3-7-1) Attendance: 6,781


Team123F
Minnesota Fighting Saints (16-12-2) 0 0 0 0
Houston Aeros (21-12-0) 1 3 1 5

1: HOU,Don Larway 12 (John Tonelli, Terry Ruskowski), 10:07
2: HOU,Terry Ruskowski 7 (John Tonelli), 5:09
HOU,Andre Hinse 14, 10:48
HOU,Frank Hughes 16 (Poul Popiel, Andre Hinse), 18:36
3: HOU,John Tonelli 11 (Terry Ruskowski, Don Larway), 11:33
Penalties:

1: Mike Antonovich, MIN 2:32
Larry Lund, HOU 3:41
Rick Smith, MIN 3:41
Pat Westrum, MIN 4:57
Gord Labossiere, HOU 7:34
Glen Irwin, HOU [major] 7:34
Jack Carlson, MIN [minor, major] 7:34
Poul Popiel, HOU 16:49
2: Pat Westrum, MIN [major] 11:30
Terry Ruskowski, HOU [major] 11:30
Marty Howe, HOU [major] 15:19
Curt Brackenbury, MIN [major] 15:19
Terry Ruskowski, HOU [major] 18:03
Pat Westrum, MIN [minor, major] 18:03
3: Curt Brackenbury, MIN [major] 0:28
Marty Howe, HOU [major] 0:28
Jan Popiel, HOU [major] 6:48
Curt Brackenbury, MIN [minor, major] 6:48
Marty Howe, HOU 19:34
Penalty time: MIN: 42 minutes HOU: 38 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Curt Brackenbury 0 0 0 17 0 0
Pat Westrum 0 0 0 14 0 0
Jack Carlson 0 0 0 7 0 0
Mike Antonovich 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Smith 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Terry Ruskowski 1 2 3 10 0 0
John Tonelli 1 2 3 0 0 0
Don Larway 1 1 2 0 0 0
Andre Hinse 1 1 2 0 0 0
Frank Hughes 1 0 1 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 0 1 1 2 0 0
Marty Howe 0 0 0 12 0 0
Jan Popiel 0 0 0 5 0 0
Glen Irwin 0 0 0 5 0 0
Larry Lund 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gord Labossiere 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: MIN: 5- 7-11-23 HOU: 10-12-14-36 Goalies: MIN: John Garrett (L, 14-9-2) HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 5-3-0) Attendance: 12,093


Team123F
Cincinnati Stingers (15-19-1) 0 1 0 1
Indianapolis Racers (14-16-2) 1 0 1 2

1: IND,Nick Harbaruk 13 (Bob Sicinski), 16:29
2: CIN,Rick Dudley 18 (Bryan Campbell), 5:11
3: IND,Nick Harbaruk 14 (Pat Stapleton), 2:08
Penalties:

1: Brian Coates, IND 0:58
Mike Pelyk, CIN 14:12
2: John Hughes, CIN 10:00
3: Rick Dudley, CIN 1:07
Al Karlander, IND 6:16
Bryan Campbell, CIN 9:26
Bob Sicinski, IND 19:50
Penalty time: CIN: 8 minutes IND: 6 minutes
CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Dudley 1 0 1 2 0 0
Bryan Campbell 0 1 1 2 0 0
Mike Pelyk 0 0 0 2 0 0
John Hughes 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Nick Harbaruk 2 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Sicinski 0 1 1 2 0 0
Pat Stapleton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Al Karlander 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brian Coates 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CIN: 10- 8-14-32 IND: 11-14- 5-30 Goalies: CIN: Paul Hoganson (L, 1-3-0) IND: Leif Holmquist (W, 5-7-0) Attendance: 12,390


Team123F
Denver Spurs (12-19-1) 0 0 0 0
Phoenix Roadrunners (14-15-3) 2 4 4 10

1: PHO,Gary Veneruzzo 7 (Jim Boyd, Michel Cormier), 7:46
PHO,Barry Dean 4 (Cam Connor, Jim Niekamp), 18:56
2: PHO,Del Hall 14 (Robbie Ftorek, Al McLeod), 1:43
PHO,Jim Boyd 6 (Garry Lariviere), 8:18
PHO,Jim Boyd 7 (Ron Huston, Michel Cormier), 14:06
PHO,Barry Dean 5 (Cam Connor), 15:52
3: PHO,Del Hall 15 (John Gray, Robbie Ftorek), :35
PHO,John Gray 14 (Robbie Ftorek, Del Hall), 4:43
PHO,Ron Huston 6 (Serge Beaudoin, Lauri Mononen), 5:43
PHO,Jim Boyd 8 (Ron Huston, Michel Cormier), 17:28
Penalties:

1: Bryon Baltimore, DEN 1:48
John Arbour, DEN [major] 1:48
Serge Beaudoin, PHO [minor, major] 1:48
Bob Liddington, DEN 8:26
Serge Beaudoin, PHO 11:02
John Migneault, PHO 12:15
Jim Clarke, PHO 14:33
2: Al McLeod, PHO 7:28
Gary MacGregor, DEN 13:34
Gary MacGregor, DEN [misconduct] 14:06
3: Cam Connor, PHO 7:01
Barry Dean, PHO 14:34
Darryl Maggs, DEN 15:21
Penalty time: DEN: 23 minutes PHO: 19 minutes
DEN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary MacGregor 0 0 0 12 0 0
John Arbour 0 0 0 5 0 0
Bryon Baltimore 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Liddington 0 0 0 2 0 0
Darryl Maggs 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

PHO Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Boyd 3 1 4 0 0 0
Del Hall 2 1 3 0 0 0
Ron Huston 1 2 3 0 0 0
Michel Cormier 0 3 3 0 0 0
Robbie Ftorek 0 3 3 0 0 0
Barry Dean 2 0 2 2 0 0
John Gray 1 1 2 0 0 0
Cam Connor 0 2 2 2 0 0
Gary Veneruzzo 1 0 1 0 0 0
Serge Beaudoin 0 1 1 9 0 0
Al McLeod 0 1 1 2 0 0
Jim Niekamp 0 1 1 0 0 0
Garry Lariviere 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lauri Mononen 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Migneault 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Clarke 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: DEN: 8-11-11-30 PHO: 12-15- 2-29 Goalies: DEN: Bob Johnson,
Chris Grigg PHO: Jack Norris (W, 8-5-2) Attendance: 6,797


Team123F
Edmonton Oilers (15-22-2) 1 0 2 3
Quebec Nordiques (23-14-1) 1 3 2 6

1: QUE,Christian Bordeleau 18 (J.C. Tremblay), 11:22
EDM,John Rogers 4, 12:41
2: QUE,Michel Parizeau 9 (J.C. Tremblay), 4:39
QUE,Serge Bernier 17, 12:34
QUE,Christian Bordeleau 19 (Real Cloutier, Marc Tardif), 13:16
3: EDM,Bill Laing 2, 5:11
QUE,Real Cloutier 27 (Christian Bordeleau, Marc Tardif), 5:52
EDM,Norm Ullman 13 (Ken Baird, Bob McAneeley), 6:37
QUE,Real Cloutier 28 (Marc Tardif, Richard Brodeur), 10:30
Penalties:

1: Rene Leclerc, QUE 1:35
John Rogers, EDM [double minor] 13:16
Steve Sutherland, QUE [double minor] 13:16
Peter Morris, EDM [major] 13:16
Rene Leclerc, QUE [major] 13:16
Serge Bernier, QUE [minor, major] 13:16
2: Mike Rogers, EDM 7:02
Alan Globensky, QUE 10:11
3: Rusty Patenaude, EDM 0:55
Al Hamilton, EDM 4:53
Ted McAneeley, EDM 12:51
Rene Leclerc, QUE 12:51
Ric Jordan, QUE 14:57
Penalty time: EDM: 17 minutes QUE: 24 minutes
EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John Rogers 1 0 1 4 0 0
Norm Ullman 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Laing 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Baird 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob McAneeley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Peter Morris 0 0 0 5 0 0
Al Hamilton 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Rogers 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ted McAneeley 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Real Cloutier 2 1 3 0 0 0
Christian Bordeleau 2 1 3 0 0 0
Marc Tardif 0 3 3 0 0 0
J.C. Tremblay 0 2 2 0 0 0
Serge Bernier 1 0 1 7 0 0
Michel Parizeau 1 0 1 0 0 0
Richard Brodeur 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rene Leclerc 0 0 0 9 0 0
Steve Sutherland 0 0 0 4 0 0
Alan Globensky 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ric Jordan 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: EDM: 11- 7- 8-26 QUE: 7-12-16-35 Goalies: EDM: Chris Worthy (L, 3-9-0) QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 22-9-0) Attendance: 8,707



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