WHA game summary from January 9, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
San Diego Mariners (18-17-4)	1	1	3	5
New England Whalers (19-18-3)	1	1	1	3

1:	SD ,	Don Burgess 9 (Gary Bredin, Peter McNamee), 7:18
	NE ,	Thommy Abrahamsson 10 (Tom Webster, Larry Pleau), 8:20
2:	NE ,	Rosaire Paiement 12 (Wayne Carleton, Thommy Abrahamsson), 1:06
	SD ,	Kevin Morrison 8 (John French, Andre Lacroix), 7:05
3:	SD ,	Joe Noris 18 (Kevin Devine, Mike McMahon), 5:36
	NE ,	Gordie Roberts 2 (Bob McManama), 14:15
	SD ,	Wayne Rivers 8 (Kevin Morrison, John French), 16:56
	SD ,	Kevin Morrison 9 (Andre Lacroix, John French), 19:39

Penalties:

1:	Alan Hangsleben, NE 8:34
	Gordie Roberts, NE 11:18
	Joe Noris, SD 19:24
2:	Mike McMahon, SD 3:50
	Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 5:05
	Paul Hurley, NE 15:15
3:	Joe Noris, SD 11:32
	Kevin Devine, SD [misconduct, game misconduct] 11:50

Penalty time: SD : 26 minutes NE : 8 minutes

SD Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Kevin Morrison	2	1	3	0	0	0
John French	0	3	3	0	0	0
Andre Lacroix	0	2	2	0	0	0
Joe Noris	1	0	1	4	0	0
Wayne Rivers	1	0	1	0	0	0
Don Burgess	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Devine	0	1	1	20	0	0
Mike McMahon	0	1	1	2	0	0
Gary Bredin	0	1	1	0	0	0
Peter McNamee	0	1	1	0	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Thommy Abrahamsson	1	1	2	2	0	0
Gordie Roberts	1	0	1	2	0	0
Rosaire Paiement	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob McManama	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wayne Carleton	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Webster	0	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	0	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Hurley	0	0	0	2	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: SD : 10-10-16-36 NE : 10- 8- 7-25 Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely (W, 18-8-2) NE : Bruce Landon (L, 3-8-1) Attendance: 9,403