WHA game summary from January 21, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (21-21-4)	0	1	2	3
Houston Aeros (28-16-0)	1	3	5	9

1:	HOU,	Don Larway 18 (Terry Ruskowski, Larry Hale), 5:37
2:	HOU,	Gord Labossiere 8 (Ted Taylor), :19
	HOU,	Gord Labossiere 9 (Andre Hinse, Murray Hall), 8:32
	NE ,	Rosaire Paiement 19 (Larry Pleau, Ron Climie), 15:30
	HOU,	Frank Hughes 20 (Andre Hinse, Larry Lund), 16:05
3:	NE ,	Rick Ley 3 (Tommy Earl, Bob McManama), 2:47
	HOU,	Poul Popiel 8 (Rich Preston, Mark Howe), 4:00
	HOU,	Gord Labossiere 10, 7:28
	HOU,	Mark Howe 14 (Rich Preston, Poul Popiel), 11:38
	NE ,	Rick Ley 4 (Mike Rogers, Ralph Backstrom), 14:01
	HOU,	Andre Hinse 23 (Larry Lund, Frank Hughes), 15:59
	HOU,	Don Larway 19 (Terry Ruskowski, John Tonelli), 18:38

Penalties:

Penalty time: NE : 2 minutes HOU: 6 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Rick Ley	2	0	2	0	0	0
Rosaire Paiement	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Climie	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bob McManama	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tommy Earl	0	1	1	0	0	0
Danny Arndt	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gord Labossiere	3	0	3	0	0	0
Andre Hinse	1	2	3	0	0	0
Don Larway	2	0	2	0	0	0
Frank Hughes	1	1	2	0	0	0
Mark Howe	1	1	2	0	0	0
Poul Popiel	1	1	2	0	0	0
Larry Lund	0	2	2	2	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	2	2	0	0	0
Rich Preston	0	2	2	0	0	0
John Tonelli	0	1	1	4	0	0
Murray Hall	0	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Hale	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 9-10- 8-27 HOU: 11-11-16-38 Goalies: NE : Christer Abrahamsson (L, 16-11-1) HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 18-11-0) Attendance: 7,492