WHA game summary from October 19, 1976

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New England Whalers (0-3-1)	2	1	1	0	4
Houston Aeros (3-1-1)	1	3	0	0	4

1:	HOU,	Mark Howe 2 (Gordie Howe), 1:08
	NE ,	George Lyle 1 (Thommy Abrahamsson, Doug Roberts), 11:14
	NE ,	Brad Selwood 1, 16:49
2:	HOU,	Mark Howe 3 (Gordie Howe, Rich Preston), :19
	HOU,	Cam Connor 2 (John Tonelli, Mark Howe), 7:57
	HOU,	Frank Hughes 1 (Larry Lund, Andre Hinse), 9:24
	NE ,	Tommy Earl 1 (Gordie Roberts), 17:27
3:	NE ,	Tommy Earl 2, 6:51
4:	no scoring

Penalties:

1:	Frank Hughes, HOU 2:41
	Gordie Howe, HOU 10:25
	Dave Hynes, NE 12:33
2:	Terry Ruskowski, HOU [double major] 2:04
	Gordie Roberts, NE [double major] 2:04
	Ted Taylor, HOU [misconduct] 2:04
	Tommy Earl, NE 4:25
	Cam Connor, HOU 4:25
	John Schella, HOU 16:18
	Brad Selwood, NE 16:18
3:	John Tonelli, HOU 3:23
	Don Larway, HOU 9:58
4:	none

Penalty time: NE : 16 minutes HOU: 32 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Tommy Earl	2	0	2	2	0	0
Brad Selwood	1	0	1	2	0	0
George Lyle	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	10	0	0
Doug Roberts	0	1	1	0	0	0
Thommy Abrahamsson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Hynes	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mark Howe	2	1	3	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	2	2	2	0	0
Frank Hughes	1	0	1	2	0	0
Cam Connor	1	0	1	2	0	0
John Tonelli	0	1	1	2	0	0
Andre Hinse	0	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Lund	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rich Preston	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Taylor	0	0	0	10	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	0	0	10	0	0
Don Larway	0	0	0	2	0	0
John Schella	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 13-12-17- 5-47 HOU: 8-14- 4- 5-31 Goalies: NE : Christer Abrahamsson (T, 0-2-1) HOU: Wayne Rutledge (T, 1-0-1) Attendance: 5,556