WHA game summary from December 21, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (13-17-4)	0	0	0	0
Houston Aeros (16-13-4)	1	0	3	4

1:	HOU,	Larry Lund 11 (Rich Preston, Gordie Howe), 15:47
2:	no scoring
3:	HOU,	Cam Connor 15 (Al McLeod, Ted Taylor), 4:54
	HOU,	John Tonelli 6 (Don Larway, Poul Popiel), 15:27
	HOU,	Cam Connor 16 (Terry Ruskowski, Ted Taylor), 17:28

Penalties:

Penalty time: NE : 14 minutes HOU: 18 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Brett Callighen	0	0	0	5	0	0
George Lyle	0	0	0	5	0	0
Tom Webster	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Cam Connor	2	0	2	2	0	0
Ted Taylor	0	2	2	0	0	0
John Tonelli	1	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Lund	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	2	0	0
Don Larway	0	1	1	2	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	0	0	0
Al McLeod	0	1	1	0	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rich Preston	0	1	1	0	0	0
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	5	0	0
Mark Howe	0	0	0	5	0	0
John Gray	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 4- 8- 6-18 HOU: 9-11-12-32 Goalies: NE : Christer Abrahamsson (L, 10-7-3) HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 8-8-1) Attendance: 7,274