All WHA game summaries from December 23, 1976
| 1: |
CAL, | John Miszuk 2 (Lynn Powis), 6:07 |
| MIN, | Danny Gruen 5 (Steve Carlson, Al McDonough), 10:19 |
| CAL, | Rick Sentes 8 (Lynn Powis, Wayne Connelly), 13:09 |
| 2: | no scoring |
| 3: | no scoring |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Butch Deadmarsh, MIN 6:56 |
| Richard Lemieux, CAL [major] 11:24 |
| Butch Deadmarsh, MIN [minor, major] 11:24 |
| Ron Chipperfield, CAL 13:56 |
| 2: | none |
| 3: |
John McKenzie, MIN 9:23 |
Penalty time: MIN: 11 minutes
CAL: 7 minutes
Shots: MIN: 10- 5- 4-19
CAL: 12-12- 8-32
Goalies: MIN: Louis Levasseur (L, 10-9-0)
CAL: Don McLeod (W, 11-12-1)
Attendance: 3,568
| 1: |
HOU, | Rich Preston 12 (Gordie Howe, Poul Popiel), 4:22 |
| HOU, | Poul Popiel 7 (Larry Lund, Gordie Howe), 4:38 |
| CIN, | Dennis Abgrall 14 (Rick Dudley, Dennis Sobchuk), 16:52 |
| 2: |
HOU, | Terry Ruskowski 11 (Don Larway, Poul Popiel), 5:20 |
| HOU, | Terry Ruskowski 12 (Don Larway), 6:05 |
| CIN, | Blaine Stoughton 21 (Greg Carroll, Claude Larose), 8:29 |
| CIN, | Rich Leduc 17 (Dennis Abgrall), 12:00 |
| CIN, | Pierre Guite 10, 19:03 |
| 3: |
CIN, | Rich Leduc 18 (Dennis Abgrall), 11:48 |
| HOU, | Marty Howe 8 (John Gray, Terry Ruskowski), 14:26 |
| 4: |
HOU, | Rich Preston 13 (Larry Lund, Poul Popiel), 1:04 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Terry Ruskowski, HOU 5:38 |
| Blaine Stoughton, CIN 7:29 |
| John Hughes, CIN 11:26 |
| Don Larway, HOU 16:26 |
| 2: |
John Hughes, CIN 5:06 |
| 3: |
Larry Lund, HOU 2:42 |
| Pierre Guite, CIN [minor, major] 9:49 |
| Ted Taylor, HOU [minor, major] 9:49 |
| 4: | none |
Penalty time: CIN: 13 minutes
HOU: 13 minutes
Shots: CIN: 8-11-10- 0-29
HOU: 15-11- 4- 1-31
Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (L, 12-8-0)
HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 9-8-1)
Attendance: 8,667
| 1: |
SD , | Norm Ferguson 23 (Andre Lacroix, John French), 7:16 |
| 2: |
NE , | George Lyle 21 (Tom Webster, Mike Rogers), :14 |
| NE , | Danny Arndt 5 (Larry Pleau, Terry Caffery), 6:21 |
| SD , | Tony Cassolato 7 (Paul Shmyr, Andre Lacroix), 10:42 |
| SD , | Brad Rhiness 2 (Norm Ferguson, John French), 12:53 |
| 3: |
NE , | Ralph Backstrom 10 (Ron Busniuk), 4:48 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 4 (Danny Arndt), 7:07 |
| NE , | Tom Webster 20 (Larry Pleau, Mike Rogers), 19:23 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Cap Raeder, NE 1:28 |
| Andre Lacroix, SD 1:28 |
| Kevin Devine, SD 2:13 |
| Paul Shmyr, SD 3:56 |
| Ron Busniuk, NE 6:19 |
| Ron Busniuk, NE 16:47 |
| 2: |
Andre Lacroix, SD 0:56 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 3:15 |
| Ralph Backstrom, NE 10:09 |
| Ron Busniuk, NE 13:31 |
| 3: |
Alan Hangsleben, NE 11:15 |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE 14:36 |
| Tim O'Connell, SD 14:36 |
Penalty time: NE : 16 minutes
SD : 10 minutes
Shots: NE : 8- 9-12-29
SD : 7-13- 9-29
Goalies: NE : Cap Raeder (W, 3-1-0)
SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 11-6-0)
Attendance: 5,346
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