Sunday December 26, 1976
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All WHA game summaries from December 26, 1976



Team123F
Houston Aeros (17-14-4) 1 0 1 2
Birmingham Bulls (13-25-1) 4 1 1 6

1: BIR,Pete Marrin 12 (Dale Hoganson), 5:10
HOU,Don Larway 8 (Gordie Howe, Terry Ruskowski), 8:31
BIR,Richard Farda 8 (Dave Gorman, Jean-Guy Lagace), 10:29
BIR,Paul Henderson 11 (John Stewart, Mark Napier), 12:46
BIR,John Stewart 5 (Mark Napier, Paul Henderson), 13:05
2: BIR,Tim Sheehy 20 (Richard Farda, Vaclav Nedomansky), 11:11
3: HOU,Don Larway 9 (Gordie Howe), 15:22
BIR,Mark Napier 30, 17:44
Penalties:

1: Jean-Guy Lagace, BIR 4:33
Larry Lund, HOU [major] 7:53
Tim Sheehy, BIR [minor, major] 7:53
2: Don Larway, HOU 1:31
Terry Ruskowski, HOU 14:00
Larry Hale, HOU 18:25
3: Ron Hansis, HOU 6:06
Gilles Bilodeau, BIR 14:03
Penalty time: HOU: 13 minutes BIR: 11 minutes
HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Larway 2 0 2 2 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 2 2 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski 0 1 1 2 0 0
Larry Lund 0 0 0 5 0 0
Larry Hale 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Hansis 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

BIR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mark Napier 1 2 3 0 0 0
John Stewart 1 1 2 0 0 0
Paul Henderson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Richard Farda 1 1 2 0 0 0
Tim Sheehy 1 0 1 7 0 0
Pete Marrin 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jean-Guy Lagace 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dave Gorman 0 1 1 0 0 0
Vaclav Nedomansky 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dale Hoganson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gilles Bilodeau 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: HOU: 12-10-16-38 BIR: 14-10-10-34 Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (L, 8-6-3) BIR: John Garrett (W, 10-17-1) Attendance: 11,234


Team123F
Cincinnati Stingers (17-15-2) 0 1 2 3
Calgary Cowboys (14-17-2) 5 0 1 6

1: CAL,Rick Sentes 9 (Lynn Powis, Don McLeod), 1:57
CAL,Rick Jodzio 3 (Don Tannahill, Peter Driscoll), 5:01
CAL,Ron Chipperfield 13 (Jim Mayer, Mike Ford), 9:36
CAL,George Morrison 3 (Jim Mayer, Ron Chipperfield), 14:20
CAL,Peter Driscoll 6 (Chris Evans, Don Tannahill), 19:26
2: CIN,Greg Carroll 5 (Claude Larose, Blaine Stoughton), 4:00
3: CAL,Jim Mayer 1 (George Morrison, John Miszuk), 5:29
CIN,Peter Marsh 7, 12:16
CIN,Dennis Sobchuk 17 (Greg Carroll), 16:31
Penalties:

1: Bryan Maxwell, CIN 10:18
Peter Driscoll, CAL 15:09
Peter Marsh, CIN 17:22
2: Rick Jodzio, CAL 9:05
Dennis Abgrall, CIN 13:13
Mike Ford, CAL 14:53
Barry Legge, CIN 18:01
Peter Driscoll, CAL [double minor] 18:01
John Hughes, CIN 19:55
3: Peter Driscoll, CAL [minor, major] 6:14
Pierre Guite, CIN [minor, major] 6:14
Ron Plumb, CIN 8:55
Tom Serviss, CAL 10:56
Pierre Guite, CIN 15:05
Penalty time: CIN: 21 minutes CAL: 19 minutes
CIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Greg Carroll 1 1 2 0 0 0
Peter Marsh 1 0 1 2 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk 1 0 1 0 0 0
Blaine Stoughton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Claude Larose 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pierre Guite 0 0 0 9 0 0
John Hughes 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Plumb 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bryan Maxwell 0 0 0 2 0 0
Barry Legge 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dennis Abgrall 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Mayer 1 2 3 0 0 0
Peter Driscoll 1 1 2 13 0 0
George Morrison 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ron Chipperfield 1 1 2 0 0 0
Don Tannahill 0 2 2 0 0 0
Rick Jodzio 1 0 1 2 0 0
Rick Sentes 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Ford 0 1 1 2 0 0
Don McLeod 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lynn Powis 0 1 1 0 0 0
Chris Evans 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Miszuk 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Serviss 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CIN: 5-10- 6-21 CAL: 13- 9- 5-27 Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (L, 12-9-0),
Paul Hoganson CAL: Don McLeod (W, 12-12-1),
Gary Bromley Attendance: 4,374


Team123F
Minnesota Fighting Saints (14-17-4) 1 0 1 2
New England Whalers (15-17-4) 2 1 0 3

1: NE ,George Lyle 22 (Alan Hangsleben, Tom Webster), 6:22
NE ,George Lyle 23 (Mike Rogers, Tom Webster), 16:21
MIN,John McKenzie 13 (Mike Antonovich, Dave Keon), 18:32
2: NE ,Brett Callighen 1 (Doug Roberts, Christer Abrahamsson), 1:18
3: MIN,Steve Carlson 3 (Louis Levasseur, Danny Gruen), 5:25
Penalties:

1: John Arbour, MIN 15:49
2: John Arbour, MIN 4:37
Jim Troy, NE 4:37
Gordie Roberts, NE 9:02
3: Danny Arndt, NE 1:06
Penalty time: MIN: 4 minutes NE : 6 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
John McKenzie 1 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Carlson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Antonovich 0 1 1 0 0 0
Louis Levasseur 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Keon 0 1 1 0 0 0
Danny Gruen 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Arbour 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
George Lyle 2 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Webster 0 2 2 0 0 0
Brett Callighen 1 0 1 0 0 0
Alan Hangsleben 0 1 1 0 0 0
Christer Abrahamsson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Rogers 0 1 1 0 0 0
Doug Roberts 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Troy 0 0 0 2 0 0
Danny Arndt 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gordie Roberts 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: MIN: 6- 6-12-24 NE : 14-11- 8-33 Goalies: MIN: Louis Levasseur (L, 10-10-0) NE : Christer Abrahamsson (W, 11-7-3) Attendance: 8,034


Team123F
Indianapolis Racers (18-13-2) 1 0 0 1
San Diego Mariners (22-13-2) 0 0 2 2

1: IND,Gene Peacosh 10 (Bob Sicinski, Dick Proceviat), 13:12
2: no scoring
3: SD ,Gerry Pinder 2 (Wayne Rivers, Paul Shmyr), 2:07
SD ,Paul Shmyr 5 (Randy Legge), 14:00
Penalties:

1: Andre Lacroix, SD 14:45
2: Tony Cassolato, SD 19:26
3: Rosaire Paiement, IND 1:09
Penalty time: IND: 2 minutes SD : 4 minutes
IND Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gene Peacosh 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Proceviat 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Sicinski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

SD Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Paul Shmyr 1 1 2 0 0 0
Gerry Pinder 1 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Rivers 0 1 1 0 0 0
Randy Legge 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tony Cassolato 0 0 0 2 0 0
Andre Lacroix 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: IND: 14-10- 9-33 SD : 7- 4- 7-18 Goalies: IND: Jim Park (L, 7-2-0) SD : Ken Lockett (W, 10-6-0) Attendance: 6,592


Team123F
Quebec Nordiques (21-15-1) 7 3 2 12
Winnipeg Jets (18-13-1) 1 1 1 3

1: WIN,Anders Hedberg 31 (Ulf Nilsson), :53
QUE,Charles Constantin 8 (Paul Baxter, Real Cloutier), 3:04
QUE,Steve Sutherland 6 (Paulin Bordeleau), 6:23
QUE,Real Cloutier 28 (Christian Bordeleau), 7:11
QUE,Serge Bernier 26 (Real Cloutier, J.C. Tremblay), 9:57
QUE,Real Cloutier 29 (Serge Bernier, J.C. Tremblay), 14:08
QUE,Pierre Roy 1 (Andre Boudrias, Bob Fitchner), 16:15
QUE,Charles Constantin 9 (Real Cloutier, Christian Bordeleau), 17:26
2: QUE,Christian Bordeleau 16 (Real Cloutier, Jim Dorey), 8:49
WIN,Ulf Nilsson 17 (Bobby Hull, Thommie Bergman), 11:45
QUE,Serge Bernier 27 (Paulin Bordeleau), 12:35
QUE,Charles Constantin 10 (Christian Bordeleau, J.C. Tremblay), 13:10
3: QUE,Real Cloutier 30 (Andre Boudrias, Jim Dorey), 8:25
WIN,Kent Ruhnke 5 (Barry Long, Bill Lesuk), 11:19
QUE,Paulin Bordeleau 19 (Andre Boudrias, Wally Weir), 16:56
Penalties:

1: Jean Bernier, QUE 0:27
Dave Dunn, WIN 12:25
2: Real Cloutier, QUE 3:03
Curt Larsson, WIN 3:03
Paul Baxter, QUE 6:32
Dave Dunn, WIN 6:32
Charles Constantin, QUE 9:46
Dave Dunn, WIN 16:30
3: Bob Fitchner, QUE 1:26
Wally Weir, QUE 13:42
Francois Lacombe, QUE 15:03
Barry Long, WIN 17:16
Penalty time: QUE: 14 minutes WIN: 10 minutes
QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Real Cloutier 3 4 7 2 0 0
Christian Bordeleau 1 3 4 0 0 0
Charles Constantin 3 0 3 2 0 0
Serge Bernier 2 1 3 0 0 0
Paulin Bordeleau 1 2 3 0 0 0
Andre Boudrias 0 3 3 0 0 0
J.C. Tremblay 0 3 3 0 0 0
Jim Dorey 0 2 2 0 0 0
Pierre Roy 1 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Sutherland 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Fitchner 0 1 1 2 0 0
Paul Baxter 0 1 1 2 0 0
Wally Weir 0 1 1 2 0 0
Francois Lacombe 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jean Bernier 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ulf Nilsson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Kent Ruhnke 1 0 1 0 0 0
Anders Hedberg 1 0 1 0 0 0
Barry Long 0 1 1 2 0 0
Thommie Bergman 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Lesuk 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Dunn 0 0 0 6 0 0
Curt Larsson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: QUE: 17-12-11-40 WIN: 7- 5-12-24 Goalies: QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 15-9-1) WIN: Curt Larsson,
Joe Daley (L, 16-9-1) Attendance: 10,335



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