All WHA game summaries from January 2, 1976
| 1: |
CIN, | Rick Dudley 19 (Murray Myers, Dennis Sobchuk), 2:56 |
| 2: |
CIN, | Claude Larose 22 (Pierre Guite, Jacques Locas), 16:04 |
| 3: |
OTT, | Jim Sherrit 10 (Don Borgeson, Ralph Backstrom), 11:15 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Don Borgeson, OTT 1:50 |
| Jacques Locas, CIN 4:18 |
| Dale Smedsmo, CIN 6:49 |
| Dale Smedsmo, CIN [major] 11:23 |
| Barry Legge, OTT [major] 11:23 |
| Jacques Locas, CIN 19:57 |
| 2: |
Brian Lavender, OTT 8:01 |
| 3: |
Pat Donnelly, CIN 16:10 |
| Rick Morris, OTT 17:31 |
Penalty time: OTT: 11 minutes
CIN: 13 minutes
Shots: OTT: 15-13- 9-37
CIN: 12-15-15-42
Goalies: OTT: Lynn Zimmerman (L, 1-2-0)
CIN: Paul Hoganson (W, 3-3-0)
Attendance: 7,379
| 1: |
CLE, | Jim Harrison 10 (Paul Shmyr, Russ Walker), 5:21 |
| QUE, | Steve Sutherland 12 (Michel Parizeau, Pierre Roy), 9:35 |
| CLE, | Ron Ward 13 (Al McDonough, Jim Harrison), 18:08 |
| 2: |
CLE, | Jim Harrison 11 (Russ Walker), 10:49 |
| QUE, | Steve Sutherland 13 (Michel Parizeau, J.C. Tremblay), 15:52 |
| 3: |
QUE, | Christian Bordeleau 21, 7:25 |
| CLE, | John A. Stewart 8, 12:12 |
| QUE, | Serge Bernier 19 (J.C. Tremblay), 18:43 |
| 4: |
CLE, | Russ Walker 11 (Jim Harrison, Juhani Tamminen), 3:02 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Rich Leduc, CLE 7:33 |
| Ric Jordan, QUE 12:00 |
| Rejean Houle, QUE 17:09 |
| Ric Jordan, QUE 18:32 |
| 2: |
Barry Legge, CLE 2:27 |
| 3: |
Rich Leduc, CLE 6:53 |
| Serge Bernier, QUE 6:53 |
| Ron Ward, CLE 14:44 |
| 4: | none |
Penalty time: QUE: 8 minutes
CLE: 8 minutes
Shots: QUE: 11-13-17- 0-41
CLE: 22- 9- 9- 3-43
Goalies: QUE: Richard Brodeur (L, 23-10-1)
CLE: Gerry Cheevers (W, 9-9-1)
Attendance: 7,207
| 1: |
EDM, | Rusty Patenaude 22 (Tim Sheehy, Barry Long), 8:44 |
| CAL, | Rick Sentes 9 (Ron Chipperfield), 12:39 |
| 2: | no scoring |
| 3: |
CAL, | Ron Chipperfield 14, 8:14 |
| CAL, | Butch Deadmarsh 15, 10:02 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Ron Chipperfield, CAL 4:11 |
| Bob Leiter, CAL 7:07 |
| Chris Evans, CAL 9:47 |
| Barry Long, EDM 13:08 |
| 2: |
Skip Krake, EDM 9:09 |
| Butch Deadmarsh, CAL 11:45 |
| 3: |
Rusty Patenaude, EDM 8:01 |
Penalty time: CAL: 8 minutes
EDM: 6 minutes
Shots: CAL: 10- 8- 7-25
EDM: 11- 7- 8-26
Goalies: CAL: Wayne Wood (W, 6-0-1)
EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 12-13-2)
Attendance: 6,553
| 1: |
SD , | Wayne Rivers 7 (Don Burgess), 10:10 |
| 2: | no scoring |
| 3: |
SD , | Don Burgess 8 (Gary Bredin, Mike McMahon), 9:00 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Brian McDonald, IND 11:08 |
| 2: |
Brian McDonald, IND 2:01 |
| Kim Clackson, IND [major] 15:34 |
| Gene Peacosh, SD [major] 15:34 |
| 3: |
Kim Clackson, IND [major] 5:42 |
| Peter McNamee, SD [major] 5:42 |
| Ken Block, IND 8:52 |
| Mike McMahon, SD 16:00 |
Penalty time: SD : 12 minutes
IND: 16 minutes
Shots: SD : 10-12- 6-28
IND: 8-10-17-35
Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely (W, 17-7-2)
IND: Michel Dion (L, 0-3-0)
Attendance: 10,596
| 1: |
TOR, | Lou Nistico 3 (Jean-Luc Phaneuf, Tom Simpson), 5:48 |
| 2: |
TOR, | Paul Henderson 12 (Frank Mahovlich, Richard Farda), 4:41 |
| PHO, | Michel Cormier 14 (Jim Boyd), 7:14 |
| TOR, | Paul Henderson 13, 15:47 |
| 3: |
TOR, | Frank Mahovlich 19 (Gavin Kirk, Paul Henderson), :48 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Jim Niekamp, PHO 9:02 |
| 2: |
Jim Dorey, TOR 7:45 |
| John Gray, PHO [minor, misconduct] 9:36 |
| Dave Gorman, PHO 18:57 |
| 3: |
Paul Heaver, TOR 1:30 |
| Cam Connor, PHO 1:30 |
| Barry Dean, PHO 1:30 |
| Dave Syvret, TOR 4:08 |
| Garry Lariviere, PHO 9:16 |
| Robbie Ftorek, PHO [minor, misconduct] 9:16 |
| Garry Lariviere, PHO 19:50 |
Penalty time: PHO: 36 minutes
TOR: 6 minutes
Shots: PHO: 11-10-12-33
TOR: 10-10- 8-28
Goalies: PHO: Gary Kurt (L, 6-10-1)
TOR: Dave Tataryn (W, 6-5-0)
Attendance: 9,278