WHA game summary from January 3, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Ottawa Civics (13-22-1)	0	0	2	2
Houston Aeros (22-13-0)	2	2	0	4

1:	HOU,	Andre Hinse 16 (Larry Lund, Mark Howe), 1:15
	HOU,	Gordie Howe 11 (Rich Preston, Glen Irwin), 7:36
2:	HOU,	Andre Hinse 17 (Larry Lund, Glen Irwin), 2:58
	HOU,	Larry Lund 11 (Frank Hughes, Poul Popiel), 16:32
3:	OTT,	Gary MacGregor 13 (Darryl Maggs), 14:02
	OTT,	Mark Lomenda 5 (Peter Mara, Brian Lavender), 17:16

Penalties:

Penalty time: OTT: 6 minutes HOU: 8 minutes

OTT Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gary MacGregor	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Lomenda	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brian Lavender	0	1	1	0	0	0
Peter Mara	0	1	1	0	0	0
Darryl Maggs	0	1	1	0	0	0
Barry Legge	0	0	0	2	0	0
Frank Rochon	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
Larry Lund	1	2	3	2	0	0
Andre Hinse	2	0	2	0	0	0
Glen Irwin	0	2	2	2	0	0
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	2	0	0
Rich Preston	0	1	1	0	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Hughes	0	1	1	0	0	0
Don Larway	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: OTT: 15- 8- 7-30 HOU: 16-10-15-41 Goalies: OTT: Lynn Zimmerman (L, 1-3-0) HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 6-3-0) Attendance: 10,302