1976 WHA Semi-Finals
Houston Aeros defeat New England Whalers 4-3

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Houston Aeros

W-L: 53-27-0, .663

SRS: 0.89 (2nd of 14)

Goals: 341 (3rd of 14)

Goals Against: 263 (5th of 14)

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New England Whalers

W-L: 33-40-7, .456

SRS: -0.46 (10th of 14)

Goals: 255 (11th of 14)

Goals Against: 290 (9th of 14)

Game 1, May 5
New England Whalers	4	Final
Houston Aeros	2

Game 2, May 7
New England Whalers	2	Final
Houston Aeros	5

Game 3, May 9
Houston Aeros	1	Final
New England Whalers	4

Game 4, May 11
Houston Aeros	4	Final
New England Whalers	3

Game 5, May 13
New England Whalers	2	Final
Houston Aeros	4

Game 6, May 15
Houston Aeros	1	Final
New England Whalers	6

Game 7, May 16
New England Whalers	0	Final
Houston Aeros	2

1975-76 Regular Season Stats

Saturday, Oct 11, 1975
Houston Aeros	5	Final
New England Whalers	0

Wednesday, Nov 12, 1975
Houston Aeros	1	Final
New England Whalers	4

Tuesday, Dec 2, 1975
New England Whalers	5	Final
Houston Aeros	2

Wednesday, Jan 21, 1976
New England Whalers	3	Final
Houston Aeros	9

Tuesday, Feb 17, 1976
New England Whalers	3	Final
Houston Aeros	4

Thursday, Feb 26, 1976
Houston Aeros	5	Final
New England Whalers	2

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HSA Scoring Regular Season

HSA Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Gordie Howe*	47	RW	78	32	70	102	14	76	19	12	1	4				241	13.3
2	Mark Howe*	20	LW	72	39	37	76	29	38	20	13	6	8				270	14.4
3	Frank Hughes	26	RW	80	31	45	76	12	26	19	12	0	6				165	18.8
4	André Hinse	30	LW	70	35	38	73	12	6	23	12	0	6				158	22.2
5	Larry Lund	35	C	73	24	49	73	3	50	17	6	1	1				146	16.4
6	Gord Labossiere	36	C	80	23	32	55	-1	18	19	4	0	3				151	15.2
7	Rich Preston	23	RW	77	22	33	55	30	33	19	1	2	4				159	13.8
8	Don Larway	21	RW	79	30	20	50	9	56	27	3	0	3				196	15.3
9	Terry Ruskowski	21	C	65	14	35	49	18	100	11	3	0	2				105	13.3
10	Murray Hall	35	RW	80	20	26	46	-3	18	17	3	0	8				118	16.9
11	Poul Popiel	32	D	78	10	36	46	29	71	6	2	2	2				162	6.2
12	Ted Taylor	33	LW	68	15	26	41	-10	88	12	3	0	0				130	11.5
13	John Schella	28	D	74	6	32	38	8	106	6	0	0	0				193	3.1
14	Marty Howe	21	D	80	14	23	37	40	81	14	0	0	2				179	7.8
15	John Tonelli	18	C	79	17	14	31	11	66	13	3	1	2				123	13.8
16	Larry Hale	34	D	77	2	12	14	7	30	2	0	0	1				49	4.1
17	Jan Popiel	28	LW	67	4	7	11	-13	59	4	0	0	0				68	5.9
18	Glen Irwin	24	D	72	3	8	11	3	116	3	0	0	0				59	5.1
19	Bill Butters	25	D	14	0	4	4	8	18	0	0	0	0				11	0.0
20	Ron Grahame	25	G	57	0	1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0				0		3343	58:39
21	Bob Liddington	27	LW	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				1	0.0
22	Wayne Rutledge	34	G	25	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0				0		1456	58:14
23	Mike Stevens	25	D	6	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0				7	0.0
	Team Total			80	341	548	889	204	1088	251	77	13	52				2691	12.7

HSA Goalies Regular Season

HSA Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Ron Grahame	25	57		39	17	0	182				3.27	3	3343				91	18.8
2	Wayne Rutledge	34	25		14	10	0	77				3.17	1	1456				86	12.4
	Team Total				53	27	0	259				3.24	4	4799

NEW Scoring Regular Season

NEW Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Tom Webster	27	RW	55	33	50	83	14	24	24	9	0	11				195	16.9
2	Larry Pleau	29	LW	75	29	45	74	1	21	15	12	2	4				192	15.1
3	Rosaire Paiement	30	C	80	28	43	71	-6	89	23	4	1	2				200	14.0
4	Ron Climie	25	LW	65	25	20	45	-8	17	19	6	0	3				118	21.2
5	Rick Ley	27	D	67	8	30	38	-20	78	6	2	0	0				130	6.2
6	Thommy Abrahamsson	28	D	63	14	21	35	-11	47	9	3	2	0				150	9.3
7	Ralph Backstrom	38	C	38	14	19	33		6	13	0	1	1				94	14.9
8	Wayne Carleton	29	C	35	12	21	33	-3	6	10	2	0	0				107	11.2
9	Mike Rogers	21	C	36	18	14	32	-5	10	17	1	0	2				88	20.5
10	Garry Swain	28	C	79	10	16	26	-30	46	6	1	3	1				118	8.5
11	Al Hangsleben	22	D	78	2	23	25	-3	62	2	0	0	0				118	1.7
12	Fred O'Donnell	26	RW	79	11	11	22	-19	81	11	0	0	3				100	11.0
13	Gordie Roberts	18	D	77	3	19	22	-17	102	3	0	0	1				115	2.6
14	Tom Earl	28	RW	66	8	11	19	-7	26	2	0	6	2				63	12.7
15	Don Borgeson	30	LW	31	9	8	17	-2	4	8	1	0	1				62	14.5
16	Doug Roberts	33	D	76	4	13	17	-3	51	4	0	0	0				109	3.7
17	Danny Arndt	20	LW	69	8	8	16	-16	10	7	1	0	1				89	9.0
18	Paul Hurley	29	D	46	0	14	14	-6	20	0	0	0	0				98	0.0
19	Bob McManama	24	C	37	3	10	13	-12	28	2	1	0	0				39	7.7
20	Brad Selwood	27	D	40	2	10	12	5	28	2	0	0	0				55	3.6
21	Mike Byers	29	RW	18	4	3	7	-2	0	4	0	0	0				25	16.0
22	Danny Bolduc	22	RW	14	2	5	7	5	14	2	0	0	0				27	7.4
23	Bob Charlebois	31	LW	28	3	3	6	-1	0	3	0	0	1				19	15.8
24	Nick Fotiu	23	LW	49	3	2	5	-5	94	3	0	0	0				44	6.8
25	Don Blackburn	37	LW	21	2	3	5	-5	6	2	0	0	0				15	13.3
26	Ron Busniuk	27	D	11	0	3	3	0	55	0	0	0	0				18	0.0
27	Christer Abrahamsson	28	G	41	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0				0		2385	58:10
28	Marty Gateman	23	D	12	0	1	1	-8	6	0	0	0	0				6	0.0
29	Paul Hoganson	26	G	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		224	56:00
30	Bruce Landon	26	G	38	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		2181	57:24
31	Terry Caffery	26	C	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0				2	0.0
32	John Danby	27	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
33	Cap Raeder	22	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		100	33:20
34	Steve Richardson	26	LW	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0				5	0.0
35	Jim Troy	23	RW	14	0	0	0	-5	43	0	0	0	0				7	0.0
	Team Total			80	255	429	684	-171	980	197	43	15	33				2408	10.6

NEW Goalies Regular Season

NEW Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Christer Abrahamsson	28	41		18	18	2	136				3.42	2	2385				97	3.9
2	Bruce Landon	26	38		14	19	5	126				3.47	0	2181				101	-0.7
3	Paul Hoganson	26	4		1	2	0	16				4.29	0	224
4	Cap Raeder	22	3		0	1	0	8				4.80	0	100
	Team Total				33	40	7	286				3.51	2	4890

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Houston Aeros defeat New England Whalers 4-3

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1976 WHA Semi-Finals
Houston Aeros defeat New England Whalers 4-3