All WHA game summaries from April 18, 1975
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota Fighting Saints (45-35-3) |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
 New England Whalers (45-33-5) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | MIN, | Fran Huck 2 (Ted Hampson, John Arbour), 17:29 |
| 3: | MIN, | Wayne Connelly 4, 13:31 |
| MIN, | Mike Walton 3 (George Morrison, Don Tannahill), 15:51 | |
| MIN, | Wayne Connelly 5 (Fran Huck, Ted Hampson), 18:18 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Mike Byers, NE 1:05 |
| John Arbour, MIN 5:34 | |
| Curt Brackenbury, MIN 9:02 | |
| 2: | Gary Gambucci, MIN 8:42 |
| Garry Swain, NE 8:42 | |
| Wayne Carleton, NE [game misconduct] 10:07 | |
| John Arbour, MIN 12:51 | |
| Fran Huck, MIN 17:45 | |
| Rick Ley, NE 17:45 | |
| 3: | Garry Swain, NE [major] 2:32 |
| Ron Busniuk, MIN [minor, major] 2:32 | |
| John Arbour, MIN 15:16 |
Penalty time: MIN: 19 minutes
NE : 21 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Connelly | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fran Huck | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hampson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Walton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Arbour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Tannahill | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Morrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Busniuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Brackenbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Gambucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Carleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garry Swain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Ley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Byers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 6-13-10-29
NE : 9- 5-13-27
Goalies: MIN: John Garrett (W, 3-3-0)
NE : Al Smith (L, 2-3-0)
Attendance: 10,507
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toronto Toros (45-36-2) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 San Diego Mariners (46-33-4) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| San Diego Mariners lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | TOR, | Frank Mahovlich 3 (Wayne Dillon, Jim Turkiewicz), 13:19 |
| 2: | TOR, | Vaclav Nedomansky 3 (Jim Dorey), 8:26 |
| SD , | Gene Peacosh 5 (Andre Lacroix, Norm Ferguson), 10:30 | |
| SD , | Mike Laughton 3 (Bob Wall, Kevin Morrison), 14:23 | |
| 3: | SD , | Ray Adduono 3 (Brian Perry, Gene Peacosh), 4:02 |
| TOR, | Gavin Kirk 5 (Tom Martin, Lou Nistico), 4:22 | |
| SD , | Gene Peacosh 6 (Ray Adduono), 11:59 |
Penalties:
Penalty time: TOR: 0 minutes
SD : 0 minutes
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gavin Kirk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Mahovlich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Turkiewicz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dorey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Nistico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Martin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Dillon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Peacosh | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Adduono | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Laughton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Ferguson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Lacroix | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Morrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Perry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: TOR: 9-13-15-37
SD : 14-19-22-55
Goalies: TOR: Jim Shaw (L, 0-2-0)
SD :
Attendance: 12,819