WHA game summary from January 7, 1976
| 1: |
SD , | John French 10 (Wayne Rivers), 2:04 |
| SD , | Bob Falkenberg 1 (Gene Peacosh, Ray Adduono), 16:26 |
| CLE, | Al McDonough 14 (Danny Gruen, Ron Ward), 17:14 |
| 2: |
CLE, | Russ Walker 12 (Jim Harrison, Ray McKay), 1:29 |
| CLE, | Rich Leduc 15 (John A. Stewart, Paul Shmyr), 3:42 |
| CLE, | Ron Ward 15 (Danny Gruen, Paul Shmyr), 5:11 |
| CLE, | Gerry Pinder 10 (John A. Stewart, Terry Ball), 10:18 |
| CLE, | Al McDonough 15 (Ron Ward, Danny Gruen), 17:48 |
| 3: |
SD , | Norm Ferguson 20 (Gene Peacosh, Ray Adduono), 1:11 |
| CLE, | Russ Walker 13 (Bill Evo), 11:21 |
| CLE, | Rich Leduc 16 (Terry Ball), 13:41 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Russ Walker, CLE 2:46 |
| 2: |
Gerry Pinder, CLE [major] 3:16 |
| Kevin Devine, SD [major] 3:16 |
| Gene Peacosh, SD 4:16 |
| Gary Jarrett, CLE 12:38 |
| 3: |
Bill Evo, CLE 12:21 |
Penalty time: SD : 7 minutes
CLE: 11 minutes
Shots: SD : 11-18-12-41
CLE: 12-19-13-44
Goalies: SD : Bob Blanchet,
Russ Gillow
CLE: Bob Whidden (W, 5-8-1)
Attendance: 2,751
San Diego Mariners (17-17-4)
Cleveland Crusaders (15-21-2)