WHA game summary from January 9, 1976
| 1: |
HOU, | Don Larway 13 (John Tonelli, Terry Ruskowski), 5:44 |
| CLE, | Rich Leduc 17 (Gerry Pinder, Paul Shmyr), 9:40 |
| 2: |
HOU, | Gordie Howe 12 (Mark Howe, Rich Preston), :39 |
| CLE, | Al McDonough 16 (Ron Ward), 2:56 |
| HOU, | Murray Hall 11 (Gord Labossiere, Ted Taylor), 3:43 |
| HOU, | Glen Irwin 3 (Poul Popiel, Terry Ruskowski), 10:41 |
| CLE, | Jim Harrison 14, 12:51 |
| CLE, | Ron Ward 16 (Paul Shmyr, Danny Gruen), 15:09 |
| 3: |
HOU, | John Tonelli 12 (Terry Ruskowski), 4:59 |
| CLE, | Rich Leduc 18, 8:17 |
| HOU, | Don Larway 14 (Poul Popiel, Terry Ruskowski), 11:11 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
John Tonelli, HOU 11:00 |
| Danny Gruen, CLE 15:12 |
| 2: |
Poul Popiel, HOU 4:15 |
| John Schella, HOU 7:05 |
| Ted Taylor, HOU 13:50 |
| 3: |
Russ Walker, CLE 6:15 |
| Gerry Pinder, CLE 9:26 |
| Gordie Howe, HOU 9:49 |
| Ray McKay, CLE 9:59 |
| Mark Howe, HOU 13:35 |
Penalty time: CLE: 8 minutes
HOU: 12 minutes
Shots: CLE: 11-11- 8-30
HOU: 8-11-10-29
Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 9-11-1)
HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 17-10-0)
Attendance: 10,269
Cleveland Crusaders (15-22-2)
Houston Aeros (24-13-0)