WHA game summary from January 11, 1976
| 1: |
SD , | Brent Hughes 5 (Norm Ferguson), :36 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 13 (Rick Ley, Gordie Roberts), 2:05 |
| NE , | Rosaire Paiement 13 (Larry Pleau, Tom Webster), 3:07 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 14 (Thommy Abrahamsson, Rick Ley), 7:25 |
| NE , | Garry Swain 5 (Danny Arndt, Rick Ley), 13:34 |
| 2: |
SD , | Alec Tidey 12 (Joe Noris, Kevin Devine), 5:26 |
| NE , | Rosaire Paiement 14 (Alan Hangsleben, Tom Webster), 15:54 |
| 3: |
NE , | Thommy Abrahamsson 11 (Wayne Carleton, Doug Roberts), 6:51 |
| SD , | Ray Adduono 10 (Norm Ferguson, Gene Peacosh), 8:07 |
| NE , | Rosaire Paiement 15, 8:56 |
| NE , | Wayne Carleton 13 (Garry Swain), 13:39 |
| SD , | Don Burgess 10 (Gary Bredin, Mike McMahon), 18:19 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Gary Bredin, SD 6:37 |
| Danny Arndt, NE 11:18 |
| Andre Lacroix, SD 18:23 |
| 2: |
Tom Webster, NE 11:06 |
| 3: |
Wayne Carleton, NE 11:22 |
| Kevin Morrison, SD 15:20 |
Penalty time: SD : 6 minutes
NE : 6 minutes
Shots: SD : 5-15-12-32
NE : 15- 7- 7-29
Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 18-9-2)
NE : Christer Abrahamsson (W, 15-9-1)
Attendance: 8,401
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