WHA game summary from March 12, 1976
| 1: |
NE , | Tommy Earl 7 (Garry Swain, Rick Ley), 17:03 |
| 2: |
CLE, | Tom Edur 7 (Gerry Pinder, Rich Leduc), :22 |
| NE , | Rosaire Paiement 25 (Larry Pleau, Tom Webster), 9:08 |
| NE , | Tom Webster 29 (Larry Pleau, Rosaire Paiement), 11:15 |
| NE , | Garry Swain 10 (Tommy Earl, Ron Busniuk), 13:00 |
| NE , | Ralph Backstrom 26 (Dan Bolduc, Garry Swain), 16:42 |
| NE , | Ralph Backstrom 27 (Dan Bolduc, Garry Swain), 19:44 |
| 3: |
CLE, | Russ Walker 22 (Jim Harrison, Gary Jarrett), 16:44 |
| NE , | Ralph Backstrom 28 (Alan Hangsleben, Garry Swain), 18:07 |
| NE , | Mike Rogers 24 (Thommy Abrahamsson), 19:51 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Jim Harrison, CLE 2:02 |
| Rich Leduc, CLE 3:46 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 3:46 |
| Tom Webster, NE 15:37 |
| Ron Busniuk, NE 18:27 |
| Rick Ley, NE 18:33 |
| Jim Harrison, CLE 18:33 |
| 2: |
Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 3:35 |
| Tom Edur, CLE 10:03 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE [minor, major] 11:43 |
| 3: |
Randy Legge, CLE 2:24 |
| Tom Edur, CLE 5:25 |
| Nick Fotiu, NE 5:25 |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE [major] 5:25 |
| Jim Troy, NE [major] 5:25 |
| Nick Fotiu, NE 7:46 |
| Thommy Abrahamsson, NE [major] 8:37 |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE [major] 10:26 |
| Jim Troy, NE [major] 10:26 |
| Fred O'Donnell, NE 14:17 |
Penalty time: CLE: 22 minutes
NE : 38 minutes
Shots: CLE: 5- 6-13-24
NE : 12-11-11-34
Goalies: CLE: Cam Newton (L, 6-10-1)
NE : Bruce Landon (W, 7-13-3)
Attendance: 8,762
Cleveland Crusaders (29-33-5)
New England Whalers (29-34-6)