WHA game summary from April 9, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Cleveland Crusaders (35-41-5)	1	1	1	3
New England Whalers (34-40-7)	3	1	1	5
New England Whalers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 5)

1:	NE ,	Ralph Backstrom 1 (Dan Bolduc, Bob McManama), 1:13
	NE ,	Gordie Roberts 1 (Tommy Earl, Garry Swain), 3:15
	NE ,	Nick Fotiu 1 (Tommy Earl, Thommy Abrahamsson), 9:57
	CLE,	Rich Leduc 1 (Jim Harrison), 19:11
2:	CLE,	Wayne Connelly 1 (Tom Edur, Ron Ward), 1:00
	NE ,	Larry Pleau 1 (Rosaire Paiement, Tom Webster), 10:07
3:	NE ,	Mike Rogers 1 (Fred O'Donnell, Alan Hangsleben), 6:23
	CLE,	Danny Gruen 1 (Gary Jarrett, Tom Edur), 8:30

Penalties:

1:	Paul Baxter, CLE 2:32
	Alan Hangsleben, NE 3:00
	Paul Baxter, CLE 7:30
	Alan Hangsleben, NE 11:18
	Fred O'Donnell, NE 11:18
2:	Gordie Roberts, NE 2:35
	Gordie Roberts, NE 2:35
	Russ Walker, CLE 2:35
	Russ Walker, CLE 2:35
	Gary Jarrett, CLE 4:07
	Russ Walker, CLE 12:09
	Brad Selwood, NE 12:09
3:	Barry Legge, CLE [minor, misconduct] 9:48
	Rick Ley, NE 11:02
	Rosaire Paiement, NE 17:38

Penalty time: CLE: 24 minutes NE : 16 minutes

CLE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Tom Edur	0	2	2	0	0	0
Danny Gruen	1	0	1	0	0	0
Wayne Connelly	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rich Leduc	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Jarrett	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jim Harrison	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Ward	0	1	1	0	0	0
Barry Legge	0	0	0	12	0	0
Russ Walker	0	0	0	6	0	0
Paul Baxter	0	0	0	4	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Tommy Earl	0	2	2	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	1	0	1	4	0	0
Larry Pleau	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	1	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Fotiu	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	1	0	1	0	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	1	1	4	0	0
Rosaire Paiement	0	1	1	2	0	0
Fred O'Donnell	0	1	1	2	0	0
Thommy Abrahamsson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Garry Swain	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dan Bolduc	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Webster	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bob McManama	0	1	1	0	0	0
Brad Selwood	0	0	0	2	0	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: CLE: 10-10-11-31 NE : 10-16- 7-33 Goalies: CLE: Bob Johnson (L, 0-1-0) NE : Bruce Landon (W, 1-0-0) Attendance: 8,417