WHA game summary from December 22, 1976
| 1: |
SD , | Joe Noris 16, 4:42 |
| PHO, | Del Hall 17 (Robbie Ftorek, Ron Huston), 7:02 |
| PHO, | Robbie Ftorek 24 (Del Hall, Jim Niekamp), 17:33 |
| 2: |
SD , | Don Burgess 8 (Andre Lacroix, Paul Shmyr), 15:49 |
| SD , | Joe Noris 17 (Kevin Devine), 16:57 |
| 3: |
PHO, | Garry Lariviere 2 (Michel Cormier), 8:10 |
| SD , | Andre Lacroix 11 (Tim O'Connell, Don Burgess), 8:45 |
| PHO, | Serge Beaudoin 3 (Mike Hobin, Andre Hinse), 19:40 |
| 4: |
SD , | Norm Ferguson 22 (John French, Bob Dobek), :21 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Jerry Rollins, PHO 1:56 |
| Andre Lacroix, SD 1:56 |
| Kevin Devine, SD 3:25 |
| Bench penalty, SD 6:20 |
| Serge Beaudoin, PHO 7:26 |
| Ken Lockett, SD 11:45 |
| 2: |
Garry Lariviere, PHO 9:02 |
| 3: |
Randy Legge, SD 12:01 |
| 4: | none |
Penalty time: SD : 10 minutes
PHO: 6 minutes
Shots: SD : 11- 6- 9- 1-27
PHO: 13-12-11- 0-36
Goalies: SD : Ken Lockett (W, 9-6-0)
PHO: Clay Hebenton (L, 7-14-2)
Attendance: 5,156
San Diego Mariners (21-12-2)
Phoenix Roadrunners (13-20-2)