All WHA game summaries from April 22, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Edmonton Oilers (35-47-4) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
 Houston Aeros (54-25-6) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Houston Aeros win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | EDM, | Bryan Campbell 3 (Norm Ullman), :28 |
| HOU, | Rich Preston 3 (Mark Howe, Poul Popiel), 6:41 | |
| HOU, | Ted Taylor 3 (John Tonelli), 8:38 | |
| 2: | EDM, | Dave Langevin 2 (Rick Morris), :49 |
| HOU, | Gordie Howe 2 (Poul Popiel, Larry Lund), 2:59 | |
| EDM, | Randy Rota 3 (Wayne Connelly), 5:58 | |
| 3: | HOU, | Ron Hansis 1 (Larry Lund, Mark Howe), :32 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ted Taylor, HOU 0:25 |
| Rick Morris, EDM 6:36 | |
| Dave Langevin, EDM 8:14 | |
| Al McLeod, HOU 9:45 | |
| Larry Lund, HOU 12:49 | |
| Frank Beaton, EDM 16:12 | |
| 2: | Brett Callighen, EDM [major] 1:13 |
| Cam Connor, HOU [major, misconduct] 1:13 | |
| Ron Busniuk, EDM [major] 19:27 | |
| Terry Ruskowski, HOU [minor, major] 19:27 | |
| 3: | Ted Taylor, HOU 18:49 |
Penalty time: EDM: 16 minutes
HOU: 30 minutes
| EDM Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Langevin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Rota | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Campbell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Morris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Connelly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Ullman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brett Callighen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Busniuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Beaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Lund | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Howe | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Hansis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Preston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Howe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Tonelli | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cam Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ruskowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: EDM: 9- 8- 3-20
HOU: 15- 6- 7-28
Goalies: EDM: Ken Broderick (L, 1-2-0)
HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 2-0-0)
Attendance: 11,022
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Winnipeg Jets (49-35-2) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
 San Diego Mariners (43-40-4) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Series tied, 3-3 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | WIN, | Anders Hedberg 2 (Ulf Nilsson, Mike Ford), :51 |
| SD , | Kevin Morrison 1 (Kevin Devine), 4:33 | |
| SD , | Rick Sentes 4 (Don Burgess, Andre Lacroix), 7:45 | |
| SD , | John French 1 (Norm Ferguson, Ray Adduono), 8:52 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Andre Lacroix, SD 2:19 | |
| Randy Legge, SD [minor, major] 4:18 | ||
| Dan Labraaten, WIN [minor, major] 4:18 | ||
| Ted Green, WIN [double minor] 15:25 | ||
| Rick Sentes, SD [major] 18:48 | ||
| Perry Miller, WIN [major] 18:48 | ||
| 2: | none | |
| 3: | Rick Sentes, SD [major] 13:00 | |
| Bobby Guindon, WIN [major] 13:00 | ||
Penalty time: WIN: 21 minutes
SD : 19 minutes
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders Hedberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ulf Nilsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Labraaten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perry Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Guindon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Sentes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Morrison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John French | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Lacroix | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Burgess | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Devine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Ferguson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Adduono | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Legge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: WIN: 2- 6- 7-15
SD : 11-10- 9-30
Goalies: WIN: Joe Daley (L, 3-3-0)
SD : Ernie Wakely (W, 2-1-0)
Attendance: 11,450