All WHA game summaries from April 8, 1974

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (49-25-5)	2	0	3	5
Winnipeg Jets (34-40-5)	0	0	2	2
Houston Aeros lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7)

1:	HOU,	Frank Hughes 1 (Gordie Howe, Andre Hinse), 15:32
	HOU,	Jim Sherrit 1 (Don Grierson, Mark Howe), 18:44
2:	no scoring
3:	HOU,	Murray Hall 1 (Gord Labossiere, Ted Taylor), 3:02
	WIN,	Danny Johnson 1 (Ted Hargreaves, Milt Black), 3:40
	HOU,	Mark Howe 1 (Gordie Howe, Marty Howe), 6:14
	WIN,	Norm Beaudin 1, 8:19
	HOU,	Murray Hall 2 (Gord Kannegiesser, Ted Taylor), 15:58

Penalties:

Penalty time: HOU: 18 minutes WIN: 10 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Murray Hall	2	0	2	0	0	0
Mark Howe	1	1	2	2	0	0
Ted Taylor	0	2	2	2	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	2	2	0	0	0
Frank Hughes	1	0	1	2	0	0
Jim Sherrit	1	0	1	0	0	0
Andre Hinse	0	1	1	0	0	0
Don Grierson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Gord Kannegiesser	0	1	1	0	0	0
Gord Labossiere	0	1	1	0	0	0
Marty Howe	0	1	1	0	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	0	0	6	0	0
John Schella	0	0	0	2	0	0
Larry Hale	0	0	0	2	0	0
Larry Lund	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

WIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Norm Beaudin	1	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Johnson	1	0	1	0	0	0
Milt Black	0	1	1	2	0	0
Ted Hargreaves	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Hull	0	0	0	4	0	0
Bob Ash	0	0	0	2	0	0
Fran Huck	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 14- 8-13-35 WIN: 6-10- 3-19 Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (W, 1-0-0) WIN: Joe Daley (L, 0-1-0) Attendance: 8,446