All WHA game summaries from April 12, 1974
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toronto Toros (44-33-4) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
 Cleveland Crusaders (37-35-9) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Toronto Toros lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | TOR, | Gavin Kirk 2 (Pat Hickey), 4:09 |
| CLE, | Gary Jarrett 1 (Skip Krake, Paul Shmyr), 6:35 | |
| 2: | TOR, | Rick Sentes 1, 12:41 |
| TOR, | Rick Sentes 2 (Wayne Carleton, Tom Martin), 13:04 | |
| CLE, | Ron Morgan 1 (Paul Shmyr, Ralph Hopivouri), 15:36 | |
| TOR, | Rick Sentes 3 (Wayne Carleton, Brian Gibbons), 19:23 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Doug Brindley, CLE 2:10 |
| Ray Clearwater, CLE 2:39 | |
| Rick Cunningham, TOR 2:39 | |
| Gerry Cheevers, CLE 10:58 | |
| Pat Hickey, TOR 10:58 | |
| Rick Cunningham, TOR 13:09 | |
| 2: | Russ Walker, CLE 1:44 |
| Larry Hillman, CLE 17:16 | |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE [major] 19:23 | |
| Tom Simpson, TOR [major] 19:23 | |
| 3: | Pat Hickey, TOR 6:23 |
| Rick Cunningham, TOR 11:16 |
Penalty time: TOR: 15 minutes
CLE: 15 minutes
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Sentes | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Carleton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gavin Kirk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Hickey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Martin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Gibbons | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Jarrett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Morgan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Hopivouri | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skip Krake | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Clearwater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Cheevers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Brindley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: TOR: 8-15- 7-30
CLE: 14- 5-15-34
Goalies: TOR: Gilles Gratton (W, 2-0-0)
CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 0-2-0)
Attendance: 7,991
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota Fighting Saints (47-33-2) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Edmonton Oilers (39-40-3) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | EDM, | Val Fonteyne 1 (Jim Schraefel), 7:53 |
| 3: | EDM, | Eddie Joyal 1 (Tom Gilmore, Blair MacDonald), 7:06 |
| MIN, | Wayne Connelly 2 (George Morrison, Mike Walton), 19:22 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Tom Gilmore, EDM 3:47 |
| Doug Barrie, EDM 11:33 | |
| Bill Klatt, MIN 14:03 | |
| 2: | Doug Barrie, EDM 1:24 |
| Ted Hampson, MIN 1:45 | |
| Gord Gallant, MIN 4:10 | |
| Eddie Joyal, EDM 7:36 | |
| Ted Hampson, MIN 12:41 | |
| Doug Barrie, EDM 12:41 | |
| Rick Smith, MIN 14:16 | |
| Terry Ball, MIN 16:15 | |
| Blair MacDonald, EDM 19:15 | |
| 3: | Eddie Joyal, EDM 17:37 |
| Ken Baird, EDM 17:37 |
Penalty time: MIN: 12 minutes
EDM: 16 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Connelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Walton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Morrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hampson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Klatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Gallant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| EDM Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Joyal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Val Fonteyne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Gilmore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blair MacDonald | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Schraefel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Barrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Baird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 8- 5-12-25
EDM: 10-12-14-36
Goalies: MIN: Mike Curran (L, 1-1-0)
EDM: Chris Worthy (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 5,200
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago Cougars (41-37-5) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
 New England Whalers (45-34-4) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Chicago Cougars lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | CHI, | Duke Harris 2 (Ralph Backstrom, Pat Stapleton), 11:29 |
| 2: | CHI, | Duke Harris 3 (Ralph Backstrom), 2:00 |
| NE , | Mike Byers 2 (Rick Ley), 17:11 | |
| NE , | John French 3 (Al Karlander, Rick Ley), 17:51 | |
| 3: | CHI, | Larry Mavety 2 (Brian Coates, Rosaire Paiement), 10:24 |
| CHI, | Bob Sicinski 3 (Darryl Maggs), 16:52 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Jim Watson, CHI 0:28 | |
| John French, NE 1:39 | ||
| Jim Watson, CHI 18:54 | ||
| 2: | Andre Gill, CHI 2:39 | |
| Rick Morris, CHI 17:27 | ||
| Tim Sheehy, NE 18:16 | ||
| Larry Mavety, CHI 19:10 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: CHI: 10 minutes
NE : 4 minutes
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Harris | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Backstrom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Mavety | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sicinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Maggs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosaire Paiement | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Coates | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Stapleton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Ley | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John French | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Byers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Karlander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Sheehy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CHI: 6- 6-11-23
NE : 10-13- 4-27
Goalies: CHI: Andre Gill (W, 1-1-0)
NE : Al Smith (L, 2-2-0)
Attendance: 5,513