All WHA game summaries from April 17, 1975
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland Crusaders (36-44-3) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Houston Aeros (57-26-0) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Houston Aeros win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | HOU, | Gordie Howe 1 (Mark Howe, Poul Popiel), :27 |
| HOU, | Larry Lund 3 (Andre Hinse, Gordie Howe), 9:25 | |
| 2: | CLE, | Gerry Pinder 3 (Ron Ward, Skip Krake), 9:08 |
| 3: | HOU, | Ted Taylor 2 (Gord Labossiere), 8:52 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Mark Howe, HOU 1:49 |
| Rich Leduc, CLE 8:07 | |
| Larry Hillman, CLE 11:40 | |
| Steve Cardwell, CLE 16:08 | |
| John Schella, HOU 19:53 | |
| 2: | Gerry Pinder, CLE 7:21 |
| Larry Lund, HOU 9:49 | |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 9:49 | |
| Wayne Hillman, CLE 11:36 | |
| Rich Preston, HOU 11:36 | |
| 3: | John Schella, HOU 3:33 |
| Ted Taylor, HOU 9:19 | |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 15:26 |
Penalty time: CLE: 14 minutes
HOU: 12 minutes
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Pinder | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ward | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skip Krake | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Hillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Leduc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Cardwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Howe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Hinse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Labossiere | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Preston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CLE: 10- 9- 9-28
HOU: 19- 7-14-40
Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 1-4-0)
HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 4-1-0)
Attendance: 6,825
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Phoenix Roadrunners (40-35-8) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Quebec Nordiques (50-33-0) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Quebec Nordiques win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | PHO, | John Gray 2 (Wendell Bennett), 1:16 |
| QUE, | Rene Leclerc 3 (Jeannot Gilbert, Steve Sutherland), 4:13 | |
| PHO, | Dennis Sobchuk 4 (Al McLeod, Robbie Ftorek), 8:47 | |
| QUE, | Jeannot Gilbert 1 (Rene Leclerc, Pierre Roy), 11:31 | |
| 3: | QUE, | Marc Tardif 3 (Rene Leclerc), 14:20 |
| QUE, | Serge Bernier 6 (J.C. Tremblay), 19:26 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bobby Guindon, QUE [misconduct] 15:26 |
| 2: | Francois Lacombe, QUE 1:25 |
| Jim Niekamp, PHO 1:34 | |
| Don Borgeson, PHO 4:44 | |
| Pierre Roy, QUE 8:02 | |
| 3: | Michel Cormier, PHO 5:37 |
| Pierre Roy, QUE 5:37 | |
| Wendell Bennett, PHO 16:16 | |
| John Gray, PHO [misconduct] 16:16 |
Penalty time: PHO: 18 minutes
QUE: 16 minutes
| PHO Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Sobchuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wendell Bennett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robbie Ftorek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al McLeod | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Niekamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michel Cormier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Borgeson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| QUE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Leclerc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeannot Gilbert | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Tardif | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Serge Bernier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Roy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.C. Tremblay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Sutherland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Guindon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francois Lacombe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: PHO: 14-15-10-39
QUE: 8-11-13-32
Goalies: PHO: Gary Kurt (L, 1-2-0)
QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 4-1-0)
Attendance: 9,495