WHA game summary from February 22, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Houston Aeros (37-21-0) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Cleveland Crusaders (25-29-5) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1: | HOU, | Marty Howe 8, 11:41 |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | CLE, | Paul Baxter 3, 9:26 |
| CLE, | Gary MacGregor 20 (Jim Harrison, Cam Newton), 15:57 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Paul Shmyr, CLE 14:22 |
| Poul Popiel, HOU 15:54 | |
| 2: | Larry Lund, HOU 1:10 |
| Bryan Maxwell, CLE 12:01 | |
| Rich Preston, HOU 12:01 | |
| 3: | Russ Walker, CLE 12:36 |
| Tom Edur, CLE 14:09 | |
| Ted Taylor, HOU 14:09 | |
| John Tonelli, HOU 15:30 | |
| Randy Legge, CLE 19:07 |
Penalty time: HOU: 10 minutes
CLE: 10 minutes
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Howe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Preston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Tonelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary MacGregor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Baxter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Harrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cam Newton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Maxwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Legge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Edur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: HOU: 16-10-11-37
CLE: 8-18-16-42
Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (L, 26-13-0)
CLE: Cam Newton (W, 5-8-1)
Attendance: 10,579