All WHA game summaries from April 9, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland Crusaders (35-41-5) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 New England Whalers (34-40-7) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| New England Whalers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | NE , | Ralph Backstrom 1 (Dan Bolduc, Bob McManama), 1:13 |
| NE , | Gordie Roberts 1 (Tommy Earl, Garry Swain), 3:15 | |
| NE , | Nick Fotiu 1 (Tommy Earl, Thommy Abrahamsson), 9:57 | |
| CLE, | Rich Leduc 1 (Jim Harrison), 19:11 | |
| 2: | CLE, | Wayne Connelly 1 (Tom Edur, Ron Ward), 1:00 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 1 (Rosaire Paiement, Tom Webster), 10:07 | |
| 3: | NE , | Mike Rogers 1 (Fred O'Donnell, Alan Hangsleben), 6:23 |
| CLE, | Danny Gruen 1 (Gary Jarrett, Tom Edur), 8:30 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Paul Baxter, CLE 2:32 |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE 3:00 | |
| Paul Baxter, CLE 7:30 | |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE 11:18 | |
| Fred O'Donnell, NE 11:18 | |
| 2: | Gordie Roberts, NE 2:35 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 2:35 | |
| Russ Walker, CLE 2:35 | |
| Russ Walker, CLE 2:35 | |
| Gary Jarrett, CLE 4:07 | |
| Russ Walker, CLE 12:09 | |
| Brad Selwood, NE 12:09 | |
| 3: | Barry Legge, CLE [minor, misconduct] 9:48 |
| Rick Ley, NE 11:02 | |
| Rosaire Paiement, NE 17:38 |
Penalty time: CLE: 24 minutes
NE : 16 minutes
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Edur | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Connelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Leduc | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Gruen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Jarrett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Harrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ward | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Legge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Baxter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Earl | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Roberts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Rogers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pleau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Backstrom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Fotiu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Hangsleben | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred O'Donnell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosaire Paiement | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garry Swain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Bolduc | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Webster | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob McManama | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thommy Abrahamsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Ley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Selwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CLE: 10-10-11-31
NE : 10-16- 7-33
Goalies: CLE: Bob Johnson (L, 0-1-0)
NE : Bruce Landon (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 8,417
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San Diego Mariners (36-39-6) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Phoenix Roadrunners (40-35-6) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Phoenix Roadrunners lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | PHO, | Gary Veneruzzo 1 (Dave Gorman, Jim Niekamp), 2:51 |
| PHO, | Serge Beaudoin 1 (Ron Huston, Grant Erickson), 8:54 | |
| SD , | Wayne Rivers 1 (Andre Lacroix, Brent Hughes), 10:46 | |
| 2: | SD , | Bob Falkenberg 1 (Bob Dobek, Don Burgess), 16:24 |
| 3: | no scoring | |
| 4: | PHO, | Del Hall 1 (Robbie Ftorek, Lauri Mononen), :31 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Serge Beaudoin, PHO 6:41 |
| Cam Connor, PHO 9:42 | |
| 2: | Kevin Devine, SD 3:21 |
| Kevin Devine, SD 9:54 | |
| 3: | Ray Adduono, SD 7:03 |
Penalty time: SD : 6 minutes
PHO: 4 minutes
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Falkenberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Rivers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Burgess | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dobek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Hughes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Lacroix | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Devine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Adduono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| PHO Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serge Beaudoin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Del Hall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Veneruzzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Erickson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Huston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Niekamp | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Gorman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lauri Mononen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robbie Ftorek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cam Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: SD : 10- 9- 6- 0-25
PHO: 9-10-12- 1-32
Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 0-1-0)
PHO: Jack Norris (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 6,945
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Edmonton Oilers (27-50-5) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Winnipeg Jets (53-27-2) |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Winnipeg Jets lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | WIN, | Bobby Hull 1 (Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg), 3:32 |
| WIN, | Bobby Guindon 1 (Duke Asmundson, Mike Ford), 4:55 | |
| WIN, | Mats Lindh 1 (Lyle Moffat, Thommie Bergman), 18:21 | |
| EDM, | Bob Russell 1 (Rick Morris, Bill Laing), 19:02 | |
| 2: | WIN, | Veli-Pekka Ketola 1 (Willy Lindstrom, Peter Sullivan), 12:21 |
| WIN, | Thommie Bergman 1 (Veli-Pekka Ketola, Ted Green), 17:24 | |
| EDM, | Ken Baird 1 (Rusty Patenaude), 19:03 | |
| 3: | WIN, | Norm Beaudin 1 (Mats Lindh, Thommie Bergman), 6:56 |
| WIN, | Peter Sullivan 1 (Bobby Hull, Veli-Pekka Ketola), 8:57 | |
| EDM, | Tim Sheehy 1, 19:58 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Wayne Carleton, EDM 1:18 |
| Lyle Moffat, WIN 1:18 | |
| Rusty Patenaude, EDM 2:36 | |
| Ken Baird, EDM [major] 6:24 | |
| Ted Green, WIN [minor, major] 6:24 | |
| Rick Morris, EDM 12:39 | |
| Ted McAneeley, EDM 16:44 | |
| Anders Hedberg, WIN 19:13 | |
| 2: | Jack Carlson, EDM 1:58 |
| Thommie Bergman, WIN 3:19 | |
| Bill Laing, EDM 5:39 | |
| Rusty Patenaude, EDM 9:05 | |
| Duke Asmundson, WIN 13:12 | |
| 3: | Doug Barrie, EDM 8:33 |
| Al Hamilton, EDM 14:31 |
Penalty time: EDM: 23 minutes
WIN: 15 minutes
| EDM Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Baird | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Russell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Patenaude | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Laing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Morris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Carleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Carlson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted McAneeley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Barrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thommie Bergman | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Veli-Pekka Ketola | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mats Lindh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hull | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Beaudin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Guindon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Green | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle Moffat | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anders Hedberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duke Asmundson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willy Lindstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ulf Nilsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: EDM: 7- 6- 8-21
WIN: 18-13-17-48
Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 0-1-0)
WIN: Joe Daley (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 8,688