WHA game summary from April 11, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (36-40-7)	0	1	2	3
Cleveland Crusaders (35-43-5)	2	0	0	2
New England Whalers win, 3 games to 0 (best of 5)

1:	CLE,	Danny Gruen 2 (Ron Ward, Bryan Maxwell), :53
	CLE,	Al McDonough 1 (Gary Jarrett, Rich Leduc), 9:27
2:	NE ,	Bob McManama 1 (Ralph Backstrom), 18:15
3:	NE ,	Ralph Backstrom 2 (Larry Pleau, Tom Webster), 15:05
	NE ,	Mike Rogers 3 (Fred O'Donnell, Alan Hangsleben), 16:38

Penalties:

1:	Jim Harrison, CLE [double minor] 0:22
	Rick Ley, NE [double minor] 0:22
	Brad Selwood, NE 4:16
	Bryan Maxwell, CLE 6:47
	Jim Harrison, CLE [major] 7:15
	Rosaire Paiement, NE [major] 7:15
	Rick Ley, NE [misconduct] 7:15
	Paul Baxter, CLE 10:49
	Bench penalty, NE 13:03
2:	Bryan Maxwell, CLE 2:09
	Ray McKay, CLE 3:58
	Ray McKay, CLE 7:34
	Rick Ley, NE 15:03
	Gerry Pinder, CLE 18:57
3:	Tom Webster, NE 0:52
	Gary MacGregor, CLE 2:39
	Paul Baxter, CLE 8:18
	Gordie Roberts, NE 12:18
	Ron Busniuk, NE 16:57

Penalty time: NE : 31 minutes CLE: 25 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ralph Backstrom	1	1	2	0	0	0
Bob McManama	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Webster	0	1	1	2	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	1	1	0	0	0
Fred O'Donnell	0	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	16	0	0
Rosaire Paiement	0	0	0	5	0	0
Ron Busniuk	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brad Selwood	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

CLE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Al McDonough	1	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Gruen	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bryan Maxwell	0	1	1	4	0	0
Gary Jarrett	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rich Leduc	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Ward	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Harrison	0	0	0	9	0	0
Paul Baxter	0	0	0	4	0	0
Ray McKay	0	0	0	4	0	0
Gerry Pinder	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gary MacGregor	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 12-11-13-36 CLE: 16- 9-10-35 Goalies: NE : Bruce Landon (W, 3-0-0) CLE: Bob Johnson (L, 0-2-0) Attendance: 3,584