All WHA game summaries from April 18, 1974

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Minnesota Fighting Saints (49-33-2)	2	1	1	1	5
Houston Aeros (52-26-5)	1	1	2	0	4
Minnesota Fighting Saints lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7)

1:	MIN,	John Arbour 3 (Mike Antonovich), 6:42
	HOU,	Mark Howe 4 (Poul Popiel, Gordie Howe), 8:55
	MIN,	Bill Klatt 3 (Mike Antonovich, Ted Hampson), 12:55
2:	MIN,	Jim Johnson 1 (Mike McMahon, John Arbour), 1:53
	HOU,	Poul Popiel 1 (Gord Labossiere, Larry Lund), 8:10
3:	HOU,	Larry Lund 5 (Frank Hughes, Andre Hinse), 1:55
	MIN,	Mike McMahon 1 (John Arbour, Wayne Connelly), 9:23
	HOU,	Ted Taylor 3 (Gord Labossiere, Marty Howe), 10:46
4:	MIN,	Mike Walton 7 (Gord Gallant), 1:40

Penalties:

1:	Gordie Howe, HOU 2:56
	Gord Gallant, MIN 2:56
	Bob MacMillan, MIN 9:41
	Poul Popiel, HOU 16:48
	Mike Antonovich, MIN 16:48
	John Schella, HOU 18:23
	George Morrison, MIN 18:54
2:	Gordie Howe, HOU 6:39
	Gord Gallant, MIN 6:39
	Rick Smith, MIN 7:20
3:	Larry Lund, HOU [minor, major] 1:55
	Bill Klatt, MIN [minor, major] 1:55
	John Garrett, MIN [minor, misconduct] 1:55
4:	none

Penalty time: MIN: 31 minutes HOU: 15 minutes

MIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
John Arbour	1	2	3	0	0	0
Mike McMahon	1	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Antonovich	0	2	2	2	0	0
Bill Klatt	1	0	1	7	0	0
Mike Walton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Johnson	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gord Gallant	0	1	1	4	0	0
Ted Hampson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wayne Connelly	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Garrett	0	0	0	12	0	0
George Morrison	0	0	0	2	0	0
Rick Smith	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bob MacMillan	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Larry Lund	1	1	2	7	0	0
Poul Popiel	1	1	2	2	0	0
Gord Labossiere	0	2	2	0	0	0
Mark Howe	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	4	0	0
Andre Hinse	0	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Hughes	0	1	1	0	0	0
Marty Howe	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Schella	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: MIN: 9- 8-13- 3-33 HOU: 19-11-14- 0-44 Goalies: MIN: John Garrett (W, 4-0-0) HOU: Don McLeod (L, 4-1-0) Attendance: 8,484