WHA game summary from May 12, 1974
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Houston Aeros (57-27-5) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Chicago Cougars (46-42-5) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Houston Aeros lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | HOU, | Larry Hale 2 (Murray Hall, Gord Labossiere), 6:31 |
| HOU, | Gord Labossiere 5 (Ted Taylor, Don Grierson), 9:19 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | CHI, | Bob Liddington 6 (Pat Stapleton), 5:42 |
| CHI, | Don Gordon 4 (Larry Mavety, Dick Proceviat), 13:45 | |
| HOU, | Frank Hughes 7, 15:48 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Liddington, CHI 0:31 |
| Don Grierson, HOU 3:27 | |
| Rosaire Paiement, CHI 4:53 | |
| Marty Howe, HOU 4:53 | |
| John Schella, HOU 6:41 | |
| Larry Mavety, CHI 8:56 | |
| Ted Taylor, HOU 13:36 | |
| 2: | Gordie Howe, HOU 6:50 |
| Poul Popiel, HOU 8:04 | |
| 3: | Marty Howe, HOU 9:11 |
Penalty time: HOU: 14 minutes
CHI: 6 minutes
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gord Labossiere | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Grierson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Taylor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Murray Hall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Howe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Howe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Liddington | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Mavety | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Proceviat | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Stapleton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosaire Paiement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: HOU: 10- 8-11-29
CHI: 8-12-11-31
Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (W, 9-2-0)
CHI: Andre Gill (L, 6-3-0)
Attendance: 3,000