WHA game summary from April 5, 1975
| 1: |
CLE, | Rich Leduc 34 (Ray Clearwater, Al McDonough), 3:02 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 30 (Thommy Abrahamsson), 9:09 |
| CLE, | Al McDonough 35 (Steve Cardwell, Wayne Hillman), 14:23 |
| 2: |
CLE, | Ray Clearwater 4 (Al McDonough, Rich Leduc), 2:21 |
| CLE, | Ron Ward 29 (Skip Krake), 7:08 |
| 3: |
NE , | Tom Webster 40 (Ron Climie), :51 |
| CLE, | Ron Ward 30 (Skip Krake, Gary Jarrett), 19:44 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Skip Krake, CLE 3:15 |
| Ray Clearwater, CLE 11:46 |
| Gerry Methe, NE 18:11 |
| 2: | none |
| 3: |
Gerry Methe, NE 9:51 |
| Skip Krake, CLE [major] 12:08 |
| Tommy Earl, NE [major] 12:08 |
| Grant Erickson, CLE 14:45 |
Penalty time: NE : 9 minutes
CLE: 11 minutes
Shots: NE : 7-16-11-34
CLE: 9-15- 6-30
Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 32-18-3)
CLE: Bob Whidden (W, 9-17-1)
Attendance: 8,879
New England Whalers (43-30-5)
Cleveland Crusaders (35-40-3)