WHA game summary from April 12, 1975
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland Crusaders (35-42-3) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
 Houston Aeros (55-25-0) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Houston Aeros lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | CLE, | Al McDonough 1 (Rich Leduc, Steve Cardwell), :47 |
| HOU, | Murray Hall 3 (Mark Howe), 6:06 | |
| 2: | HOU, | Don Larway 1 (Terry Ruskowski, Marty Howe), 17:26 |
| 3: | HOU, | Larry Lund 2 (Poul Popiel, Ron Grahame), 1:34 |
| HOU, | Murray Hall 4 (Gord Labossiere, Poul Popiel), 5:10 | |
| CLE, | Russ Walker 1 (Paul Shmyr, Ray Clearwater), 12:59 | |
| CLE, | Gerry Pinder 2 (Jim Harrison), 17:33 | |
| HOU, | Mark Howe 5 (Larry Lund, Gordie Howe), 19:28 |
Penalties:
Penalty time: CLE: 0 minutes
HOU: 0 minutes
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al McDonough | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Walker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Pinder | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Clearwater | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Harrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Leduc | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Cardwell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Hall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Howe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Larway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Howe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Grahame | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ruskowski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Howe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Labossiere | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CLE: 15-11-11-37
HOU: 10-17- 8-35
Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 0-2-0)
HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 2-0-0)
Attendance: 7,882