All WHA game summaries from April 15, 1975
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Houston Aeros (56-26-0) |
2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |||
 Cleveland Crusaders (36-43-3) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Houston Aeros lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | HOU, | Mark Howe 7, 15:46 |
| HOU, | Murray Hall 5 (Gord Labossiere), 19:37 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | HOU, | Murray Hall 6 (Gord Labossiere, Ted Taylor), :52 |
| CLE, | Skip Krake 1 (Gary Jarrett, Larry Hillman), 2:17 | |
| HOU, | Andre Hinse 1, 4:33 | |
| HOU, | Frank Hughes 6 (Andre Hinse), 5:04 | |
| HOU, | Mark Howe 8 (Gordie Howe, Jim Sherrit), 9:42 | |
| HOU, | Mark Howe 9 (Poul Popiel, Gordie Howe), 17:08 | |
| CLE, | Ray Clearwater 1 (Wayne Muloin), 17:24 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Frank Hughes, HOU 15:04 | |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 16:34 | ||
| Gordie Howe, HOU [minor, misconduct] 17:51 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: HOU: 14 minutes
CLE: 2 minutes
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Howe | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Murray Hall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Hinse | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Howe | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Labossiere | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Taylor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Sherrit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Clearwater | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skip Krake | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Muloin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hillman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Jarrett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: HOU: 13-13- 9-35
CLE: 12- 9-15-36
Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 3-1-0)
CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 1-3-0)
Attendance: 7,046
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers (45-32-5) |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
 Minnesota Fighting Saints (44-35-3) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Series tied, 2-2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MIN, | Gary Gambucci 2 (Mike Antonovich, John Arbour), 12:56 |
| 2: | NE , | Nick Fotiu 1 (Garry Swain), 5:56 |
| MIN, | Wayne Connelly 3 (Rick Smith), 17:13 | |
| 3: | NE , | Bob Charlebois 1 (Alan Hangsleben, John Danby), 4:14 |
| NE , | Tommy Earl 1 (Larry Pleau), 8:17 | |
| NE , | Nick Fotiu 2 (Garry Swain, Al Karlander), 12:03 | |
| NE , | Don Blackburn 1 (Mike Byers, Wayne Carleton), 13:18 |
Penalties:
Penalty time: NE : 0 minutes
MIN: 0 minutes
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Fotiu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garry Swain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Blackburn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Earl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Charlebois | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Danby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pleau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Carleton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Hangsleben | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Karlander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Byers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Gambucci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Connelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Arbour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Antonovich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: NE : 6- 8-14-28
MIN: 12-11-10-33
Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 2-2-0)
MIN: John Garrett (L, 2-3-0)
Attendance: 11,093
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quebec Nordiques (49-33-0) |
2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
 Phoenix Roadrunners (40-34-8) |
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | PHO, | Dennis Sobchuk 2 (Robbie Ftorek, Al McLeod), :20 |
| QUE, | Serge Bernier 4, 5:15 | |
| PHO, | Dennis Sobchuk 3 (Robbie Ftorek, Al McLeod), 9:39 | |
| PHO, | John Gray 1 (Robbie Ftorek, Al McLeod), 14:27 | |
| QUE, | Rejean Houle 5 (Serge Bernier, J.C. Tremblay), 14:57 | |
| PHO, | Robbie Ftorek 2 (John Gray, Mike Stevens), 19:34 | |
| 2: | QUE, | Bobby Guindon 2 (Christian Bordeleau, Marc Tardif), 2:22 |
| PHO, | Wendell Bennett 1 (Dennis Sobchuk, Robbie Ftorek), 9:11 | |
| QUE, | Serge Bernier 5 (Rejean Houle, Michel Parizeau), 18:02 | |
| QUE, | Bobby Guindon 3 (Marc Tardif, Christian Bordeleau), 19:45 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
| 4: | PHO, | Michel Cormier 1 (Jim Boyd, Gerry Odrowski), 7:21 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Al McLeod, PHO 6:26 | |
| Serge Bernier, QUE 6:26 | ||
| Pierre Roy, QUE 9:12 | ||
| Jim Niekamp, PHO 15:20 | ||
| 2: | Serge Bernier, QUE 8:54 | |
| 3: | Rene Leclerc, QUE 7:32 | |
| Wendell Bennett, PHO 8:02 | ||
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: QUE: 8 minutes
PHO: 6 minutes
| QUE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serge Bernier | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Guindon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rejean Houle | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Bordeleau | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Tardif | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.C. Tremblay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michel Parizeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rene Leclerc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| PHO Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Ftorek | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Sobchuk | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al McLeod | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gray | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wendell Bennett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michel Cormier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Stevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Boyd | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Odrowski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Niekamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: QUE: 10- 9- 6- 3-28
PHO: 10-16- 7- 6-39
Goalies: QUE: Richard Brodeur (L, 3-1-0)
PHO: Gary Kurt (W, 1-1-0)
Attendance: 6,033