WHA game summary from April 17, 1975
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland Crusaders (36-44-3) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Houston Aeros (57-26-0) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Houston Aeros win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | HOU, | Gordie Howe 1 (Mark Howe, Poul Popiel), :27 |
| HOU, | Larry Lund 3 (Andre Hinse, Gordie Howe), 9:25 | |
| 2: | CLE, | Gerry Pinder 3 (Ron Ward, Skip Krake), 9:08 |
| 3: | HOU, | Ted Taylor 2 (Gord Labossiere), 8:52 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Mark Howe, HOU 1:49 |
| Rich Leduc, CLE 8:07 | |
| Larry Hillman, CLE 11:40 | |
| Steve Cardwell, CLE 16:08 | |
| John Schella, HOU 19:53 | |
| 2: | Gerry Pinder, CLE 7:21 |
| Larry Lund, HOU 9:49 | |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 9:49 | |
| Wayne Hillman, CLE 11:36 | |
| Rich Preston, HOU 11:36 | |
| 3: | John Schella, HOU 3:33 |
| Ted Taylor, HOU 9:19 | |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 15:26 |
Penalty time: CLE: 14 minutes
HOU: 12 minutes
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Pinder | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skip Krake | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ward | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Hillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Leduc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Cardwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Howe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Hinse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Labossiere | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Preston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CLE: 10- 9- 9-28
HOU: 19- 7-14-40
Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 1-4-0)
HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 4-1-0)
Attendance: 6,825