WHA game summary from April 27, 1975
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Houston Aeros (59-26-0) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
 San Diego Mariners (47-35-4) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Houston Aeros lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | HOU, | Murray Hall 8 (Rich Preston), 17:11 |
| HOU, | Jim Sherrit 1 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 17:36 | |
| 3: | SD , | Wayne Rivers 3 (Rick Sentes, Andre Lacroix), 10:33 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ray Adduono, SD 7:51 |
| Larry Lund, HOU 9:37 | |
| Jim Hargreaves, SD 9:37 | |
| Andre Hinse, HOU 15:01 | |
| 2: | John Schella, HOU 10:26 |
| Bill Prentice, HOU [major] 18:09 | |
| Gordie Howe, HOU 19:35 | |
| Wayne Rivers, SD 19:35 | |
| 3: | Poul Popiel, HOU 4:32 |
| Jim Sherrit, HOU 10:53 | |
| Jim Hargreaves, SD 10:53 |
Penalty time: HOU: 17 minutes
SD : 8 minutes
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Sherrit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Murray Hall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Howe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Howe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Preston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Prentice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Hinse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Rivers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Lacroix | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Sentes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hargreaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Adduono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: HOU: 6- 9- 8-23
SD : 18-11-19-48
Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 6-1-0)
SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 2-3-0)
Attendance: 7,816