WHA game summary from April 29, 1975
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San Diego Mariners (47-36-4) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Houston Aeros (60-26-0) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Houston Aeros lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | HOU, | Mark Howe 10 (Larry Hale), 11:46 |
| HOU, | Andre Hinse 3 (Gordie Howe, Larry Lund), 12:25 | |
| 2: | HOU, | Gord Labossiere 3 (John Schella, Rich Preston), 10:41 |
| HOU, | Andre Hinse 4 (Larry Lund, Mark Howe), 12:28 | |
| 3: | HOU, | Larry Lund 4 (Larry Hale, Marty Howe), 2:58 |
| HOU, | Gordie Howe 2 (Poul Popiel, Mark Howe), 6:12 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Brian Morenz, SD 4:38 |
| Marty Howe, HOU 10:38 | |
| Brian Morenz, SD 10:38 | |
| Wayne Rivers, SD 11:54 | |
| Poul Popiel, HOU 12:31 | |
| 2: | Terry Ruskowski, HOU 5:51 |
| Ron Plumb, SD 11:31 | |
| Glen Irwin, HOU 15:50 | |
| Gene Peacosh, SD 15:50 | |
| 3: | Don Larway, HOU 10:20 |
| Brian Bradley, SD 13:02 |
Penalty time: SD : 12 minutes
HOU: 10 minutes
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Morenz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Rivers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Plumb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Peacosh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Howe | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Hinse | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Howe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hale | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Labossiere | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Howe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Preston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schella | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Larway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ruskowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Irwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: SD : 16- 6-12-34
HOU: 12-12-13-37
Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely,
Russ Gillow HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 7-1-0) Attendance: 6,827
Russ Gillow HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 7-1-0) Attendance: 6,827