WHA game summary from May 1, 1975
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San Diego Mariners (47-37-4) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
 Houston Aeros (61-26-0) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Houston Aeros win, 4 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | SD , | Ray Adduono 5 (Gene Peacosh), 4:11 |
| HOU, | Rich Preston 1 (Frank Hughes, Larry Lund), 7:09 | |
| SD , | Ron Plumb 1 (Brian Perry), 12:30 | |
| 2: | SD , | Mike Laughton 4 (Brian Bradley), 3:47 |
| HOU, | Don Larway 2 (Glen Irwin, Larry Hale), 6:40 | |
| 3: | HOU, | Jim Sherrit 2 (Poul Popiel, Gordie Howe), :21 |
| SD , | Ron Plumb 2 (Norm Ferguson, Ray Adduono), 4:37 | |
| HOU, | Gordie Howe 3 (Mark Howe), 5:31 | |
| 4: | HOU, | Jim Sherrit 3 (Mark Howe, John Schella), :27 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Glen Irwin, HOU 19:30 | |
| 2: | Ron Plumb, SD 12:25 | |
| 3: | Jim Sherrit, HOU 16:28 | |
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: SD : 2 minutes
HOU: 4 minutes
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Plumb | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Adduono | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Laughton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Ferguson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Bradley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Peacosh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Perry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Sherrit | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Howe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Howe | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Larway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Preston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Irwin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hughes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hale | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schella | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: SD : 17- 8-12- 0-37
HOU: 11-16-22- 1-50
Goalies: SD : Russ Gillow,
Ernie Wakely HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 8-1-0) Attendance: 7,923
Ernie Wakely HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 8-1-0) Attendance: 7,923