WHA game summary from January 28, 1976
1: CIN, Dennis Sobchuk 15 (Gene Sobchuk, Mike Pelyk), 8:23
CLE, Ron Ward 17 (Jim Harrison, Al McDonough), 18:25
2: CLE, Ron Ward 18 (Jim Harrison, Paul Shmyr), 4:31
CIN, Gene Sobchuk 15 (Dennis Sobchuk, Mike Pelyk), 15:14
CLE, Gerry Pinder 13, 16:15
3: CLE, Russ Walker 15 (Jim Harrison), 1:10
CLE, Rich Leduc 24 (Gerry Pinder, Gary Jarrett), 3:10
CLE, Danny Gruen 10 (Ron Ward, Al McDonough), 13:00
CIN, Jacques Locas 14 (Ron Plumb, Pierre Guite), 19:30
CIN, Dennis Sobchuk 16 (Ron Plumb, Pierre Guite), 19:50
Penalties:
1: Dennis Sobchuk, CIN 11:31
Bill Evo, CLE 11:31
Gary Jarrett, CLE 15:32
Paul Shmyr, CLE 15:32
Rick Dudley, CIN [double minor] 15:32
2: Frank Beaton, CIN 3:05
Bill Evo, CLE [major, misconduct] 5:31
John Hughes, CIN 14:10
Russ Walker, CLE 14:10
3: Rich Leduc, CLE 4:22
Ray McKay, CLE 18:38
Dale Smedsmo, CIN 19:08
Paul Baxter, CLE 19:08
Penalty time: CLE: 29 minutes
CIN: 12 minutes
Shots: CLE: 8-13-14-35
CIN: 14-15-10-39
Goalies: CLE: Jacques Caron (W, 1-0-0)
CIN: Paul Hoganson (L, 7-8-0)
Attendance: 8,257