WHA game summary from February 1, 1976
  
| 1:  | 
CLE, | Danny Gruen 11 (Ron Ward), 2:38 | 
 | MIN, | Mike Antonovich 16 (Dave Keon, Wayne Connelly), 11:12 | 
 | CLE, | Paul Shmyr 4 (Rich Leduc), 18:23 | 
 | CLE, | Jim Harrison 20 (Juhani Tamminen), 19:41 | 
| 2:  | 
CLE, | Russ Walker 16 (Juhani Tamminen, Paul Shmyr), 16:30 | 
| 3:  | 
CLE, | Jim Harrison 21, :53 | 
 | MIN, | Mike Antonovich 17 (Dave Keon, Mike Walton), 10:24 | 
 | CLE, | Al McDonough 19 (Ron Ward), 13:02 | 
 | MIN, | Ron Busniuk 1 (Ted Hampson, Perry Miller), 14:34 | 
 | MIN, | Mike Walton 27 (Paul Holmgren, Rick Smith), 18:24 | 
 | MIN, | Ted Hampson 4 (Perry Miller, Mike Antonovich), 19:48 | 
 
Penalties:
| 1:  | 
Jerry Zrymiak, MIN 3:42 | 
 | Russ Walker, CLE [major] 13:17 | 
 | Pat Westrum, MIN [major] 13:17 | 
 | Jerry Zrymiak, MIN 18:10 | 
| 2:  | 
Jerry Zrymiak, MIN 6:33 | 
 | Randy Legge, CLE 9:57 | 
 | Bench penalty, MIN 15:27 | 
| 3:  | 
Paul Shmyr, CLE 14:12 | 
Penalty time: CLE: 9 minutes
              MIN: 13 minutes
Shots: CLE: 15- 7-10-32
       MIN:  9- 6-21-36
Goalies: CLE: Bob Johnson (W, 9-11-1)
         MIN: John Garrett (L, 22-16-3)
Attendance: 5,846