WHA game summary from March 6, 1976
| 1: |
HOU, | Rich Preston 13 (John Schella, Gordie Howe), 1:31 |
| HOU, | John Tonelli 14 (Gordie Howe, Terry Ruskowski), 10:25 |
| CLE, | Ron Ward 26 (Danny Gruen, Al McDonough), 11:23 |
| CLE, | Rich Leduc 29 (Gary Jarrett, Gerry Pinder), 15:31 |
| 2: |
CLE, | Ron Ward 27 (Randy Legge, Danny Gruen), 11:00 |
| 3: |
CLE, | Jim Harrison 27 (Juhani Tamminen), 1:10 |
| CLE, | Jim Harrison 28 (Juhani Tamminen), 13:20 |
| HOU, | John Tonelli 15 (Terry Ruskowski, Larry Hale), 15:09 |
| HOU, | Rich Preston 14 (Terry Ruskowski, Don Larway), 19:32 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Gary Jarrett, CLE 9:03 |
| Paul Baxter, CLE 13:12 |
| Rich Preston, HOU 14:55 |
| Randy Legge, CLE 16:33 |
| Ted Taylor, HOU 18:34 |
| Tom Edur, CLE 18:34 |
| 2: |
Rich Leduc, CLE 3:09 |
| Ted Taylor, HOU 3:09 |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 7:50 |
| Rich Leduc, CLE 18:24 |
| Glen Irwin, HOU 18:24 |
| 3: | none |
Penalty time: CLE: 14 minutes
HOU: 8 minutes
Shots: CLE: 11- 7-10-28
HOU: 6- 5-13-24
Goalies: CLE: Cam Newton (W, 6-9-1)
HOU: Wayne Rutledge (L, 13-8-0)
Attendance: 7,268
Cleveland Crusaders (27-32-5)
Houston Aeros (41-23-0)