WHA game summary from March 12, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Cleveland Crusaders (29-33-5)	0	1	1	2
New England Whalers (29-34-6)	1	5	2	8

1: NE , Tommy Earl 7 (Garry Swain, Rick Ley), 17:03
2: CLE, Tom Edur 7 (Gerry Pinder, Rich Leduc), :22
   NE , Rosaire Paiement 25 (Larry Pleau, Tom Webster), 9:08
   NE , Tom Webster 29 (Larry Pleau, Rosaire Paiement), 11:15
   NE , Garry Swain 10 (Tommy Earl, Ron Busniuk), 13:00
   NE , Ralph Backstrom 26 (Dan Bolduc, Garry Swain), 16:42
   NE , Ralph Backstrom 27 (Dan Bolduc, Garry Swain), 19:44
3: CLE, Russ Walker 22 (Jim Harrison, Gary Jarrett), 16:44
   NE , Ralph Backstrom 28 (Alan Hangsleben, Garry Swain), 18:07
   NE , Mike Rogers 24 (Thommy Abrahamsson), 19:51

Penalties:

1: Jim Harrison, CLE 2:02
   Rich Leduc, CLE 3:46
   Gordie Roberts, NE 3:46
   Tom Webster, NE 15:37
   Ron Busniuk, NE 18:27
   Rick Ley, NE 18:33
   Jim Harrison, CLE 18:33
2: Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 3:35
   Tom Edur, CLE 10:03
   Gordie Roberts, NE [minor, major] 11:43
3: Randy Legge, CLE 2:24
   Tom Edur, CLE 5:25
   Nick Fotiu, NE 5:25
   Paul Shmyr, CLE [major] 5:25
   Jim Troy, NE [major] 5:25
   Nick Fotiu, NE 7:46
   Thommy Abrahamsson, NE [major] 8:37
   Paul Shmyr, CLE [major] 10:26
   Jim Troy, NE [major] 10:26
   Fred O'Donnell, NE 14:17

Penalty time: CLE: 22 minutes
              NE : 38 minutes

Shots: CLE:  5- 6-13-24
       NE : 12-11-11-34

Goalies: CLE: Cam Newton (L, 6-10-1)
         NE : Bruce Landon (W, 7-13-3)

Attendance: 8,762