WHA game summary from April 6, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Phoenix Roadrunners (39-35-6)	3	1	1	5
Houston Aeros (53-27-0)	3	2	3	8

1: HOU, Rich Preston 19 (Larry Hale, Bill Butters), 7:25
   HOU, Terry Ruskowski 13 (John Tonelli, Gordie Howe), 8:56
   PHO, Del Hall 46 (Robbie Ftorek, Al McLeod), 9:56
   HOU, Andre Hinse 36 (Bill Butters, Frank Hughes), 11:16
   PHO, Garry Lariviere 7 (Pekka Rautakallio, Del Hall), 16:04
   PHO, John Gray 34 (Al McLeod, Grant Erickson), 17:26
2: PHO, Cam Connor 18 (Del Hall, Robbie Ftorek), 3:35
   HOU, Mark Howe 38 (Rich Preston, Marty Howe), 4:22
   HOU, Gordie Howe 33 (Poul Popiel, Don Larway), 13:51
3: HOU, Rich Preston 20 (Gordie Howe), 1:00
   HOU, Rich Preston 21 (Mark Howe, Gordie Howe), 9:42
   PHO, John Gray 35 (Dave Gorman, Grant Erickson), 12:51
   HOU, Terry Ruskowski 14 (Murray Hall, John Schella), 17:46

Penalties:

1: Larry Hale, HOU 1:39
   Jim Niekamp, PHO 4:21
   Poul Popiel, HOU 6:15
   Robbie Ftorek, PHO 6:15
   Jim Niekamp, PHO 8:24
   Frank Hughes, HOU 15:50
   Gary Veneruzzo, PHO 19:12
2: Cam Connor, PHO 7:10
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 7:10
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU [major] 9:45
   Jim Niekamp, PHO [major] 9:45
   Garry Lariviere, PHO 15:54
3: Bill Butters, HOU 6:50
   Cam Connor, PHO 6:50
   Larry Hale, HOU 18:19

Penalty time: PHO: 19 minutes
              HOU: 17 minutes

Shots: PHO: 11- 8- 8-27
       HOU: 15-13- 9-37

Goalies: PHO: Clay Hebenton (L, 0-1-0)
         HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 38-17-0)

Attendance: 12,091