WHA game summary from April 9, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San Diego Mariners (36-39-6) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Phoenix Roadrunners (40-35-6) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Phoenix Roadrunners lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | PHO, | Gary Veneruzzo 1 (Dave Gorman, Jim Niekamp), 2:51 |
| PHO, | Serge Beaudoin 1 (Ron Huston, Grant Erickson), 8:54 | |
| SD , | Wayne Rivers 1 (Andre Lacroix, Brent Hughes), 10:46 | |
| 2: | SD , | Bob Falkenberg 1 (Bob Dobek, Don Burgess), 16:24 |
| 3: | no scoring | |
| 4: | PHO, | Del Hall 1 (Robbie Ftorek, Lauri Mononen), :31 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Serge Beaudoin, PHO 6:41 |
| Cam Connor, PHO 9:42 | |
| 2: | Kevin Devine, SD 3:21 |
| Kevin Devine, SD 9:54 | |
| 3: | Ray Adduono, SD 7:03 |
Penalty time: SD : 6 minutes
PHO: 4 minutes
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Rivers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Falkenberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Hughes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Lacroix | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Burgess | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dobek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Devine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Adduono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| PHO Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serge Beaudoin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Del Hall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Veneruzzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lauri Mononen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robbie Ftorek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Erickson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Huston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Niekamp | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Gorman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cam Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: SD : 10- 9- 6- 0-25
PHO: 9-10-12- 1-32
Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 0-1-0)
PHO: Jack Norris (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 6,945