WHA game summary from April 10, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (35-40-7)	1	2	3	6
Cleveland Crusaders (35-42-5)	1	0	0	1
New England Whalers lead, 2 games to 0   (best of 5)

1: CLE, Rich Leduc 2 (Gary Jarrett, Barry Legge), 5:40
   NE , Larry Pleau 2 (Rosaire Paiement, Tom Webster), 17:56
2: NE , Fred O'Donnell 1 (Mike Rogers, Alan Hangsleben), 10:50
   NE , Tom Webster 1, 12:00
3: NE , Larry Pleau 3 (Tom Webster, Rosaire Paiement), 5:36
   NE , Brad Selwood 1 (Ralph Backstrom, Bob McManama), 9:45
   NE , Mike Rogers 2 (Gordie Roberts), 13:05

Penalties:

1: Doug Roberts, NE 5:52
   Alan Hangsleben, NE 13:58
   Rich Leduc, CLE 15:39
   Wayne Connelly, CLE 19:11
   Alan Hangsleben, NE [double minor] 19:11
2: Russ Walker, CLE 4:29
   Gordie Roberts, NE 4:29
   Gary MacGregor, CLE 4:38
   Brad Selwood, NE 6:46
   Nick Fotiu, NE [double minor, misconduct] 13:13
   Russ Walker, CLE [minor, misconduct] 13:13
3: Gerry Pinder, CLE 4:12
   Ralph Backstrom, NE [double minor] 10:05
   Paul Baxter, CLE 12:15
   Doug Roberts, NE 16:09
   Rosaire Paiement, NE [major] 19:13

Penalty time: NE : 37 minutes
              CLE: 24 minutes

Shots: NE : 13- 9-18-40
       CLE: 11-11- 8-30

Goalies: NE : Bruce Landon (W, 2-0-0)
         CLE: Cam Newton (L, 0-1-0)

Attendance: 4,243