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

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Tom Webster	1	2	3	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	2	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	1	1	2	0	0	0
Rosaire Paiement	0	2	2	5	0	0
Brad Selwood	1	0	1	2	0	0
Fred O'Donnell	1	0	1	0	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	1	1	6	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	1	1	4	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bob McManama	0	1	1	0	0	0
Nick Fotiu	0	0	0	14	0	0
Doug Roberts	0	0	0	4	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

CLE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Rich Leduc	1	0	1	2	0	0
Barry Legge	0	1	1	0	0	0
Gary Jarrett	0	1	1	0	0	0
Russ Walker	0	0	0	14	0	0
Paul Baxter	0	0	0	2	0	0
Wayne Connelly	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gary MacGregor	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gerry Pinder	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

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