WHA game summary from April 11, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (36-40-7)	0	1	2	3
Cleveland Crusaders (35-43-5)	2	0	0	2
New England Whalers win, 3 games to 0   (best of 5)

1: CLE, Danny Gruen 2 (Ron Ward, Bryan Maxwell), :53
   CLE, Al McDonough 1 (Gary Jarrett, Rich Leduc), 9:27
2: NE , Bob McManama 1 (Ralph Backstrom), 18:15
3: NE , Ralph Backstrom 2 (Larry Pleau, Tom Webster), 15:05
   NE , Mike Rogers 3 (Fred O'Donnell, Alan Hangsleben), 16:38

Penalties:

1: Jim Harrison, CLE [double minor] 0:22
   Rick Ley, NE [double minor] 0:22
   Brad Selwood, NE 4:16
   Bryan Maxwell, CLE 6:47
   Jim Harrison, CLE [major] 7:15
   Rosaire Paiement, NE [major] 7:15
   Rick Ley, NE [misconduct] 7:15
   Paul Baxter, CLE 10:49
   Bench penalty, NE 13:03
2: Bryan Maxwell, CLE 2:09
   Ray McKay, CLE 3:58
   Ray McKay, CLE 7:34
   Rick Ley, NE 15:03
   Gerry Pinder, CLE 18:57
3: Tom Webster, NE 0:52
   Gary MacGregor, CLE 2:39
   Paul Baxter, CLE 8:18
   Gordie Roberts, NE 12:18
   Ron Busniuk, NE 16:57

Penalty time: NE : 31 minutes
              CLE: 25 minutes

Shots: NE : 12-11-13-36
       CLE: 16- 9-10-35

Goalies: NE : Bruce Landon (W, 3-0-0)
         CLE: Bob Johnson (L, 0-2-0)

Attendance: 3,584