WHA game summary from April 17, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San Diego Mariners (39-40-6) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Phoenix Roadrunners (41-38-6) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| San Diego Mariners win, 3 games to 2 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | SD , | Alec Tidey 2 (Don Burgess, Kevin Morrison), 5:08 |
| 2: | PHO, | John Gray 1 (Robbie Ftorek, Del Hall), 16:02 |
| SD , | Norm Ferguson 2 (Ray Adduono, John French), 17:07 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
Penalty time: SD : 0 minutes
PHO: 0 minutes
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Tidey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John French | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Burgess | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Adduono | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Morrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| PHO Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Del Hall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robbie Ftorek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: SD : 9-11- 3-23
PHO: 10-10-10-30
Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely (W, 3-2-0)
PHO: Jack Norris (L, 2-3-0)
Attendance: 9,237