WHA game summary from April 21, 1976
1: HOU, Rich Preston 1 (Mark Howe, John Schella), 4:52
HOU, Rich Preston 2 (Mark Howe), 5:31
HOU, Gord Labossiere 1 (Mark Howe, Andre Hinse), 11:48
SD , John French 3 (Don Burgess, Ray Adduono), 13:02
SD , Andre Lacroix 3 (Alec Tidey), 17:09
HOU, Gord Labossiere 2, 17:55
HOU, Terry Ruskowski 1 (Marty Howe, Don Larway), 19:29
HOU, Terry Ruskowski 2 (Don Larway, Marty Howe), 19:59
2: HOU, Rich Preston 3 (Mark Howe), :42
HOU, Frank Hughes 1 (Gord Labossiere, Larry Hale), 2:15
SD , John French 4 (Ray Adduono, Don Burgess), 2:44
SD , Brian Morenz 2 (Bob Dobek, Peter McNamee), 13:19
3: SD , Ray Adduono 2 (Alec Tidey, John French), 2:15
SD , Wayne Rivers 2 (Brent Hughes, Andre Lacroix), 10:31
Penalties:
1: John Schella, HOU 0:42
Gene Peacosh, SD 1:06
Terry Ruskowski, HOU 4:17
Brian Morenz, SD 6:13
Andre Lacroix, SD 7:36
Gordie Howe, HOU 9:16
Gene Peacosh, SD 10:26
Gordie Howe, HOU 15:30
2: John Schella, HOU 8:25
Mark Howe, HOU 10:08
Peter McNamee, SD 14:21
Bill Butters, HOU 14:21
John Tonelli, HOU 17:35
Poul Popiel, HOU 18:54
3: John Schella, HOU 1:26
Jim Hargreaves, SD 4:40
Gord Labossiere, HOU 8:47
Gene Peacosh, SD 9:40
Peter McNamee, SD [major] 13:13
Rich Preston, HOU 19:25
Penalty time: SD : 19 minutes
HOU: 24 minutes
Shots: SD : 6- 7-14-27
HOU: 14- 6-19-39
Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely, Russ Gillow
HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 8,257