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
San Diego Mariners (39-41-6)
Houston Aeros (54-27-0)