All WHA game summaries from April 21, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
San Diego Mariners (39-41-6)	2	2	2	6
Houston Aeros (54-27-0)	6	2	0	8
Houston Aeros lead, 1 game to 0   (best of 7)

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

Team	1	2	3	F
Indianapolis Racers (36-41-6)	0	0	0	0
New England Whalers (38-41-7)	1	1	1	3
New England Whalers lead, 2 games to 1   (best of 7)

1: NE , Alan Hangsleben 1 (Fred O'Donnell, Mike Rogers), 13:45
2: NE , Garry Swain 1 (Tommy Earl, Nick Fotiu), 13:11
3: NE , Alan Hangsleben 2 (Mike Rogers, Fred O'Donnell), 8:53

Penalties:

1: Bryon Baltimore, IND 6:55
2: Garry Swain, NE 4:36
   Al Karlander, IND 5:05
   Ron Busniuk, NE 5:05
   Al Karlander, IND 7:35
3: Alan Hangsleben, NE 3:19
   Darryl Maggs, IND 7:19
   Kim Clackson, IND 18:58
   Nick Fotiu, NE 18:58

Penalty time: IND: 10 minutes
              NE : 8 minutes

Shots: IND:  9- 5- 8-22
       NE : 10-14-10-34

Goalies: IND: Jim Park, Michel Dion
         NE : Cap Raeder (W, 1-1-0)

Attendance: 9,681