WHA game summary from April 23, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indianapolis Racers (36-42-6) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 New England Whalers (39-41-7) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| New England Whalers lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: no scoring
2: NE , Larry Pleau 5 (Tom Webster, Rosaire Paiement), 8:14
3: IND, Hugh Harris 2 (Ken Block, Michel Parizeau), 5:04
NE , Mike Rogers 4 (Fred O'Donnell), 19:03
Penalties:
1: Brian McDonald, IND 2:09
Fred O'Donnell, NE 2:09
Bob Sicinski, IND 3:29
Rosaire Paiement, NE 4:47
Pat Stapleton, IND 9:01
Ron Busniuk, NE [major] 9:01
Kim Clackson, IND [major] 9:01
Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 12:27
Dave Keon, IND 18:09
Darryl Maggs, IND [misconduct] 19:39
2: Alan Hangsleben, NE 3:47
Kim Clackson, IND 15:48
Rosaire Paiement, NE 15:48
3: none
Penalty time: IND: 25 minutes
NE : 15 minutes
| IND Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michel Parizeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Block | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Maggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kim Clackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Stapleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Keon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sicinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rogers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pleau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosaire Paiement | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred O'Donnell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Webster | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Busniuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thommy Abrahamsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Hangsleben | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: IND: 9-14-10-33
NE : 8-16-15-39
Goalies: IND: Michel Dion (L, 0-1-0)
NE : Cap Raeder (W, 2-1-0)
Attendance: 10,507