WHA game summary from April 23, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
San Diego Mariners (39-42-6)	0	0	1	1
Houston Aeros (55-27-0)	0	2	1	3
Houston Aeros lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7)

1:	no scoring
2:	HOU,	John Tonelli 1 (Terry Ruskowski, John Schella), 6:54
	HOU,	Frank Hughes 2 (Andre Hinse, Gord Labossiere), 11:06
3:	HOU,	Gordie Howe 1 (Frank Hughes), 1:03
	SD ,	Andre Lacroix 4 (Brent Hughes), 17:21

Penalties:

1:	Kevin Devine, SD 0:56
	Terry Ruskowski, HOU 10:29
	Kevin Devine, SD 12:16
	Terry Ruskowski, HOU 16:52
2:	Gord Labossiere, HOU 3:38
	Larry Hale, HOU 8:12
	Brent Hughes, SD 13:09
	Mark Howe, HOU 18:05
	Ray Adduono, SD 19:37
3:	Larry Hale, HOU 3:59
	Kevin Devine, SD 5:02
	Gordie Howe, HOU 9:36
	Kevin Devine, SD 12:26
	Terry Ruskowski, HOU [minor, major] 12:26
	Brian Morenz, SD [minor, major] 12:26

Penalty time: SD : 19 minutes HOU: 21 minutes

SD Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Andre Lacroix	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brent Hughes	0	1	1	2	0	0
Kevin Devine	0	0	0	8	0	0
Brian Morenz	0	0	0	7	0	0
Ray Adduono	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Frank Hughes	1	1	2	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	2	0	0
John Tonelli	1	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Ruskowski	0	1	1	11	0	0
Gord Labossiere	0	1	1	2	0	0
Andre Hinse	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Schella	0	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Hale	0	0	0	4	0	0
Mark Howe	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: SD : 10- 8- 8-26 HOU: 8- 8-11-27 Goalies: SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 3-3-0) HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 2-0-0) Attendance: 10,151