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
Andre Lacroix	1	0	1	0
Brent Hughes	0	1	1	2
Kevin Devine	0	0	0	8
Brian Morenz	0	0	0	7
Ray Adduono	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

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


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