WHA game summary from April 25, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (56-27-0)	1	4	3	8
San Diego Mariners (39-43-6)	1	2	1	4
Houston Aeros lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7)

1: SD , Alec Tidey 3 (Joe Noris, Bob Falkenberg), 7:53
   HOU, Marty Howe 2 (Rich Preston), 12:13
2: HOU, John Schella 1 (Poul Popiel, Don Larway), 4:50
   SD , Kevin Morrison 1 (Joe Noris, John French), 11:20
   HOU, John Tonelli 2 (Terry Ruskowski), 11:47
   HOU, Gordie Howe 2 (Mark Howe, Rich Preston), 17:14
   HOU, Don Larway 1 (Terry Ruskowski, John Tonelli), 18:39
   SD , Ray Adduono 3 (Don Burgess, John French), 19:59
3: HOU, Don Larway 2 (Gordie Howe, John Tonelli), 1:34
   HOU, John Tonelli 3, 8:52
   SD , Joe Noris 2 (Alec Tidey, Bob Falkenberg), 9:37
   HOU, Don Larway 3 (Terry Ruskowski), 11:42

Penalties:

1: John Schella, HOU 1:03
   Gordie Howe, HOU 1:55
   Don Larway, HOU 5:59
   Bill Butters, HOU [major] 8:23
   Peter McNamee, SD [minor, major] 8:23
2: Don Larway, HOU 8:31
   Don Larway, HOU 10:55
3: Don Burgess, SD 0:06
   John Tonelli, HOU 3:26
   Brian Morenz, SD 3:26
   Kevin Morrison, SD 4:34
   Glen Irwin, HOU 19:48

Penalty time: HOU: 19 minutes
              SD : 13 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Don Larway	3	1	4	6
John Tonelli	2	2	4	2
Terry Ruskowski	0	3	3	0
Gordie Howe	1	1	2	2
Rich Preston	0	2	2	0
John Schella	1	0	1	2
Marty Howe	1	0	1	0
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	0
Bill Butters	0	0	0	5
Glen Irwin	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

SD Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Joe Noris	1	2	3	0
Alec Tidey	1	1	2	0
John French	0	2	2	0
Bob Falkenberg	0	2	2	0
Kevin Morrison	1	0	1	2
Ray Adduono	1	0	1	0
Don Burgess	0	1	1	2
Peter McNamee	0	0	0	7
Brian Morenz	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: HOU: 10-12-12-34
       SD : 10-10-12-32

Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 3-0-0)
         SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 3-4-0)

Attendance: 8,584