WHA game summary from April 27, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (56-28-0)	1	0	1	2
San Diego Mariners (40-43-6)	0	1	2	3
Houston Aeros lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7)

1: HOU, Don Larway 4 (Terry Ruskowski), 3:15
2: SD , Wayne Rivers 3 (Gene Peacosh, Andre Lacroix), 8:35
3: SD , Bob Dobek 1 (Brian Morenz, Kevin Morrison), 5:00
   SD , Kevin Devine 2 (Bob Wall, Joe Noris), 6:47
   HOU, John Tonelli 4 (Terry Ruskowski, Mark Howe), 19:28

Penalties:

1: Andre Hinse, HOU 6:27
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 9:21
   Peter McNamee, SD 9:21
   Marty Howe, HOU 10:53
   Joe Noris, SD 12:10
   John Schella, HOU 12:10
   Gordie Howe, HOU 12:23
   Kevin Morrison, SD 13:14
   Don Larway, HOU 16:51
   John Schella, HOU 17:14
   Bob Falkenberg, SD 19:35
   Terry Ruskowski, HOU 19:35
2: Bill Hughes, HOU 0:45
   John Tonelli, HOU 17:46
   Kevin Morrison, SD 19:11
3: Kevin Morrison, SD 5:18
   Mark Howe, HOU 5:18
   Poul Popiel, HOU 12:32
   Kevin Morrison, SD 12:32
   Brent Hughes, SD 16:10
   John Schella, HOU 19:21
   Kevin Morrison, SD 19:21

Penalty time: HOU: 26 minutes
              SD : 18 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Terry Ruskowski	0	2	2	4
John Tonelli	1	0	1	2
Don Larway	1	0	1	2
Mark Howe	0	1	1	2
John Schella	0	0	0	6
Poul Popiel	0	0	0	2
Marty Howe	0	0	0	2
Gordie Howe	0	0	0	2
Bill Hughes	0	0	0	2
Andre Hinse	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

SD Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Wayne Rivers	1	0	1	0
Kevin Devine	1	0	1	0
Bob Dobek	1	0	1	0
Kevin Morrison	0	1	1	10
Joe Noris	0	1	1	2
Gene Peacosh	0	1	1	0
Bob Wall	0	1	1	0
Andre Lacroix	0	1	1	0
Brian Morenz	0	1	1	0
Peter McNamee	0	0	0	2
Brent Hughes	0	0	0	2
Bob Falkenberg	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: HOU: 10-15-11-36
       SD : 21- 8-10-39

Goalies: HOU: Ron Grahame (L, 3-1-0)
         SD : Ernie Wakely (W, 4-4-0)

Attendance: 5,861