WHA game summary from April 30, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Houston Aeros (57-29-0) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 San Diego Mariners (41-44-6) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Houston Aeros win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | HOU, | Frank Hughes 3 (John Schella), 4:57 |
| 2: | HOU, | Rich Preston 4 (Murray Hall, Gord Labossiere), 13:29 |
| 3: | HOU, | Murray Hall 1 (Terry Ruskowski), 11:34 |
| SD , | Don Burgess 1 (John French, Bob Wall), 12:20 | |
| SD , | Wayne Rivers 4 (Ray Adduono), 19:29 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Larry Lund, HOU 11:08 | |
| John Schella, HOU 14:38 | ||
| Gord Labossiere, HOU 19:00 | ||
| 2: | Peter McNamee, SD 10:23 | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: HOU: 6 minutes
SD : 2 minutes
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Hall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Preston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Labossiere | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schella | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ruskowski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Rivers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Burgess | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John French | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Adduono | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter McNamee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: HOU: 7-10- 6-23
SD : 12-17-14-43
Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 1-0-0)
SD : Ernie Wakely (L, 5-5-0)
Attendance: 11,161