WHA game summary from April 12, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San Diego Mariners (40-39-4) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Winnipeg Jets (48-32-2) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Winnipeg Jets lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | WIN, | Bobby Hull 3 (Mike Ford, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 11:01 |
| SD , | Norm Ferguson 1, 13:36 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | WIN, | Dave Dunn 1, 1:30 |
| WIN, | Perry Miller 1 (Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg), 6:06 | |
| WIN, | Bobby Hull 4 (Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson), 16:55 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ulf Nilsson, WIN 2:01 |
| Wayne Rivers, SD 3:08 | |
| Randy Legge, SD 4:55 | |
| 2: | Joe Noris, SD 2:03 |
| Paul Shmyr, SD 8:13 | |
| Peter Sullivan, WIN 16:02 | |
| Lyle Moffat, WIN 18:45 | |
| 3: | Tony Cassolato, SD 5:10 |
| Dave Dunn, WIN 7:26 | |
| Ray Adduono, SD 8:30 | |
| Willy Lindstrom, WIN 10:37 |
Penalty time: SD : 12 minutes
WIN: 10 minutes
| SD Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Cassolato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Legge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Rivers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Adduono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Noris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hull | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ulf Nilsson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anders Hedberg | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Dunn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perry Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willy Lindstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle Moffat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: SD : 11- 9- 4-24
WIN: 5-12-14-31
Goalies: SD : Ken Lockett (L, 0-1-0)
WIN: Joe Daley (W, 2-0-0)
Attendance: 9,041