WHA game summary from April 26, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Winnipeg Jets (51-35-2) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
 Houston Aeros (54-26-6) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | WIN, | Peter Sullivan 2 (Dan Labraaten), 1:45 |
| HOU, | Marty Howe 2 (John Tonelli, Ted Taylor), 7:29 | |
| WIN, | Anders Hedberg 5 (Bobby Hull, Mike Ford), 9:11 | |
| 2: | HOU, | John Tonelli 1, :32 |
| HOU, | Terry Ruskowski 2 (Morris Lukowich, Rich Preston), 12:32 | |
| 3: | WIN, | Ulf Nilsson 2 (Bobby Hull, Mike Ford), 5:05 |
| 4: | WIN, | Peter Sullivan 3 (Perry Miller, Dan Labraaten), 8:05 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Poul Popiel, HOU 3:31 |
| Rich Preston, HOU 8:20 | |
| 2: | John Schella, HOU 6:56 |
| Bench penalty, WIN 10:46 | |
| 3: | Larry Lund, HOU 3:12 |
| 4: | Rich Preston, HOU 7:31 |
Penalty time: WIN: 2 minutes
HOU: 10 minutes
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sullivan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hull | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Labraaten | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ford | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anders Hedberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ulf Nilsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perry Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tonelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ruskowski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Howe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Preston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Taylor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morris Lukowich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: WIN: 9- 3- 8- 5-25
HOU: 15-13- 8- 2-38
Goalies: WIN: Joe Daley (W, 5-3-0)
HOU: Ron Grahame (L, 2-2-0)
Attendance: 8,235