WHA game summary from October 15, 1972
| 1: |
CLE, | Paul Shmyr 1 (Joe Hardy, Rich Pumple), 1:27 |
| CLE, | Skip Krake 1 (Gary Jarrett, Ron Buchanan), 4:25 - PP |
| CLE, | Doug Brindley 1 (Grant Erickson), 14:00 |
| CLE, | Joe Hardy 1, 15:12 |
| OTT, | Tom Martin 1 (Gavin Kirk, Mike Amodeo), 16:19 |
| 2: |
OTT, | Ron Climie 2 (Mike Boland, Wayne Carleton), :50 |
| OTT, | Wayne Carleton 3 (Mike Boland, Ron Climie), 4:34 |
| CLE, | John Hanna 2 (Jim Wiste, Doug Brindley), 9:22 - PP |
| OTT, | Wayne Carleton 4 (Steve Warr, Ron Climie), 16:03 |
| 3: |
CLE, | Joe Hardy 2 (Ted Hodgson, Rich Pumple), 6:30 |
| CLE, | Joe Hardy 3 (Ted Hodgson), 7:32 |
| OTT, | Guy Trottier 2 (Brian Gibbons, Tom Martin), 14:38 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Jack Gibson, OTT 2:50 |
| Gerry Pinder, CLE 5:18 |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 18:16 |
| 2: |
Ted Hodgson, CLE 5:55 |
| Brian Gibbons, OTT 8:26 |
| Mike Amodeo, OTT 10:17 |
| Skip Krake, CLE 10:17 |
| Jim McMasters, CLE 18:55 |
| Gerry Pinder, CLE [misconduct] 18:55 |
| 3: |
Ted Hodgson, CLE 13:04 |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 14:31 |
Penalty time: CLE: 24 minutes
OTT: 6 minutes
Shots: CLE: 8- 8- 6-22
OTT: 7-16- 7-30
Goalies: CLE: Bob Whidden (W, 1-0-0)
OTT: Gilles Gratton (L, 0-1-0)
Attendance: 2,231
Cleveland Crusaders (3-0-0)
Ottawa Nationals (0-3-0)