WHA game summary from October 19, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland Crusaders (5-0-0) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 New York Raiders (2-3-0) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | CLE, | Rich Pumple 2 (Joe Hardy, Ray Clearwater), 6:03 |
| 2: | NY , | Norm Ferguson 1 (Bobby Sheehan, Brian Perry), 6:10 |
| CLE, | Skip Krake 3 (Paul Shmyr, Ron Buchanan), 8:05 | |
| 3: | CLE, | Gary Jarrett 1 (Skip Krake, Ron Buchanan), 15:34 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gerry Pinder, CLE 7:56 | |
| Jim McMasters, CLE 18:46 | ||
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 19:42 | ||
| 2: | Bill Speer, NY 2:36 | |
| Wally Olds, NY 15:45 | ||
| Wayne Muloin, CLE 18:02 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: CLE: 8 minutes
NY : 4 minutes
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Krake | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Buchanan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Pumple | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Jarrett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Clearwater | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hardy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Pinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Muloin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim McMasters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NY Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Sheehan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Perry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Speer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Olds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CLE: 6-13- 8-27
NY : 8-12- 7-27
Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (W, 4-0-0)
NY : Pete Donnelly (L, 1-1-0)
Attendance: 5,290