WHA game summary from December 3, 1972
| 1: |
NY , | Wayne Rivers 11 (Ron Ward, Ken Block), 6:14 |
| NY , | Ron Ward 22, 9:00 |
| CLE, | Ted Hodgson 8 (Rich Pumple, Paul Shmyr), 15:39 |
| NY , | Brian Perry 6 (Garry Peters, Mike Laughton), 16:31 |
| NY , | Ron Ward 23 (Wayne Rivers, Bob Winograd), 17:46 |
| 2: |
CLE, | John Hanna 5 (Paul Andrea, Grant Erickson), 14:05 |
| 3: |
NY , | Brian Morenz 7 (Bob Jones, Mike Laughton), 6:01 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Ron Ward, NY 6:52 |
| Bob Jones, NY 7:49 |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 8:21 |
| Wayne Rivers, NY 14:14 |
| Bill Horton, CLE 19:56 |
| 2: |
Kent Douglas, NY 2:24 |
| Ted Hodgson, CLE 3:15 |
| Joe Hardy, CLE 7:24 |
| Gerry Pinder, CLE 11:39 |
| Ken Block, NY 18:06 |
| 3: |
John Hanna, CLE 9:07 |
| Brian Bradley, NY 19:12 |
Penalty time: CLE: 12 minutes
NY : 12 minutes
Shots: CLE: 12-13-13-38
NY : 17- 7- 3-27
Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 12-7-0)
NY : Pete Donnelly (W, 11-3-0)
Attendance: 6,137
Cleveland Crusaders (15-10-1)
New York Raiders (14-12-0)