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