All WHA game summaries from December 4, 1972

Team	1	2	3	F
Ottawa Nationals (12-11-1)	1	0	1	2
New England Whalers (15-9-1)	4	1	2	7

1:	NE ,	John French 11 (Jim Dorey, Larry Pleau), 1:30
	NE ,	Larry Pleau 17 (Rick Ley, Ted Green), 6:14
	NE ,	Tim Sheehy 8 (Larry Pleau, John French), 10:16
	NE ,	Terry Caffery 12 (Tom Webster), 11:42
	OTT,	Wayne Carleton 17 (Brian Gibbons), 13:34
2:	NE ,	Tom Webster 17 (Terry Caffery, Brit Selby), 3:55
3:	NE ,	John Danby 5 (Tim Sheehy), 1:27
	OTT,	Bob Leduc 7 (Tom Martin, Wayne Carleton), 1:44
	NE ,	Tim Sheehy 9 (Larry Pleau, John Danby), 6:41

Penalties:

Penalty time: OTT: 0 minutes NE : 4 minutes

OTT Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Wayne Carleton	1	1	2	0	0	0
Bob Leduc	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Martin	0	1	1	0	0	0
Brian Gibbons	0	1	1	0	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Larry Pleau	1	3	4	2	0	0
Tim Sheehy	2	1	3	0	0	0
John Danby	1	1	2	0	0	0
Terry Caffery	1	1	2	0	0	0
Tom Webster	1	1	2	0	0	0
John French	1	1	2	0	0	0
Jim Dorey	0	1	1	2	0	0
Rick Ley	0	1	1	0	0	0
Brit Selby	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Green	0	1	1	0	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: OTT: 13-11- 9-33 NE : 17-18- 9-44 Goalies: OTT: Les Binkley (L, 4-6-0) NE : Al Smith (W, 11-5-0) Attendance: 5,472