WHA game summary from December 7, 1972

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (17-9-1)	1	3	0	4
Ottawa Nationals (12-12-1)	0	1	1	2

1:	NE ,	Tom Webster 18 (Terry Caffery, Larry Pleau), 18:00
2:	NE ,	Terry Caffery 13 (Tom Webster, Jim Dorey), 8:25
	NE ,	Ted Green 7 (Mike Hyndman), 9:45
	NE ,	Tim Sheehy 10 (Larry Pleau, John French), 12:38
	OTT,	Steve King 5 (Wayne Carleton), 14:10
3:	OTT,	Bob Charlebois 6 (Guy Trottier, Bob Leduc), 8:45

Penalties:

1:	Brian Gibbons, OTT 17:04
2:	Rick Ley, NE 5:36
	Tom Webster, NE [double major, misconduct] 11:53
	Tom Simpson, OTT [minor, double major, misconduct] 11:53
	Jack Gibson, OTT 15:02
	Brad Selwood, NE 15:02
3:	Wayne Carleton, OTT 0:45
	Tommy Williams, NE 4:20
	Chris Meloff, OTT 4:20
	Larry Pleau, NE 5:34

Penalty time: NE : 28 minutes OTT: 30 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Tom Webster	1	1	2	20	0	0
Terry Caffery	1	1	2	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	0	2	2	2	0	0
Tim Sheehy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Green	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Hyndman	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Dorey	0	1	1	0	0	0
John French	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brad Selwood	0	0	0	2	0	0
Tommy Williams	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

OTT Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bob Charlebois	1	0	1	0	0	0
Steve King	1	0	1	0	0	0
Wayne Carleton	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bob Leduc	0	1	1	0	0	0
Guy Trottier	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Simpson	0	0	0	22	0	0
Chris Meloff	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brian Gibbons	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jack Gibson	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 5- 9- 6-20 OTT: 11-11-15-37 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 12-5-0) OTT: Les Binkley (L, 4-7-0) Attendance: 2,682