All WHA game summaries from December 8, 1972

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Minnesota Fighting Saints (14-12-1)	0	2	1	0	3
Chicago Cougars (7-16-1)	1	1	1	1	4

1: CHI, Jan Popiel 9 (Ron Anderson, Larry Mavety), :21
2: CHI, Reg Fleming 10 (Larry Mavety, Bob Whitlock), 7:59
   MIN, Terry Ball 2 (Keith Christiansen), 9:37
   MIN, Wayne Connelly 15 (Fred Speck), 14:40
3: MIN, Len Lilyholm 1 (Terry Ryan), 2:02
   CHI, Bob Sicinski 8 (Jan Popiel), 9:32
4: CHI, Reg Fleming 11 (Bob Sicinski), 4:10

Penalties:

1: Bob Whitlock, CHI [misconduct] 5:53
   Dick Paradise, MIN 8:17
   Terry Ball, MIN 13:30
   Ron Anderson, CHI 13:43
2: Dan Lodboa, CHI 0:55
   Mel Pearson, MIN 4:06
   Dick Paradise, MIN 6:40
   Rick Morris, CHI 13:06
   Mike Antonovich, MIN 13:06
   Butch Barber, CHI 14:54
   Bench penalty, MIN 19:59
3: John Arbour, MIN 12:15
   Larry Cahan, CHI 17:49
4: none

Penalty time: MIN: 14 minutes
              CHI: 20 minutes

Shots: MIN:  6- 7-10- 0-23
       CHI: 10-13-12- 1-36

Goalies: MIN: Jack McCartan (L, 6-5-0)
         CHI: Andre Gill, Jimmy McLeod

Attendance: 2,838

Team	1	2	3	F
Alberta Oilers (12-15-2)	1	1	0	2
Los Angeles Sharks (14-14-1)	1	2	1	4

1: ALB, Ron Anderson 7 (Bob Falkenberg, Ron Walters), 8:40
   LA , Peter Slater 5 (Bill Young, Tom Serviss), 14:39
2: ALB, Ron Anderson 8 (Ron Walters), 1:08
   LA , Jim Niekamp 4 (Ted McCaskill), 2:32
   LA , Ted McCaskill 5 (Tom Gilmore, Earl Heiskala), 13:31
3: LA , Ted McCaskill 6 (Gerry Odrowski), 10:27

Penalties:

1: Earl Heiskala, LA 0:29
   Ron Walters, ALB 4:15
   Bob Wall, ALB 12:47
   Gary Veneruzzo, LA 17:22
2: Steve Carlyle, ALB [major] 2:16
   Bill Young, LA [minor, major] 2:16
   Bob McAneeley, ALB 7:27
   Gerry Odrowski, LA 7:27
   Steve Carlyle, ALB 8:38
3: J.P. LeBlanc, LA 12:11
   Jim Watson, LA 12:11

Penalty time: ALB: 13 minutes
              LA : 17 minutes

Shots: ALB:  5- 4-11-20
       LA : 14-18- 6-38

Goalies: ALB: Jack Norris (L, 8-9-2)
         LA : Russ Gillow (W, 8-5-0)

Attendance: 4,217

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Raiders (15-14-0)	1	0	0	1
Philadelphia Blazers (7-18-0)	1	1	1	3

1: NY , Brian Bradley 3 (Wayne Rivers), 13:41
   PHI, Don Herriman 8 (Andre Lacroix, Danny Lawson), 15:18
2: PHI, Andre Lacroix 14 (Ron Plumb, Danny Lawson), 6:40
3: PHI, Bryan Campbell 8 (Don Burgess, Ron Plumb), 9:58

Penalties:

1: Ron Plumb, PHI 8:36
2: Ken Block, NY 1:17
   Derek Harker, PHI 4:04
   Rychard Campeau, PHI 14:25
3: Jim Cardiff, PHI 2:39
   Ron Plumb, PHI 11:54
   Don O'Donoghue, PHI 19:18

Penalty time: NY : 2 minutes
              PHI: 12 minutes

Shots: NY : 13-13- 8-34
       PHI: 11- 8-12-31

Goalies: NY : Pete Donnelly (L, 12-5-0)
         PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 2-7-0)

Attendance: 750

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (11-15-1)	2	0	0	2
Winnipeg Jets (19-12-2)	2	0	4	6

1: HOU, Ed Hoekstra 4 (John Schella), 3:38
   WIN, Steve Cuddie 3 (Bob Ash, Jean-Guy Gratton), 12:26
   WIN, Christian Bordeleau 21, 16:59
   HOU, Jack Stanfield 5 (Ed Hoekstra), 19:53
2: no scoring
3: WIN, Bobby Hull 12 (Wally Boyer), 1:30
   WIN, Steve Cuddie 4 (Dunc Rousseau), 2:13
   WIN, Jean-Guy Gratton 7 (Danny Johnson), 3:21
   WIN, Bobby Hull 13 (Wally Boyer, Milt Black), 6:50

Penalties:

1: Gord Labossiere, HOU 12:41
2: Bob Woytowich, WIN 0:29
   Dunc McCallum, HOU 1:03
   Jean-Guy Gratton, WIN 12:44
   Poul Popiel, HOU 17:47
3: Larry Hale, HOU 10:11
   Keke Mortson, HOU [misconduct] 10:11
   Poul Popiel, HOU 15:42
   Dunc Rousseau, WIN 16:40

Penalty time: HOU: 20 minutes
              WIN: 6 minutes

Shots: HOU:  5- 6-13-24
       WIN: 20- 7-11-38

Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (L, 8-8-0)
         WIN: Ernie Wakely (W, 15-9-1)

Attendance: 4,351