All WHA game summaries from December 9, 1972

Team	1	2	3	F
Quebec Nordiques (14-11-1)	2	1	1	4
Chicago Cougars (7-17-1)	1	1	0	2

1: CHI, Rick Morris 5, :10
   QUE, Alain Caron 8 (J.C. Tremblay, Jean-Guy Gendron), :55
   QUE, Pierre Roy 3 (Jean-Guy Gendron, Alain Caron), 5:14
2: QUE, Ken Desjardine 2 (Jean Payette, Frank Golembrosky), 1:39
   CHI, Rod Zaine 1 (Jan Popiel), 3:37
3: QUE, Andre Gaudette 6 (Michel Parizeau, Jacques Lemelin), 19:24

Penalties:

1: Rosaire Paiement, CHI 4:19
   Reg Fleming, CHI 5:57
   Andre Gaudette, QUE 8:29
2: Larry Mavety, CHI 5:50
   Pierre Roy, QUE 6:04
   Rosaire Paiement, CHI 9:51
   Rick Morris, CHI 19:33
3: Pierre Roy, QUE 6:01
   Pierre Roy, QUE 12:44

Penalty time: QUE: 8 minutes
              CHI: 10 minutes

Shots: QUE: 13-15- 9-37
       CHI:  9- 9-10-28

Goalies: QUE: Jacques Lemelin (W, 2-3-0)
         CHI: Jimmy McLeod (L, 5-9-1)

Attendance: 3,778

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Winnipeg Jets (20-12-2)	0	0	2	1	3
Cleveland Crusaders (17-11-1)	1	1	0	0	2

1: CLE, Grant Erickson 6 (Paul Andrea, Bill Horton), 7:39
2: CLE, Gary Jarrett 15 (Paul Shmyr, Gerry Pinder), 9:52
3: WIN, Bobby Hull 14 (Milt Black, Wally Boyer), 4:34
   WIN, Danny Johnson 10 (Joe Zanussi, Jean-Guy Gratton), 5:37
4: WIN, Milt Black 9 (Bobby Hull, Wally Boyer), 3:15

Penalties:

1: Joe Hardy, CLE 0:22
   Gary Jarrett, CLE 15:27
2: Dunc Rousseau, WIN 2:30
   Gary Jarrett, CLE 6:15
   Bobby Hull, WIN 10:48
   Ted Hodgson, CLE 15:48
   Larry Hornung, WIN 18:21
   Bob Woytowich, WIN 19:08
3: Ted Hodgson, CLE 7:58
   Joe Hardy, CLE 13:38
   Rich Pumple, CLE 18:56
4: none

Penalty time: WIN: 8 minutes
              CLE: 14 minutes

Shots: WIN:  8-12-16- 4-40
       CLE: 11-20- 7- 2-40

Goalies: WIN: Ernie Wakely (W, 16-9-1)
         CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 13-8-0)

Attendance: 8,204

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Raiders (15-15-0)	1	1	0	2
New England Whalers (18-9-1)	2	0	2	4

1: NE , Brad Selwood 4 (Kevin Ahearn, Jim Dorey), 9:23
   NE , Mike Hyndman 2 (Dick Sarrazin, Jim Dorey), 13:21
   NY , Gene Peacosh 13 (Bobby Sheehan), 16:37
2: NY , Craig Reichmuth 5 (Garry Peters, Mike Laughton), 12:16
3: NE , Terry Caffery 14 (Rick Ley), 5:50
   NE , Jim Dorey 1 (John Danby), 19:53

Penalties:

1: Brian Morenz, NY 5:46
2: Bob Winograd, NY 14:17
3: Kevin Ahearn, NE 2:26
   Kent Douglas, NY 12:10
   Terry Caffery, NE 18:07

Penalty time: NY : 6 minutes
              NE : 4 minutes

Shots: NY : 13-14- 8-35
       NE : 14-11-17-42

Goalies: NY : Pete Donnelly (L, 12-6-0)
         NE : Bruce Landon (W, 6-4-1)

Attendance: 8,116

Team	1	2	3	F
Ottawa Nationals (12-13-1)	0	1	0	1
Philadelphia Blazers (8-18-0)	2	2	3	7

1: PHI, Ron Plumb 2 (Don Herriman, Andre Lacroix), 9:53
   PHI, Don Herriman 9 (Andre Lacroix, Danny Lawson), 15:25
2: OTT, Gavin Kirk 7 (Tom Martin, Ken Stephanson), 2:20
   PHI, Andre Lacroix 15 (Ron Plumb, Danny Lawson), 5:55
   PHI, Danny Lawson 15 (Don Herriman, Andre Lacroix), 10:43
3: PHI, John Bennett 3 (Michel Boudreau, Derek Harker), 5:46
   PHI, Don Herriman 10 (Danny Lawson, Andre Lacroix), 8:41
   PHI, Don Burgess 5 (Don O'Donoghue, Rychard Campeau), 10:54

Penalties:

1: Jack Gibson, OTT 1:49
   Rick Cunningham, OTT 4:50
   Michel Plante, PHI 4:50
   Michel Plante, PHI 4:50
   Ken Stephanson, OTT 8:49
   Mike Boland, OTT 10:48
   Rychard Campeau, PHI 18:13
2: Steve Warr, OTT 5:00
   Bernie Parent, PHI [minor, misconduct, game misconduct] 8:08
   Ken Stephanson, OTT 15:30
3: none

Penalty time: OTT: 12 minutes
              PHI: 28 minutes

Shots: OTT:  6- 8-10-24
       PHI: 18-10-12-40

Goalies: OTT: Gilles Gratton (L, 8-5-1)
         PHI: Marcel Paille, Bernie Parent (W, 3-7-0)

Attendance: 4,006