WHA game summary from December 17, 1972

Team	1	2	3	F
Cleveland Crusaders (18-13-1)	0	1	1	2
Quebec Nordiques (16-14-1)	1	0	2	3

1:	QUE,	Jean Payette 9 (J.C. Tremblay, Alain Caron), 14:42
2:	CLE,	Ron Buchanan 18 (John Hanna), 6:37
3:	QUE,	Michel Parizeau 8 (Alain Caron), :28
	QUE,	Alain Caron 15 (J.C. Tremblay, Michel Archambault), :54
	CLE,	Jim Wiste 5, 9:55

Penalties:

1:	Bobby Guindon, QUE 3:15
	Ron Buchanan, CLE 9:30
	Ralph Hopiavouri, CLE 14:13
	Pierre Guite, QUE 17:28
	Gary Jarrett, CLE 19:12
2:	Gary Jarrett, CLE 1:59
	Paul Shmyr, CLE [minor, major] 5:13
	Frank Golembrosky, QUE [minor, major] 5:13
	Serge Aubry, QUE 5:29
	Rich Pumple, CLE 7:27
	Rene Leclerc, QUE 8:40
	Wayne Muloin, CLE 8:40
	Francois Lacombe, QUE 11:22
	Joe Hardy, CLE 15:34
	Michel Rouleau, QUE 15:34
	Rich Pumple, CLE 18:28
3:	Ted Hodgson, CLE 1:35
	John Hanna, CLE [major, misconduct] 4:34
	Ralph Hopiavouri, CLE [major, misconduct] 4:34
	Michel Rouleau, QUE [major, misconduct] 4:34
	Pierre Guite, QUE [major, misconduct] 4:34
	Jean Payette, QUE 8:00

Penalty time: CLE: 55 minutes QUE: 51 minutes

CLE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ron Buchanan	1	0	1	2	0	0
Jim Wiste	1	0	1	0	0	0
John Hanna	0	1	1	15	0	0
Ralph Hopiavouri	0	0	0	17	0	0
Paul Shmyr	0	0	0	7	0	0
Gary Jarrett	0	0	0	4	0	0
Rich Pumple	0	0	0	4	0	0
Joe Hardy	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ted Hodgson	0	0	0	2	0	0
Wayne Muloin	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

QUE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Alain Caron	1	2	3	0	0	0
J.C. Tremblay	0	2	2	0	0	0
Jean Payette	1	0	1	2	0	0
Michel Parizeau	1	0	1	0	0	0
Michel Archambault	0	1	1	0	0	0
Michel Rouleau	0	0	0	17	0	0
Pierre Guite	0	0	0	17	0	0
Frank Golembrosky	0	0	0	7	0	0
Rene Leclerc	0	0	0	2	0	0
Serge Aubry	0	0	0	2	0	0
Francois Lacombe	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bobby Guindon	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: CLE: 7- 8- 7-22 QUE: 11-11- 8-30 Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 14-9-0) QUE: Serge Aubry (W, 12-7-1) Attendance: 5,617