WHA game summary from December 17, 1972
1: LA , Peter Slater 6, 4:41
HOU, Duke Harris 13 (Gord Labossiere, Poul Popiel), 6:40
LA , Howie Heggedal 1 (Ted McCaskill, Jim Niekamp), 11:59
HOU, Ed Hoekstra 5 (Dunc McCallum, Duke Harris), 13:57
LA , Jim Niekamp 5, 16:30
2: HOU, Ted Taylor 12 (Larry Lund), 2:23
3: HOU, Larry Lund 7 (Ted Taylor, Don Grierson), 4:00
LA , Gary Veneruzzo 18 (Alton White), 15:08
4: no scoring
Penalties:
1: Alton White, LA 6:07
Gerry Odrowski, LA 18:00
2: Larry Lund, HOU 18:11
3: John Schella, HOU 8:54
Gary Veneruzzo, LA 8:54
Poul Popiel, HOU 14:49
4: none
Penalty time: LA : 6 minutes
HOU: 6 minutes
Shots: LA : 14- 7- 7- 3-31
HOU: 10- 7- 8- 3-28
Goalies: LA : Russ Gillow (T, 8-5-1)
HOU: Wayne Rutledge (T, 4-5-1)
Attendance: 3,864