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
Los Angeles Sharks (15-15-3)
Houston Aeros (13-16-2)