WHA game summary from December 21, 1972

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Los Angeles Sharks (15-16-4)	2	0	2	0	4
Ottawa Nationals (14-16-2)	2	2	0	0	4

1: OTT, Ken Stephanson 1 (Steve King, Brian Gibbons), 4:01
   LA , Gary Veneruzzo 20 (Ralph MacSweyn, Bill Young), 5:23
   LA , Jim Watson 3, 15:52
   OTT, Jack Gibson 6 (Gavin Kirk, Mike Amodeo), 16:47
2: OTT, Bob Charlebois 8 (Wayne Carleton, Guy Trottier), 9:46
   OTT, Wayne Carleton 21 (Bob Charlebois, Rick Cunningham), 11:55
3: LA , Alton White 7, 4:30
   LA , Earl Heiskala 6 (Alton White, J.P. LeBlanc), 11:15
4: no scoring

Penalties:

1: Ken Stephanson, OTT 1:46
   Jim Watson, LA 6:43
   Ralph MacSweyn, LA 7:59
   Jim Niekamp, LA [misconduct] 7:59
   Gavin Kirk, OTT 10:55
   Gavin Kirk, OTT [misconduct] 19:22
2: Gilles Gratton, OTT 1:36
   Bill Young, LA 6:25
   Tom Gilmore, LA [major] 10:04
   Tom Martin, OTT [major] 10:04
   Mike Amodeo, OTT 12:08
   Jim Niekamp, LA 16:34
   Rick Cunningham, OTT 16:34
3: Rick Cunningham, OTT 0:35
   Tom Gilmore, LA 6:39
   Ted McCaskill, LA 7:26
   Mike Amodeo, OTT 7:26
   Ken Stephanson, OTT 9:37
   Earl Heiskala, LA 14:15
4: Peter Slater, LA 8:37

Penalty time: LA : 31 minutes
              OTT: 31 minutes

LA Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Alton White	1	1	2	0
Earl Heiskala	1	0	1	2
Jim Watson	1	0	1	2
Gary Veneruzzo	1	0	1	0
Ralph MacSweyn	0	1	1	2
Bill Young	0	1	1	2
J.P. LeBlanc	0	1	1	0
Jim Niekamp	0	0	0	12
Tom Gilmore	0	0	0	7
Peter Slater	0	0	0	2
Ted McCaskill	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

OTT Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Bob Charlebois	1	1	2	0
Wayne Carleton	1	1	2	0
Ken Stephanson	1	0	1	4
Jack Gibson	1	0	1	0
Gavin Kirk	0	1	1	12
Mike Amodeo	0	1	1	4
Rick Cunningham	0	1	1	4
Brian Gibbons	0	1	1	0
Steve King	0	1	1	0
Guy Trottier	0	1	1	0
Tom Martin	0	0	0	5
Gilles Gratton	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: LA : 11-18-13- 6-48
       OTT:  8- 9- 6- 7-30

Goalies: LA : George Gardner (T, 6-8-3)
         OTT: Gilles Gratton (T, 9-6-2)

Attendance: 1,695