WHA game summary from December 21, 1972

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Raiders (19-17-0)	1	1	0	2
Cleveland Crusaders (19-14-1)	1	2	3	6

1: NY , Wayne Rivers 17, 14:05
   CLE, Ron Buchanan 19 (Bill Horton, Gerry Pinder), 17:01
2: CLE, Gerry Pinder 15 (Ron Buchanan, Ray Clearwater), 10:11
   NY , Gene Peacosh 16 (Bobby Sheehan, Norm Ferguson), 12:05
   CLE, Gary Jarrett 18 (Jim McMasters, Ray Clearwater), 15:44
3: CLE, Gary Jarrett 19 (John Hanna, Gerry Pinder), :38
   CLE, Ted Hodgson 10 (Joe Hardy, Ray Clearwater), 11:48
   CLE, Grant Erickson 7 (Ted Hodgson, John Hanna), 17:44

Penalties:

1: Hal Willis, NY 0:49
   Craig Reichmuth, NY 3:17
   Joe Hardy, CLE 9:25
2: Jim McMasters, CLE 2:14
   Joe Hardy, CLE 7:05
   Wayne Rivers, NY 8:50
   Bench penalty, NY 19:05
   Paul Shmyr, CLE [major] 19:28
   Kent Douglas, NY [major] 19:28
3: Joe Hardy, CLE 2:22

Penalty time: NY : 13 minutes
              CLE: 13 minutes

NY Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Wayne Rivers	1	0	1	2
Gene Peacosh	1	0	1	0
Norm Ferguson	0	1	1	0
Bobby Sheehan	0	1	1	0
Kent Douglas	0	0	0	5
Hal Willis	0	0	0	2
Craig Reichmuth	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

CLE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Gerry Pinder	1	2	3	0
Ray Clearwater	0	3	3	0
Gary Jarrett	2	0	2	0
Ron Buchanan	1	1	2	0
Ted Hodgson	1	1	2	0
John Hanna	0	2	2	0
Grant Erickson	1	0	1	0
Joe Hardy	0	1	1	6
Jim McMasters	0	1	1	2
Bill Horton	0	1	1	0
Paul Shmyr	0	0	0	5
TOTAL


Shots: NY : 13- 8-15-36
       CLE: 13-15-17-45

Goalies: NY : Ian Wilkie (L, 1-2-0)
         CLE: Gerry Cheevers (W, 15-9-0)

Attendance: 2,565