Thursday December 21, 1972
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All WHA game summaries from December 21, 1972



Team123F
New England Whalers (21-13-1) 2 2 0 4
Alberta Oilers (15-18-2) 1 2 2 5

1: NE ,Terry Caffery 19 (Tom Webster, Rick Ley), 6:40
ALB,Ron Walters 19 (Bob Wall, Eddie Joyal), 9:05
NE ,Tom Webster 25 (Ted Green, Terry Caffery), 19:55
2: NE ,Tim Sheehy 12 (Terry Caffery, John French), 5:57
ALB,Rusty Patenaude 10 (Steve Carlyle), 7:59
ALB,Jim Harrison 12 (Roger Cote, Doug Barrie), 9:15
NE ,Tom Webster 26 (Ted Green, Rick Ley), 10:47
3: ALB,Jim Harrison 13 (Al Hamilton, Ron Anderson), 5:36
ALB,Bill Hicke 9 (Jim Harrison), 16:04
Penalties:

1: Jim Harrison, ALB [major] 2:56
Jim Dorey, NE [major] 2:56
Al Hamilton, ALB 18:00
Paul Hurley, NE 18:57
2: Ron Anderson, ALB 0:50
John French, NE 10:27
Jim Harrison, ALB 10:27
Brian Carlin, ALB 10:27
Roger Cote, ALB 14:44
3: Kevin Ahearn, NE 15:56
Penalty time: NE : 11 minutes ALB: 15 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Webster 2 1 3 0 0 0
Terry Caffery 1 2 3 0 0 0
Ted Green 0 2 2 0 0 0
Rick Ley 0 2 2 0 0 0
Tim Sheehy 1 0 1 0 0 0
John French 0 1 1 2 0 0
Jim Dorey 0 0 0 5 0 0
Paul Hurley 0 0 0 2 0 0
Kevin Ahearn 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

ALB Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Harrison 2 1 3 7 0 0
Bill Hicke 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Walters 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 1 0 1 0 0 0
Al Hamilton 0 1 1 2 0 0
Roger Cote 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ron Anderson 0 1 1 2 0 0
Doug Barrie 0 1 1 0 0 0
Eddie Joyal 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Wall 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Carlyle 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brian Carlin 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 10-10-12-32 ALB: 9- 8-13-30 Goalies: NE : Bruce Landon (L, 7-6-1) ALB: Jack Norris (W, 10-11-2) Attendance: 3,531


Team123F
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#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Rivers 1 0 1 2 0 0
Gene Peacosh 1 0 1 0 0 0
Norm Ferguson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bobby Sheehan 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kent Douglas 0 0 0 5 0 0
Craig Reichmuth 0 0 0 2 0 0
Hal Willis 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gerry Pinder 1 2 3 0 0 0
Ray Clearwater 0 3 3 0 0 0
Gary Jarrett 2 0 2 0 0 0
Ron Buchanan 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ted Hodgson 1 1 2 0 0 0
John Hanna 0 2 2 0 0 0
Grant Erickson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Hardy 0 1 1 6 0 0
Jim McMasters 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bill Horton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 0 0 5 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
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


Team123F
Winnipeg Jets (21-16-2) 0 0 0 0
Minnesota Fighting Saints (19-13-2) 0 0 3 3

1: no scoring
2: no scoring
3: MIN,Mel Pearson 6 (Bob MacMillan, Mike Antonovich), 10:43
MIN,Wayne Connelly 20 (John Arbour, George Morrison), 13:10
MIN,Mel Pearson 7, 19:07 - EN
Penalties:

1: none
2: Mel Pearson, MIN 4:14
Fred Speck, MIN [minor, misconduct] 12:56
Bob Ash, WIN 19:26
3: Frank Sanders, MIN 5:28
Jean-Guy Gratton, WIN 18:28
Jean-Guy Gratton, WIN [major] 18:28
Dick Paradise, MIN [minor, major] 18:28
George Morrison, MIN [minor, misconduct] 18:28
Bill Sutherland, WIN [minor, misconduct] 18:28
Penalty time: WIN: 21 minutes MIN: 35 minutes
WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Sutherland 0 0 0 12 0 0
Jean-Guy Gratton 0 0 0 7 0 0
Bob Ash 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mel Pearson 2 0 2 2 0 0
Wayne Connelly 1 0 1 0 0 0
George Morrison 0 1 1 12 0 0
John Arbour 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Antonovich 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob MacMillan 0 1 1 0 0 0
Fred Speck 0 0 0 12 0 0
Dick Paradise 0 0 0 7 0 0
Frank Sanders 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: WIN: 10-17- 5-32 MIN: 4- 6-11-21 Goalies: WIN: Ernie Wakely (L, 17-13-1) MIN: Jack McCartan (W, 8-6-1) Attendance: 6,027


Team1234F
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#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Alton White 1 1 2 0 0 0
Earl Heiskala 1 0 1 2 0 0
Jim Watson 1 0 1 2 0 0
Gary Veneruzzo 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Young 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ralph MacSweyn 0 1 1 2 0 0
J.P. LeBlanc 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Niekamp 0 0 0 12 0 0
Tom Gilmore 0 0 0 7 0 0
Peter Slater 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ted McCaskill 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

OTT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Carleton 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bob Charlebois 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ken Stephanson 1 0 1 4 0 0
Jack Gibson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gavin Kirk 0 1 1 12 0 0
Rick Cunningham 0 1 1 4 0 0
Mike Amodeo 0 1 1 4 0 0
Steve King 0 1 1 0 0 0
Guy Trottier 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brian Gibbons 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Martin 0 0 0 5 0 0
Gilles Gratton 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
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



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