Saturday December 23, 1972
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All WHA game summaries from December 23, 1972



Team123F
Alberta Oilers (15-19-2) 0 1 1 2
Chicago Cougars (11-21-1) 2 1 0 3

1: CHI,Jan Popiel 15 (Rosaire Paiement, Bob Sicinski), 5:23
CHI,Larry Mavety 2 (Bob Sicinski, Jan Popiel), 9:24
2: ALB,Doug Barrie 4 (Al Hamilton, Roger Cote), 3:08
CHI,Bob Liddington 8 (Bernie Blanchette, Rod Zaine), 12:52
3: ALB,Jim Harrison 14 (Doug Barrie), 9:36
Penalties:

1: Ron Anderson, ALB 8:46
Rick Morris, CHI 19:30
2: Al Hamilton, ALB 4:57
Rusty Patenaude, ALB 7:21
Reg Fleming, CHI 17:45
3: Al Hamilton, ALB [misconduct] 20:00
Penalty time: ALB: 16 minutes CHI: 4 minutes
ALB Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Doug Barrie 1 1 2 0 0 0
Jim Harrison 1 0 1 0 0 0
Al Hamilton 0 1 1 12 0 0
Roger Cote 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rusty Patenaude 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Anderson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jan Popiel 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bob Sicinski 0 2 2 0 0 0
Larry Mavety 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Liddington 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bernie Blanchette 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rod Zaine 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Morris 0 0 0 2 0 0
Reg Fleming 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: ALB: 16- 8-10-34 CHI: 8- 9- 5-22 Goalies: ALB: Jack Norris (L, 10-12-2) CHI: Jimmy McLeod (W, 8-11-1) Attendance: 2,893


Team123F
Minnesota Fighting Saints (19-14-2) 0 0 1 1
Cleveland Crusaders (20-14-1) 0 2 1 3

1: no scoring
2: CLE,Jim Wiste 6 (Paul Andrea, Bill Horton), 3:22
CLE,Gary Jarrett 20 (Ron Buchanan, Paul Shmyr), 7:33
3: CLE,Jim Wiste 7 (Paul Andrea, John Hanna), 12:31
MIN,Mike Antonovich 11 (Dick Paradise, Bob MacMillan), 14:48
Penalties:

1: Bill Klatt, MIN 1:10
Gerry Pinder, CLE 6:47
Paul Shmyr, CLE 7:26
Ted Hodgson, CLE 14:33
2: Fred Speck, MIN 5:31
Gary Jarrett, CLE 10:15
Joe Hardy, CLE 12:41
Frank Sanders, MIN 12:41
Wayne Muloin, CLE 14:03
3: Gerry Cheevers, CLE 7:51
Wayne Connelly, MIN 16:47
Penalty time: MIN: 8 minutes CLE: 14 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Antonovich 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bob MacMillan 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dick Paradise 0 1 1 0 0 0
Wayne Connelly 0 0 0 2 0 0
Fred Speck 0 0 0 2 0 0
Frank Sanders 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bill Klatt 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Wiste 2 0 2 0 0 0
Paul Andrea 0 2 2 0 0 0
Gary Jarrett 1 0 1 2 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ron Buchanan 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Horton 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Hanna 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Hardy 0 0 0 2 0 0
Wayne Muloin 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gerry Pinder 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gerry Cheevers 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ted Hodgson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: MIN: 15- 9-10-34 CLE: 8-15-12-35 Goalies: MIN: Carl Wetzel (L, 0-1-0) CLE: Gerry Cheevers (W, 16-9-0) Attendance: 3,829


Team123F
Philadelphia Blazers (12-22-0) 2 0 1 3
Houston Aeros (15-16-2) 1 2 4 7

1: PHI,Andre Lacroix 19 (Danny Lawson), 8:05
PHI,Don O'Donoghue 6, 9:06
HOU,Don Grierson 6 (Gord Labossiere, Larry Lund), 15:58
2: HOU,Don Grierson 7 (Larry Hale), 2:53
HOU,Poul Popiel 8 (Larry Lund), 15:21
3: HOU,Larry Lund 8 (Ted Taylor, Don Grierson), 1:51
HOU,Don Grierson 8 (Ted Taylor, Larry Lund), 8:47
PHI,Ron Plumb 5 (John McKenzie, Bryan Campbell), 14:01
HOU,Murray Hall 13 (Gord Labossiere, Dunc McCallum), 17:12
HOU,Frank Hughes 5 (Larry Hale), 17:42
Penalties:

1: John Schella, HOU 0:26
Gord Labossiere, HOU 3:12
Irv Spencer, PHI 3:12
Jim Cardiff, PHI 4:59
Poul Popiel, HOU 12:20
John Bennett, PHI 14:39
2: Don Grierson, HOU 7:19
Larry Lund, HOU 12:01
Irv Spencer, PHI 12:01
Jim Cardiff, PHI 13:40
Irv Spencer, PHI 18:05
Gord Labossiere, HOU 18:05
Rychard Campeau, PHI 19:15
3: Jim Cardiff, PHI 1:17
Dunc McCallum, HOU 12:15
John Schella, HOU 13:15
Andre Lacroix, PHI 13:15
Michel Plante, PHI 16:57
Ted Taylor, HOU 18:07
John McKenzie, PHI 18:07
Penalty time: PHI: 22 minutes HOU: 18 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Andre Lacroix 1 0 1 2 0 0
Ron Plumb 1 0 1 0 0 0
Don O'Donoghue 1 0 1 0 0 0
John McKenzie 0 1 1 2 0 0
Danny Lawson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bryan Campbell 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Cardiff 0 0 0 6 0 0
Irv Spencer 0 0 0 6 0 0
Rychard Campeau 0 0 0 2 0 0
John Bennett 0 0 0 2 0 0
Michel Plante 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Grierson 3 1 4 2 0 0
Larry Lund 1 3 4 2 0 0
Gord Labossiere 0 2 2 4 0 0
Ted Taylor 0 2 2 2 0 0
Larry Hale 0 2 2 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 1 0 1 2 0 0
Frank Hughes 1 0 1 0 0 0
Murray Hall 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dunc McCallum 0 1 1 2 0 0
John Schella 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: PHI: 7- 9- 5-21 HOU: 14-13-10-37 Goalies: PHI: Bernie Parent (L, 7-11-0) HOU: Don McLeod (W, 11-9-0) Attendance: 4,164


Team123F
Los Angeles Sharks (15-17-4) 0 0 1 1
Quebec Nordiques (18-14-1) 2 0 0 2

1: QUE,Michel Parizeau 11 (Rene Leclerc, J.C. Tremblay), 9:18
QUE,Alain Caron 17 (J.C. Tremblay, Michel Parizeau), 9:46
2: no scoring
3: LA ,Alton White 8 (J.P. LeBlanc, Gary Veneruzzo), 4:49
Penalties:

Penalty time: LA : 0 minutes QUE: 0 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Alton White 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Veneruzzo 0 1 1 0 0 0
J.P. LeBlanc 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

QUE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Parizeau 1 1 2 0 0 0
J.C. Tremblay 0 2 2 0 0 0
Alain Caron 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rene Leclerc 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: LA : 11-11-18-40 QUE: 8- 8- 8-24 Goalies: LA : George Gardner (L, 6-9-3) QUE: Serge Aubry (W, 14-7-1) Attendance: 8,629



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