WHA game summary from December 25, 1972
1: NY , Bobby Sheehan 24 (Hal Willis), 3:17
NE , John French 14 (Larry Pleau, Ted Green), 8:59
NE , Terry Caffery 20, 10:56
NE , Kevin Ahearn 9 (Ted Green), 11:30
2: NE , Tom Webster 27 (Jim Dorey), 14:13
NE , Tom Webster 28, 19:06
3: NE , Tim Sheehy 13 (Larry Pleau, John French), 15:03
NY , Craig Reichmuth 9 (Jarda Krupicka, Ken Block), 18:24
NE , Brit Selby 5 (Brad Selwood, Terry Caffery), 18:50
NE , John Danby 8 (Kevin Ahearn), 19:58
Penalties:
1: Craig Reichmuth, NY 9:17
Rick Ley, NE 14:21
Ken Block, NY 17:54
Paul Hurley, NE 18:25
2: Garry Peters, NY 1:34
Tom Webster, NE 14:56
3: Kevin Ahearn, NE 6:14
Wayne Rivers, NY 6:14
Bruce Landon, NE 10:55
Norm Ferguson, NY 12:00
Penalty time: NE : 10 minutes
NY : 10 minutes
Shots: NE : 8- 9- 9-26
NY : 6- 6-13-25
Goalies: NE : Bruce Landon (W, 8-6-1)
NY : Ian Wilkie, Pete Donnelly
Attendance: 4,449