WHA game summary from December 26, 1972

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Houston Aeros (15-16-3)	0	1	2	0	3
Ottawa Nationals (15-17-3)	1	0	2	0	3

1: OTT, Steve King 10 (Brian Gibbons, Jack Gibson), 17:49
2: HOU, Murray Hall 14, :51
3: HOU, Poul Popiel 9 (Gord Labossiere, Frank Hughes), 8:27
   OTT, Rick Sentes 7 (Brian Conacher, Mike Boland), 10:08
   OTT, Jack Gibson 7 (Steve King, Mike Amodeo), 12:10
   HOU, Keke Mortson 5 (Larry Hale, Jack Stanfield), 14:26
4: no scoring

Penalties:

1: Bench penalty, OTT 4:22
   Keke Mortson, HOU 7:20
   Brian Gibbons, OTT 7:20
   Dunc McCallum, HOU 12:19
   Keke Mortson, HOU 15:37
   Poul Popiel, HOU 17:15
2: Gavin Kirk, OTT 4:15
   Gilles Gratton, OTT 4:15
   Keke Mortson, HOU 4:15
   Brian McDonald, HOU 4:15
   Don McLeod, HOU 4:38
   Dunc McCallum, HOU 13:19
   Duke Harris, HOU 15:09
3: Don Grierson, HOU 7:38
   Rick Sentes, OTT 7:38
4: Larry Lund, HOU [minor, major] 8:51
   Mike Boland, OTT [minor, major] 8:51

Penalty time: HOU: 27 minutes
              OTT: 17 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Keke Mortson	1	0	1	6
Poul Popiel	1	0	1	2
Murray Hall	1	0	1	0
Frank Hughes	0	1	1	0
Gord Labossiere	0	1	1	0
Larry Hale	0	1	1	0
Jack Stanfield	0	1	1	0
Larry Lund	0	0	0	7
Dunc McCallum	0	0	0	4
Duke Harris	0	0	0	2
Don McLeod	0	0	0	2
Don Grierson	0	0	0	2
Brian McDonald	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

OTT Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Jack Gibson	1	1	2	0
Steve King	1	1	2	0
Rick Sentes	1	0	1	2
Mike Boland	0	1	1	7
Brian Gibbons	0	1	1	2
Mike Amodeo	0	1	1	0
Brian Conacher	0	1	1	0
Gilles Gratton	0	0	0	2
Gavin Kirk	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: HOU: 16-10-12- 3-41
       OTT: 12-10-16- 4-42

Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (T, 11-9-1)
         OTT: Gilles Gratton (T, 10-6-3)

Attendance: 2,796