WHA game summary from December 29, 1972

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (16-16-3)	1	2	1	4
New England Whalers (23-15-1)	1	0	1	2

1:	HOU,	Larry Lund 9 (Don Grierson), 11:20
	NE ,	Brad Selwood 6 (Paul Hurley, Terry Caffery), 19:55
2:	HOU,	Larry Lund 10 (Larry Hale), 2:47
	HOU,	Frank Hughes 6 (Gord Labossiere, Poul Popiel), 13:26
3:	NE ,	Larry Pleau 25 (Paul Hurley, Tom Webster), 8:54
	HOU,	Gord Labossiere 18 (Murray Hall, Frank Hughes), 13:10

Penalties:

Penalty time: HOU: 13 minutes NE : 7 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Larry Lund	2	0	2	0	0	0
Gord Labossiere	1	1	2	2	0	0
Frank Hughes	1	1	2	0	0	0
Larry Hale	0	1	1	0	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	0	0	0
Murray Hall	0	1	1	0	0	0
Don Grierson	0	1	1	0	0	0
Keke Mortson	0	0	0	9	0	0
Brian McDonald	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Paul Hurley	0	2	2	0	0	0
Brad Selwood	1	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Webster	0	1	1	0	0	0
Terry Caffery	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	5	0	0
Ted Green	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 10-11-10-31 NE : 13-12-11-36 Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 5-5-1) NE : Bruce Landon (L, 9-7-1) Attendance: 3,981