WHA game summary from December 30, 1972
1: HOU, Ted Taylor 14 (Larry Lund, Larry Hale), 13:46
CLE, Doug Brindley 3 (Gary Jarrett, John Hanna), 16:18
2: HOU, Frank Hughes 7 (Dunc McCallum, Gord Labossiere), 7:28
HOU, Brian Smith 1 (Poul Popiel, Ed Hoekstra), 17:29
3: CLE, Joe Hardy 10 (Paul Shmyr), 1:11
CLE, Grant Erickson 9 (Joe Hardy), 16:43
4: CLE, Paul Andrea 10 (Jim Wiste, Rich Pumple), 6:26
Penalties:
1: Ted Hodgson, CLE 0:15
Ted Taylor, HOU 0:15
Ted Taylor, HOU 3:42
Paul Shmyr, CLE 5:37
Ted Hodgson, CLE 5:37
John Schella, HOU 8:35
Gary Jarrett, CLE 9:23
Larry Hale, HOU 9:23
Ted Hodgson, CLE 12:37
John Schella, HOU 14:53
Joe Hardy, CLE 17:32
2: Paul Shmyr, CLE 5:58
John Schella, HOU 5:58
Keke Mortson, HOU 5:58
Don Grierson, HOU 10:09
Gary Jarrett, CLE 11:05
Al McLeod, HOU 11:05
3: Grant Erickson, CLE 18:56
4: none
Penalty time: HOU: 18 minutes
CLE: 18 minutes
Shots: HOU: 9-19- 9- 0-37
CLE: 13-16-16- 5-50
Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (L, 11-10-1)
CLE: Bob Whidden (W, 5-5-1)
Attendance: 5,292