All WHA game summaries from December 30, 1972
| 1: | no scoring |
| 2: |
OTT, | Brian Conacher 5 (Mike Boland), :49 |
| OTT, | Gavin Kirk 8 (Brian Gibbons), 2:53 |
| OTT, | Steve King 11 (Gavin Kirk, Rick Cunningham), 6:22 |
| 3: |
CHI, | Dan Lodboa 6 (Rick Morris, Reg Fleming), 8:55 |
| CHI, | Dan Lodboa 7 (Rick Morris, Larry Mavety), 17:08 |
| OTT, | Jack Gibson 8 (Steve King), 19:59 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Larry Cahan, CHI 0:56 |
| Larry Mavety, CHI 8:37 |
| Bob Charlebois, OTT 8:37 |
| 2: |
Jimmy McLeod, CHI 4:21 |
| Steve Warr, OTT 6:08 |
| Gavin Kirk, OTT [misconduct] 8:23 |
| Rick Morris, CHI 9:26 |
| Ken Stephanson, OTT 14:43 |
| Rick Morris, CHI 15:04 |
| Bob Leduc, OTT 15:04 |
| 3: |
Mike Amodeo, OTT 5:16 |
Penalty time: OTT: 20 minutes
CHI: 10 minutes
Shots: OTT: 7-11- 5-23
CHI: 3-10-15-28
Goalies: OTT: Gilles Gratton (W, 11-6-3)
CHI: Jimmy McLeod (L, 10-13-1)
Attendance: 5,694
| 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