WHA game summary from December 31, 1972

Team	1	2	3	F
Ottawa Nationals (16-18-3)	1	2	1	4
Quebec Nordiques (19-18-1)	3	3	2	8

1: QUE, Jean-Guy Gendron 9 (J.C. Tremblay, Michel Parizeau), 1:13
   QUE, Pierre Guite 3 (Paul Larose, Jean Payette), 2:39
   QUE, Jean-Guy Gendron 10 (Michel Parizeau, J.C. Tremblay), 9:53
   OTT, Rick Sentes 8 (Mike Boland, Brian Conacher), 10:55
2: QUE, Michel Parizeau 14 (Andre Gaudette), 2:53
   OTT, Rick Sentes 9 (Brian Conacher, Rick Cunningham), 3:22
   QUE, J.C. Tremblay 8 (Rene Leclerc), 6:28
   QUE, Rene Leclerc 12 (Michel Parizeau, Jean-Guy Gendron), 13:04
   OTT, Ken Stephanson 2, 15:50
3: QUE, Alain Caron 20 (Michel Parizeau, Jean-Guy Gendron), 9:59
   OTT, Wayne Carleton 26 (Guy Trottier, Bob Charlebois), 14:21
   QUE, Andre Gaudette 11 (Bobby Guindon, Rejean Giroux), 15:05

Penalties:

1: Rick Cunningham, OTT 0:25
   Gavin Kirk, OTT 8:30
   Jacques Blain, QUE 12:10
   Yves Bergeron, QUE 12:10
   Mike Boland, OTT 15:01
   Francois Lacombe, QUE 19:47
2: Yves Bergeron, QUE 4:08
   Gavin Kirk, OTT 12:06
   Michel Parizeau, QUE 13:37
   Bobby Guindon, QUE 15:02
   Brian Conacher, OTT [major] 20:00
   Brian Gibbons, OTT [major] 20:00
   Bobby Guindon, QUE [major] 20:00
   Jean Payette, QUE [major] 20:00
   Pierre Guite, QUE [major] 20:00
   Mike Boland, OTT [major, match penalty] 20:00
   Rick Sentes, OTT [minor, major] 20:00
   Pierre Roy, QUE [minor, major] 20:00
3: Ken Stephanson, OTT 3:36

Penalty time: OTT: 42 minutes
              QUE: 34 minutes

Shots: OTT:  8-11-10-29
       QUE: 14-12-12-38

Goalies: OTT: Frank Blum, Gilles Gratton
         QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 2-2-0)

Attendance: 5,304