WHA game summary from January 1, 1973

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Houston Aeros (16-17-4)	1	2	1	0	4
Minnesota Fighting Saints (20-16-3)	1	2	1	0	4

1: MIN, Jim Johnson 1 (Bob MacMillan, John Arbour), 3:59
   HOU, Duke Harris 14 (Murray Hall, Poul Popiel), 17:57
2: HOU, Larry Lund 11 (Ted Taylor), 2:03
   HOU, Ed Hoekstra 7 (Poul Popiel, Brian Smith), 5:44
   MIN, Ted Hampson 10 (Bill Klatt, Mike McMahon), 8:55
   MIN, Mike Antonovich 12 (Bob MacMillan), 11:37
3: HOU, Duke Harris 15 (Poul Popiel, Ed Hoekstra), 7:22
   MIN, Bill Klatt 15 (Ted Hampson, Wayne Connelly), 12:32
4: no scoring

Penalties:

1: Larry Hale, HOU 5:44
   Ted Taylor, HOU 9:57
   Mike McMahon, MIN 16:35
2: Dunc McCallum, HOU 7:23
   Larry Hale, HOU 8:11
   Jim Johnson, MIN 9:43
   Wayne Rutledge, HOU 9:43
3: Brian McDonald, HOU [major] 5:27
   Keith Christiansen, MIN [major] 5:27
   Dick Paradise, MIN [misconduct] 5:27
   Larry Lund, HOU 5:55
   John Arbour, MIN 5:55
   Larry Hale, HOU 12:08
4: none

Penalty time: HOU: 19 minutes
              MIN: 21 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Poul Popiel	0	3	3	0
Duke Harris	2	0	2	0
Ed Hoekstra	1	1	2	0
Larry Lund	1	0	1	2
Ted Taylor	0	1	1	2
Brian Smith	0	1	1	0
Murray Hall	0	1	1	0
Larry Hale	0	0	0	6
Brian McDonald	0	0	0	5
Dunc McCallum	0	0	0	2
Wayne Rutledge	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

MIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Bill Klatt	1	1	2	0
Ted Hampson	1	1	2	0
Bob MacMillan	0	2	2	0
Jim Johnson	1	0	1	2
Mike Antonovich	1	0	1	0
Mike McMahon	0	1	1	2
John Arbour	0	1	1	2
Wayne Connelly	0	1	1	0
Dick Paradise	0	0	0	10
Keith Christiansen	0	0	0	5
TOTAL


Shots: HOU: 10-12-10-32
       MIN: 16-14-12-42

Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (T, 5-5-2)
         MIN: Mike Curran (T, 11-7-2)

Attendance: 11,701