WHA game summary from January 23, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
Ottawa Nationals (19-25-3)	2	0	1	3
Houston Aeros (24-18-4)	4	4	3	11

1: HOU, Brian McDonald 10 (Ray Larose, Jack Stanfield), 5:05
   HOU, Poul Popiel 11 (Don Grierson), 6:44
   HOU, Ted Taylor 17 (Larry Lund, Don Grierson), 7:59
   OTT, Tom Simpson 6 (Wayne Carleton), 11:00
   HOU, Murray Hall 20 (Gord Labossiere, John Schella), 13:53
   OTT, Rick Sentes 14 (Wayne Carleton), 17:44
2: HOU, Frank Hughes 11 (Gord Labossiere, Gord Kannegiesser), 8:34
   HOU, Larry Hale 4 (Murray Hall, Gord Labossiere), 9:33
   HOU, Larry Lund 14 (Don Grierson), 15:47
   HOU, Don Grierson 14 (Larry Lund), 15:56
3: HOU, Poul Popiel 12 (Jack Stanfield, Brian McDonald), 12:33
   HOU, Larry Lund 15, 15:24
   HOU, Ted Taylor 18 (Larry Lund, Don Grierson), 15:51
   OTT, Steve King 13 (Brian Gibbons), 18:49

Penalties:

1: Poul Popiel, HOU 9:31
2: Steve King, OTT 10:57
   Ken Stephanson, OTT 12:48
3: Don Grierson, HOU 5:10

Penalty time: OTT: 4 minutes
              HOU: 4 minutes

Shots: OTT: 10-15-11-36
       HOU: 14-25-15-54

Goalies: OTT: Gilles Gratton, Les Binkley
         HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 9-6-2)

Attendance: 3,651