WHA game summary from February 3, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
Minnesota Fighting Saints (25-25-3)	0	0	1	1
Houston Aeros (27-20-4)	3	2	2	7

1:	HOU,	Keke Mortson 7, 5:01
	HOU,	Keke Mortson 8, 5:49
	HOU,	Frank Hughes 13 (Poul Popiel, Ed Hoekstra), 19:47
2:	HOU,	Poul Popiel 14 (Murray Hall), :50
	HOU,	Brian Smith 5 (Brian McDonald, Keke Mortson), 18:58
3:	HOU,	John Schella 1, 4:15
	MIN,	Bob MacMillan 9 (Blaine Rydman), 9:53
	HOU,	Ted Taylor 20 (Don Grierson, Poul Popiel), 13:04

Penalties:

1:	Bill Klatt, MIN 1:57
	Don Grierson, HOU 6:40
	John Schella, HOU 8:31
	Ed Hoekstra, HOU 17:15
2:	John Schella, HOU [minor, major] 1:14
	Frank Sanders, MIN [minor, major] 1:14
	Don Grierson, HOU [major] 3:36
	Blaine Rydman, MIN [major, misconduct] 3:36
	Poul Popiel, HOU [misconduct] 3:36
	Keke Mortson, HOU 5:06
	Bill Young, MIN [major] 8:31
	Bill Young, MIN [major] 8:31
	Gord Kannegiesser, HOU [major] 8:31
	Wayne Rutledge, HOU [minor, major] 8:31
	Murray Hall, HOU [misconduct] 8:31
3:	Larry Lund, HOU 11:48
	Bench penalty, MIN 11:48
	Frank Sanders, MIN 11:48
	Murray Hall, HOU 13:49
	Blaine Rydman, MIN 17:53

Penalty time: MIN: 40 minutes HOU: 56 minutes

MIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bob MacMillan	1	0	1	0	0	0
Blaine Rydman	0	1	1	17	0	0
Bill Young	0	0	0	10	0	0
Frank Sanders	0	0	0	9	0	0
Bill Klatt	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Keke Mortson	2	1	3	2	0	0
Poul Popiel	1	2	3	10	0	0
John Schella	1	0	1	9	0	0
Ted Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Hughes	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brian Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0
Murray Hall	0	1	1	12	0	0
Don Grierson	0	1	1	7	0	0
Ed Hoekstra	0	1	1	2	0	0
Brian McDonald	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wayne Rutledge	0	0	0	7	0	0
Gord Kannegiesser	0	0	0	5	0	0
Larry Lund	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: MIN: 15-13-12-40 HOU: 14- 9- 8-31 Goalies: MIN: Mike Curran (L, 14-12-2) HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 11-7-2) Attendance: 9,549