WHA game summary from March 9, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
Cleveland Crusaders (37-27-2)	2	1	1	4
New England Whalers (37-26-2)	3	2	0	5

1: NE , Ted Green 14 (John French, Larry Pleau), 1:57
   CLE, Gerry Pinder 25 (Jim Wiste), 15:38
   NE , John Danby 12 (Tommy Earl, Ted Green), 15:57
   NE , Larry Pleau 35 (Tim Sheehy, Mike Byers), 18:51
   CLE, Rich Pumple 16 (Jim McMasters, Grant Erickson), 19:48
2: NE , Tommy Williams 8 (Mike Byers), 3:52
   CLE, Gerry Pinder 26 (Gary Jarrett, Paul Shmyr), 4:03
   NE , Guy Smith 2 (John Danby), 7:22
3: CLE, Jim Wiste 23 (Grant Erickson, Bill Horton), 11:40

Penalties:

1: Jim Dorey, NE 7:24
   Paul Shmyr, CLE 14:03
   Ron Buchanan, CLE 18:13
2: Gary Jarrett, CLE 8:25
   Rick Ley, NE 8:25
   Jim Wiste, CLE 9:49
   Ralph Hopiavouri, CLE 14:13
   Terry Caffery, NE 20:00
3: none

Penalty time: CLE: 10 minutes
              NE : 6 minutes

CLE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Gerry Pinder	2	0	2	0
Jim Wiste	1	1	2	2
Grant Erickson	0	2	2	0
Rich Pumple	1	0	1	0
Gary Jarrett	0	1	1	2
Paul Shmyr	0	1	1	2
Jim McMasters	0	1	1	0
Bill Horton	0	1	1	0
Ron Buchanan	0	0	0	2
Ralph Hopiavouri	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Larry Pleau	1	1	2	0
Ted Green	1	1	2	0
John Danby	1	1	2	0
Mike Byers	0	2	2	0
Guy Smith	1	0	1	0
Tommy Williams	1	0	1	0
John French	0	1	1	0
Tim Sheehy	0	1	1	0
Tommy Earl	0	1	1	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	2
Terry Caffery	0	0	0	2
Jim Dorey	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: CLE:  9-10-15-34
       NE : 17- 6- 7-30

Goalies: CLE: Bob Whidden (L, 9-9-2)
         NE : Al Smith (W, 24-17-1)

Attendance: 5,311