WHA game summary from March 27, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (37-34-4)	3	0	3	6
New England Whalers (44-29-2)	0	1	0	1

1:	HOU,	Frank Hughes 22 (Ed Hoekstra, Bill Prentice), 14:55
	HOU,	Poul Popiel 16 (John Schella, Gord Labossiere), 15:08
	HOU,	Ted Taylor 31 (Murray Hall), 18:28
2:	NE ,	Brit Selby 11 (Tom Webster, Paul Hurley), 2:02
3:	HOU,	Gord Labossiere 35 (Brian McDonald, John Schella), :45
	HOU,	Brian Smith 7 (Gord Labossiere, Ray Larose), 6:18
	HOU,	Keke Mortson 1, 15:57

Penalties:

1:	Paul Hurley, NE 15:03
2:	Brian McDonald, HOU 1:39
	Dunc McCallum, HOU 9:59
	Ed Hoekstra, HOU 10:47
	Poul Popiel, HOU [minor, misconduct] 12:28
3:	Terry Caffery, NE 1:45
	Don Grierson, HOU [major] 5:08
	John Cunniff, NE [major] 5:08

Penalty time: HOU: 23 minutes NE : 9 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gord Labossiere	1	2	3	0	0	0
John Schella	0	2	2	0	0	0
Poul Popiel	1	0	1	12	0	0
Brian Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Hughes	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0
Keke Mortson	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Hoekstra	0	1	1	2	0	0
Brian McDonald	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bill Prentice	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Larose	0	1	1	0	0	0
Murray Hall	0	1	1	0	0	0
Don Grierson	0	0	0	5	0	0
Dunc McCallum	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Brit Selby	1	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Hurley	0	1	1	2	0	0
Tom Webster	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Cunniff	0	0	0	5	0	0
Terry Caffery	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: HOU: 14-10-10-34 NE : 9-12-14-35 Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 18-14-2) NE : Bruce Landon (L, 15-11-1) Attendance: 3,426