WHA game summary from April 4, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Philadelphia Blazers (38-41-0) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
 Cleveland Crusaders (44-32-3) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Cleveland Crusaders lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | CLE, | Paul Shmyr 1 (Paul Andrea), 8:52 |
| CLE, | Ray Clearwater 1 (Rich Pumple, Paul Andrea), 17:43 | |
| 3: | PHI, | John McKenzie 1 (Bryan Campbell, Danny Lawson), 7:31 |
| PHI, | John McKenzie 2 (Ron Plumb), 16:50 | |
| 4: | CLE, | Ron Buchanan 1 (Joe Hardy, Bill Horton), 9:44 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Wayne Muloin, CLE 0:31 | |
| Paul Andrea, CLE 2:42 | ||
| Bryan Campbell, PHI 2:42 | ||
| Don Herriman, PHI [minor, misconduct] 9:48 | ||
| Andre Lacroix, PHI [misconduct] 9:48 | ||
| Skip Krake, CLE 12:59 | ||
| Ron Plumb, PHI 18:46 | ||
| Gerry Pinder, CLE 19:56 | ||
| Jim Cardiff, PHI 19:56 | ||
| 2: | none | |
| 3: | Rich Pumple, CLE 6:49 | |
| 4: | Jim Wiste, CLE 7:01 | |
Penalty time: PHI: 28 minutes
CLE: 12 minutes
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McKenzie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Campbell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Plumb | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Lawson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Herriman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cardiff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Andrea | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Clearwater | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Pumple | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hardy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Horton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skip Krake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Muloin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Pinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Wiste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: PHI: 14-10- 8- 7-39
CLE: 7-18-16- 4-45
Goalies: PHI: Bernie Parent (L, 0-1-0)
CLE: Gerry Cheevers (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 3,624