WHA game summary from April 5, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
Los Angeles Sharks (37-36-6)	0	1	1	2
Houston Aeros (40-35-4)	3	1	3	7
Houston Aeros lead, 1 game to 0   (best of 7)

1: HOU, Larry Hale 1 (Keke Mortson, John Schella), 8:03
   HOU, Brian McDonald 1 (Gord Labossiere, Brian Smith), 10:02
   HOU, Ted Taylor 1 (Murray Hall), 10:43
2: HOU, Ed Hoekstra 1 (Poul Popiel, Larry Hale), 1:57
   LA , Jim Niekamp 1 (Fred Speck), 13:21
3: HOU, Larry Lund 1 (Murray Hall), 2:47
   HOU, Dunc McCallum 1 (Ed Hoekstra), 5:05
   LA , Jim Niekamp 2 (J.P. LeBlanc), 10:40
   HOU, Ted Taylor 2, 17:30

Penalties:

1: Larry Lund, HOU [major] 0:45
   Mike Hyndman, LA [major] 0:45
   Poul Popiel, HOU 6:29
   Steve Sutherland, LA 6:29
   Ted McCaskill, LA 11:48
   John Schella, HOU 19:10
   Murray Hall, HOU 19:52
2: Don Grierson, HOU 3:20
   Ted McCaskill, LA 3:20
   Gord Labossiere, HOU 6:14
   Jim Niekamp, LA 6:14
   Keke Mortson, HOU 17:52
3: Bernie MacNeil, LA 15:33

Penalty time: LA : 15 minutes
              HOU: 17 minutes

Shots: LA : 12- 8-10-30
       HOU:  8-12-11-31

Goalies: LA : George Gardner, Russ Gillow
         HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 1-0-0)

Attendance: 6,181