All WHA game summaries 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:

Penalty time: LA : 15 minutes HOU: 17 minutes

LA Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jim Niekamp	2	0	2	2	0	0
J.P. LeBlanc	0	1	1	0	0	0
Fred Speck	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Hyndman	0	0	0	5	0	0
Ted McCaskill	0	0	0	4	0	0
Bernie MacNeil	0	0	0	2	0	0
Steve Sutherland	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ted Taylor	2	0	2	0	0	0
Larry Hale	1	1	2	0	0	0
Ed Hoekstra	1	1	2	0	0	0
Murray Hall	0	2	2	2	0	0
Larry Lund	1	0	1	5	0	0
Dunc McCallum	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brian McDonald	1	0	1	0	0	0
Keke Mortson	0	1	1	2	0	0
John Schella	0	1	1	2	0	0
Gord Labossiere	0	1	1	2	0	0
Poul Popiel	0	1	1	2	0	0
Brian Smith	0	1	1	0	0	0
Don Grierson	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

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