WHA game summary from April 8, 1973

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Ottawa Nationals (35-41-4)	2	0	1	0	3
New England Whalers (48-30-2)	0	2	1	1	4
New England Whalers lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7)

1: OTT, Brian Conacher 1 (Tom Martin), 5:37
   OTT, Gavin Kirk 1, 15:59
2: NE , Tom Webster 1 (Terry Caffery, Al Smith), 5:41
   NE , Tom Webster 2, 18:49
3: NE , Brad Selwood 1 (Brit Selby, Terry Caffery), 13:47
   OTT, Ron Climie 1 (Tom Martin, Brian Gibbons), 19:06
4: NE , Brit Selby 2 (Rick Ley, Tom Webster), 3:37

Penalties:

1: Brian Gibbons, OTT 1:33
   Bob Charlebois, OTT 3:15
   Rick Ley, NE 6:27
   Rick Sentes, OTT 6:27
   Brad Selwood, NE 6:53
   Ken Stephanson, OTT 10:02
   Rick Cunningham, OTT 17:44
   Larry Pleau, NE 17:44
   Bob Leduc, OTT 19:01
2: Brian Gibbons, OTT 6:26
   Bob Charlebois, OTT 10:12
3: Rick Ley, NE 0:18
   Brian Gibbons, OTT 2:25
   Larry Pleau, NE 9:53
   Jim Dorey, NE 17:30
4: none

Penalty time: OTT: 18 minutes
              NE : 12 minutes

OTT Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Tom Martin	0	2	2	0
Brian Conacher	1	0	1	0
Ron Climie	1	0	1	0
Gavin Kirk	1	0	1	0
Brian Gibbons	0	1	1	6
Bob Charlebois	0	0	0	4
Bob Leduc	0	0	0	2
Ken Stephanson	0	0	0	2
Rick Cunningham	0	0	0	2
Rick Sentes	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Tom Webster	2	1	3	0
Brit Selby	1	1	2	0
Terry Caffery	0	2	2	0
Brad Selwood	1	0	1	2
Rick Ley	0	1	1	4
Al Smith	0	1	1	0
Larry Pleau	0	0	0	4
Jim Dorey	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: OTT: 15- 6- 6- 2-29
       NE : 16-22-15- 4-57

Goalies: OTT: Gilles Gratton (L, 0-1-0)
         NE : Al Smith (W, 2-0-0)

Attendance: 6,156