WHA game summary from April 12, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (49-31-2)	3	3	1	7
Ottawa Nationals (36-42-4)	0	2	1	3
New England Whalers lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7)

1: NE , Larry Pleau 2 (Tim Sheehy, Brad Selwood), 3:14
   NE , Tommy Williams 2 (Paul Hurley), 3:40
   NE , Terry Caffery 2 (Tom Webster), 15:24
2: NE , Tommy Williams 3 (Jim Dorey), 6:47
   OTT, Wayne Carleton 1 (Mike Amodeo, Steve King), 7:07
   NE , Terry Caffery 3 (Tom Webster, Jim Dorey), 13:43
   OTT, Wayne Carleton 2 (Rick Cunningham), 14:34
   NE , Tommy Williams 4 (John Cunniff), 17:54
3: OTT, Wayne Carleton 3 (Gavin Kirk), 13:01
   NE , Mike Byers 2 (Jim Dorey), 16:14

Penalties:

1: Mike Amodeo, OTT 1:18
   Paul Hurley, NE 5:46
   Jim Dorey, NE 7:09
   Kevin Ahearn, NE 15:42
2: Ken Stephanson, OTT 1:41
   Brad Selwood, NE 2:38
   Bob Leduc, OTT 2:38
   Brian Conacher, OTT 5:33
   Jim Dorey, NE 7:59
   Kevin Ahearn, NE [major] 15:02
   Steve King, OTT [major] 15:02
   Mike Amodeo, OTT 17:44
3: Rick Sentes, OTT 9:26
   John Cunniff, NE 12:18

Penalty time: NE : 17 minutes
              OTT: 17 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Tommy Williams	3	0	3	0
Jim Dorey	0	3	3	4
Terry Caffery	2	0	2	0
Tom Webster	0	2	2	0
Mike Byers	1	0	1	0
Larry Pleau	1	0	1	0
John Cunniff	0	1	1	2
Brad Selwood	0	1	1	2
Paul Hurley	0	1	1	2
Tim Sheehy	0	1	1	0
Kevin Ahearn	0	0	0	7
TOTAL

OTT Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Wayne Carleton	3	0	3	0
Steve King	0	1	1	5
Mike Amodeo	0	1	1	4
Rick Cunningham	0	1	1	0
Gavin Kirk	0	1	1	0
Rick Sentes	0	0	0	2
Ken Stephanson	0	0	0	2
Brian Conacher	0	0	0	2
Bob Leduc	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: NE : 11-13-11-35
       OTT:  5- 8- 5-18

Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 3-1-0)
         OTT: Les Binkley (L, 1-2-0)

Attendance: 3,941