WHA game summary from April 15, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
Los Angeles Sharks (39-38-6)	2	0	1	3
Houston Aeros (42-37-4)	3	2	1	6
Houston Aeros lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7)

1: HOU, Frank Hughes 1 (Poul Popiel, Larry Lund), 4:48
   HOU, Poul Popiel 2, 9:18
   LA , Earl Heiskala 1 (Gerry Odrowski, Ted McCaskill), 10:02
   HOU, Frank Hughes 2 (Larry Lund, Poul Popiel), 12:06
   LA , Gary Veneruzzo 3 (Mike Hyndman, J.P. LeBlanc), 16:27
2: HOU, Larry Lund 3 (Frank Hughes, Gord Kannegiesser), 2:13
   HOU, Gord Labossiere 1 (Keke Mortson, Murray Hall), 19:16
3: HOU, Murray Hall 3 (Duke Harris, Poul Popiel), 5:33
   LA , Jerry Zrymiak 1 (Ted McCaskill, Earl Heiskala), 9:08

Penalties:

1: Ted McCaskill, LA 4:28
   John Schella, HOU 5:48
   Gary Veneruzzo, LA 7:45
   Gord Labossiere, HOU 8:03
   Ralph MacSweyn, LA 11:10
   Dunc McCallum, HOU 16:07
2: none
3: none

Penalty time: LA : 6 minutes
              HOU: 6 minutes

LA Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Earl Heiskala	1	1	2	0
Ted McCaskill	0	2	2	2
Gary Veneruzzo	1	0	1	2
Jerry Zrymiak	1	0	1	0
Mike Hyndman	0	1	1	0
J.P. LeBlanc	0	1	1	0
Gerry Odrowski	0	1	1	0
Ralph MacSweyn	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Poul Popiel	1	3	4	0
Frank Hughes	2	1	3	0
Larry Lund	1	2	3	0
Murray Hall	1	1	2	0
Gord Labossiere	1	0	1	2
Keke Mortson	0	1	1	0
Gord Kannegiesser	0	1	1	0
Duke Harris	0	1	1	0
John Schella	0	0	0	2
Dunc McCallum	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: LA : 16-11-14-41
       HOU: 11- 9- 7-27

Goalies: LA : George Gardner, Russ Gillow
         HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 3-1-0)

Attendance: 6,060