WHA game summary from April 17, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Houston Aeros (43-37-4) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
 Los Angeles Sharks (39-39-6) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Houston Aeros win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | HOU, | Frank Hughes 3 (Gord Labossiere, Poul Popiel), :43 |
| HOU, | Frank Hughes 4 (Poul Popiel, Murray Hall), 12:40 | |
| 2: | LA , | Ralph MacSweyn 1 (Jim Niekamp, J.P. LeBlanc), 2:24 |
| HOU, | Murray Hall 4 (Ted Taylor, Larry Lund), 17:15 | |
| 3: | LA , | Fred Speck 3 (Mike Hyndman, Tom Gilmore), 4:59 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Steve Sutherland, LA 0:29 |
| Frank Hughes, HOU 10:29 | |
| Peter Slater, LA 17:22 | |
| 2: | Fred Speck, LA 1:14 |
| Keke Mortson, HOU 9:52 | |
| Jim Niekamp, LA 9:52 | |
| Gord Kannegiesser, HOU 13:52 | |
| Jerry Zrymiak, LA 15:53 | |
| 3: | Gerry Odrowski, LA 9:47 |
Penalty time: HOU: 6 minutes
LA : 12 minutes
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Hughes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Murray Hall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Taylor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Labossiere | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keke Mortson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Kannegiesser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Speck | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph MacSweyn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Niekamp | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.P. LeBlanc | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Gilmore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hyndman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Odrowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Sutherland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Zrymiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Slater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: HOU: 9-11-10-30
LA : 11-11-10-32
Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 4-1-0)
LA : Russ Gillow (L, 1-2-0)
Attendance: 6,118