WHA game summary from April 18, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
Cleveland Crusaders (47-33-3)	0	0	2	2
New England Whalers (51-31-2)	1	0	2	3
New England Whalers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7)

1: NE , Tim Sheehy 1 (John French, Jim Dorey), 4:56
2: no scoring
3: CLE, Ron Buchanan 2 (Rich Pumple, Ted Hodgson), 2:48
   CLE, Rich Pumple 2 (Paul Andrea), 12:29
   NE , Larry Pleau 4 (Rick Ley, Tim Sheehy), 15:40
   NE , Tim Sheehy 2 (Larry Pleau, John French), 19:35

Penalties:

1: Rick Ley, NE 7:13
   Gerry Pinder, CLE 8:16
   Paul Shmyr, CLE 10:28
   Paul Hurley, NE 11:58
   Skip Krake, CLE 15:24
   Mike Byers, NE 19:16
2: Jim McMasters, CLE 2:44
   Skip Krake, CLE 6:16
   Gerry Pinder, CLE [misconduct] 8:51
   Jim Wiste, CLE 13:11
   Jim Wiste, CLE 15:20
   Rick Ley, NE [double minor] 15:20
   Ted Hodgson, CLE 17:48
3: Paul Hurley, NE 0:53
   Gerry Pinder, CLE 5:37

Penalty time: CLE: 28 minutes
              NE : 12 minutes

CLE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Rich Pumple	1	1	2	0
Ron Buchanan	1	0	1	0
Ted Hodgson	0	1	1	2
Paul Andrea	0	1	1	0
Gerry Pinder	0	0	0	14
Jim Wiste	0	0	0	4
Skip Krake	0	0	0	4
Paul Shmyr	0	0	0	2
Jim McMasters	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Tim Sheehy	2	1	3	0
Larry Pleau	1	1	2	0
John French	0	2	2	0
Rick Ley	0	1	1	6
Jim Dorey	0	1	1	0
Paul Hurley	0	0	0	4
Mike Byers	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: CLE: 11-11- 9-31
       NE : 13-12- 9-34

Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 4-1-0)
         NE : Al Smith (W, 5-1-0)

Attendance: 6,101