WHA game summary from April 21, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (53-31-2)	2	1	2	5
Cleveland Crusaders (47-35-3)	1	1	2	4
New England Whalers lead, 3 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: NE , Guy Smith 1 (Tommy Williams, Ted Green), 9:38
   CLE, Gary Jarrett 5 (Gerry Pinder, Ron Buchanan), 13:35
   NE , Jim Dorey 1 (Larry Pleau, Tim Sheehy), 15:01
2: NE , Larry Pleau 7 (John French, Ted Green), 12:51
   CLE, Ted Hodgson 1 (Ron Buchanan, Paul Andrea), 14:58
3: CLE, Ron Buchanan 4 (Ted Hodgson, Ralph Hopivouri), 9:19
   NE , Tim Sheehy 3 (Larry Pleau, John French), 11:47
   NE , Tim Sheehy 4 (John French, Larry Pleau), 18:04
   CLE, Ron Buchanan 5 (Jim Wiste, Gerry Pinder), 19:31

Penalties:

1: Ted Green, NE 1:04
   Gary Jarrett, CLE 2:15
   Doug Brindley, CLE 3:55
   Brad Selwood, NE 3:55
   Paul Hurley, NE 7:09
   Brit Selby, NE 11:50
   Wayne Muloin, CLE 14:46
   Paul Shmyr, CLE 16:59
2: Gerry Pinder, CLE 0:44
   Brit Selby, NE 1:44
   Ted Green, NE 6:14
   Gerry Pinder, CLE 6:33
   Brad Selwood, NE 6:33
   Paul Hurley, NE 6:33
   Tim Sheehy, NE 12:54
   Jim Dorey, NE 14:32
   Tommy Earl, NE [major] 14:58
   Paul Shmyr, CLE 17:59
3: Gary Jarrett, CLE 5:36

Penalty time: NE : 25 minutes
              CLE: 16 minutes

Shots: NE :  6-12- 9-27
       CLE:  5-10- 6-21

Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 7-1-0)
         CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 4-3-0)

Attendance: 8,391