WHA game summary from April 26, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland Crusaders (48-36-3) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 New England Whalers (54-32-2) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| New England Whalers win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | CLE, | Rich Pumple 3 (Ron Buchanan, Ted Hodgson), 10:01 |
| NE , | Tim Sheehy 6 (Tom Webster, Paul Hurley), 19:48 | |
| 2: | NE , | Tommy Earl 1 (Kevin Ahearn, Mike Byers), 16:36 |
| 3: | NE , | Brad Selwood 2 (Larry Pleau, Tim Sheehy), 7:49 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Wayne Muloin, CLE 1:33 |
| Gerry Pinder, CLE 7:37 | |
| Brad Selwood, NE 7:37 | |
| Tommy Williams, NE 9:49 | |
| Bill Horton, CLE 11:02 | |
| Jim Dorey, NE 12:31 | |
| Gerry Cheevers, CLE 18:57 | |
| 2: | Jim Dorey, NE 1:35 |
| Bill Horton, CLE 13:34 | |
| 3: | Paul Shmyr, CLE 9:20 |
Penalty time: CLE: 12 minutes
NE : 8 minutes
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Pumple | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Buchanan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hodgson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Horton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Pinder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Cheevers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Muloin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Sheehy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Selwood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Earl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Byers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Webster | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pleau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Hurley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Ahearn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dorey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CLE: 12-10- 9-31
NE : 9-16- 7-32
Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 5-4-0)
NE : Al Smith (W, 8-2-0)
Attendance: 7,689