WHA game summary from November 4, 1973
| 1: |
CLE, | Rich Pumple 1 (Larry Hillman), 1:32 |
| NE , | Tim Sheehy 4 (Larry Pleau, Guy Smith), 7:48 |
| NE , | John French 2 (Paul Hurley, Brad Selwood), 13:11 |
| 2: |
CLE, | Gerry Pinder 5, 1:28 |
| CLE, | Grant Erickson 1 (Russ Walker), 7:06 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 5 (Tom Webster, Tim Sheehy), 8:43 |
| NE , | Mike Byers 6 (Hugh Harris, Brad Selwood), 15:53 |
| NE , | John French 3 (Tom Webster, Al Karlander), 16:24 |
| NE , | Mike Byers 7 (Don Blackburn, Bob Charlebois), 19:31 |
| 3: |
CLE, | Gary Jarrett 5, 2:45 |
| CLE, | Ron Buchanan 9 (Wayne Hillman, Gary Jarrett), 8:21 |
| NE , | Hugh Harris 5 (Don Blackburn), 9:04 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Al Karlander, NE 2:08 |
| Gerry Pinder, CLE 8:28 |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 11:10 |
| Jim Dorey, NE 12:15 |
| 2: |
Ted Green, NE 1:04 |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE 8:37 |
| Rich Pumple, CLE [minor, misconduct] 14:37 |
| Gerry Pinder, CLE [major] 18:57 |
| Hugh Harris, NE [major] 18:57 |
| 3: |
Ted Green, NE 3:11 |
| Wayne Hillman, CLE [major] 6:00 |
| Guy Smith, NE [major] 6:00 |
| Gary Jarrett, CLE 8:44 |
| Wayne Hillman, CLE 8:44 |
| Gary Jarrett, CLE [major] 8:44 |
| Guy Smith, NE [major, misconduct] 8:44 |
| Skip Krake, CLE [major, misconduct, game misconduct] 8:44 |
| Rick Ley, NE [minor, major] 8:44 |
Penalty time: CLE: 62 minutes
NE : 40 minutes
Shots: CLE: 14-10- 7-31
NE : 12-16-11-39
Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 4-1-2)
NE : Al Smith (W, 7-3-0)
Attendance: 5,249
Cleveland Crusaders (6-3-2)
New England Whalers (8-4-1)