WHA game summary from December 8, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers (15-10-1) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Cleveland Crusaders (13-9-3) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | CLE, | Skip Krake 7 (Gary Jarrett, Norm Cournoyer), 6:06 |
| NE , | Hugh Harris 11 (Mike Byers, Tim Sheehy), 10:29 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
| 4: | CLE, | Jim Wiste 9 (Paul Shmyr, Skip Krake), 6:29 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Paul Shmyr, CLE [major] 14:46 | |
| Jim Dorey, NE [major] 14:46 | ||
| Brad Selwood, NE 16:57 | ||
| 3: | Ray Clearwater, CLE 0:27 | |
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: NE : 7 minutes
CLE: 7 minutes
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Sheehy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Byers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dorey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Selwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Krake | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Wiste | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Jarrett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Cournoyer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Clearwater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: NE : 4- 5- 9- 2-20
CLE: 15-11-12- 5-43
Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 12-7-0)
CLE: Gerry Cheevers (W, 9-5-3)
Attendance: 6,724