WHA game summary from December 15, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
Houston Aeros (15-10-3)	0	2	0	2
Chicago Cougars (12-13-1)	4	0	1	5

1: CHI, Rosaire Paiement 10 (Pat Stapleton, Bob Sicinski), 3:46
   CHI, Pat Stapleton 1 (Joe Hardy, Rod Zaine), 10:03
   CHI, Larry Mavety 4 (Ralph Backstrom, Bob Liddington), 12:15
   CHI, Pat Stapleton 2, 18:13 - SH
2: HOU, Poul Popiel 3 (Gordie Howe, Larry Lund), 12:34
   HOU, Jim Sherrit 9 (Gordie Howe, Mark Howe), 12:50
3: CHI, Jim Benzelock 2 (Pat Stapleton), 4:56

Penalties:

1: Larry Mavety, CHI 1:23
   Larry Mavety, CHI 17:12
   Don Grierson, HOU 18:38
2: Larry Hale, HOU 10:15
   Larry Mavety, CHI 14:10
   Dick Proceviat, CHI 17:31
3: Rosaire Paiement, CHI 7:11
   Ted Taylor, HOU 14:00

Penalty time: HOU: 6 minutes
              CHI: 10 minutes

HOU Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Gordie Howe	0	2	2	0
Poul Popiel	1	0	1	0
Jim Sherrit	1	0	1	0
Larry Lund	0	1	1	0
Mark Howe	0	1	1	0
Ted Taylor	0	0	0	2
Don Grierson	0	0	0	2
Larry Hale	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

CHI Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Pat Stapleton	2	2	4	0
Larry Mavety	1	0	1	6
Rosaire Paiement	1	0	1	2
Jim Benzelock	1	0	1	0
Joe Hardy	0	1	1	0
Bob Sicinski	0	1	1	0
Bob Liddington	0	1	1	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	1	1	0
Rod Zaine	0	1	1	0
Dick Proceviat	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: HOU:  4-11- 9-24
       CHI:  9- 7-13-29

Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (L, 8-4-2)
         CHI: Rich Coutu (W, 1-2-0)

Attendance: 4,871