Saturday December 15, 1973
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All WHA game summaries from December 15, 1973



Team123F
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#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gordie Howe 0 2 2 0 0 0
Jim Sherrit 1 0 1 0 0 0
Poul Popiel 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Lund 0 1 1 0 0 0
Don Grierson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Larry Hale 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ted Taylor 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Stapleton 2 2 4 0 0 0
Larry Mavety 1 0 1 6 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 1 0 1 2 0 0
Jim Benzelock 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Sicinski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Liddington 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rod Zaine 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Hardy 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dick Proceviat 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
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



Team123F
Toronto Toros (14-16-3) 0 0 3 3
Cleveland Crusaders (14-12-3) 1 2 1 4

1: CLE,Paul Andrea 3, 11:09 - SH
2: CLE,Gary Jarrett 14 (Wayne Muloin, Grant Erickson), 4:06
CLE,Larry Hillman 4 (Grant Erickson, Skip Krake), 10:15
3: CLE,Grant Erickson 5 (Gary Jarrett), 4:38
TOR,Tom Simpson 18 (Carl Brewer, Wayne Carleton), 5:52
TOR,Bob Leduc 4 (Rick Cunningham, Brian Gibbons), 6:02
TOR,Gavin Kirk 9 (Wayne Carleton, Steve King), 19:26
Penalties:

1: Russ Walker, CLE 4:06
Jack Gibson, TOR 4:06
Rick Sentes, TOR 7:23
Jim Wiste, CLE 10:46
Russ Walker, CLE 19:44
2: Rick Cunningham, TOR 0:39
Gerry Pinder, CLE 5:49
Wayne Muloin, CLE 17:27
Russ Walker, CLE [minor, major, game misconduct] 17:27
Pat Hickey, TOR 17:47
3: none
Penalty time: TOR: 8 minutes CLE: 27 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Carleton 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bob Leduc 1 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Simpson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gavin Kirk 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Cunningham 0 1 1 2 0 0
Steve King 0 1 1 0 0 0
Carl Brewer 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brian Gibbons 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pat Hickey 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Sentes 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jack Gibson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Grant Erickson 1 2 3 0 0 0
Gary Jarrett 1 1 2 0 0 0
Paul Andrea 1 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Hillman 1 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Muloin 0 1 1 2 0 0
Skip Krake 0 1 1 0 0 0
Russ Walker 0 0 0 21 0 0
Gerry Pinder 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Wiste 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: TOR: 8- 9-14-31 CLE: 14-11-11-36 Goalies: TOR: Les Binkley,
Frank Blum CLE: Gerry Cheevers (W, 10-8-3) Attendance: 4,421



Team123F
Los Angeles Sharks (12-19-0) 0 0 4 4
Vancouver Blazers (11-17-0) 2 3 1 6

1: VAN,Claude St. Sauveur 13 (Pete Donnelly), 4:01 - PP
VAN,Murray Myers 6 (John Migneault, Claude St. Sauveur), 7:27
2: VAN,Colin Campbell 1 (Mike Chernoff), 1:14
VAN,Murray Myers 7 (Claude St. Sauveur, Danny Lawson), 4:48 - PP
VAN,Mike Chernoff 2 (Denis Meloche), 9:09 - SH
3: LA ,Fred Speck 2 (Don Gordon, Bill Horton), 3:07
LA ,Reg Thomas 5 (Steve Sutherland, Ron Garwasiuk), 6:32
LA ,Steve Sutherland 4 (Gerry Odrowski, Ron Garwasiuk), 13:21
LA ,Steve Sutherland 5 (Ron Garwasiuk, Reg Thomas), 18:11
VAN,Danny Lawson 19 (Bryan Campbell, Ron Plumb), 19:10
Penalties:

1: Gary Veneruzzo, LA 2:16
Jim Cardiff, VAN 2:16
Earl Heiskala, LA 3:46
Claude St. Sauveur, VAN 8:07
Ron Garwasiuk, LA 17:47
Colin Campbell, VAN 19:06
2: Steve Sutherland, LA 3:34
J.P. LeBlanc, LA 4:55
Jim Cardiff, VAN 7:17
Ron Garwasiuk, LA 10:10
Ron Plumb, VAN 18:41
Don Gordon, LA 19:04
3: Earl Heiskala, LA 3:57
Penalty time: LA : 16 minutes VAN: 10 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Steve Sutherland 2 1 3 2 0 0
Ron Garwasiuk 0 3 3 4 0 0
Reg Thomas 1 1 2 0 0 0
Fred Speck 1 0 1 0 0 0
Don Gordon 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bill Horton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gerry Odrowski 0 1 1 0 0 0
Earl Heiskala 0 0 0 4 0 0
J.P. LeBlanc 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gary Veneruzzo 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Claude St. Sauveur 1 2 3 2 0 0
Murray Myers 2 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Chernoff 1 1 2 0 0 0
Danny Lawson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Colin Campbell 1 0 1 2 0 0
Ron Plumb 0 1 1 2 0 0
John Migneault 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bryan Campbell 0 1 1 0 0 0
Denis Meloche 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pete Donnelly 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Cardiff 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: LA : 11- 7-12-30 VAN: 10-10-14-34 Goalies: LA : Russ Gillow (L, 4-8-0) VAN: Pete Donnelly (W, 6-5-0) Attendance: 9,234




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