Sunday December 23, 1973
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All WHA game summaries from December 23, 1973



Team123F
Cleveland Crusaders (16-12-4) 0 1 3 4
Minnesota Fighting Saints (18-15-1) 0 1 1 2

1: no scoring
2: MIN,George Morrison 17 (Rob Walton, Mike Walton), :16
CLE,Jim Wiste 11 (Bill Heindl, Bob Whidden), 5:26
3: MIN,Steve Cardwell 7 (Keith Christiansen), 5:17
CLE,Gerry Pinder 12 (Larry Hillman), 10:38
CLE,Grant Erickson 7 (Skip Krake, Gary Jarrett), 13:22
CLE,Russ Walker 5 (Robbie Neale), 16:49
Penalties:

1: Paul Shmyr, CLE 1:09
Dick Paradise, MIN 3:38
Tom Edur, CLE 4:00
John Arbour, MIN 4:00
Paul Shmyr, CLE 5:26
Gerry Pinder, CLE [minor, major] 8:54
Keith Christiansen, MIN [minor, major] 8:54
Ted Hampson, MIN 15:30
Robbie Neale, CLE 15:55
Larry Hillman, CLE [major] 17:59
Gord Gallant, MIN [major] 17:59
Rob Walton, MIN 18:02
2: Gary Jarrett, CLE [major] 3:58
Dick Paradise, MIN [minor, major] 3:58
Paul Shmyr, CLE [misconduct] 3:58
Wayne Muloin, CLE 5:26
3: Grant Erickson, CLE 10:55
Penalty time: CLE: 39 minutes MIN: 27 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gerry Pinder 1 0 1 7 0 0
Grant Erickson 1 0 1 2 0 0
Jim Wiste 1 0 1 0 0 0
Russ Walker 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Jarrett 0 1 1 5 0 0
Larry Hillman 0 1 1 5 0 0
Robbie Neale 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bob Whidden 0 1 1 0 0 0
Skip Krake 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Heindl 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 0 0 14 0 0
Wayne Muloin 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tom Edur 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
George Morrison 1 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Cardwell 1 0 1 0 0 0
Keith Christiansen 0 1 1 7 0 0
Rob Walton 0 1 1 2 0 0
Mike Walton 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dick Paradise 0 0 0 9 0 0
Gord Gallant 0 0 0 5 0 0
John Arbour 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ted Hampson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CLE: 12- 8-10-30 MIN: 13-12-14-39 Goalies: CLE: Bob Whidden (W, 5-4-0) MIN: John Garrett (L, 10-8-0) Attendance: 8,245


Team123F
Chicago Cougars (14-14-2) 2 2 2 6
Toronto Toros (17-18-3) 1 4 0 5

1: CHI,Larry Mavety 5 (Pat Stapleton), 7:00
TOR,Wayne Carleton 21 (Rick Cunningham, Tom Martin), 11:34
CHI,Joe Hardy 13 (Frank Rochon, Rosaire Paiement), 11:55
2: CHI,Frank Rochon 7, 4:28
TOR,Guy Trottier 12 (Wayne Dillon, Bob Leduc), 5:02
TOR,Jack Gibson 13 (Lou Nistico), 7:01
TOR,Bob Leduc 8 (Guy Trottier, Wayne Dillon), 8:44
TOR,Tom Simpson 22 (Rick Cunningham, Gavin Kirk), 15:50
CHI,Joe Hardy 14 (Darryl Maggs), 19:44
3: CHI,Pat Stapleton 3 (Larry Mavety), 15:45
CHI,Ralph Backstrom 12 (Bob Liddington, Larry Mavety), 19:40
Penalties:

1: Brian Gibbons, TOR 6:42
Steve Cuddie, TOR 15:43
Larry Mavety, CHI 16:27
2: Jim Benzelock, CHI 15:16
Guy Trottier, TOR 15:16
Darryl Maggs, CHI 15:22
Darryl Maggs, CHI 16:34
3: Jack Gibson, TOR 9:29
Reg Fleming, CHI 11:49
Gavin Kirk, TOR 14:00
Penalty time: CHI: 10 minutes TOR: 10 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Larry Mavety 1 2 3 2 0 0
Joe Hardy 2 0 2 0 0 0
Pat Stapleton 1 1 2 0 0 0
Frank Rochon 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 1 0 1 0 0 0
Darryl Maggs 0 1 1 4 0 0
Bob Liddington 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 0 1 1 0 0 0
Reg Fleming 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Benzelock 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Guy Trottier 1 1 2 2 0 0
Bob Leduc 1 1 2 0 0 0
Rick Cunningham 0 2 2 0 0 0
Wayne Dillon 0 2 2 0 0 0
Jack Gibson 1 0 1 2 0 0
Wayne Carleton 1 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Simpson 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gavin Kirk 0 1 1 2 0 0
Tom Martin 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lou Nistico 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brian Gibbons 0 0 0 2 0 0
Steve Cuddie 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CHI: 12- 7-13-32 TOR: 18-20-13-51 Goalies: CHI: Rich Coutu (W, 3-3-1) TOR: Les Binkley (L, 6-3-1) Attendance: 4,326


Team123F
Winnipeg Jets (15-17-4) 1 1 1 3
Jersey Knights (13-19-2) 1 3 2 6

1: NJ ,Norm Ferguson 5 (Ken Block), :45
WIN,Fran Huck 12 (Bobby Hull, Ron Snell), 10:47
2: NJ ,Brian Bradley 5, :07
NJ ,Bob Brown 4 (Kevin Morrison), 11:48
NJ ,Brian Bradley 6 (Norm Ferguson, Ken Block), 14:13
WIN,Milt Black 2 (Dan Spring, Joe Zanussi), 15:33
3: WIN,Norm Beaudin 14 (Joe Zanussi), 1:49
NJ ,Bob Jones 7 (Brian Bradley, Ken Block), 6:51
NJ ,Brian Morenz 5, 19:36
Penalties:

1: Jim Hargreaves, WIN 15:23
2: Don Herriman, NJ 8:20
3: Ted Scharf, NJ 9:47
Ron Snell, WIN 10:13
Duke Asmundson, WIN 18:45
Penalty time: WIN: 6 minutes NJ : 4 minutes
WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Joe Zanussi 0 2 2 0 0 0
Fran Huck 1 0 1 0 0 0
Norm Beaudin 1 0 1 0 0 0
Milt Black 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Snell 0 1 1 2 0 0
Dan Spring 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Hargreaves 0 0 0 2 0 0
Duke Asmundson 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

NJ Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Brian Bradley 2 1 3 0 0 0
Ken Block 0 3 3 0 0 0
Norm Ferguson 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bob Jones 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Brown 1 0 1 0 0 0
Brian Morenz 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Morrison 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted Scharf 0 0 0 2 0 0
Don Herriman 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: WIN: 13-11- 4-28 NJ : 10-11-10-31 Goalies: WIN: Joe Daley (L, 7-9-1) NJ : Joe Junkin (W, 10-11-2) Attendance: 3,518



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