WHA game summary from March 9, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
Cleveland Crusaders (37-27-2)	2	1	1	4
New England Whalers (37-26-2)	3	2	0	5

1:	NE ,	Ted Green 14 (John French, Larry Pleau), 1:57
	CLE,	Gerry Pinder 25 (Jim Wiste), 15:38
	NE ,	John Danby 12 (Tommy Earl, Ted Green), 15:57
	NE ,	Larry Pleau 35 (Tim Sheehy, Mike Byers), 18:51
	CLE,	Rich Pumple 16 (Jim McMasters, Grant Erickson), 19:48
2:	NE ,	Tommy Williams 8 (Mike Byers), 3:52
	CLE,	Gerry Pinder 26 (Gary Jarrett, Paul Shmyr), 4:03
	NE ,	Guy Smith 2 (John Danby), 7:22
3:	CLE,	Jim Wiste 23 (Grant Erickson, Bill Horton), 11:40

Penalties:

Penalty time: CLE: 10 minutes NE : 6 minutes

CLE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gerry Pinder	2	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Wiste	1	1	2	2	0	0
Grant Erickson	0	2	2	0	0	0
Rich Pumple	1	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Shmyr	0	1	1	2	0	0
Gary Jarrett	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jim McMasters	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Horton	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ralph Hopiavouri	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ron Buchanan	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ted Green	1	1	2	0	0	0
John Danby	1	1	2	0	0	0
Larry Pleau	1	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Byers	0	2	2	0	0	0
Guy Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Williams	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Earl	0	1	1	0	0	0
John French	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tim Sheehy	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Dorey	0	0	0	2	0	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	2	0	0
Terry Caffery	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: CLE: 9-10-15-34 NE : 17- 6- 7-30 Goalies: CLE: Bob Whidden (L, 9-9-2) NE : Al Smith (W, 24-17-1) Attendance: 5,311