WHA game summary from April 11, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Houston Aeros (40-37-4) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Los Angeles Sharks (39-36-6) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Los Angeles Sharks lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | LA , | Alton White 1 (J.P. LeBlanc, Bart Crashley), 4:33 |
| LA , | Fred Speck 1 (Steve Sutherland, Bart Crashley), 5:39 | |
| LA , | Gerry Odrowski 1, 7:14 | |
| HOU, | Dunc McCallum 2 (Ed Hoekstra, Frank Hughes), 7:59 | |
| HOU, | Brian McDonald 3 (Gord Labossiere, Brian Smith), 12:31 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Tom Gilmore, LA 1:14 |
| Don Grierson, HOU 4:18 | |
| Poul Popiel, HOU 5:32 | |
| Bart Crashley, LA 6:02 | |
| Ted McCaskill, LA 17:35 | |
| 2: | Jim Niekamp, LA 7:16 |
| Keke Mortson, HOU 7:16 | |
| 3: | Poul Popiel, HOU 4:19 |
| Keke Mortson, HOU 9:28 | |
| Jim Niekamp, LA 9:28 | |
| Keke Mortson, HOU 14:05 | |
| Gerry Odrowski, LA 14:05 |
Penalty time: HOU: 12 minutes
LA : 12 minutes
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian McDonald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dunc McCallum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Labossiere | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hughes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Hoekstra | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keke Mortson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Grierson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Crashley | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Odrowski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Speck | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alton White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Sutherland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.P. LeBlanc | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Niekamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted McCaskill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Gilmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: HOU: 7-12-12-31
LA : 10-13- 5-28
Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (L, 0-1-0)
LA : Russ Gillow (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 4,788