Sunday December 30, 1973
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All WHA game summaries from December 30, 1973



Team123F
Houston Aeros (19-12-4) 3 2 1 6
Los Angeles Sharks (13-24-0) 1 3 0 4

1: LA ,Reg Thomas 7 (Ron Garwasiuk), :29
HOU,Ted Taylor 9 (Murray Hall, Gord Labossiere), 7:58
HOU,John Schella 6 (Andre Hinse, Frank Hughes), 11:54
HOU,Murray Hall 14, 13:26
2: LA ,Gary Veneruzzo 17 (Brian McDonald), 4:04
HOU,Murray Hall 15 (Gord Labossiere, Ted Taylor), 9:01
HOU,Mark Howe 15 (Gordie Howe, Jim Sherrit), 9:46
LA ,Gary Veneruzzo 18 (J.P. LeBlanc, Marc Tardif), 16:20
LA ,J.P. LeBlanc 6 (Bart Crashley), 19:08
3: HOU,Gord Labossiere 7 (Marty Howe), 9:07
Penalties:

1: Ted Taylor, HOU 8:26
Larry Lund, HOU 15:32
2: J.P. LeBlanc, LA 8:52
Larry Hale, HOU 15:38
3: Ted Taylor, HOU 5:10
Andre Hinse, HOU 6:58
Steve Sutherland, LA 8:06
Penalty time: HOU: 10 minutes LA : 4 minutes
HOU Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Murray Hall 2 1 3 0 0 0
Gord Labossiere 1 2 3 0 0 0
Ted Taylor 1 1 2 4 0 0
Mark Howe 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Schella 1 0 1 0 0 0
Andre Hinse 0 1 1 2 0 0
Marty Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Frank Hughes 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gordie Howe 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Sherrit 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Lund 0 0 0 2 0 0
Larry Hale 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary Veneruzzo 2 0 2 0 0 0
J.P. LeBlanc 1 1 2 2 0 0
Reg Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0
Brian McDonald 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bart Crashley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Marc Tardif 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Garwasiuk 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Sutherland 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: HOU: 10- 5- 8-23 LA : 10- 7- 7-24 Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (W, 11-5-2) LA : Ian Wilkie (L, 7-5-0) Attendance: 6,207


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Chicago Cougars (16-16-2) 1 1 3 5
Minnesota Fighting Saints (19-17-1) 1 1 1 3

1: MIN,Jim Johnson 4 (John Arbour, Mike Walton), :25
CHI,Joe Hardy 16 (Bob Whitlock, Pat Stapleton), 16:48
2: MIN,Wayne Connelly 22 (George Morrison, Terry Ball), 11:18
CHI,Bob Liddington 8 (Ralph Backstrom), 16:09
3: MIN,Bill Klatt 5 (Ted Hampson, Mike McMahon), 3:24
CHI,Rosaire Paiement 12 (Ralph Backstrom, Pat Stapleton), 6:26
CHI,Reg Fleming 1 (Pat Stapleton, Joe Hardy), 9:16
CHI,Bob Liddington 9 (Pat Stapleton), 14:49
Penalties:

1: Rosaire Paiement, CHI 2:15
Dick Paradise, MIN 4:33
Joe Hardy, CHI 8:10
Terry Ball, MIN 15:51
Bob Whitlock, CHI 17:39
2: Darryl Maggs, CHI 3:07
Dick Proceviat, CHI 4:53
George Morrison, MIN 7:14
Jan Popiel, CHI 10:00
Jim Benzelock, CHI 12:19
Rick Smith, MIN 12:19
Larry Mavety, CHI 17:27
3: Rosaire Paiement, CHI 4:18
Eric Nesterenko, CHI 5:16
Mike Walton, MIN 5:16
John Arbour, MIN 8:15
Ralph Backstrom, CHI 10:19
John Arbour, MIN 17:36
Rick Morris, CHI 17:36
Darryl Maggs, CHI [minor, misconduct] 18:28
Wayne Connelly, MIN 18:42
Rob Walton, MIN [misconduct] 18:42
Penalty time: CHI: 36 minutes MIN: 26 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Stapleton 0 4 4 0 0 0
Bob Liddington 2 0 2 0 0 0
Joe Hardy 1 1 2 2 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 0 2 2 2 0 0
Rosaire Paiement 1 0 1 4 0 0
Reg Fleming 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Whitlock 0 1 1 2 0 0
Darryl Maggs 0 0 0 14 0 0
Eric Nesterenko 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dick Proceviat 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Benzelock 0 0 0 2 0 0
Larry Mavety 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Morris 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jan Popiel 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Connelly 1 0 1 2 0 0
Bill Klatt 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Arbour 0 1 1 4 0 0
Terry Ball 0 1 1 2 0 0
George Morrison 0 1 1 2 0 0
Mike Walton 0 1 1 2 0 0
Mike McMahon 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted Hampson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rob Walton 0 0 0 10 0 0
Rick Smith 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dick Paradise 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CHI: 10-11- 7-28 MIN: 13- 7-17-37 Goalies: CHI: Rich Coutu (W, 5-3-1) MIN: John Garrett (L, 11-9-0) Attendance: 4,810


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Winnipeg Jets (17-18-4) 0 2 0 2
Toronto Toros (19-18-3) 0 4 1 5

1: no scoring
2: TOR,Wayne Carleton 23 (Rick Sentes, Rick Cunningham), 4:40
TOR,Bob Leduc 10 (Wayne Dillon), 7:25
WIN,Fran Huck 14 (Bob Ash, Ron Snell), 9:26
WIN,Fran Huck 15 (Bobby Hull), 10:57
TOR,Wayne Dillon 10 (Guy Trottier, Steve Cuddie), 16:22
TOR,Steve Cuddie 3 (Wayne Dillon), 19:32
3: TOR,Guy Trottier 13 (Brian Gibbons, Rick Sentes), 6:33
Penalties:

1: Mike Amodeo, TOR 2:53
Bob Woytowich, WIN 3:19
Danny Johnson, WIN 3:40
Gilles Gratton, TOR 17:27
2: none
3: Gavin Kirk, TOR 3:24
Ron Snell, WIN 4:42
Penalty time: WIN: 6 minutes TOR: 6 minutes
WIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Fran Huck 2 0 2 0 0 0
Ron Snell 0 1 1 2 0 0
Bob Ash 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bobby Hull 0 1 1 0 0 0
Danny Johnson 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Woytowich 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Dillon 1 2 3 0 0 0
Steve Cuddie 1 1 2 0 0 0
Guy Trottier 1 1 2 0 0 0
Rick Sentes 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bob Leduc 1 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Carleton 1 0 1 0 0 0
Brian Gibbons 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Cunningham 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Amodeo 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gavin Kirk 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gilles Gratton 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: WIN: 7-11-14-32 TOR: 7-14-19-40 Goalies: WIN: Ernie Wakely (L, 9-9-3) TOR: Gilles Gratton (W, 11-10-2) Attendance: 4,802


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New England Whalers (22-14-1) 1 4 0 0 5
Vancouver Blazers (15-22-0) 2 2 1 1 6

1: VAN,Murray Myers 8 (Claude St. Sauveur, Jim Cardiff), 8:39
VAN,John Migneault 9 (Jim Cardiff, Murray Myers), 8:57
NE ,Tom Webster 22 (Larry Pleau, Don Blackburn), 18:39
2: NE ,Tim Sheehy 12 (Jim Dorey), 5:17
VAN,Danny Lawson 23 (Bryan Campbell, Don Burgess), 5:44
VAN,Danny Lawson 24 (Don Burgess, Bryan Campbell), 6:22
NE ,Mike Byers 15 (Ric Jordan, Brad Selwood), 12:52
NE ,Tim Sheehy 13 (John French, Al Smith), 16:01
NE ,Tommy Earl 4 (Larry Pleau), 17:13
3: VAN,Denis Meloche 5, 9:23
4: VAN,Danny Lawson 25 (Mike Chernoff, Bryan Campbell), 8:45
Penalties:

1: Jim Cardiff, VAN 18:23
2: Ron Plumb, VAN 12:01
3: Don Blackburn, NE 7:26
4: none
Penalty time: NE : 2 minutes VAN: 4 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tim Sheehy 2 0 2 0 0 0
Larry Pleau 0 2 2 0 0 0
Tommy Earl 1 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Webster 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Byers 1 0 1 0 0 0
Don Blackburn 0 1 1 2 0 0
Al Smith 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ric Jordan 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Dorey 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brad Selwood 0 1 1 0 0 0
John French 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Danny Lawson 3 0 3 0 0 0
Bryan Campbell 0 3 3 0 0 0
Murray Myers 1 1 2 0 0 0
Jim Cardiff 0 2 2 2 0 0
Don Burgess 0 2 2 0 0 0
Denis Meloche 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Migneault 1 0 1 0 0 0
Claude St. Sauveur 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Chernoff 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Plumb 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 13-14- 4- 5-36 VAN: 14- 8- 6- 6-34 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 14-9-0) VAN: Pete Donnelly (W, 10-6-0) Attendance: 9,014


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Cleveland Crusaders (17-15-4) 1 1 0 2
Jersey Knights (15-20-2) 1 3 2 6

1: NJ ,Brian Morenz 7 (Brian Bradley), :46
CLE,Gary Jarrett 15 (Grant Erickson, Skip Krake), 1:55
2: NJ ,Wayne Rivers 9 (Andre Lacroix, Ken Block), 1:22
NJ ,Andre Lacroix 15 (Wayne Rivers, Harry Howell), 2:36
NJ ,Gene Peacosh 2 (Andre Lacroix, Ken Block), 14:18
CLE,Bill Heindl 3 (Gerry Pinder, Wayne Muloin), 18:51
3: NJ ,Kevin Morrison 9 (Andre Lacroix, Gene Peacosh), 2:29
NJ ,Gene Peacosh 3 (Bill Speer, Wayne Rivers), 8:36
Penalties:

1: Craig Reichmuth, NJ 0:09
Wayne Hillman, CLE [major] 3:59
Ted Scharf, NJ [major] 3:59
Kevin Morrison, NJ 17:00
2: Russ Walker, CLE 0:44
Ted Scharf, NJ [major] 6:25
Wayne Muloin, CLE [major] 6:25
Ted Scharf, NJ 16:20
3: Paul Andrea, CLE 9:25
Ken Block, NJ 9:25
Penalty time: CLE: 14 minutes NJ : 18 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gary Jarrett 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Heindl 1 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Muloin 0 1 1 5 0 0
Skip Krake 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gerry Pinder 0 1 1 0 0 0
Grant Erickson 0 1 1 0 0 0
Wayne Hillman 0 0 0 5 0 0
Russ Walker 0 0 0 2 0 0
Paul Andrea 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

NJ Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Andre Lacroix 1 3 4 0 0 0
Gene Peacosh 2 1 3 0 0 0
Wayne Rivers 1 2 3 0 0 0
Ken Block 0 2 2 2 0 0
Kevin Morrison 1 0 1 2 0 0
Brian Morenz 1 0 1 0 0 0
Brian Bradley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Harry Howell 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Speer 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ted Scharf 0 0 0 12 0 0
Craig Reichmuth 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CLE: 12-11- 6-29 NJ : 11-19-11-41 Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers (L, 12-10-4) NJ : Gary Kurt (W, 1-2-0) Attendance: 1,047



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