Other hockey leagues in 1973:    
NHL
Tie-breaker
Semi-Finals
Finals
ALB 2
MIN 4
NE 24
OTT 17
CLE 19
PHI 6
WPG 23
MIN 16
HOU 23
LA 16
NE 4
CLE 1
WPG 4
HOU 0
 
WPG 1
NE 4
Champ
NE
1972-73 WHA Champion New England Whalers

Preliminary Tie-breaker

Single game matchup
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
4/1 Minnesota 4-2 Alberta MIN 1-0

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
4/5 Los Angeles 2-7 Houston HOU 1-0
4/7 Los Angeles 4-2 Houston Tied 1-1
4/11 Houston 2-3 Los Angeles LA 2-1
4/13 Houston 3-2
OT
Los Angeles Tied 2-2
4/15 Los Angeles 3-6 Houston HOU 3-2
4/17 Houston 3-2 Los Angeles HOU 4-2
4/6 Minnesota 1-3 Winnipeg WPG 1-0
4/8 Minnesota 2-5 Winnipeg WPG 2-0
4/10 Winnipeg 4-6 Minnesota WPG 2-1
4/11 Winnipeg 3-2
OT
Minnesota WPG 3-1
4/15 Minnesota 5-8 Winnipeg WPG 4-1
4/4 Philadelphia 2-3
OT
Cleveland CLE 1-0
4/7 Philadelphia 1-7 Cleveland CLE 2-0
4/8 Cleveland 3-1 Philadelphia CLE 3-0
4/11 Cleveland 6-2 Philadelphia CLE 4-0
4/7 Ottawa 3-6 New England NE 1-0
4/8 Ottawa 3-4
OT
New England NE 2-0
4/10 New England 2-4 Ottawa NE 2-1
4/12 New England 7-3 Ottawa NE 3-1
4/14 Ottawa 4-5
OT
New England NE 4-1

Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
4/20 Houston 1-5 Winnipeg WPG 1-0
4/22 Houston 0-2 Winnipeg WPG 2-0
4/24 Winnipeg 4-2 Houston WPG 3-0
4/26 Winnipeg 3-0 Houston WPG 4-0

Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
4/18 Cleveland 2-3 New England NE 1-0
4/19 Cleveland 2-3 New England NE 2-0
4/21 New England 5-4 Cleveland NE 3-0
4/22 New England 2-5 Cleveland NE 3-1
4/26 Cleveland 1-3 New England NE 4-1

WHA Finals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
4/29 Winnipeg 2-7 New England NE 1-0
5/2 New England 7-4 Winnipeg NE 2-0
5/3 New England 3-4 Winnipeg NE 2-1
5/5 Winnipeg 2-4 New England NE 3-1
5/6 Winnipeg 6-9 New England NE 4-1

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  1. I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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