WHA game summary from February 23, 1974

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (33-25-2)	2	1	0	3
Chicago Cougars (26-28-3)	0	0	0	0

1:	NE ,	Al Karlander 13 (Jim Dorey), 2:02
	NE ,	Mike Byers 20 (John French, Brad Selwood), 5:35
2:	NE ,	Mike Byers 21 (John French, Al Karlander), 16:41
3:	no scoring

Penalties:

1:	Larry Mavety, CHI 8:56
	Rick Ley, NE 11:12
	Joe Hardy, CHI 14:03
	John Danby, NE 20:00
2:	Ric Jordan, NE 4:41
	Rick Ley, NE [major] 19:19
	Don Gordon, CHI [major] 19:19
	Ralph Backstrom, CHI [major] 19:33
	Al Karlander, NE [minor, major] 19:33
3:	Jim Benzelock, CHI [minor, major] 4:14
	John Cunniff, NE [minor, major] 4:14
	Rick Ley, NE 14:09

Penalty time: NE : 27 minutes CHI: 21 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mike Byers	2	0	2	0	0	0
Al Karlander	1	1	2	7	0	0
John French	0	2	2	0	0	0
Brad Selwood	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Dorey	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	9	0	0
John Cunniff	0	0	0	7	0	0
John Danby	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ric Jordan	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

CHI Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jim Benzelock	0	0	0	7	0	0
Don Gordon	0	0	0	5	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	0	0	5	0	0
Larry Mavety	0	0	0	2	0	0
Joe Hardy	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 8- 8- 2-18 CHI: 7-11-10-28 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (W, 22-16-0) CHI: Rich Coutu (L, 9-9-1) Attendance: 7,141