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
Mike Byers	2	0	2	0
Al Karlander	1	1	2	7
John French	0	2	2	0
Brad Selwood	0	1	1	0
Jim Dorey	0	1	1	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	9
John Cunniff	0	0	0	7
Ric Jordan	0	0	0	2
John Danby	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

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


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