WHA game summary from April 6, 1974

Team	1	2	3	F
Chicago Cougars (38-36-5)	3	1	0	4
New England Whalers (44-31-4)	1	3	2	6
New England Whalers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7)

1: CHI, Joe Hardy 1 (Rick Morris, Darryl Maggs), 1:52
   NE , Tom Webster 1 (Don Blackburn, Tommy Williams), 2:52
   CHI, Bob Sicinski 1 (Pat Stapleton), 6:26
   CHI, Darryl Maggs 1 (Don Gordon, Rick Morris), 10:52
2: NE , Larry Pleau 1 (Jim Dorey), 8:10
   CHI, Duke Harris 1 (Ralph Backstrom, Bob Liddington), 12:39
   NE , Tom Webster 2 (Tommy Williams, Don Blackburn), 17:01
   NE , Larry Pleau 2 (Jim Dorey, Duke Harris), 17:46
3: NE , John Danby 1 (Jim Dorey, Tommy Earl), :31
   NE , Don Blackburn 1 (Ted Green, Tommy Williams), 14:29

Penalties:

1: Rick Ley, NE 0:06
   Larry Mavety, CHI 1:15
2: Darryl Maggs, CHI 2:25
   Darryl Maggs, CHI 9:48
   Tom Webster, NE [minor, major] 17:01
   Darryl Maggs, CHI [minor, major, misconduct] 17:01
3: Rick Ley, NE 0:18
   Dick Proceviat, CHI 7:34
   Brad Selwood, NE 8:26
   Brian Coates, CHI 12:37

Penalty time: CHI: 27 minutes
              NE : 13 minutes

CHI Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Darryl Maggs	1	1	2	21
Rick Morris	0	2	2	0
Duke Harris	1	0	1	0
Bob Sicinski	1	0	1	0
Joe Hardy	1	0	1	0
Don Gordon	0	1	1	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	1	1	0
Pat Stapleton	0	1	1	0
Bob Liddington	0	1	1	0
Larry Mavety	0	0	0	2
Dick Proceviat	0	0	0	2
Brian Coates	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Don Blackburn	1	2	3	0
Jim Dorey	0	3	3	0
Tommy Williams	0	3	3	0
Tom Webster	2	0	2	7
Larry Pleau	2	0	2	0
John Danby	1	0	1	0
Duke Harris	0	1	1	0
Tommy Earl	0	1	1	0
Ted Green	0	1	1	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	4
Brad Selwood	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: CHI: 11-10- 8-29
       NE : 10-18-12-40

Goalies: CHI: Cam Newton (L, 0-1-0)
         NE : Al Smith (W, 1-0-0)

Attendance: 5,516