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	+/-	Shots
Darryl Maggs	1	1	2	21	0	0
Rick Morris	0	2	2	0	0	0
Bob Sicinski	1	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Hardy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Duke Harris	1	0	1	0	0	0
Pat Stapleton	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Liddington	0	1	1	0	0	0
Don Gordon	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dick Proceviat	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brian Coates	0	0	0	2	0	0
Larry Mavety	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

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

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