WHA game summary from April 9, 1974

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (45-32-4)	0	4	2	6
Chicago Cougars (39-37-5)	5	3	0	8
New England Whalers lead, 2 games to 1   (best of 7)

1: CHI, Don Gordon 1 (Ralph Backstrom, Joe Hardy), 2:57
   CHI, Joe Hardy 3 (Larry Mavety, Pat Stapleton), 5:57
   CHI, Rosaire Paiement 1 (Bob Sicinski, Jan Popiel), 10:29
   CHI, Bob Liddington 1 (Don Gordon, Joe Hardy), 13:47
   CHI, Jan Popiel 2 (Bob Sicinski, Rosaire Paiement), 16:48
2: NE , Mike Byers 1 (Al Karlander, John French), 1:05
   CHI, Rosaire Paiement 2 (Jim Watson, Jan Popiel), 7:35
   NE , Don Blackburn 2 (Hugh Harris), 8:48
   NE , John Cunniff 1 (Jim Dorey, Tommy Earl), 9:23
   NE , John French 2 (Mike Byers, Ted Green), 9:43
   CHI, Bob Sicinski 2 (Reg Fleming, Darryl Maggs), 11:46
   CHI, Bob Liddington 2 (Ralph Backstrom), 13:51
3: NE , Tim Sheehy 2 (Don Blackburn), 8:58
   NE , Tim Sheehy 3 (Hugh Harris, Rick Ley), 13:56

Penalties:

1: Don Blackburn, NE 2:26
   Ted Green, NE 4:40
   Jim Watson, CHI 6:07
   Reg Fleming, CHI 17:53
   Rick Ley, NE 17:53
2: Jim Watson, CHI 4:41
   Jim Dorey, NE 9:40
   Reg Fleming, CHI 9:40
   Larry Mavety, CHI 16:13
   Bob Charlebois, NE 19:11
3: Don Gordon, CHI 3:17
   Ric Jordan, NE 10:01
   Joe Hardy, CHI 11:39
   Mike Byers, NE [major] 13:06

Penalty time: NE : 17 minutes
              CHI: 14 minutes

Shots: NE :  9- 9-11-29
       CHI: 12- 9- 7-28

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

Attendance: 3,125