WHA game summary from April 12, 1974

Team	1	2	3	F
Chicago Cougars (41-37-5)	1	1	2	4
New England Whalers (45-34-4)	0	2	0	2
Chicago Cougars lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7)

1: CHI, Duke Harris 2 (Ralph Backstrom, Pat Stapleton), 11:29
2: CHI, Duke Harris 3 (Ralph Backstrom), 2:00
   NE , Mike Byers 2 (Rick Ley), 17:11
   NE , John French 3 (Al Karlander, Rick Ley), 17:51
3: CHI, Larry Mavety 2 (Brian Coates, Rosaire Paiement), 10:24
   CHI, Bob Sicinski 3 (Darryl Maggs), 16:52

Penalties:

1: Jim Watson, CHI 0:28
   John French, NE 1:39
   Jim Watson, CHI 18:54
2: Andre Gill, CHI 2:39
   Rick Morris, CHI 17:27
   Tim Sheehy, NE 18:16
   Larry Mavety, CHI 19:10
3: none

Penalty time: CHI: 10 minutes
              NE : 4 minutes

CHI Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Duke Harris	2	0	2	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	2	2	0
Larry Mavety	1	0	1	2
Bob Sicinski	1	0	1	0
Rosaire Paiement	0	1	1	0
Brian Coates	0	1	1	0
Pat Stapleton	0	1	1	0
Darryl Maggs	0	1	1	0
Jim Watson	0	0	0	4
Andre Gill	0	0	0	2
Rick Morris	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Rick Ley	0	2	2	0
John French	1	0	1	2
Mike Byers	1	0	1	0
Al Karlander	0	1	1	0
Tim Sheehy	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: CHI:  6- 6-11-23
       NE : 10-13- 4-27

Goalies: CHI: Andre Gill (W, 1-1-0)
         NE : Al Smith (L, 2-2-0)

Attendance: 5,513