WHA game summary from April 16, 1974

Team	1	2	3	F
Chicago Cougars (42-38-5)	1	0	2	3
New England Whalers (46-35-4)	0	2	0	2
Chicago Cougars win, 4 games to 3 (best of 7)

1: CHI, Joe Hardy 4 (Pat Stapleton), 11:08
2: NE , Tom Webster 4 (John French, Brad Selwood), 6:20
   NE , Tom Webster 5 (Jim Dorey, Tommy Williams), 9:58
3: CHI, Ralph Backstrom 2 (Reg Fleming, Duke Harris), 10:23
   CHI, Jan Popiel 4 (Bob Sicinski, Darryl Maggs), 13:26

Penalties:

1: Mike Byers, NE 2:28
   Larry Mavety, CHI 3:13
   Pat Stapleton, CHI 15:57
2: Larry Mavety, CHI 5:08
   Jim Benzelock, CHI 5:58
   Hugh Harris, NE 5:58
   Jim Watson, CHI 8:03
   Ted Green, NE 11:12
   Jim Dorey, NE 14:50
   Brad Selwood, NE 18:06
3: Rosaire Paiement, CHI [major] 1:21
   Brad Selwood, NE [major] 1:21
   Bob Liddington, CHI [major] 4:09
   Hugh Harris, NE [major] 4:09
   Rick Ley, NE [major] 4:09
   Brian Coates, CHI [minor, misconduct, game misconduct] 4:09
   Pat Stapleton, CHI [misconduct, game misconduct] 4:09
   Jim Dorey, NE 12:47

Penalty time: CHI: 62 minutes
              NE : 27 minutes

CHI Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Ralph Backstrom	1	0	1	0
Jan Popiel	1	0	1	0
Joe Hardy	1	0	1	0
Pat Stapleton	0	1	1	22
Duke Harris	0	1	1	0
Reg Fleming	0	1	1	0
Darryl Maggs	0	1	1	0
Bob Sicinski	0	1	1	0
Brian Coates	0	0	0	22
Rosaire Paiement	0	0	0	5
Bob Liddington	0	0	0	5
Larry Mavety	0	0	0	4
Jim Benzelock	0	0	0	2
Jim Watson	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Tom Webster	2	0	2	0
Brad Selwood	0	1	1	7
Jim Dorey	0	1	1	4
Tommy Williams	0	1	1	0
John French	0	1	1	0
Hugh Harris	0	0	0	7
Rick Ley	0	0	0	5
Ted Green	0	0	0	2
Mike Byers	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: CHI:  7-12-24-43
       NE : 12- 8- 7-27

Goalies: CHI: Andre Gill (W, 2-1-0)
         NE : Al Smith (L, 3-3-0)

Attendance: 5,516