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	+/-	Shots
Joe Hardy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jan Popiel	1	0	1	0	0	0
Pat Stapleton	0	1	1	22	0	0
Duke Harris	0	1	1	0	0	0
Reg Fleming	0	1	1	0	0	0
Darryl Maggs	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Sicinski	0	1	1	0	0	0
Brian Coates	0	0	0	22	0	0
Bob Liddington	0	0	0	5	0	0
Rosaire Paiement	0	0	0	5	0	0
Larry Mavety	0	0	0	4	0	0
Jim Benzelock	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jim Watson	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

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

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