WHA game summary from October 7, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Minnesota Fighting Saints (0-1-0)	0	0	2	2
Cincinnati Stingers (1-0-0)	2	4	1	7

1: CIN, Blaine Stoughton 1 (Rich Leduc, Rick Dudley), 5:38
   CIN, Pierre Guite 1 (Jacques Locas), 9:55
2: CIN, Jacques Locas 1 (Peter Marsh, Pierre Guite), 5:48
   CIN, Rick Dudley 1 (Ron Plumb, Rich Leduc), 9:46
   CIN, Dennis Sobchuk 1 (Ron Plumb, Rich Leduc), 13:31
   CIN, Rich Leduc 1 (Rick Dudley, Blaine Stoughton), 14:20
3: CIN, Rick Dudley 2 (Rich Leduc, Blaine Stoughton), 13:01
   MIN, John McKenzie 1 (Dave Keon, Mike Antonovich), 15:59
   MIN, Mike Antonovich 1 (Dave Keon), 19:48

Penalties:

1: John Hughes, CIN 0:48
   Bill Butters, MIN 4:36
2: Pierre Guite, CIN 2:18
   Ray Clearwater, MIN 4:59
   John McKenzie, MIN 12:48
3: Francois Ouimet, CIN 5:56
   Bill Butters, MIN 13:29

Penalty time: MIN: 8 minutes
              CIN: 6 minutes

Shots: MIN:  3- 7-10-20
       CIN: 14-17-12-43

Goalies: MIN: Mike Curran (L, 0-1-0)
         CIN: Paul Hoganson (W, 1-0-0)

Attendance: 9,346