WHA game summary from December 30, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (16-18-4)	2	2	2	6
Cincinnati Stingers (17-16-2)	1	1	2	4

1:	NE ,	Gordie Roberts 7 (Doug Roberts, Gary MacGregor), 14:32
	CIN,	Blaine Stoughton 22 (Greg Carroll, Barry Legge), 16:06
	NE ,	Dan Bolduc 6 (Ralph Backstrom, Ron Busniuk), 19:02
2:	NE ,	Mike Rogers 11 (Danny Arndt, Doug Roberts), :50
	NE ,	Garry Swain 4 (Brett Callighen), 6:53
	CIN,	Dennis Sobchuk 18 (John Hughes, Peter Marsh), 16:55
3:	CIN,	Claude Larose 14, 1:42
	CIN,	Dennis Sobchuk 19 (Bill Steele, Ron Plumb), 14:21
	NE ,	Dan Bolduc 7, 15:26
	NE ,	Brett Callighen 2 (Garry Swain, Tommy Earl), 18:58

Penalties:

1:	Ron Busniuk, NE 4:39
	John Hughes, CIN 6:58
	Bench penalty, CIN 9:23
2:	Rich Leduc, CIN 0:23
	Doug Roberts, NE 3:03
	Dale Smedsmo, NE [major, misconduct] 3:03
	Brett Callighen, NE 11:12
	Bill Steele, CIN 11:12
	Rich Leduc, CIN 12:18
	Gordie Roberts, NE 12:18
	Greg Carroll, CIN 20:00
	Doug Roberts, NE 20:00
3:	none

Penalty time: NE : 25 minutes CIN: 12 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dan Bolduc	2	0	2	0	0	0
Brett Callighen	1	1	2	2	0	0
Garry Swain	1	1	2	0	0	0
Doug Roberts	0	2	2	4	0	0
Gordie Roberts	1	0	1	2	0	0
Mike Rogers	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Busniuk	0	1	1	2	0	0
Gary MacGregor	0	1	1	0	0	0
Danny Arndt	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tommy Earl	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dale Smedsmo	0	0	0	15	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

CIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dennis Sobchuk	2	0	2	0	0	0
Claude Larose	1	0	1	0	0	0
Blaine Stoughton	1	0	1	0	0	0
John Hughes	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bill Steele	0	1	1	2	0	0
Greg Carroll	0	1	1	2	0	0
Ron Plumb	0	1	1	0	0	0
Barry Legge	0	1	1	0	0	0
Peter Marsh	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rich Leduc	0	0	0	4	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 15- 8-10-33 CIN: 10-12-18-40 Goalies: NE : Cap Raeder (W, 4-1-0) CIN: Paul Hoganson (L, 5-3-1) Attendance: 7,138