WHA game summary from January 2, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Cincinnati Stingers (17-17-2)	1	0	1	2
New England Whalers (17-18-4)	1	1	1	3

1: CIN, Ron Plumb 6 (Barry Legge, Claude Larose), 6:05
   NE , Ralph Backstrom 11 (Gary MacGregor), 16:29
2: NE , George Lyle 24 (Mike Rogers, Doug Roberts), 15:28
3: CIN, Claude Larose 15 (Rich Leduc, Blaine Stoughton), 2:01
   NE , Tommy Earl 5 (Larry Pleau), 15:04

Penalties:

1: Blaine Stoughton, CIN 7:29
   Dave Inkpen, CIN [major] 7:29
   Jim Troy, NE [major] 7:29
2: Blaine Stoughton, CIN 0:48
   Ron Busniuk, NE 7:38
   Ron Busniuk, NE 11:32
   Alan Hangsleben, NE 19:51
3: Dave Inkpen, CIN 2:51
   Brett Callighen, NE 5:03

Penalty time: CIN: 11 minutes
              NE : 13 minutes

CIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Claude Larose	1	1	2	0
Ron Plumb	1	0	1	0
Blaine Stoughton	0	1	1	4
Rich Leduc	0	1	1	0
Barry Legge	0	1	1	0
Dave Inkpen	0	0	0	7
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
George Lyle	1	0	1	0
Tommy Earl	1	0	1	0
Ralph Backstrom	1	0	1	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	0
Larry Pleau	0	1	1	0
Doug Roberts	0	1	1	0
Gary MacGregor	0	1	1	0
Jim Troy	0	0	0	5
Ron Busniuk	0	0	0	4
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	2
Brett Callighen	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: CIN:  9-14-13-36
       NE : 16-16-13-45

Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (L, 12-10-0)
         NE : Christer Abrahamsson (W, 12-8-3)

Attendance: 8,978