WHA game summary from January 4, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (17-19-4)	2	1	0	3
Quebec Nordiques (23-15-1)	2	2	1	5

1: QUE, Marc Tardif 25 (Christian Bordeleau, Real Cloutier), 1:47
   NE , Mike Rogers 12 (Danny Arndt), 7:16
   QUE, Jim Dorey 3 (Christian Bordeleau, Real Cloutier), 16:23
   NE , Larry Pleau 5 (Brett Callighen, Mike Rogers), 16:36
2: QUE, Christian Bordeleau 17 (Paul Baxter, Marc Tardif), 1:52
   QUE, Pierre Roy 2 (Real Cloutier, Marc Tardif), 7:13
   NE , Larry Pleau 6 (Tommy Earl), 13:11
3: QUE, Marc Tardif 26 (Christian Bordeleau, Jim Dorey), 7:24

Penalties:

1: Pierre Roy, QUE 4:20
   Ralph Backstrom, NE 10:34
2: Jim Dorey, QUE 4:53
   Curt Brackenbury, QUE 13:36
3: Ron Busniuk, NE 7:55

Penalty time: NE : 4 minutes
              QUE: 6 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Larry Pleau	2	0	2	0
Mike Rogers	1	1	2	0
Tommy Earl	0	1	1	0
Brett Callighen	0	1	1	0
Danny Arndt	0	1	1	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	0	0	2
Ron Busniuk	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

QUE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Marc Tardif	2	2	4	0
Christian Bordeleau	1	3	4	0
Real Cloutier	0	3	3	0
Jim Dorey	1	1	2	2
Pierre Roy	1	0	1	2
Paul Baxter	0	1	1	0
Curt Brackenbury	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: NE :  8- 8- 7-23
       QUE: 11-14- 7-32

Goalies: NE : Cap Raeder (L, 4-2-0)
         QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 16-9-1)

Attendance: 8,627