WHA game summary from January 23, 1977

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cincinnati Stingers (22-21-2)	2	1	0	0	3
New England Whalers (18-26-5)	1	2	0	1	4

1: CIN, Dennis Sobchuk 25 (Bill Steele), 5:23
   NE , Dave Keon 14 (Ralph Backstrom, Thommy Abrahamsson), 7:41
   CIN, Blaine Stoughton 31 (Greg Carroll), 14:58
2: NE , Steve Carlson 6 (Tommy Earl), 9:12
   NE , Jack Carlson 5 (Steve Carlson), 9:34
   CIN, Bill Steele 6 (Ron Plumb, Dennis Sobchuk), 17:17
3: no scoring
4: NE , Dave Hynes 4 (Ralph Backstrom, Mike Rogers), 4:43

Penalties:

1: Ron Plumb, CIN 6:29
   Alan Hangsleben, NE 9:40
2: Gordie Roberts, NE 15:44
3: none
4: none

Penalty time: CIN: 2 minutes
              NE : 4 minutes

CIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Bill Steele	1	1	2	0
Dennis Sobchuk	1	1	2	0
Blaine Stoughton	1	0	1	0
Ron Plumb	0	1	1	2
Greg Carroll	0	1	1	0
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Steve Carlson	1	1	2	0
Ralph Backstrom	0	2	2	0
Jack Carlson	1	0	1	0
Dave Hynes	1	0	1	0
Dave Keon	1	0	1	0
Thommy Abrahamsson	0	1	1	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	0
Tommy Earl	0	1	1	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	2
Gordie Roberts	0	0	0	2
TOTAL


Shots: CIN: 12-14-11- 2-39
       NE : 16-10-15- 3-44

Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (L, 17-13-0)
         NE : Christer Abrahamsson (W, 13-10-3)

Attendance: 10,083