WHA game summary from February 5, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (20-31-5)	2	0	1	3
Cincinnati Stingers (24-24-2)	2	4	2	8

1: CIN, Rick Dudley 20 (Ron Plumb, Dennis Abgrall), :58
   CIN, Claude Larose 18 (Blaine Stoughton, Ron Plumb), 3:35
   NE , Tom Webster 23 (Gordie Roberts), 5:07
   NE , Larry Pleau 8, 17:24
2: CIN, Rick Dudley 21 (Rich Leduc, Pierre Roy), 5:22
   CIN, Rick Dudley 22 (Dennis Abgrall), 6:03
   CIN, Rich Leduc 29 (Rick Dudley, Blaine Stoughton), 11:04
   CIN, Dennis Sobchuk 27, 13:13
3: CIN, Rick Dudley 23 (Rich Leduc, Dennis Abgrall), 9:49
   CIN, Rich Leduc 30 (John Hughes, Ron Plumb), 15:13
   NE , Ralph Backstrom 13 (Gordie Roberts), 17:02

Penalties:

1: Christer Abrahamsson, NE 7:15
   Bill Butters, NE 11:35
   Ron Plumb, CIN 12:38
   Thommy Abrahamsson, NE 19:56
2: Jack Carlson, NE [major] 6:03
   Pierre Roy, CIN [major] 6:03
   Bill Butters, NE 10:25
   Dale Smedsmo, CIN 11:27
3: Jack Carlson, NE 3:55
   Bill Butters, NE 13:21

Penalty time: NE : 17 minutes
              CIN: 9 minutes

Shots: NE : 11-10- 5-26
       CIN: 11-13-13-37

Goalies: NE : Christer Abrahamsson (L, 15-13-3)
         CIN: Jacques Caron (W, 1-0-0)

Attendance: 10,105