WHA game summary from October 16, 1977
| 1: |
CIN, | Dennis Abgrall 1 (Rich Leduc), 2:26 |
| CIN, | Robbie Ftorek 2 (Rich Leduc), 5:50 |
| CIN, | Claude Larose 1 (Rich Leduc, Dennis Abgrall), 16:08 |
| CIN, | Rick Dudley 1, 16:45 |
| CIN, | Robbie Ftorek 3 (Barry Legge), 19:53 |
| 2: |
NE , | Greg Carroll 1 (Jack Carlson, Gordie Roberts), 5:30 |
| 3: |
CIN, | Rick Dudley 2 (Dennis Sobchuk), 7:31 |
| NE , | Tom Webster 4 (Gordie Howe, Brad Selwood), 9:01 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Dennis Sobchuk, CIN 5:13 |
| George Lyle, NE 9:25 |
| 2: |
Robbie Ftorek, CIN 6:14 |
| Brad Selwood, NE 9:37 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 11:45 |
| Del Hall, CIN 15:32 |
| 3: | none |
Penalty time: NE : 6 minutes
CIN: 6 minutes
Shots: NE : 10-16- 8-34
CIN: 13- 7-13-33
Goalies: NE : Louis Levasseur (L, 0-1-0)
CIN: Normand Lapointe (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 7,702
New England Whalers (2-1-0)
Cincinnati Stingers (1-2-0)