WHA game summary from December 17, 1977
1: CIN, Jamie Hislop 5 (Ron Plumb, Pat Stapleton), 3:00
CIN, Rich Leduc 20 (Rick Dudley, Pat Stapleton), 9:23
SOV, Aleksandr Volchkov 1 (Anatoli Emeljaneko, Vladimir Popov), 16:14
2: SOV, Alexei Volchenkov 1 (Viacheslav Nazarov, Aleksandr Volchkov), 4:57
SOV, Vladimir Popov 1 (Alexei Volchenkov), 6:42
3: CIN, Blaine Stoughton 6 (Peter Marsh), 4:32
SOV, Alexei Volchenkov 2 (Viacheslav Nazarov, Anatoli Emeljaneko), 9:00
SOV, Jrek Gimaev 1 (Victor Tumenev, Vladimir Lavrentiev), 16:19
CIN, Robbie Ftorek 21 (Rick Dudley, Dennis Abgrall), 16:39
Penalties:
1: Vasili Spiridinov, SOV 2:32
Blaine Stoughton, CIN 5:22
Jrek Gimaev, SOV 8:32
2: Peter Marsh, CIN 0:47
Barry Legge, CIN 4:08
Victor Tumenev, SOV 4:08
Bench penalty, CIN 4:32
Rick Dudley, CIN 7:52
3: Michel Dion, CIN 9:30
Ron Plumb, CIN 9:30
Victor Tumenev, SOV [double minor] 9:30
Blaine Stoughton, CIN 14:27
Penalty time: SOV: 10 minutes
CIN: 16 minutes
Shots: SOV: 9- 8-11-28
CIN: 10- 6- 9-25
Goalies: SOV: Sergei Babariko (W, 1-0-0)
CIN: Mike Liut, Michel Dion
Attendance: 8,044