WHA game summary from January 7, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Cincinnati Stingers (15-21-2)	2	1	0	3
New England Whalers (25-10-3)	2	1	2	5

1:	NE ,	Gordie Roberts 8, 1:01
	CIN,	Paul Stewart 1 (Rich Leduc, Peter Marsh), 1:13
	NE ,	Mark Howe 8 (Gordie Howe, Marty Howe), 7:12
	CIN,	Bill Gilligan 3 (Butch Deadmarsh, Hugh Harris), 17:08
2:	CIN,	Jamie Hislop 10, 5:52
	NE ,	Marty Howe 5, 11:31
3:	NE ,	Greg Carroll 6 (Mike Rogers, Bill Butters), 3:49
	NE ,	Alan Hangsleben 5 (Bill Butters, Mike Rogers), 19:32

Penalties:

1:	Paul Stewart, CIN [major] 2:04
	Jack Carlson, NE [major] 2:04
	Paul Stewart, CIN [major] 12:41
	Jack Carlson, NE [major] 12:41
	Rich Leduc, CIN [minor, major] 16:27
	Alan Hangsleben, NE [minor, major] 16:27
	Mark Howe, NE 17:22
	Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 18:59
2:	Butch Deadmarsh, CIN [double minor] 9:37
	Alan Hangsleben, NE 14:28
	Gordie Roberts, NE 19:09
	Alan Hangsleben, NE 19:22
3:	Gordie Howe, NE [major] 12:17

Penalty time: CIN: 23 minutes NE : 30 minutes

CIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Paul Stewart	1	0	1	10	0	0
Jamie Hislop	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Gilligan	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rich Leduc	0	1	1	7	0	0
Butch Deadmarsh	0	1	1	6	0	0
Hugh Harris	0	1	1	0	0	0
Peter Marsh	0	1	1	0	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Marty Howe	1	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	0	2	2	0	0	0
Bill Butters	0	2	2	0	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	1	0	1	11	0	0
Gordie Roberts	1	0	1	2	0	0
Mark Howe	1	0	1	2	0	0
Greg Carroll	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	5	0	0
Jack Carlson	0	0	0	10	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: CIN: 10- 7- 8-25 NE : 14-14-12-40 Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (L, 2-2-1) NE : Louis Levasseur (W, 5-4-0) Attendance: 9,669