WHA game summary from January 25, 1978

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New England Whalers (27-15-4)	1	3	3	0	7
Cincinnati Stingers (18-26-2)	2	2	3	1	8

1: CIN, Robbie Ftorek 32 (Pat Stapleton, Rick Dudley), 1:29
   CIN, Hugh Harris 6, 8:24
   NE , Gordie Howe 19 (Marty Howe, Mike Rogers), 10:29
2: CIN, Robbie Ftorek 33 (Ron Plumb, Jamie Hislop), 3:25
   CIN, Butch Deadmarsh 3, 7:33
   NE , Mark Howe 12 (Gordie Howe), 7:51
   NE , Dave Keon 9 (Bill Butters), 8:21
   NE , Gordie Howe 20 (George Lyle, Mark Howe), 12:16
3: NE , Dave Keon 10 (Alan Hangsleben, Jim Mayer), 1:01
   CIN, Rick Dudley 11 (Robbie Ftorek, Ron Plumb), 5:34
   CIN, Bryon Baltimore 2, 8:20
   CIN, Dennis Abgrall 8 (Rich Leduc), 10:37
   NE , Mark Howe 13 (Marty Howe), 14:55
   NE , George Lyle 20 (Mark Howe, Marty Howe), 15:04
4: CIN, Barry Legge 4 (Jamie Hislop, Robbie Ftorek), 6:11

Penalties:

1: Bruce Greig, CIN 9:06
   Rick Dudley, CIN [major] 18:12
   Marty Howe, NE [minor, major] 18:12
2: Jim Mayer, NE 2:48
   Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 11:57
   Rick Dudley, CIN 12:42
   Gordie Roberts, NE 18:18
3: Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 1:56
   George Lyle, NE 3:21
4: none

Penalty time: NE : 13 minutes
              CIN: 13 minutes

Shots: NE :  5- 8-11- 4-28
       CIN: 20- 9-13- 3-45

Goalies: NE : Louis Levasseur (L, 7-7-1)
         CIN: Normand Lapointe (W, 5-3-1)

Attendance: 5,231