WHA game summary from December 30, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (18-10-6)	1	0	0	1
Cincinnati Stingers (16-17-4)	0	1	1	2

1:	NE ,	Gordie Roberts 7 (Warren Miller, Mike Rogers), 6:49
2:	CIN,	Dave Debol 9 (Jamie Hislop, Darryl Maggs), 4:16
3:	CIN,	Mike Gartner 17 (Mark Messier), 10:43

Penalties:

1:	Barry Legge, CIN 11:52
	Robbie Ftorek, CIN 11:52
	Andre Lacroix, NE 11:52
	Rick Ley, NE [double minor, misconduct] 11:52
	Alan Hangsleben, NE [major] 11:52
	Barry Melrose, CIN [major, gross misconduct, game misconduct] 11:52
	Dave Inkpen, NE 18:37
2:	Brad Selwood, NE 1:28
	Mike Antonovich, NE 13:40
	Barry Legge, CIN [double minor, misconduct, game misconduct] 16:29
3:	Craig Norwich, CIN 8:27

Penalty time: NE : 27 minutes CIN: 55 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gordie Roberts	1	0	1	0	0	0
Warren Miller	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	14	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	5	0	0
Andre Lacroix	0	0	0	2	0	0
Dave Inkpen	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Antonovich	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brad Selwood	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

CIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mike Gartner	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Debol	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Messier	0	1	1	0	0	0
Darryl Maggs	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jamie Hislop	0	1	1	0	0	0
Barry Legge	0	0	0	26	0	0
Barry Melrose	0	0	0	25	0	0
Craig Norwich	0	0	0	2	0	0
Robbie Ftorek	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 7- 4- 7-18 CIN: 5- 9- 8-22 Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 9-5-2) CIN: Mike Liut (W, 10-10-2) Attendance: 6,858