WHA game summary from January 7, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
Cincinnati Stingers (16-19-4)	2	0	2	4
New England Whalers (19-10-6)	3	1	1	5

1:	NE ,	Mark Howe 23 (Andre Lacroix, Gordie Howe), :24
	CIN,	Robbie Ftorek 16 (Mike Gartner, Rick Dudley), 6:39
	NE ,	George Lyle 4, 16:37
	NE ,	Mark Howe 24 (Gordie Roberts, Andre Lacroix), 18:07
	CIN,	Byron Shutt 3 (Mark Messier), 19:57
2:	NE ,	Warren Miller 12 (George Lyle, Mike Rogers), 1:32
3:	CIN,	Peter Marsh 21 (Robbie Ftorek, Reg Thomas), 4:04
	NE ,	Dave Keon 10 (Brad Selwood, John McKenzie), 13:22
	CIN,	Rick Dudley 15 (Dave Debol), 16:35

Penalties:

1:	Warren Miller, NE 5:40
	Kelly Davis, CIN 8:48
	Barry Melrose, CIN [double minor] 14:28
	Brad Selwood, NE [double minor] 14:28
	Craig Norwich, CIN 17:07
2:	Mark Messier, CIN 1:43
	Alan Hangsleben, NE 6:48
	Kelly Davis, CIN 10:18
	Dave Forbes, CIN [minor, major] 11:44
	Gordie Roberts, NE [minor, major] 11:44
3:	George Lyle, NE 5:17
	Rick Dudley, CIN 9:43
	Barry Legge, CIN 9:55
	Gordie Howe, NE 9:55
	Ron Plumb, NE 14:41

Penalty time: CIN: 23 minutes NE : 21 minutes

CIN Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Rick Dudley	1	1	2	2	0	0
Robbie Ftorek	1	1	2	0	0	0
Byron Shutt	1	0	1	0	0	0
Peter Marsh	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Messier	0	1	1	2	0	0
Reg Thomas	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Debol	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Gartner	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Forbes	0	0	0	7	0	0
Kelly Davis	0	0	0	4	0	0
Barry Melrose	0	0	0	4	0	0
Barry Legge	0	0	0	2	0	0
Craig Norwich	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mark Howe	2	0	2	0	0	0
George Lyle	1	1	2	2	0	0
Andre Lacroix	0	2	2	0	0	0
Warren Miller	1	0	1	2	0	0
Dave Keon	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	7	0	0
Brad Selwood	0	1	1	4	0	0
Gordie Howe	0	1	1	2	0	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	0	0	0
John McKenzie	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Plumb	0	0	0	2	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: CIN: 8- 9-12-29 NE : 15- 6-14-35 Goalies: CIN: Mike Liut (L, 10-11-2) NE : John Garrett (W, 10-5-4) Attendance: 7,010