Tuesday April 9, 1974
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All WHA game summaries from April 9, 1974



Team123F
New England Whalers (45-32-4) 0 4 2 6
Chicago Cougars (39-37-5) 5 3 0 8
New England Whalers lead, 2 games to 1   (best of 7)

1: CHI,Don Gordon 1 (Ralph Backstrom, Joe Hardy), 2:57
CHI,Joe Hardy 3 (Larry Mavety, Pat Stapleton), 5:57
CHI,Rosaire Paiement 1 (Bob Sicinski, Jan Popiel), 10:29
CHI,Bob Liddington 1 (Don Gordon, Joe Hardy), 13:47
CHI,Jan Popiel 2 (Bob Sicinski, Rosaire Paiement), 16:48
2: NE ,Mike Byers 1 (Al Karlander, John French), 1:05
CHI,Rosaire Paiement 2 (Jim Watson, Jan Popiel), 7:35
NE ,Don Blackburn 2 (Hugh Harris), 8:48
NE ,John Cunniff 1 (Jim Dorey, Tommy Earl), 9:23
NE ,John French 2 (Mike Byers, Ted Green), 9:43
CHI,Bob Sicinski 2 (Reg Fleming, Darryl Maggs), 11:46
CHI,Bob Liddington 2 (Ralph Backstrom), 13:51
3: NE ,Tim Sheehy 2 (Don Blackburn), 8:58
NE ,Tim Sheehy 3 (Hugh Harris, Rick Ley), 13:56
Penalties:

1: Don Blackburn, NE 2:26
Ted Green, NE 4:40
Jim Watson, CHI 6:07
Reg Fleming, CHI 17:53
Rick Ley, NE 17:53
2: Jim Watson, CHI 4:41
Jim Dorey, NE 9:40
Reg Fleming, CHI 9:40
Larry Mavety, CHI 16:13
Bob Charlebois, NE 19:11
3: Don Gordon, CHI 3:17
Ric Jordan, NE 10:01
Joe Hardy, CHI 11:39
Mike Byers, NE [major] 13:06
Penalty time: NE : 17 minutes CHI: 14 minutes
NE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tim Sheehy 2 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Byers 1 1 2 5 0 0
Don Blackburn 1 1 2 2 0 0
John French 1 1 2 0 0 0
Hugh Harris 0 2 2 0 0 0
John Cunniff 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Ley 0 1 1 2 0 0
Jim Dorey 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ted Green 0 1 1 2 0 0
Tommy Earl 0 1 1 0 0 0
Al Karlander 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ric Jordan 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Charlebois 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rosaire Paiement 2 1 3 0 0 0
Joe Hardy 1 2 3 2 0 0
Jan Popiel 1 2 3 0 0 0
Bob Sicinski 1 2 3 0 0 0
Bob Liddington 2 0 2 0 0 0
Don Gordon 1 1 2 2 0 0
Ralph Backstrom 0 2 2 0 0 0
Reg Fleming 0 1 1 4 0 0
Jim Watson 0 1 1 4 0 0
Larry Mavety 0 1 1 2 0 0
Darryl Maggs 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pat Stapleton 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: NE : 9- 9-11-29 CHI: 12- 9- 7-28 Goalies: NE : Al Smith,
Bruce Landon CHI: Cam Newton (W, 1-1-0) Attendance: 3,125



Team123F
Cleveland Crusaders (37-34-9) 0 3 0 3
Toronto Toros (43-33-4) 0 1 3 4
Toronto Toros lead, 2 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: no scoring
2: TOR,Tom Martin 1 (Wayne Carleton, Rick Sentes), 3:46
CLE,Ron Ward 1 (Doug Brindley), 5:06
CLE,Tom Edur 1 (Grant Erickson, Paul Shmyr), 11:43
CLE,Paul Andrea 1 (Grant Erickson, Jim Wiste), 15:28
3: TOR,Wayne Carleton 1 (Steve Cuddie, Carl Brewer), 11:55
TOR,Tom Martin 2 (Wayne Carleton, Steve Cuddie), 13:28
TOR,Tom Martin 3 (Rick Cunningham, Brian Gibbons), 16:49
Penalties:

1: Gary Jarrett, CLE 0:31
Rick Cunningham, TOR 0:31
Steve Cuddie, TOR 1:44
Gerry Cheevers, CLE 4:42
Steve Cuddie, TOR 7:42
Brian Gibbons, TOR 8:51
Skip Krake, CLE 8:51
Ron Ward, CLE 11:17
Gary Jarrett, CLE 18:38
Guy Trottier, TOR 18:38
Ron Buchanan, CLE 19:55
2: Gerry Cheevers, CLE 2:26
Wayne Dillon, TOR 3:31
Bill Heindl, CLE 3:31
Larry Hillman, CLE 8:36
Rick Sentes, TOR 8:36
Wayne Dillon, TOR [major] 10:33
Skip Krake, CLE [major] 10:33
Rick Cunningham, TOR [minor, major] 10:33
Gary Jarrett, CLE [minor, major] 10:33
Wayne Carleton, TOR 14:10
3: Larry Hillman, CLE [match penalty] 13:10
Bob Leduc, TOR [match penalty] 13:10
Skip Krake, CLE [minor, misconduct] 15:46
Rick Sentes, TOR 20:00
Penalty time: CLE: 52 minutes TOR: 40 minutes
CLE Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Grant Erickson 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ron Ward 1 0 1 2 0 0
Tom Edur 1 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Andrea 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Wiste 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr 0 1 1 0 0 0
Doug Brindley 0 1 1 0 0 0
Skip Krake 0 0 0 19 0 0
Larry Hillman 0 0 0 12 0 0
Gary Jarrett 0 0 0 11 0 0
Gerry Cheevers 0 0 0 4 0 0
Ron Buchanan 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bill Heindl 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Martin 3 0 3 0 0 0
Wayne Carleton 1 2 3 2 0 0
Steve Cuddie 0 2 2 4 0 0
Rick Cunningham 0 1 1 9 0 0
Rick Sentes 0 1 1 4 0 0
Brian Gibbons 0 1 1 2 0 0
Carl Brewer 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Leduc 0 0 0 10 0 0
Wayne Dillon 0 0 0 7 0 0
Guy Trottier 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL00
TOTAL00
Shots: CLE: 14-14-16-44 TOR: 12- 9- 6-27 Goalies: CLE: Gerry Cheevers TOR: Attendance: 5,177




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