WHA game summary from April 10, 1974
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers (45-33-4) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
 Chicago Cougars (40-37-5) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Series tied, 2-2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | NE , | Tim Sheehy 4 (Hugh Harris), 9:36 |
| CHI, | Jan Popiel 3 (Bob Sicinski, Duke Harris), 19:35 | |
| 4: | CHI, | Ralph Backstrom 1 (Duke Harris), 7:45 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Larry Mavety, CHI 7:37 |
| Hugh Harris, NE 9:42 | |
| Brad Selwood, NE 10:44 | |
| Rick Ley, NE [major] 11:50 | |
| Rosaire Paiement, CHI [minor, major] 11:50 | |
| 2: | Jim Dorey, NE 9:59 |
| Rick Morris, CHI 9:59 | |
| Ric Jordan, NE 10:09 | |
| 3: | Don Blackburn, NE 14:02 |
| 4: | Rick Morris, CHI 5:03 |
| Tommy Earl, NE 5:03 |
Penalty time: NE : 17 minutes
CHI: 13 minutes
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Harris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Ley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ric Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Selwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Earl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dorey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Blackburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Harris | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Backstrom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jan Popiel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sicinski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosaire Paiement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Mavety | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: NE : 7- 6- 9- 8-30
CHI: 7-12-14-15-48
Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 2-1-0)
CHI: Cam Newton (W, 2-1-0)
Attendance: 3,452