WHA game summary from April 12, 1974
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago Cougars (41-37-5) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
 New England Whalers (45-34-4) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Chicago Cougars lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | CHI, | Duke Harris 2 (Ralph Backstrom, Pat Stapleton), 11:29 |
| 2: | CHI, | Duke Harris 3 (Ralph Backstrom), 2:00 |
| NE , | Mike Byers 2 (Rick Ley), 17:11 | |
| NE , | John French 3 (Al Karlander, Rick Ley), 17:51 | |
| 3: | CHI, | Larry Mavety 2 (Brian Coates, Rosaire Paiement), 10:24 |
| CHI, | Bob Sicinski 3 (Darryl Maggs), 16:52 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Jim Watson, CHI 0:28 | |
| John French, NE 1:39 | ||
| Jim Watson, CHI 18:54 | ||
| 2: | Andre Gill, CHI 2:39 | |
| Rick Morris, CHI 17:27 | ||
| Tim Sheehy, NE 18:16 | ||
| Larry Mavety, CHI 19:10 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: CHI: 10 minutes
NE : 4 minutes
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Harris | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Backstrom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Mavety | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sicinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosaire Paiement | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Coates | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Stapleton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Maggs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Ley | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John French | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Byers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Karlander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Sheehy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CHI: 6- 6-11-23
NE : 10-13- 4-27
Goalies: CHI: Andre Gill (W, 1-1-0)
NE : Al Smith (L, 2-2-0)
Attendance: 5,513