WHA game summary from April 19, 1974
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago Cougars (42-39-5) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
 Toronto Toros (46-34-4) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Toronto Toros lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | TOR, | Steve Cuddie 1 (Carl Brewer), :43 |
| CHI, | Jim Benzelock 1 (Ralph Backstrom), 8:45 | |
| 2: | TOR, | Wayne Dillon 3 (Guy Trottier, Bob Leduc), 4:56 |
| TOR, | Tom Martin 5 (Wayne Carleton, Rick Sentes), 8:17 | |
| CHI, | Duke Harris 4 (Ralph Backstrom, Pat Stapleton), 12:39 | |
| CHI, | Rick Morris 1 (Don Gordon, Joe Hardy), 18:01 | |
| 3: | CHI, | Rod Zaine 1 (Jim Benzelock, Jim Watson), 2:03 |
| TOR, | Rick Sentes 4 (Wayne Carleton, Steve Cuddie), 10:57 | |
| TOR, | Bob Leduc 1, 12:41 | |
| TOR, | Wayne Dillon 4, 18:29 - PS |
Penalties:
| 1: | Mike Amodeo, TOR 1:33 |
| Jim Benzelock, CHI 6:30 | |
| 2: | Billy Orr, TOR 10:50 |
| 3: | Larry Mavety, CHI 1:45 |
| Jim Benzelock, CHI 3:24 | |
| Steve King, TOR 8:09 | |
| Joe Hardy, CHI 11:42 |
Penalty time: CHI: 8 minutes
TOR: 6 minutes
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benzelock | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Backstrom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Zaine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Morris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duke Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hardy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Watson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Gordon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Stapleton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Mavety | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Dillon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Leduc | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Cuddie | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Sentes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Carleton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Trottier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Brewer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Orr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Amodeo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CHI: 12- 9-16-37
TOR: 10-17- 7-34
Goalies: CHI: Cam Newton (L, 2-3-0)
TOR: Gilles Gratton (3, 3-1-0),
Les Binkley (W, 1-0-0) Attendance: 8,088
Les Binkley (W, 1-0-0) Attendance: 8,088