WHA game summary from April 9, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (35-41-6)	0	2	0	2
Quebec Nordiques (48-31-3)	2	0	3	5
Quebec Nordiques lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7)

1:	QUE,	Wally Weir 1 (Real Cloutier, Andre Boudrias), :39
	QUE,	Andre Boudrias 1 (J.C. Tremblay, Serge Bernier), 14:49
2:	NE ,	Gordie Roberts 1 (Rick Ley), 6:04
	NE ,	Tom Webster 1 (Rick Ley), 10:36
3:	QUE,	Francois Lacombe 1 (Real Cloutier, Andre Boudrias), 5:04
	QUE,	Pierre Guite 1 (Serge Bernier, Paulin Bordeleau), 7:44
	QUE,	Real Cloutier 1 (Andre Boudrias, Charles Constantin), 12:43

Penalties:

1:	Paulin Bordeleau, QUE 0:56
	Charles Constantin, QUE 6:19
	Alan Hangsleben, NE 10:38
	Rick Ley, NE 13:24
2:	Bill Butters, NE 2:35
	Curt Brackenbury, QUE 8:35
	John McKenzie, NE 16:39
3:	Francois Lacombe, QUE 8:37
	Bill Butters, NE 13:28
	Paul Baxter, QUE 14:41
	Rick Ley, NE 14:41
	Garry Lariviere, QUE 16:20
	Steve Carlson, NE 19:11
	Pierre Guite, QUE [minor, major] 19:11
	Jim Dorey, QUE [double minor] 19:30
	Jim Dorey, QUE [game misconduct] 19:30
	Alan Hangsleben, NE [minor, major] 19:30
	Curt Brackenbury, QUE [minor, major] 19:30

Penalty time: NE : 21 minutes QUE: 40 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Rick Ley	0	2	2	4	0	0
Tom Webster	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	1	0	1	0	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	9	0	0
Bill Butters	0	0	0	4	0	0
John McKenzie	0	0	0	2	0	0
Steve Carlson	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

QUE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Andre Boudrias	1	3	4	0	0	0
Real Cloutier	1	2	3	0	0	0
Serge Bernier	0	2	2	0	0	0
Pierre Guite	1	0	1	7	0	0
Francois Lacombe	1	0	1	2	0	0
Wally Weir	1	0	1	0	0	0
Paulin Bordeleau	0	1	1	2	0	0
Charles Constantin	0	1	1	2	0	0
J.C. Tremblay	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Dorey	0	0	0	14	0	0
Curt Brackenbury	0	0	0	9	0	0
Garry Lariviere	0	0	0	2	0	0
Paul Baxter	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 6- 7- 7-20 QUE: 7- 6- 8-21 Goalies: NE : Bruce Landon (L, 0-1-0) QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 1-0-0) Attendance: 8,090