WHA game summary from April 16, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cincinnati Stingers (39-41-5) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Indianapolis Racers (40-37-8) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Indianapolis Racers win, 4 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | IND, | Reg Thomas 4 (Al Karlander, Blair MacDonald), 4:38 |
| 2: | IND, | Brian McDonald 3 (Gene Peacosh, Pat Stapleton), 9:02 |
| 3: | CIN, | Greg Carroll 1 (Ron Plumb), 14:03 |
| IND, | Al Karlander 1 (Reg Thomas), 15:04 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Kim Clackson, IND 5:46 |
| Rick Dudley, CIN 6:16 | |
| Rich Leduc, CIN [double minor] 16:30 | |
| 2: | Jamie Hislop, CIN 4:16 |
| 3: | Dennis Abgrall, CIN [major] 1:28 |
| Mark Lomenda, IND [minor, major] 1:28 | |
| Bob Sicinski, IND 12:59 |
Penalty time: CIN: 13 minutes
IND: 11 minutes
| CIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Carroll | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Plumb | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Abgrall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Leduc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Dudley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Hislop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| IND Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reg Thomas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Karlander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian McDonald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Stapleton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Peacosh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blair MacDonald | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Lomenda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sicinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kim Clackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CIN: 7-13- 6-26
IND: 8- 5-11-24
Goalies: CIN: Normand Lapointe (L, 0-3-0)
IND: Michel Dion (W, 2-0-0)
Attendance: 16,070