Week 7, 2028

played in Hartford, CT

63 degrees, rain, 4 mph wind

Montreal Firebirds	7	0	3	0	-	10
Hartford Whalers	7	7	0	3	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:30 HAR - William Meier 9 pass from James Brackens (Walt Abrams extra point)
1Q: 07:06 MTL - Allen Buchanan 2 run (Lester Kevorkian extra point)
2Q: 01:05 HAR - Walter Malone 43 pass from James Brackens (Walt Abrams extra point)
3Q: 11:54 MTL - Lester Kevorkian 38 field goal
4Q: 11:16 HAR - Walt Abrams 44 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:30 HAR - William Meier 9 pass from James Brackens (Walt Abrams extra point)
1Q: 07:06 MTL - Allen Buchanan 2 run (Lester Kevorkian extra point)
2Q: 01:05 HAR - Walter Malone 43 pass from James Brackens (Walt Abrams extra point)
3Q: 11:54 MTL - Lester Kevorkian 38 field goal
4Q: 11:16 HAR - Walt Abrams 44 field goal

Team Statistics MTL HAR
Record 4-3 4-3
First Downs 20 14
- by Rushing 9 5
- by Passing 10 9
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 365 318
- Offensive Plays 67 59
- Yards per Play 5.45 5.39
Net Rushing Yards 214 110
- Rushing Attempts 39 30
- Yards per Rush 5.49 3.67
Net Passing Yards 151 208
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 12 - 0 27 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 163 220
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 5.39 7.17
Fumbles/Lost 4/3 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.4 8.8
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/55 3/49
Punt Returns/Yards 3/28 4/22
Kick Returns/Yards 1/19 3/78
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 31
Time of Possession 30:56 29:04

Team Statistics	MTL	HAR
Record	4-3	4-3
First Downs	20	14
- by Rushing	9	5
- by Passing	10	9
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	365	318
- Offensive Plays	67	59
- Yards per Play	5.45	5.39
Net Rushing Yards	214	110
- Rushing Attempts	39	30
- Yards per Rush	5.49	3.67
Net Passing Yards	151	208
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 12 - 0	27 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	163	220
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	5.39	7.17
Fumbles/Lost	4/3	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.4	8.8
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/55	3/49
Punt Returns/Yards	3/28	4/22
Kick Returns/Yards	1/19	3/78
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 31
Time of Possession	30:56	29:04

Drive Charts

Montreal Firebirds
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:19	4:23	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
1	4:50	1:01	OWN 40	3	0	Punt
1	0:11	1:11	OWN 43	3	3	Punt
2	12:34	2:26	OWN 29	6	18	Punt
2	4:00	2:24	OWN 1	5	11	Punt
2	0:34	0:34	OWN 25	2	-2	Half
3	15:00	3:13	OWN 20	7	59	Field Goal
3	8:16	3:23	OWN 23	6	31	Fumble
3	2:51	1:57	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	14:18	1:42	OWN 11	4	26	Fumble
4	11:09	2:27	OWN 20	5	38	Fumble
4	7:52	3:16	OWN 18	8	33	Punt
4	2:37	1:49	OWN 3	7	66	Downs

Hartford Whalers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:41	OWN 28	6	72	Touchdown
1	6:56	2:06	OWN 25	3	-2	Punt
1	3:49	3:38	OWN 15	7	21	Punt
2	14:00	1:26	OWN 6	3	5	Punt
2	10:08	6:08	OWN 9	11	41	Punt
2	1:36	1:02	OWN 39	3	61	Touchdown
3	11:47	3:31	OWN 25	6	15	Punt
3	4:53	2:02	OPP 47	5	13	Punt
3	0:54	1:36	OWN 47	3	9	Punt
4	12:36	1:27	OPP 30	3	3	Field Goal
4	8:42	0:50	OWN 42	2	40	Fumble
4	4:36	1:59	OWN 20	4	31	Punt
4	0:48	0:48	OWN 31	3	-1	Game

Game MVP: James Brackens, Hartford Whalers

Rushing Statistics

Montreal	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Allen Buchanan	22	87	3.95	22	2	1
Vincent Bronson	10	54	5.40	12	3	0
Dwight Cowgill	7	73	10.43	51	1	0

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Everett Levine	15	91	6.07	37	3
Lance Tkachuk	10	8	0.80	9	0
James Brackens	5	11	2.20	7	0

Passing Statistics

Montreal	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dwight Cowgill	15	5	76	0/0	0	27	0	50.9
Bryan McNeil	11	7	87	2/12	0	28	0	88.0

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
James Brackens	27	17	220	2/12	2	43	0	113.1

Receiving Statistics

Montreal	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Riddick Downs	5	9	49	9.80	11	23
WR Quentin Thomas	3	7	48	16.00	13	27
TE Peter Elway	2	5	27	13.50	5	16
FB Andrew Sotiroff	1	1	11	11.00	0	11
WR Bennie Kramer	1	2	28	28.00	0	28
WR Billy Joseph	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB Allen Buchanan	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Hartford	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Walter Malone	7	8	117	16.71	19	43	1
WR William Meier	3	7	24	8.00	6	10	1
RB Lance Tkachuk	3	3	16	5.33	0	7	0
TE Courtney Poliska	2	4	13	6.50	0	7	0
WR Kenyon Lenihan	1	2	33	33.00	2	33	0
RB Seth Saylor	1	1	17	17.00	13	17	0
RB Everett Levine	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Nolan Harrison	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Montreal	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Hartford	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Montreal	Fumb	Recov	Force
Vincent Bronson	2	0	0
Allen Buchanan	2	0	0
Brian Emerson	0	1	0
Tommy Fundinger	0	1	0
Marc Strahan	0	0	1
Terrance Streets	0	0	1

Hartford	Fumb	Recov	Force
Everett Levine	1	0	0
Lance Tkachuk	1	0	0
Courtney Poliska	0	1	0
Howard Beeman	0	1	0
Phil Fordyce	0	1	0
Harold Kemp	0	1	0
Cary Glover	0	0	1
Isaac McQuaig	0	0	1
Richard Guthrie	0	0	1
Cris Seal	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Montreal	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Renaldo Palmer	6	289	48.2	41.2	51	3

Hartford	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ronnie Pittard	8	334	41.8	35.8	49	3

Kicking Statistics

Montreal	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lester Kevorkian	1/1	0/0	0/0	38	1/1

Hartford	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Walt Abrams	1/1	1/1	0/0	44	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Montreal	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terrance Streets	3	28	9.3	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
William Meier	4	22	5.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Montreal	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terrance Streets	1	19	19.0	0

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Kennedy	3	78	26.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Montreal	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Terrance Streets	8	0	0.0	30	29
OLB Scott Murray	4	0	1.0	27	28
OLB Johnny Lowe	4	1	0.5	19	22
S Darren Lowe	4	1	0.0	30	29
ILB Travis Keith	4	1	0.0	30	29
ILB Tommie Moore	4	0	0.0	16	13
DT Leonard Wingfield	3	3	0.5	22	18
CB Paul Jackson	3	1	0.0	13	15
OLB Darryl Coryatt	3	0	0.0	14	7
DE Barry Wilson	2	1	0.0	10	5
DE Tommie Fitzgerald	1	2	0.0	20	24
DE Marc Strahan	1	1	0.0	21	15
CB Tommy Fundinger	1	1	0.0	25	27
G Brian Emerson	1	0	---	---	---
DT Anthony Warren	1	0	0.0	8	11
T Arnold Henderson	1	0	---	---	---
CB Donnell Godfrey	1	0	0.0	27	26
CB Bobby Winslett	1	0	0.0	8	5
ILB O.J. Knight	0	1	0.0	1	1

Hartford	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Cris Seal	9	2	0.5	39	28
OLB Phil Fordyce	6	5	0.5	38	27
OLB Frankie Randle	5	1	0.5	25	20
S Richard Guthrie	4	2	0.0	21	11
DT Darren Lyon	4	1	0.0	18	13
CB Harold Kemp	4	1	0.0	27	20
CB Harry Crane	4	0	0.0	37	27
S A.J. Lofton	4	0	0.0	27	22
CB Howard Beeman	3	1	0.0	39	28
S Arnold Murphy	2	1	0.0	37	27
ILB Cary Glover	2	0	0.0	12	6
DE Isaac McQuaig	1	5	0.5	33	21
ILB Clyde Marsh	1	0	0.0	0	1
DE Harvey Gonzalez	1	0	0.0	22	18
OLB Bert Griffith	1	0	0.0	6	3
DT Raymond Dawson	1	0	0.0	22	20
DE Marco Sutter	0	2	0.0	23	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Montreal	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Scott Murray	1.0	1	2	1	28
DT Leonard Wingfield	0.5	0	1	1	18
OLB Johnny Lowe	0.5	0	0	0	22
DE Barry Wilson	0.0	0	1	0	5
DT Anthony Warren	0.0	0	1	0	11
DE Tommie Fitzgerald	0.0	0	1	0	24

Hartford	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Phil Fordyce	0.5	0	2	0	27
OLB Frankie Randle	0.5	0	1	0	20
DE Isaac McQuaig	0.5	0	0	0	21
ILB Cris Seal	0.5	0	0	0	28
DT Darren Lyon	0.0	2	0	0	13
DE Harvey Gonzalez	0.0	0	1	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Montreal	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Darren Lowe	4	0	29
S Terrance Streets	3	0	29
CB Tommy Fundinger	2	1	27
OLB Johnny Lowe	2	0	22
ILB Travis Keith	2	0	29
CB Donnell Godfrey	1	1	26
ILB Tommie Moore	1	0	13
CB Bobby Winslett	1	0	5
CB Paul Jackson	1	0	15

Hartford	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Harry Crane	3	0	27
S A.J. Lofton	2	1	22
CB Harold Kemp	2	0	20
CB Howard Beeman	1	1	28
ILB Clyde Marsh	1	0	1
S Richard Guthrie	1	0	11
ILB Cris Seal	1	0	28
S Arnold Murphy	1	0	27
OLB Frankie Randle	0	1	20

Blocking Statistics

Montreal	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Arnold Henderson	3	7	0	39	1	28
Devin Frederick	2	8	1	39	1	28
Brian Emerson	2	5	0	39	0	28
Troy Grimm	2	5	0	39	0	28
Andrew Sotiroff	2	3	0	30	0	18
Allen Kenyon	1	4	0	39	0	28

Hartford	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Richardson	3	7	30	0	29
Rex O'Connor	3	4	30	0	29
Craig Codeke	1	5	30	0	29
Darryl Delgado	0	5	30	1	29
Dwight Robinson	0	5	30	1	29

Special Teams Tackles

Montreal	Tackles	STPlays
Andrew Sotiroff	2	18
Gerald Johnstone	2	14
Terrance Streets	1	27
Scott Murray	1	24
Allen Buchanan	1	12

Hartford	Tackles	STPlays
Frankie Randle	3	12
Kris Garrido	1	9

Participation

Montreal	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Terrance Streets	---	---	30	29	27	86
Scott Murray	---	---	27	28	24	79
Troy Grimm	39	28	---	---	7	74
Brian Emerson	39	28	---	---	---	67
Devin Frederick	39	28	---	---	---	67
Allen Kenyon	39	28	---	---	---	67
Arnold Henderson	39	28	---	---	---	67
Andrew Sotiroff	30	18	---	---	18	66
Quentin Thomas	23	26	---	---	15	64
Darren Lowe	---	---	30	29	1	60
Tommy Fundinger	---	---	25	27	8	60
Travis Keith	---	---	30	29	1	60
Riddick Downs	29	23	---	---	7	59
Allen Buchanan	26	19	---	---	12	57
Peter Elway	33	22	---	---	---	55
Donnell Godfrey	---	---	27	26	1	54
Tommie Fitzgerald	---	---	20	24	3	47
Bennie Kramer	18	13	---	---	12	43
Leonard Wingfield	---	---	22	18	2	42
Dwight Cowgill	27	15	---	---	---	42
Johnny Lowe	---	---	19	22	1	42
Marc Strahan	---	---	21	15	2	38
Tommie Moore	---	---	16	13	4	33
Bobby Winslett	---	---	8	5	20	33
Russell Page	---	---	9	14	9	32
Paul Jackson	---	---	13	15	1	29
Bryan McNeil	12	13	---	---	---	25
Christian Griffin	8	3	---	---	14	25
Vincent Bronson	13	10	---	---	---	23
Anthony Warren	---	---	8	11	2	21
Darryl Coryatt	---	---	14	7	---	21
Billy Joseph	14	6	---	---	---	20
Barry Wilson	---	---	10	5	1	16
Gerald Johnstone	1	0	---	---	14	15
Phillip McCormick	0	0	---	---	8	8
Leomont Kamin	0	0	---	---	7	7
Renaldo Palmer	0	0	---	---	7	7
Clifton Franklin	0	0	---	---	7	7
Brant Snyder	0	0	---	---	7	7
Alex Stanton	0	0	---	---	7	7
Lester Kevorkian	0	0	---	---	4	4
O.J. Knight	---	---	1	1	---	2
Ricky Winslett	---	---	0	1	---	1
Teddy Wisbey	0	0	---	---	---	0
Roger Pierce	0	0	---	---	---	0
Maurice Snowe	0	0	---	---	---	0

Hartford	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Cris Seal	---	---	39	28	16	83
Harry Crane	---	---	37	27	8	72
Rex O'Connor	30	29	---	---	9	68
Howard Beeman	---	---	39	28	1	68
Phil Fordyce	---	---	38	27	1	66
Arnold Murphy	---	---	37	27	1	65
Isaac McQuaig	---	---	33	21	7	61
Darryl Delgado	30	29	---	---	---	59
Craig Codeke	30	29	---	---	---	59
Doug Richardson	30	29	---	---	---	59
Dwight Robinson	30	29	---	---	---	59
James Brackens	30	29	---	---	---	59
Frankie Randle	---	---	25	20	12	57
Courtney Poliska	21	23	---	---	9	53
A.J. Lofton	---	---	27	22	3	52
Lance Tkachuk	13	17	---	---	21	51
Raymond Dawson	---	---	22	20	7	49
William Meier	21	20	---	---	7	48
Harold Kemp	---	---	27	20	---	47
Nolan Harrison	21	13	---	---	11	45
Walter Malone	22	23	---	---	---	45
Jeffrey Buchanon	14	12	---	---	15	41
Harvey Gonzalez	---	---	22	18	---	40
Marco Sutter	---	---	23	12	---	35
Everett Levine	17	12	---	---	3	32
Richard Guthrie	---	---	21	11	---	32
Darren Lyon	---	---	18	13	1	32
Kenyon Lenihan	10	14	---	---	2	26
Cary Glover	---	---	12	6	7	25
Bert Griffith	---	---	6	3	7	16
Brandon Kennedy	1	0	---	---	14	15
Dusty Picard	8	6	---	---	---	14
Clyde Marsh	---	---	0	1	12	13
Matthew Dunphy	---	---	3	4	6	13
Dan Kenney	---	---	0	0	12	12
Nicky Breese	0	0	---	---	9	9
Alejandro Wooden	0	0	---	---	9	9
Kris Garrido	0	0	---	---	9	9
Richie Stevens	0	0	---	---	9	9
Kerry Fleischer	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ronnie Pittard	0	0	---	---	8	8
Mickey Kemper	1	3	---	---	3	7
Walt Abrams	0	0	---	---	5	5
Seth Saylor	1	2	---	---	---	3
Cedric Horne	0	0	---	---	1	1
Donnie Johnston	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	20	2.5
Middle	17	141	8.3
Right	14	53	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	42	6.0
Middle	13	33	2.5
Right	8	38	4.8
None	2	-3	-1.5

Detailed Passing Statistics

Montreal	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dwight Cowgill	15	5	1	1	3	3	2	1	0
Bryan McNeil	11	7	2	1	0	0	2	0	0

Hartford	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
James Brackens	27	17	3	0	1	2	6	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-4	-4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	4	41	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	6	98	6.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	28	14.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	28	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	68	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	1	18	3.0
Long (19+ Yds)	6	3	106	17.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Montreal	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Riddick Downs	9	5	0	49	1	23
WR Quentin Thomas	7	3	1	48	1	26
TE Peter Elway	5	2	1	27	0	22
WR Bennie Kramer	2	1	0	28	1	13
FB Andrew Sotiroff	1	1	0	11	0	18
WR Billy Joseph	1	0	1	0	0	6
RB Allen Buchanan	1	0	0	0	0	19

Hartford	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Walter Malone	8	7	0	117	2	23
WR William Meier	7	3	0	24	0	20
TE Courtney Poliska	4	2	1	13	0	23
RB Lance Tkachuk	3	3	0	16	0	17
WR Kenyon Lenihan	2	1	0	33	1	14
RB Everett Levine	1	0	0	0	0	12
FB Nolan Harrison	1	0	0	0	0	13
RB Seth Saylor	1	1	0	17	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Montreal	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Allen Buchanan	4	7	1.75	3.95
Vincent Bronson	1	5	5.00	5.40

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Everett Levine	2	10	5.00	6.07
Lance Tkachuk	1	-1	-1.00	0.80

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Montreal	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
James Brackens	1	1	9	9.00	8.15

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Montreal	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Hartford	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR William Meier	1	1	9	9.00	3.43

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Montreal	Rushes	Conversions
Allen Buchanan	2	1
Vincent Bronson	1	0
Dwight Cowgill	1	1

Hartford	Rushes	Conversions
Lance Tkachuk	4	1
Everett Levine	1	1
James Brackens	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Montreal	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dwight Cowgill	5	0	0
Bryan McNeil	3	1	1

Hartford	Att	Comp	Conversions
James Brackens	8	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Montreal	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Riddick Downs	3	1	1
TE Peter Elway	2	0	0
WR Billy Joseph	1	0	0
WR Bennie Kramer	1	0	0
RB Allen Buchanan	1	0	0

Hartford	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR William Meier	2	0	0
RB Lance Tkachuk	2	2	0
TE Courtney Poliska	2	1	1
FB Nolan Harrison	1	0	0
WR Walter Malone	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,500 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,300 (21,500)
End Zone 13,500 (15,600)
Mezzanine 8,200 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 12,800 (13,800)
Club Seats 9,900 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes 4,800 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,500 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,300 (21,500)
End Zone	13,500 (15,600)
Mezzanine	8,200 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	12,800 (13,800)
Club Seats	9,900 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes	4,800 (4,800)