1973–74 Vancouver Blazers season

1973–74 Vancouver Blazers

Division

5th Western

1973–74 record

27–50–1

Goals for

278

Goals against

345

Team information

Coach

John McKenzie,
Phil Watson,
Andy Bathgate

Team leaders

< 1972–73

1974–75>

The 1973–74 Vancouver Blazers season was the first year of operation of the Vancouver Blazers of the World Hockey Association (WHA). It was the second season of the franchise, which had operated in Philadelphia the season before. The Blazers did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Houston Aeros	78	48	25	5	318	219	1038	101
Minnesota Fighting Saints	78	44	32	2	332	275	1243	90
Edmonton Oilers	78	38	37	3	268	269	1273	79
Winnipeg Jets	78	34	39	5	264	296	673	73
Vancouver Blazers	78	27	50	1	278	345	1047	55
Los Angeles Sharks	78	25	53	0	239	339	1086	50

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1973	4–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	1–0–0
2	L	October 12, 1973	4–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	1–1–0
3	L	October 14, 1973	3–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1973	2–7	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	1–3–0
5	W	October 19, 1973	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	2–3–0
6	W	October 20, 1973	4–3	Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	3–3–0
7	L	October 21, 1973	1–4	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	3–4–0
8	L	October 24, 1973	4–7	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	3–5–0
9	L	October 27, 1973	2–6	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	3–6–0
10	L	October 28, 1973	5–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	3–7–0
11	L	October 31, 1973	1–5	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	3–8–0
12	L	November 3, 1973	0–4	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	3–9–0
13	L	November 4, 1973	3–4	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	3–10–0
14	L	November 7, 1973	1–3	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	3–11–0
15	L	November 9, 1973	1–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	3–12–0
16	L	November 10, 1973	3–8	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	3–13–0
17	W	November 13, 1973	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	4–13–0
18	W	November 15, 1973	7–5	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	5–13–0
19	W	November 18, 1973	8–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	6–13–0
20	W	November 22, 1973	7–1	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	7–13–0
21	W	November 23, 1973	4–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	8–13–0
22	L	November 25, 1973	2–3	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	8–14–0
23	W	November 28, 1973	5–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	9–14–0
24	L	December 5, 1973	1–3	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	9–15–0
25	L	December 7, 1973	1–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	9–16–0
26	L	December 9, 1973	3–5	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	9–17–0
27	W	December 12, 1973	2–1 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	10–17–0
28	W	December 15, 1973	6–4	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	11–17–0
29	L	December 16, 1973	3–5	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	11–18–0
30	W	December 18, 1973	5–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	12–18–0
31	L	December 19, 1973	2–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	12–19–0
32	L	December 21, 1973	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	12–20–0
33	W	December 22, 1973	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	13–20–0
34	L	December 24, 1973	4–5 OT	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	13–21–0
35	W	December 26, 1973	5–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	14–21–0
36	L	December 28, 1973	3–5	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	14–22–0
37	W	December 30, 1973	6–5 OT	New England Whalers (1973–74)	15–22–0
38	L	January 1, 1974	4–5	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	15–23–0
39	L	January 5, 1974	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	15–24–0
40	L	January 6, 1974	3–11	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	15–25–0
41	W	January 7, 1974	5–4	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	16–25–0
42	L	January 9, 1974	4–6	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	16–26–0
43	W	January 13, 1974	6–2	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	17–26–0
44	L	January 17, 1974	4–7	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	17–27–0
45	L	January 19, 1974	4–5 OT	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	17–28–0
46	W	January 20, 1974	3–0	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	18–28–0
47	W	January 23, 1974	6–3	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	19–28–0
48	L	January 26, 1974	2–4	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	19–29–0
49	L	January 27, 1974	7–9	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	19–30–0
50	L	January 28, 1974	4–6	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	19–31–0
51	L	January 30, 1974	2–4	Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	19–32–0
52	W	February 5, 1974	8–0	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	20–32–0
53	W	February 8, 1974	7–3	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	21–32–0
54	W	February 13, 1974	9–4	New England Whalers (1973–74)	22–32–0
55	W	February 17, 1974	4–0	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	23–32–0
56	L	February 19, 1974	4–5 OT	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	23–33–0
57	L	February 21, 1974	4–5	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	23–34–0
58	L	February 23, 1974	3–7	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	23–35–0
59	L	February 24, 1974	1–7	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	23–36–0
60	L	February 26, 1974	2–3	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	23–37–0
61	L	February 28, 1974	4–9	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	23–38–0
62	L	March 2, 1974	1–7	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	23–39–0
63	L	March 4, 1974	6–7 OT	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	23–40–0
64	L	March 7, 1974	2–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	23–41–0
65	W	March 10, 1974	2–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	24–41–0
66	W	March 13, 1974	5–2	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	25–41–0
67	L	March 14, 1974	3–6	New England Whalers (1973–74)	25–42–0
68	L	March 15, 1974	5–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	25–43–0
69	L	March 17, 1974	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	25–44–0
70	W	March 19, 1974	5–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	26–44–0
71	T	March 21, 1974	5–5	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	26–44–1
72	L	March 23, 1974	2–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	26–45–1
73	L	March 24, 1974	1–3	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	26–46–1
74	L	March 27, 1974	1–8	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	26–47–1
75	L	March 29, 1974	2–5	Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	26–48–1
76	L	March 31, 1974	3–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	26–49–1
77	L	April 3, 1974	0–9	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	26–50–1
78	W	April 4, 1974	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	27–50–1

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell	C	76	27	62	89	50	8	1	3
Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson	RW	78	50	38	88	14	10	0	5
St. Sauveur, ClaudeClaude St. Sauveur	C	70	38	30	68	55	6	2	5
Burgess, DonDon Burgess	LW	78	30	36	66	8	5	3	3
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	45	14	38	52	71	3	0	0
Migneault, JohnJohn Migneault	LW	74	21	26	47	27	2	0	2
Myers, MurrayMurray Myers	RW	61	22	20	42	28	2	0	3
Plumb, RonRon Plumb	D	75	6	32	38	40	1	0	1
Adair, JimJim Adair	C	70	12	17	29	10	2	0	2
Walton, RobRob Walton	C	28	8	15	23	2	1	0	0
Campbell, ColinColin Campbell	D	78	3	20	23	191	0	0	0
Cardiff, JimJim Cardiff	D	78	1	21	22	188	1	0	0
Chernoff, MikeMike Chernoff	LW	36	11	10	21	4	0	1	1
MacSweyn, RalphRalph MacSweyn	D	56	2	18	20	52	0	0	0
Meloche, DenisDenis Meloche	C	41	6	13	19	18	1	0	0
Hatoum, EdEd Hatoum	RW	37	3	12	15	8	0	0	0
O'Donoghue, DonDon O'Donoghue	RW	49	8	6	14	20	0	0	1
Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison	D	69	0	13	13	151	0	0	0
Beaudoin, SergeSerge Beaudoin	D	26	1	11	12	37	0	0	0
Gellard, SamSam Gellard	LW	23	7	4	11	15	3	0	0
Jones, JimmyJimmy Jones	RW	18	3	2	5	23	2	0	0
Plante, MichelMichel Plante	LW	22	3	2	5	2	0	0	1
Lapierre, CamilleCamille Lapierre	D	9	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Tetreault, JeanJean Tetreault	LW	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Ward, RonRon Ward	C	7	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Boudreau, MichelMichel Boudreau	C	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Donnelly, PetePete Donnelly	G	49	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer	D	19	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Archambault, YvesYves Archambault	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Campeau, RychardRychard Campeau	D	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Gardner, GeorgeGeorge Gardner	G	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McNamee, PeterPeter McNamee	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sullivan, DannyDanny Sullivan	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Donnelly, PetePete Donnelly	2824	49	22	24	0	179	3.80	3
Gardner, GeorgeGeorge Gardner	1590	28	4	21	1	125	4.72	0
Archambault, YvesYves Archambault	263	5	1	4	0	27	6.16	0
Sullivan, DannyDanny Sullivan	60	1	0	1	0	7	7.00	0
Team:	4737	78	27	50	1	338	4.28	3

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

References

↑ "1973–74 Vancouver Blazers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
↑ "1973-74 Vancouver Blazers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

External links

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See also	Draft

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1973–74 Vancouver Blazers season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Player stats

See also

References

External links