1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners season

1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA)

Division

4th West

1974–75 record

39–31–8

Goals for

300

Goals against

265

Team information

Coach

Sandy Hucul

Team leaders

The 1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners season was the Phoenix Roadrunners first season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Roadrunners qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Quebec Nordiques.

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Aeros	78	53	25	0	106	369	247	1257
San Diego Mariners	78	43	31	4	90	326	268	1058
Minnesota Fighting Saints	78	42	33	3	87	308	279	1233
Phoenix Roadrunners	78	39	31	8	86	300	265	1388
Michigan Stags / Baltimore Blades	78	21	53	4	46	205	341	1104

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 16, 1974	8–2	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	1–0–0
2	W	October 18, 1974	6–4	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	2–0–0
3	T	October 20, 1974	4–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	2–0–1
4	L	October 24, 1974	1–2	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	2–1–1
5	L	October 26, 1974	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	2–2–1
6	L	October 28, 1974	3–7	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	2–3–1
7	L	October 30, 1974	5–6 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	2–4–1
8	L	November 2, 1974	2–8	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	2–5–1
9	W	November 5, 1974	3–0	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	3–5–1
10	W	November 9, 1974	4–2	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	4–5–1
11	L	November 10, 1974	4–10	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	4–6–1
12	L	November 14, 1974	1–2 OT	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	4–7–1
13	W	November 16, 1974	6–3	New England Whalers (1974–75)	5–7–1
14	L	November 21, 1974	1–2	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	5–8–1
15	W	November 24, 1974	3–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	6–8–1
16	W	November 26, 1974	6–4	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	7–8–1
17	L	November 27, 1974	2–4	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	7–9–1
18	T	November 29, 1974	4–4	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	7–9–2
19	L	December 1, 1974	3–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	7–10–2
20	W	December 3, 1974	5–4 OT	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	8–10–2
21	L	December 4, 1974	0–2	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	8–11–2
22	W	December 6, 1974	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	9–11–2
23	L	December 8, 1974	2–5	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	9–12–2
24	W	December 10, 1974	4–2	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	10–12–2
25	W	December 12, 1974	4–2	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	11–12–2
26	W	December 14, 1974	4–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	12–12–2
27	W	December 18, 1974	5–3	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	13–12–2
28	W	December 20, 1974	7–2	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	14–12–2
29	W	December 22, 1974	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	15–12–2
30	L	December 26, 1974	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	15–13–2
31	W	December 28, 1974	3–2 OT	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	16–13–2
32	W	December 30, 1974	6–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	17–13–2
33	T	December 31, 1974	1–1	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	17–13–3
34	L	January 2, 1975	2–3	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	17–14–3
35	T	January 3, 1975	3–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	17–14–4
36	W	January 5, 1975	2–1	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	18–14–4
37	W	January 7, 1975	3–2	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	19–14–4
38	T	January 9, 1975	1–1	New England Whalers (1974–75)	19–14–5
39	L	January 11, 1975	4–6	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	19–15–5
40	L	January 12, 1975	2–4	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	19–16–5
41	L	January 14, 1975	2–5	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	19–17–5
42	T	January 15, 1975	5–5	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	19–17–6
43	L	January 17, 1975	1–7	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	19–18–6
44	W	January 18, 1975	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	20–18–6
45	W	January 22, 1975	8–5	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	21–18–6
46	W	January 24, 1975	4–1	New England Whalers (1974–75)	22–18–6
47	W	January 26, 1975	6–0	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	23–18–6
48	W	January 28, 1975	3–1	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	24–18–6
49	L	January 29, 1975	2–6	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	24–19–6
50	L	January 30, 1975	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	24–20–6
51	W	February 1, 1975	8–1	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	25–20–6
52	W	February 5, 1975	9–2	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	26–20–6
53	W	February 7, 1975	4–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	27–20–6
54	L	February 8, 1975	3–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	27–21–6
55	W	February 9, 1975	6–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	28–21–6
56	L	February 12, 1975	4–5	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	28–22–6
57	L	February 13, 1975	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	28–23–6
58	W	February 16, 1975	5–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	29–23–6
59	L	February 18, 1975	0–7	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	29–24–6
60	W	February 22, 1975	3–1	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	30–24–6
61	L	February 27, 1975	2–7	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	30–25–6
62	W	March 1, 1975	12–2	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	31–25–6
63	W	March 2, 1975	5–0	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	32–25–6
64	W	March 5, 1975	6–3	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	33–25–6
65	W	March 7, 1975	7–4	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	34–25–6
66	L	March 9, 1975	3–4	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	34–26–6
67	L	March 11, 1975	4–7	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	34–27–6
68	T	March 13, 1975	5–5	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	34–27–7
69	W	March 18, 1975	7–3	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	35–27–7
70	L	March 19, 1975	4–5	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	35–28–7
71	W	March 22, 1975	4–2	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	36–28–7
72	W	March 23, 1975	5–3	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	37–28–7
73	W	March 26, 1975	2–1	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	38–28–7
74	T	March 28, 1975	2–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	38–28–8
75	L	March 30, 1975	5–6 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	38–29–8
76	L	April 1, 1975	3–5	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	38–30–8
77	W	April 4, 1975	2–1	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	39–30–8
78	L	April 5, 1975	6–7 OT	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	39–31–8

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Playoffs

Quebec Nordiques 4, Phoenix Roadrunners 1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 8	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–5	Quebec Nordiques	0–1
2	April 10	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–6	Quebec Nordiques	0–2
3	April 12	Quebec Nordiques	3–0	Phoenix Roadrunners	0–3
4	April 15	Quebec Nordiques	5–6	Phoenix Roadrunners	1–3
5	April 17	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–4	Quebec Nordiques	1–4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
9-Sobchuk, DennisDennis Sobchuk	C	78	32	45	77	36	35	4	0
16-Cormier, MichelMichel Cormier	LW	78	36	38	74	26	18	5	1
18-Boyd, JimJim Boyd	C	76	26	44	70	18	29	7	3
15-Gray, JohnJohn Gray	RW	75	35	33	68	107	28	4	0
8-Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	C/LW	53	31	37	68	29	49	4	0
11-Keogan, MurrayMurray Keogan	C	78	35	29	64	68	-12	11	0
22-Borgeson, DonDon Borgeson	LW	74	29	28	57	38	20	3	2
6-Odrowski, GerryGerry Odrowski	D	77	5	38	43	77	23	2	0
21-Hughes, JohnJohn Hughes	D	72	4	25	29	201	49	2	0
17-Connor, CamCam Connor	RW	57	9	19	28	168	20	0	0
7-McNamee, PeterPeter McNamee	D	55	9	19	28	77	5	1	0
2-Niekamp, JimJim Niekamp	D	71	2	26	28	66	12	1	0
12-Barlow, BobBob Barlow	LW	51	6	20	26	8	-9	0	0
7-Harris, HughHugh Harris	C	22	10	10	20	15	2	1	0
18-Mowat, BobBob Mowat	RW	53	9	10	19	34	-4	0	1
20-Migneault, JohnJohn Migneault	LW	47	6	13	19	16	-4	1	0
19-Bennett, WendellWendell Bennett	D	67	4	15	19	92	5	0	0
3-McLeod, AlAl McLeod	D	77	3	16	19	98	12	0	0
23-Stevens, MikeMike Stevens	D	70	2	16	18	69	15	0	0
4-Young, HowieHowie Young	D/RW	30	3	12	15	44	-2	1	0
10-Gorman, DaveDave Gorman	RW	13	3	5	8	10	0	0	0
5-Newell, RickRick Newell	D	25	0	4	4	39	3	0	0
1-Kurt, GaryGary Kurt	G	47	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
21-Sobchuk, GeneGene Sobchuk	LW/C	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
4-Lariviere, GarryGarry Lariviere	D	4	0	1	1	28	0	0	0
30-Norris, JackJack Norris	G	33	0	1	1	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
1-Kurt, GaryGary Kurt	2841	47	25	16	4	156	3.29	2
30-Norris, JackJack Norris	1962	33	14	15	4	107	3.27	1
Team:	4803	78	39	31	8	263	3.29	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
8-Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	C/LW	5	2	5	7	2	0
9-Sobchuk, DennisDennis Sobchuk	C	5	4	1	5	2	0
15-Gray, JohnJohn Gray	RW	5	2	3	5	12	0
3-McLeod, AlAl McLeod	D	5	0	4	4	4	0
19-Bennett, WendellWendell Bennett	D	5	1	2	3	6	0
18-Boyd, JimJim Boyd	C	5	1	1	2	2	0
6-Odrowski, GerryGerry Odrowski	D	5	0	2	2	0	0
16-Cormier, MichelMichel Cormier	LW	5	1	0	1	2	1
7-McNamee, PeterPeter McNamee	D	5	1	0	1	2	0
22-Borgeson, DonDon Borgeson	LW	5	0	1	1	2	0
11-Keogan, MurrayMurray Keogan	C	5	0	1	1	0	0
5-Newell, RickRick Newell	D	5	0	1	1	2	0
23-Stevens, MikeMike Stevens	D	5	0	1	1	0	0
17-Connor, CamCam Connor	RW	5	0	0	0	0	0
1-Kurt, GaryGary Kurt	G	4	0	0	0	0	0
4-Lariviere, GarryGarry Lariviere	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
20-Migneault, JohnJohn Migneault	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
18-Mowat, BobBob Mowat	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0
2-Niekamp, JimJim Niekamp	D	5	0	0	0	0	0
30-Norris, JackJack Norris	G	2	0	0	0	0	0
21-Sobchuk, GeneGene Sobchuk	LW/C	5	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
1-Kurt, GaryGary Kurt	207	4	1	2	12	3.48
30-Norris, JackJack Norris	100	2	0	2	10	6.00
Team:	307	5	1	4	22	4.30

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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

↑ "1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
↑ "1974-75 Phoenix Roadrunners Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

External links

1974–75 WHA season

Canadian:	Edmonton Quebec Toronto Vancouver Winnipeg

Eastern:	Cleveland Chicago Indianapolis New England

Western:	Houston Michigan/Baltimore Minnesota Phoenix San Diego

See also	Draft Summit Series

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1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

Quebec Nordiques 4, Phoenix Roadrunners 1

Player stats

See also

References

External links