1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season

WHA hockey team season

1974–75 Edmonton Oilers
Division5th Central
1974–75 record36–38–4
Home record25–12–2
Road record11–26–2
Goals for279 (8th)
Goals against279 (T-6th)
Team information
General managerBill Hunter
CoachBrian Shaw (30–26–3)
Bill Hunter (6–12–1)
CaptainAl Hamilton
Alternate captainsDoug Barrie
Barry Long
Bruce MacGregor
ArenaEdmonton Gardens (Oct–Nov)
Northlands Coliseum (Nov–Apr)
Minor league affiliate(s)Winston-Salem Polar Twins (SHL)
Flint Generals (IHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMike Rogers (35)
AssistsMike Rogers (48)
PointsMike Rogers (83)
Penalty minutesKen Baird (151)
Plus/minusRay McKay (+18)
WinsJacques Plante (15)
Goals against averageJacques Plante (3.32)

The 1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' third season of operation. The Oilers placed last and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Quebec Nordiques 78 46 32 0 92 331 299 1132
Toronto Toros 78 43 33 2 88 349 304 883
Winnipeg Jets 78 38 35 5 81 322 293 869
Vancouver Blazers 78 37 39 2 76 256 270 1075
Edmonton Oilers 78 36 38 4 76 279 279 896

Schedule and results

1974–75 Game Log
October: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 18 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 4 Winnipeg Jets Brown 7,697 0–1–0 0 [1]
2 October 30 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 8 Vancouver Blazers Brown 6,690 0–2–0 0 [2]
November: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
3 November 2 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 2 Cleveland Crusaders Worthy 13,263 1–2–0 2 [3]
4 November 3 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 1 Indianapolis Racers Worthy 6,561 2–2–0 4 [4]
5 November 10 Cleveland Crusaders 1 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Plante 15,326 3–2–0 6 [5]
6 November 13 Winnipeg Jets 3 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 10,873 4–2–0 8 [6]
7 November 15 Toronto Toros 4 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 15,326 5–2–0 10 [7]
8 November 17 Indianapolis Racers 1 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 8,890 6–2–0 12 [8]
9 November 18 Winnipeg Jets 3 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 11,583 7–2–0 14 [9]
10 November 20 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Quebec Nordiques Worthy 9,518 7–3–0 14 [10]
11 November 22 Edmonton Oilers 8 – 2 Toronto Toros 10,240 8–3–0 16 [11]
12 November 24 Houston Aeros 4 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Plante 15,362 8–4–0 16 [12]
13 November 26 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 5 San Diego Mariners Worthy 4,743 8–5–0 16 [13]
14 November 28 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 2 Houston Aeros Brown 6,112 8–6–0 16 [14]
December: 9–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
15 December 1 New England Whalers 4 – 8 Edmonton Oilers 10,972 9–6–0 18 [15]
16 December 4 Vancouver Blazers 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers 7,505 10–6–0 20 [16]
17 December 6 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Phoenix Roadrunners Worthy 5,864 10–7–0 20 [17]
18 December 8 Michigan Stags 0 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Plante 8,088 11–7–0 22 [18]
19 December 11 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Quebec Nordiques OT Brown 10,864 11–8–0 22 [19]
20 December 13 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints Worthy 6,140 12–8–0 24 [20]
21 December 15 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 1 Indianapolis Racers Brown 5,828 13–8–0 26 [21]
22 December 17 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 7 Houston Aeros 5,163 13–9–0 26 [22]
23 December 19 Edmonton Oilers 7 – 6 San Diego

Mariners

OT Brown 4,383 14–9–0 28 [23]
24 December 21 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 0 Chicago Cougars Worthy 2,133 15–9–0 30 [24]
25 December 22 San Diego Mariners 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers 5,257 16–9–0 32 [25]
26 December 26 Minnesota Fighting Saints 5 – 1 Edmonton Oilers 15,300 16–10–0 32 [26]
27 December 29 Indianapolis Racers 4 – 5 Edmonton Oilers OT Plante 10,058 17–10–0 34 [27]
January: 6–7–2 (Home: 5–4–2 ; Road: 1–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
28 January 1 San Diego Mariners 2 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Plante 9,215 18–10–0 36 [28]
29 January 3 Phoenix Roadrunners 3 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Worthy 9,797 18–10–1 37 [29]
30 January 5 Chicago Cougars 3 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Plante 9,421 18–11–1 37 [30]
31 January 9 Minnesota Fighting Saints 2 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Plante 7,050 19–11–1 39 [31]
32 January 10 Indianapolis Racers 3 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Worthy 6,565 19–11–2 40 [32]
33 January 12 Quebec Nordiques 3 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Plante 13,375 19–12–2 40 [33]
34 January 15 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 9 Houston Aeros 6,342 19–13–2 40 [34]
35 January 16 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 San Diego Mariners Brown 3,706 19–14–2 40 [35]
36 January 17 Edmonton Oilers 7 – 1 Phoenix Roadrunners 7,184 20–14–2 42 [36]
37 January 18 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Phoenix Roadrunners Worthy 7,613 20–15–2 42 [37]
38 January 23 Winnipeg Jets 3 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Plante 10,802 21–15–2 44 [38]
39 January 24 Houston Aeros 5 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Brown 15,300 22–15–2 46 [39]
40 January 26 Toronto Toros 7 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 12,237 22–16–2 46 [40]
41 January 28 Houston Aeros 5 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 15,326 23–16–2 48 [41]
42 January 31 Cleveland Crusaders 2 – 0 Edmonton Oilers Plante 9,512 23–17–2 48 [42]
February: 6–7–1 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 1–4–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
43 February 2 Chicago Cougars 3 – 4 Edmonton Oilers OT Worthy 8,718 24–17–2 50 [43]
44 February 4 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 0 Baltimore Blades OT Brown 2,810 25–17–2 52 [44]
45 February 5 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints Plante 5,893 25–18–2 52 [45]
46 February 9 Phoenix Roadrunners 6 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Plante 9,325 25–19–2 52 [46]
47 February 11 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Toronto Toros Plante 8,954 25–20–2 52 [47]
48 February 12 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 2 New England Whalers OT Worthy 9,916 25–20–3 53 [48]
49 February 14 Toronto Toros 4 – 8 Edmonton Oilers 15,326 26–20–3 55 [49]
50 February 16 Phoenix Roadrunners 5 – 4 Edmonton Oilers 10,351 26–21–3 55 [50]
51 February 18 New England Whalers 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,571 27–21–3 57 [51]
52 February 19 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 4 Winnipeg Jets Worthy 8,736 27–22–3 57 [52]
53 February 21 New England Whalers 4 – 2 Edmonton Oilers 10,302 27–23–3 57 [53]
54 February 23 Minnesota Fighting Saints 4 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 9,413 28–23–3 59 [54]
55 February 25 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Chicago Cougars OT Worthy 2,262 28–24–3 59 [55]
56 February 28 Baltimore Blades 2 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,079 29–24–3 61 [56]
March: 5–12–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 2–10–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
57 March 2 Baltimore Blades 2 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 8,200 30–24–3 63 [57]
58 March 4 Cleveland Crusaders 3 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,123 30–25–3 63 [58]
59 March 5 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 6 Vancouver Blazers 10,363 30–26–3 63 [59]
60 March 7 Vancouver Blazers 0 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Brown 9,810 31–26–3 65 [60]
61 March 10 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 5 Baltimore Blades Brown 2,477 31–27–3 65 [61]
62 March 11 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 1 Chicago Cougars Worthy 2,249 32–27–3 67 [62]
63 March 14 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 3 Cleveland Crusaders Worthy 5,611 32–28–3 67 [63]
64 March 15 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 6 New England Whalers 10,507 32–29–3 67 [64]
65 March 16 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 10 Winnipeg Jets 9,998 32–30–3 67 [65]
66 March 18 Quebec Nordiques 5 – 8 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 14,634 33–30–3 69 [66]
67 March 20 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Indianapolis Racers Plante 7,168 33–31–3 69 [67]
68 March 22 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 5 Cleveland Crusaders Worthy 12,919 33–32–3 69 [68]
69 March 23 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints Brown 14,503 33–33–3 69 [69]
70 March 25 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 5 New England Whalers Brown 8,366 33–34–3 69 [70]
71 March 26 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 4 Quebec Nordiques Worthy 10,726 34–34–3 71 [71]
72 March 27 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 2 Baltimore Blades OT Plante 3,083 34–34–4 72 [72]
73 March 28 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 5 Toronto Toros Worthy 12,103 34–35–4 72 [73]
74 March 31 San Diego Mariners 5 – 2 Edmonton Oilers 10,125 34–36–4 72 [74]
April: 2–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
75 April 1 Quebec Nordiques 5 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 10,329 34–37–4 72 [75]
76 April 4 Vancouver Blazers 3 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,526 35–37–4 74 [76]
77 April 5 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 Vancouver Blazers Worthy 8,191 35–38–4 74 [77]
78 April 6 Chicago Cougars 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 9,646 36–38–4 76 [78]

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

[1]

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Rogers C 78 35 48 83 2 2 4 0 0
Barry Long D 78 20 40 60 116 -8 7 1 0
Ken Baird D 77 30 28 58 151 -19 8 0 0
Bobby Sheehan C 77 19 39 58 8 7 2 0 0
Bruce MacGregor C 72 24 28 52 10 -11 3 3 0
Eddie Joyal C 78 22 25 47 2 -10 0 2 0
Blair MacDonald RW 72 22 24 46 14 4 1 0 0
Doug Barrie D 78 12 33 45 122 -11 1 2 0
Ron Climie LW 49 15 27 42 15 3 3 0 0
Rusty Patenaude RW 56 20 16 36 38 1 3 0 0
Tom Gilmore LW 74 12 19 31 84 -22 0 0 0
Ray McKay D 69 8 20 28 47 18 1 0 0
Tim Sheehy RW 29 8 20 28 4 -5 2 0 0
Steve Carlyle D 73 2 25 27 46 -13 0 0 0
Ross Perkins C 76 7 16 23 33 7 0 1 0
Murray Kennett D 50 4 14 18 17 16 0 0 0
Ron Buchanan C 22 6 9 15 4 0 1 0 0
Al Hamilton D 25 1 13 14 42 5 1 0 0
Bill Morris LW 36 4 8 12 6 5 0 0 0
Bill Laing LW 42 2 4 6 32 -3 0 0 0
Jim McCrimmon D 34 1 5 6 50 9 0 0 0
Doug Kerslake RW 10 4 0 4 10 3 0 0 0
Don Herriman LW 33 1 2 3 21 -6 0 0 0
Ken Brown G 32 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Jacques Plante G 31 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Chris Worthy G 29 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante 1592 31 15 14 1 88 3.32 1
Chris Worthy 1660 29 11 13 3 99 3.58 1
Ken Brown 1466 32 10 11 0 86 3.52 2
Team: 4718 78 36 38 4 273 3.47 4

[2]

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;

Awards and records

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
Barry Long 1st WHA Game October 18, 1974
Ray McKay
Mike Rogers
Bruce MacGregor 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point		 October 30, 1974
Ray McKay
Mike Rogers
Rusty Patenaude 100th WHA Point
Bruce MacGregor 1st WHA Goal November 2, 1974
Barry Long 1st WHA Goal
1st WHA Point		 November 10, 1974
Jacques Plante 1st WHA Game
1st WHA Win
1st WHA Assist
Ken Baird ??? WHA Hat-trick November 13, 1974
Ray McKay 1st WHA Goal November 15, 1974
Doug Barrie ??? WHA Gordie Howe hat trick November 18, 1974
Barry Long 1st WHA Assist
Mike Rogers 1st WHA Goal
Al Hamilton 100th WHA Assist December 4, 1974
Jacques Plante 1st WHA Shutout December 8, 1974
Ken Baird 300th WHA PIM January 9, 1975
Bill Laing 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point		 January 17, 1975
Doug Barrie 400th WHA PIM January 18, 1975
Blair MacDonald ??? WHA Hat-trick January 23, 1975
Tom Gilmore 400th WHA PIM January 24, 1975
Ken Baird 100th WHA Point February 9, 1975
Bill Morris 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point		 February 14, 1975
Ken Brown 1st WHA Assist February 16, 1975
Bill Morris 1st WHA Goal
Tom Gilmore 100th WHA Point February 18, 1975
Doug Kerslake 1st WHA Goal
1st WHA Point		 February 28, 1975
Bill Laing 1st WHA Goal March 7, 1975
Doug Barrie 100th WHA Point March 18, 1975
Barry Long 100th WHA PIM
Bobby Sheehan 100th WHA Assist March 28, 1975
Eddie Joyal 100th WHA Point April 1, 1975
Timothy Sheehy 100th WHA Assist April 4, 1975
Doug Barrie 200th WHA Game April 5, 1975
Ken Baird 200th WHA Game TBD
Tom Gilmore
Rusty Patenaude
Ross Perkins
Bobby Sheehan
Doug Kerslake 1st WHA Game
Bill Laing
Bruce MacGregor
Bill Morris
Blair MacDonald 100th WHA Game
Jim McCrimmon

Transactions

Trades

Date To Edmonton Oilers Traded to Traded for
February 25, 1974 (1974-02-25) Ab DeMarco Chicago Cougars 1st round pick in 1974 Secret - Paul McIntosh
1st round pick in 1974 Secret - Clark Gillies Winnipeg Jets 1st round pick in 1977 - Ron Duguay
May 7, 1974 (1974-05-07) Ray McKay Cleveland Crusaders Future considerations
May 31, 1974 (1974-05-31) Future considerations Indianapolis Racers Gary Bredin
11th round pick in 1974 - Greg Steel
12th round pick in 1974 - Russ Hall
13th round pick in 1974 - Mike St. Cyr
14th round pick in 1974 - Mitch Babin
15th round pick in 1974 - Jim Chicoyne
June 1974 Cash Phoenix Roadrunners Del Hall
July 1974 Future considerations Cincinnati Stingers Steve Andrascik
August 23, 1974 (1974-08-23) Don Herriman San Diego Mariners Bob Wall
August 30, 1974 (1974-08-30) Mike Will Indianapolis Racers Paul Holmgren
October 9, 1974 (1974-10-09) Ray Reeson Phoenix Roadrunners Jack Norris
October 27, 1974 (1974-10-27) Ron Buchanan Cleveland Crusaders Jim Harrison
January 22, 1975 (1975-01-22) Murray Kennett Indianapolis Racers Ron Buchanan
February 14, 1975 (1975-02-14) Tim Sheehy New England Whalers Ron Climie
March 9, 1975 (1975-03-09) Cash St. Louis Blues (NHL) Jim McCrimmon

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term
October 1974 Bill Morris Winston-Salem Polar Twins (SHL) 1-year
February 23, 1975 (1975-02-23) Doug Kerslake Chicago Black Hawks (NHL)

Players lost

Date Player New team Term
1974 Val Fonteyne Retired
Dennis Kassian
April 30, 1974 (1974-04-30) Danny Gruen Phoenix Roadrunners
May 30, 1974 (1974-05-30) Bernie Blanchette Phoenix Roadrunners
Roger Côté Indianapolis Racers
Bob Fitchner
Brian McKenzie
July 28, 1974 (1974-07-28) Bob McAneeley California Golden Seals (NHL) 3-year
September 1974 Ian Wilkie Retired
October 1974 Wendell Bennett Phoenix Roadrunners

Signings

Date Player Term
May 7, 1974 (1974-05-07) Barry Long
Ray McKay 4-year
Jacques Plante 2-year
June 18, 1974 (1974-06-18) Bruce MacGregor 4-year
August 15, 1974 (1974-08-15) Mike Rogers 3-year

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.[3][4]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
WHA Secret Amateur Draft
1 7 Clark Gillies (F)  Canada Regina Pats (WCHL)
2 19 Mike Rogers (C)  Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
WHA Amateur Draft
1 8 Gary Soetaert (D)  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
2 23 Glen Burdon (D)  Canada Regina Pats (WCHL)
3 38 Paul Holmgren (F)  United States St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)
4 53 Kevin Treacy (RW)  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
5 67 Dave Langevin (D)  United States University of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
6 82 Bernard Noreau (F)  Canada Laval National (QMJHL)
7 97 Tom Sundberg (F)  United States St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)
8 112 Cam Botting (RW)  Canada Niagara Falls Flyers (SOJHL)
9 127 Marty Mathews (F)  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
10 140 Willie Friesen (LW)  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ "1974–75 Edmonton Oilers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  2. ^ "1974-75 Edmonton Oilers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  3. ^ "1974 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "1974 WHA Secret Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

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