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

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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

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties Minutes, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

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

Player stats

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

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;

See also

• 1973–74 WHA season