1973–74 Atlanta Flames season

	1973–74 Atlanta Flames
Division	4th West
1973–74 record	30–34–14
Goals for	214
Goals against	238
Team information
General manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Bernie Geoffrion
Captain	Keith McCreary
Arena	Omni Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Jacques Richard (27)
Assists	Tom Lysiak (45)
Points	Tom Lysiak (64)
Penalty minutes	Pat Quinn (94)
Wins	Dan Bouchard (19)
Goals against average	Dan Bouchard (2.77)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 Atlanta Flames season was the 2nd season for the franchise. The Flames finished 4th in the West Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 0.

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

West Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	78	50	16	12	273	164	112
Chicago Black Hawks	78	41	14	23	272	164	105
Los Angeles Kings	78	33	33	12	233	231	78
Atlanta Flames	78	30	34	14	214	238	74
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	28	41	9	242	273	65
St. Louis Blues	78	26	40	12	206	248	64
Minnesota North Stars	78	23	38	17	235	275	63
California Golden Seals	78	13	55	10	195	342	36

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

Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 10, 1973	1–1	New York Islanders (1973–74)	0–0–1
2	L	October 12, 1973	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	0–1–1
3	W	October 13, 1973	1–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	1–1–1
4	W	October 17, 1973	4–3	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	2–1–1
5	W	October 20, 1973	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	3–1–1
6	L	October 23, 1973	0–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	3–2–1
7	L	October 24, 1973	4–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	3–3–1
8	W	October 26, 1973	3–1	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	4–3–1
9	W	November 1, 1973	7–2	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	5–3–1
10	W	November 3, 1973	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	6–3–1
11	W	November 4, 1973	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	7–3–1
12	T	November 7, 1973	2–2	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	7–3–2
13	T	November 9, 1973	3–3	New York Rangers (1973–74)	7–3–3
14	T	November 10, 1973	4–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	7–3–4
15	L	November 14, 1973	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	7–4–4
16	L	November 16, 1973	1–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	7–5–4
17	L	November 18, 1973	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	7–6–4
18	W	November 21, 1973	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	8–6–4
19	W	November 23, 1973	4–1	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	9–6–4
20	W	November 25, 1973	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	10–6–4
21	L	November 27, 1973	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	10–7–4
22	W	November 29, 1973	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	11–7–4
23	T	December 1, 1973	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	11–7–5
24	L	December 2, 1973	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	11–8–5
25	T	December 5, 1973	3–3	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	11–8–6
26	W	December 7, 1973	2–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	12–8–6
27	L	December 8, 1973	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	12–9–6
28	L	December 13, 1973	1–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	12–10–6
29	W	December 15, 1973	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	13–10–6
30	L	December 16, 1973	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	13–11–6
31	L	December 19, 1973	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	13–12–6
32	L	December 21, 1973	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	13–13–6
33	W	December 23, 1973	3–1	New York Rangers (1973–74)	14–13–6
34	W	December 27, 1973	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	15–13–6
35	T	December 29, 1973	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	15–13–7
36	L	December 30, 1973	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	15–14–7
37	W	January 3, 1974	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	16–14–7
38	L	January 6, 1974	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	16–15–7
39	L	January 7, 1974	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	16–16–7
40	W	January 9, 1974	3–0	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	17–16–7
41	L	January 11, 1974	6–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	17–17–7
42	L	January 13, 1974	0–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	17–18–7
43	L	January 15, 1974	3–4	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	17–19–7
44	W	January 18, 1974	6–2	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	18–19–7
45	L	January 20, 1974	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	18–20–7
46	L	January 23, 1974	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	18–21–7
47	T	January 25, 1974	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	18–21–8
48	L	January 27, 1974	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	18–22–8
49	L	January 31, 1974	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	18–23–8
50	W	February 1, 1974	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	19–23–8
51	T	February 3, 1974	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	19–23–9
52	T	February 6, 1974	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	19–23–10
53	L	February 8, 1974	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	19–24–10
54	L	February 10, 1974	3–6	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	19–25–10
55	W	February 12, 1974	4–1	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	20–25–10
56	W	February 13, 1974	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	21–25–10
57	L	February 16, 1974	2–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	21–26–10
58	L	February 19, 1974	1–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	21–27–10
59	T	February 21, 1974	4–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	21–27–11
60	W	February 23, 1974	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	22–27–11
61	L	February 26, 1974	5–6	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	22–28–11
62	L	February 28, 1974	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	22–29–11
63	W	March 3, 1974	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	23–29–11
64	W	March 5, 1974	4–1	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	24–29–11
65	W	March 8, 1974	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	25–29–11
66	W	March 10, 1974	4–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	26–29–11
67	L	March 13, 1974	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	26–30–11
68	L	March 15, 1974	0–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	26–31–11
69	T	March 17, 1974	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	26–31–12
70	T	March 21, 1974	5–5	New York Rangers (1973–74)	26–31–13
71	W	March 23, 1974	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	27–31–13
72	L	March 24, 1974	4–6	New York Islanders (1973–74)	27–32–13
73	T	March 28, 1974	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	27–32–14
74	W	March 30, 1974	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	28–32–14
75	L	March 31, 1974	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	28–33–14
76	L	April 3, 1974	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	28–34–14
77	W	April 5, 1974	4–2	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	29–34–14
78	W	April 7, 1974	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	30–34–14

Playoffs[]

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Atlanta Flames 0[]

Player Stats[]

Skaters[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular Season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tom Lysiak	12	77	19	45	64	54	4	0	2	2	0
Bob Leiter	16	78	26	26	52	10	4	0	0	0	2
Larry Romanchych	21	73	22	29	51	33	4	2	2	4	4
Jacques Richard	15	78	27	16	43	45	4	0	0	0	2
Curt Bennett	5	71	17	24	41	34	4	0	1	1	34
Keith McCreary	9	76	18	19	37	62	4	0	0	0	0
Randy Manery	7	78	8	29	37	75	4	0	2	2	4
Rey Comeau	18	78	11	23	34	16	4	2	1	3	6
John Stewart	17	74	18	15	33	41	4	0	0	0	10
Pat Quinn	3	77	5	27	32	94	4	0	0	0	6
Leon Rochefort	11	56	10	12	22	13	-	-	-	-	-
Al McDonough^†	14	35	10	9	19	15	4	0	0	0	2
Chuck Arnason^‡	14	33	7	6	13	13	-	-	-	-	-
Noel Price	4	62	0	13	13	38	4	0	0	0	6
Eric Vail	25	23	2	9	11	30	1	0	0	0	2
Jean Lemieux	6	32	3	5	8	6	3	1	1	2	0
Arnie Brown	19	48	2	6	8	29	4	0	0	0	0
Butch Deadmarsh	10	42	6	1	7	89	4	0	0	0	17
Bryan Hextall Jr.^†	20	40	2	4	6	55	4	0	1	1	16
Lew Morrison	8	52	1	4	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Mohns	2	28	0	3	3	10	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Murray	23	62	0	3	3	34	4	1	0	1	2
Ed Kea	24	3	0	2	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Paradise^‡	6	18	0	1	1	13	-	-	-	-	-
Don Martineau	24	4	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Bialowas	22	11	0	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Myre	1	36	0	0	0	4	3
Dan Bouchard	30	46	0	0	0	10	1				10

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Atlanta. Stats reflect time with the Flames only. ^‡Traded mid-season

Goaltending[]

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular Season								Playoffs
Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Dan Bouchard	30	46	2660	19	18	8	123	5	2.77	1	60	0	1	4	0	4.00
Phil Myre	1	36	2020	11	16	6	112	0	3.33	3	186	0	3	13	0	4.19

Awards and Records[]

The Flames did not win any awards this season.

Transactions[]

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1973–74 season:

Trades[]

May 29, 1973	To Atlanta Flames Chuck Arnason	To Montreal Canadiens 1st round pick in 1974 Amateur Draft (Rick Chartraw)
May 29, 1973	To Atlanta Flames Bob Murray	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd round pick in 1977 Amateur Draft (Pierre Lagace)
June 10, 1973	To Atlanta Flames cash	To California Golden Seals Ted Tucker
January 4, 1974	To Atlanta Flames Al McDonough	To Pittsburgh Penguins Chuck Arnason Bob Paradise

Free Agents[]

Player	Former team

Player	New team

Claimed Off Waivers[]

Player	Former team
C Bryan Hextall Jr.	Pittsburgh Penguins

Intra-league Draft[]

Player	Former team
D Doug Mohns	Minnesota North Stars

Player	New team
D Bill Plager	Minnesota North Stars

NHL Amateur Draft[]

See also: 1973 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	2.	Tom Lysiak	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
1	16.	Vic Mercredi	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
2	21.	Eric Vail	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
4	53.	Dean Talafous	United States	Wisconsin (NCAA)
5	69.	John Flesch	Canada	Lake Superior (NCAA)
6	85.	Ken Houston	Canada	Chatham Maroons (SOJHL)
7	101.	Tom Machowski	United States	Wisconsin (NCAA)
8	117.	Bob Law	Canada	North Dakota (NCAA)
9	130.	Bob Bilodeau	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
10	148.	Glen Surbey	Canada	Loyola College (CIAU)
10	149.	Guy Ross	Canada	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
11	162.	Greg Fox	Canada	University of Michigan (NCAA)

Video[]

Flyers-Flames 1974 Quarter-finals Game 4.

1974 NHL SCP QF G 4 Philadelphia @ Atlanta 4 14 1974

References[]

Flames on Hockey Database

Relocated and Defunct NHL Teams
Relocated	Atlanta Flames · Atlanta Thrashers · Colorado Rockies · Hartford Whalers · Kansas City Scouts · Minnesota North Stars · Quebec Nordiques · Winnipeg Jets
Defunct	Oakland / California (Golden) Seals · Cleveland Barons · Hamilton Tigers · Montreal Maroons · Montreal Wanderers · New York/Brooklyn Americans · Ottawa Senators (original) · Philadelphia Quakers · Pittsburgh Pirates · Quebec Bulldogs · St. Louis Eagles