1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season

1974–75 Edmonton Oilers
Division	5th Canadian
1974–75 record	36–38–4
Home record	25–12–2
Road record	11–26–2
Goals for	279 (8th)
Goals against	279 (T-6th)
Team Information
General Manager	Bill Hunter
Coach	Brian Shaw (30–26–3) Bill Hunter (6–12–1)
Captain	Al Hamilton
Alternate captains	Barry Long Bruce MacGregor
Arena	Edmonton Gardens (Oct-Nov) Northlands Coliseum (Nov-Apr)
Team Leaders
Goals	Mike Rogers (35)
Assists	Mike Rogers (48)
Points	Mike Rogers (83)
Penalties in minutes	Ken Baird (151)
Plus/minus	Ray McKay (+18)
Wins	Jacques Plante (15)
Goals against average	Jacques Plante (3.32)

<1973–74

1975–76>

The 1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season was the 3rd season of the Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Oilers finished 5th in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

The Oilers jerseys underwent several changes for the 1974-75 season. More stripes were added to the body and sleeves, the font on the nameplates was modified to a block style and the away jersey's primary colour changed from orange to dark blue. Most significantly, the logo's orange oil drop changed to white on the white home jersey and blue on the away jersey while the blue "OILERS" (elongated to appear to be dripping) remained blue on the home jersey but changed to orange on the away jersey.

Pre-season

On October 6, 1974, the Oilers lost an exhibition game 4-3 against the Vancouver Canucks.

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

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

Game Log

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

Playoffs

• The Oilers did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
# Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG 18 Rogers, MikeMike Rogers C 78 35 48 83 2 2 4 0 0 2 Long, BarryBarry Long D 78 20 40 60 116 -8 7 1 0 19 Baird, KenKen Baird D 77 30 28 58 151 -19 8 0 0 7 Sheehan, BobbyBobby Sheehan C 77 19 39 58 8 7 2 0 0 12 MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor C 72 24 28 52 10 -11 3 3 0 16 Joyal, EddieEddie Joyal C 78 22 25 47 2 -10 0 2 0 14 MacDonald, BlairBlair MacDonald RW 72 22 24 46 14 4 1 0 0 5 Barrie, DougDoug Barrie D 78 12 33 45 122 -11 1 2 0 11 Climie, RonRon Climie LW 49 15 27 42 15 3 3 0 0 17 Patenaude, RustyRusty Patenaude RW 56 20 16 36 38 1 3 0 0 10 Gilmore, TomTom Gilmore LW 74 12 19 31 84 -22 0 0 0 15 Sheehy, TimTim Sheehy RW 29 8 20 28 4 -5 2 0 0 4 McKay, RayRay McKay D 69 8 20 28 47 18 1 0 0 20 Carlyle, SteveSteve Carlyle D 73 2 25 27 46 -13 0 0 0 9 Perkins, RossRoss Perkins C 76 7 16 23 33 7 0 1 0 6, 15 Kennett, MurrayMurray Kennett D 50 4 14 18 17 16 0 0 0 15 Buchanan, RonRon Buchanan C 22 6 9 15 4 0 1 0 0 3 Hamilton, AlAl Hamilton D 25 1 13 14 42 5 1 0 0 6, 11 Morris, BillBill Morris LW 36 4 8 12 6 5 0 0 0 21 Laing, BillBill Laing LW 42 2 4 6 32 -3 0 0 0 22 McCrimmon, JimJim McCrimmon D 34 1 5 6 50 9 0 0 0 23, 25 Kerslake, DougDoug Kerslake RW 10 4 0 4 10 3 0 0 0 8 Herriman, DonDon Herriman LW 33 1 2 3 21 -6 0 0 0 1 Plante, JacquesJacques Plante G 31 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 27 Brown, KenKen Brown G 32 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 30 Worthy, ChrisChris Worthy G 29 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Plante, JacquesJacques Plante 1592 31 15 14 1 88 3.32 1 Worthy, ChrisChris Worthy 1660 29 11 13 3 99 3.58 1 Brown, KenKen Brown 1466 32 10 11 0 86 3.52 2 Team: 4718 78 36 38 4 273 3.47 4

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

• Paul Deneau Trophy (Most Gentlemenly): Mike Rogers
• Barry Long, Defense, WHA Second Team All-Star

Farm Teams

• Winston-Salem Polar Twins, SHL
• Flint Generals, IHL

Game Ads

See Also

• 1974–75 WHA season