1974–75 Minnesota Fighting Saints säsong

1974–75 Minnesota Fighting Saints
Division	3:e Western
Rekord 1974–75	42–33–3
Mål för	308
Mål mot	279
Laginformation
Tränare	Harry Neale
Kapten	Ted Hampson
Suppleant kaptener	Mike McMahon John Arbor Wayne Connelly
Arena	St. Paul Civic Center

Vanlig säsong

Slutställning

Västra divisionen	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Eros	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

Spellogg

Ordinarie säsongsschema
Nej.	R	Datum	Göra	Motståndare	Spela in
1	L	19 oktober 1974	1–3	Cleveland Crusaders ( 1974–75 )	0–1–0
2	L	22 oktober 1974	2–11	@ Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	0–2–0
3	W	24 oktober 1974	3–2	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	1–2–0
4	L	26 oktober 1974	2–3	@ Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	1–3–0
5	W	27 oktober 1974	6–5 OT	Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	2–3–0
6	L	29 oktober 1974	3–4 OT	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	2–4–0
7	W	2 november 1974	6–3	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	3–4–0
8	L	5 november 1974	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	3–5–0
9	L	9 november 1974	4–7	Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	3–6–0
10	W	10 november 1974	10–4	Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	4–6–0
11	L	13 november 1974	5–8	Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	4–7–0
12	W	17 november 1974	7–1	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	5–7–0
13	L	20 november 1974	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	5–8–0
14	L	23 november 1974	3–5	San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	5–9–0
15	L	24 november 1974	2–3	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	5–10–0
16	W	26 november 1974	6–2	@ Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	6–10–0
17	L	30 november 1974	5–7	Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	6–11–0
18	W	1 december 1974	4–3	Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	7–11–0
19	W	4 december 1974	6–3	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	8–11–0
20	W	6 december 1974	4–2	Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	9–11–0
21	L	8 december 1974	2–4	@ Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	9–12–0
22	W	10 december 1974	4–2	@ Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	10–12–0
23	L	11 december 1974	1–3	@ New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	10–13–0
24	L	13 december 1974	4–5	Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	10–14–0
25	L	14 december 1974	3–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	10–15–0
26	W	15 december 1974	6–4	Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	11–15–0
27	W	19 december 1974	6–0	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	12–15–0
28	W	20 december 1974	6–4	Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	13–15–0
29	W	26 december 1974	5–1	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	14–15–0
30	W	27 december 1974	6–3	New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	15–15–0
31	L	28 december 1974	3–5	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	15–16–0
32	W	29 december 1974	6–0	Cleveland Crusaders ( 1974–75 )	16–16–0
33	W	1 januari 1975	6–2	Cleveland Crusaders ( 1974–75 )	17–16–0
34	L	3 januari 1975	1–2	San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	17–17–0
35	W	5 januari 1975	9–3	New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	18–17–0
36	W	7 januari 1975	4–2	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	19–17–0
37	L	9 januari 1975	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	19–18–0
38	W	15 januari 1975	4–2	@ Cleveland Crusaders ( 1974–75 )	20–18–0
39	L	18 januari 1975	2–3	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	20–19–0
40	W	19 januari 1975	3–1	@ New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	21–19–0
41	L	22 januari 1975	1–2	Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	21–20–0
42	W	24 januari 1975	7–5	Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	22–20–0
43	W	26 januari 1975	2–1	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	23–20–0
44	W	30 januari 1975	6–3	Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	24–20–0
45	W	31 januari 1975	4–1	Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	25–20–0
46	W	2 februari 1975	5–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	26–20–0
47	W	5 februari 1975	4–2	Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	27–20–0
48	T	6 februari 1975	2–2	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	27–20–1
49	L	7 februari 1975	1–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	27–21–1
50	L	8 februari 1975	4–8	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	27–22–1
51	L	12 februari 1975	1–3	Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	27–23–1
52	L	14 februari 1975	3–7	Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	27–24–1
53	W	16 februari 1975	5–2	San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	28–24–1
54	W	17 februari 1975	2–1	@ Cleveland Crusaders ( 1974–75 )	29–24–1
55	W	19 februari 1975	5–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders ( 1974–75 )	30–24–1
56	L	21 februari 1975	2–5	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	30–25–1
57	L	23 februari 1975	4–6	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	30–26–1
58	T	25 februari 1975	6–6	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	30–26–2
59	W	26 februari 1975	4–3 OT	Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	31–26–2
60	L	27 februari 1975	2–5	@ New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	31–27–2
61	W	1 mars 1975	4–1	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	32–27–2
62	W	2 mars 1975	5–3	Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	33–27–2
63	W	5 mars 1975	5–3	New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	34–27–2
64	L	9 mars 1975	5–6 OT	Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	34–28–2
65	W	11 mars 1975	6–4	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	35–28–2
66	L	12 mars 1975	2–4	@ Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	35–29–2
67	W	18 mars 1975	5–3	@ Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	36–29–2
68	W	23 mars 1975	4–2	Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	37–29–2
69	W	25 mars 1975	5–4	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	38–29–2
70	W	26 mars 1975	4–3	Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	39–29–2
71	T	28 mars 1975	2–2	@ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	39–29–3
72	L	29 mars 1975	2–8	@ Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	39–30–3
73	W	30 mars 1975	5–3	Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	40–30–3
74	W	1 april 1975	5–2	Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	41–30–3
75	L	2 april 1975	3–5	Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	41–31–3
76	L	4 april 1975	1–2	Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	41–32–3
77	L	5 april 1975	2–8	@ Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	41–33–3
78	W	6 april 1975	6–5 OT	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	42–33–3

Spelarstatistik

Målsättning för
ordinarie säsong
Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Mike Walton C 75 48 45 93 33 -11 7 4 3 Wayne Connelly C 76 38 33 71 16 14 13 1 6 Fran Huck C 78 22 45 67 26 7 2 3 4 George Morrison LW 76 31 29 60 30 11 9 0 5 John Arbor D 70 12 43 55 67 -1 4 0 1 Don Tannahill LW 72 23 30 53 20 13 2 4 4 Ted Hampson C 78 17 36 53 6 -8 1 3 2 Mike Antonovich C 67 24 26 50 20 9 4 0 2 Terry Ball D 76 8 37 45 36 3 2 0 0 Danny O'Shea C 76 16 25 41 47 -22 3 0 2 Rick Smith D 78 9 29 38 112 12 1 0 2 Gary Gambucci C 68 19 18 37 19 14 2 0 3 Gord Gallant LW 66 10 13 23 203 -3 1 0 3 Ron Busniuk RW 73 2 21 23 176 12 0 0 1 Kevin O'Shea RW 68 10 10 20 42 -9 0 0 3 Mike McMahon D 64 5 15 20 42 6 1 0 0 Murray Heatley RW 22 5 9 14 31 0 1 0 0 Jack Carlson LW 32 5 5 10 85 -1 0 0 0 Joe Robertson C 11 1 4 5 4 5 0 0 0 Bill Butters D 24 2 2 4 58 -8 0 0 0 Jim Johnson C 11 1 3 4 0 -4 0 0 0 Pat Westrum D 23 0 3 3 48 0 0 0 0 Bob Boyd D 13 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 Curt Brackenbury RW 7 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 Mike Curran G 26 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 John Garrett G 58 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Jack McCartan G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L T GA GAA SÅ John Garrett 3294 58 30 23 2 180 3,28 2 Mike Curran 1367 26 11 10 1 90 3,95 0 Jack McCartan 61 2 1 0 0 5 4,92 0 Team: 4722 78 42 33 3 275 3,49 2

Slutspelspoäng
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Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Mike Walton C 12 10 7 17 10 0 0 2 Fran Huck C 12 3 13 16 6 0 0 2 George Morrison LW 12 5 9 14 0 0 0 0 Wayne Connelly C 12 8 4 12 10 0 0 1 Rick Smith D 12 2 7 9 6 0 0 0 Ted Hampson C 12 1 7 8 0 0 0 0 Terry Ball D 12 3 4 7 4 0 0 0 Don Tannahill LW 10 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 John Arbor D 12 0 6 6 23 0 0 0 Mike Antonovich C 12 1 4 5 2 0 0 0 Gary Gambucci C 12 4 0 4 6 0 0 1 Ron Busniuk RW 12 2 1 3 63 0 0 0 Jack Carlson LW 10 1 2 3 41 0 0 0 Curt Brackenbury RW 12 0 2 2 59 0 0 0 Bill Butters D 12 1 0 1 21 0 0 0 Gord Gallant LW 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 John Garrett G 12 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Mike McMahon D 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Danny O'Shea C 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin O'Shea RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L GA GAA SÅ John Garrett 726 12 6 6 41 3,39 1 Team: 726 12 6 6 41 3,39 1

Obs: Pos = Position; GP = Spelade spel; G = Mål; A = Assist; Pts = Poäng; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Straffminuter; PPG = Power-play-mål; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Matchvinnande mål MIN = Spelade minuter; W = Vinster; L = Förluster; T = Slipsar; GA = Mål-mot; GAA = Mål-mot snitt; SO = Avstängningar;

Slutspel

Minnesota Fighting Saints 4, New England Whalers 2 - Kvartsfinal

#	Datum	Besökare	Göra	Hem	Spela in
1	9 april	Minnesota Fighting Saints	6 – 5	New England Whalers	1–0
2	11 april	Minnesota Fighting Saints	2 – 3 OT	New England Whalers	1–1
3	13 april	New England Whalers	3 – 8	Minnesota Fighting Saints	2–1
4	15 april	New England Whalers	5 – 2	Minnesota Fighting Saints	2–2
5	18 april	Minnesota Fighting Saints	4 – 0	New England Whalers	3–2
6	19 april	New England Whalers	1 – 6	Minnesota Fighting Saints	4–2

Quebec Nordiques 4, Minnesota Fighting Saints 2

#	Datum	Besökare	Göra	Hem	Spela in
1	22 april	Minnesota Fighting Saints	1–4	Quebec Nordiques	0–1
2	23 april	Minnesota Fighting Saints	5–3	Quebec Nordiques	1–1
3	26 april	Quebec Nordiques	6–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints	1–2
4	27 april	Quebec Nordiques	2–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints	2–2
5	29 april	Minnesota Fighting Saints	3–6	Quebec Nordiques	2–3
6	1 maj	Quebec Nordiques	4–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints	2–4

Utkastval

Minnesotas draftval vid 1974 WHA Amateur Draft .

Runda	#	Spelare	Nationalitet	College/junior/klubblag (ligan)
WHA hemligt amatörutkast
2	28	John Paddock (F)	Kanada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
WHA amatörutkast
1	14	Bruce Boudreau (C)	Kanada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
2	29	Rob Laird (LW)	Kanada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
3	44	Buzz Schneider (LW)	Förenta staterna	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
4	59	David Hanson (D)	Förenta staterna	St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)
5	73	Steve Carlson (F)	Förenta staterna	Marquette Iron Rangers (USHL)
6	88	Al Hillier (C)	Kanada	Flin Flon bombplan (WCHL)
7	103	Jack Carlson (F)	Förenta staterna	Marquette Iron Rangers (USHL)
8	118	Rick Moore (F)	Kanada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
9	133	Don Dufek (F)	Förenta staterna	University of Michigan (WCHA)
10	146	Reg Duncombe	Kanada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
11	159	Robin Larson (D)	Förenta staterna	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
12	172	Joe Baker (D)	Förenta staterna	St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)
13	183	Tony Dorn (D)	Förenta staterna	Three Rivers Dukes
14	191	Reed Larson (D)	Förenta staterna	Minnesota Junior Stars (MidJHL)
15	196	Kym Yackel (W)	Förenta staterna	South St. Paul (Minn. HS)
16	200	Dana Decker (LW)	Förenta staterna	Michigan Americans (SOJHL)
17	204	John Rothstein (RW)	Förenta staterna	Grand Rapids Jrs.

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