1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners säsong

1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners
Division	4:e väster
Rekord 1974–75	39–31–8
Mål för	300
Mål mot	265
Laginformation
Tränare	Sandy Hucul
Kapten	Bob Barlow
Suppleant kaptener	Gerry Odrowski Murray Keogan Robbie Ftorek

Säsongen 1974–75 för Phoenix Roadrunners var Phoenix Roadrunners första säsong i World Hockey Association ( WHA). Roadrunners kvalificerade sig till slutspelet och förlorade i den första omgången mot Quebec Nordiques .

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

Slutspel

Quebec Nordiques 4, Phoenix Roadrunners 1

#	Datum	Besökare	Göra	Hem	Spela in
1	8 april	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–5	Quebec Nordiques	0–1
2	10 april	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–6	Quebec Nordiques	0–2
3	12 april	Quebec Nordiques	3–0	Phoenix Roadrunners	0–3
4	15 april	Quebec Nordiques	5–6	Phoenix Roadrunners	1–3
5	17 april	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–4	Quebec Nordiques	1–4

Spelarstatistik

Målsättning för
ordinarie säsong
Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG 9- Dennis Sobchuk C 78 32 45 77 36 35 4 0 0 16- Michel Cormier LW 78 36 38 74 26 18 5 1 0 18- Jim Boyd C 76 26 44 70 18 29 7 3 0 15- John Gray RW 75 35 33 68 107 28 4 0 0 8- Robbie Ftorek C/LW 53 31 37 68 29 49 4 0 0 11- Murray Keogan C 78 35 29 64 68 -12 11 0 0 22- Don Borgeson LW 74 29 28 57 38 20 3 2 0 6- Gerry Odrowski D 77 5 38 43 77 23 2 0 0 21- John Hughes D 72 4 25 29 201 49 2 0 0 17- Cam Connor RW 57 9 19 28 168 20 0 0 0 7- Peter McNamee D 55 9 19 28 77 5 1 0 0 2- Jim Niekamp D 71 2 26 28 66 12 1 0 0 12- Bob Barlow LW 51 6 20 26 8 -9 0 0 0 7- Hugh Harris C 22 10 10 20 15 2 1 0 0 18- Bob Mowat RW 53 9 10 19 34 -4 0 1 0 20- John Migneault LW 47 6 13 19 16 -4 1 0 0 19- Wendell Bennett D 67 4 15 19 92 5 0 0 0 3- Al McLeod D 77 3 16 19 98 12 0 0 0 23- Mike Stevens D 70 2 16 18 69 15 0 0 0 4- Howie Young D/RW 30 3 12 15 44 -2 1 0 0 10- Dave Gorman RW 13 3 5 8 10 0 0 0 0 5- Rick Newell D 25 0 4 4 39 3 0 0 0 1- Gary Kurt G 47 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 21- Gene Sobchuk LW/C 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4- Garry Lariviere D 4 0 1 1 28 0 0 0 0 30- Jack Norris G 33 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L T GA GAA SÅ 1- Gary Kurt 2841 47 25 16 4 156 3,29 2 30- Jack Norris 1962 33 14 15 4 107 3.27 1 Team: 4803 78 39 31 8 263 3,29 3

Slutspelspoäng
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Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG 8- Robbie Ftorek C/LW 5 2 5 7 2 0 0 0 9- Dennis Sobchuk C 5 4 1 5 2 0 0 0 15- John Gray RW 5 2 3 5 12 0 0 0 3- Al McLeod D 5 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 19- Wendell Bennett D 5 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 18- Jim Boyd C 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 6- Gerry Odrowski D 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 16- Michel Cormier LW 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 7- Peter McNamee D 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 22- Don Borgeson LW 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 11- Murray Keogan C 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5- Rick Newell D 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 23- Mike Stevens D 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17- Cam Connor RW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1- Gary Kurt G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4- Garry Lariviere D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20- John Migneault LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18- Bob Mowat RW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2- Jim Niekamp D 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30- Jack Norris G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21- Gene Sobchuk LW/C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L GA GAA SÅ 1- Gary Kurt 207 4 1 2 12 3,48 0 30- Jack Norris 100 2 0 2 10 6.00 0 Team: 307 5 1 4 22 4.30 0

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;

Utkastval

Phoenixs draftval vid 1974 WHA Amateur Draft .

Runda	#	Spelare	Nationalitet	College/junior/klubblag (ligan)
WHA hemligt amatörutkast
1	1	Greg Joly (D)	Kanada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
2	16	Brian Kinsella (RW)	Kanada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
2	23	Brad Winton (C)	Kanada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
WHA amatörutkast
1	5	Dennis Olmstead (C)	Kanada	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
2	16	Dave Gorman (RW)	Kanada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
3	31	Jim Clarke (D)	Kanada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
4	46	Bruce Aberhart (G)	Kanada	London Knights (OHA)
5	61	Gordon Buynak (D)	Förenta staterna	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
6	75	Robbie Watt (F)	Kanada	Flin Flon bombplan (WCHL)
7	90	Andy Spruce (LW)	Kanada	London Knights (OHA)
8	105	Steve Short (D)	Förenta staterna	St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)
9	120	John Taft (D)	Förenta staterna	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
10	135	Dan Mandryk (F)	Kanada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
11	148	Chuck Luksa (D)	Kanada	University of Toronto (OUAA)
12	161	Marc Gaudreault (D)	Kanada	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
13	174	Kim Gellert (C)	Kanada	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
14	185	Ron Hawkshaw (F)	Kanada	University of Waterloo (OUAA)

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