1974–75 New York Islanders season

The 1974–75 New York Islanders season was the third season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Islanders finished in third place in the Patrick Division with a 33-25-22 record qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, New York defeated the New York Rangers in three games to advance to the Quarter-finals, where the team defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games, after they had lost the first three. The team lost in the semi-finals to the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games.

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	80	51	18	11	293	181	+112	113
2	New York Rangers	80	37	29	14	319	276	+43	88
3	New York Islanders	80	33	25	22	264	221	+43	88
4	Atlanta Flames	80	34	31	15	243	233	+10	83

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 9, 1974	5–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	0–0–1
2	W	October 12, 1974	6–2	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	1–0–1
3	W	October 15, 1974	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	2–0–1
4	L	October 19, 1974	2–4	New York Rangers (1974–75)	2–1–1
5	W	October 20, 1974	5–0	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	3–1–1
6	W	October 22, 1974	2–1	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	4–1–1
7	W	October 26, 1974	4–0	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	5–1–1
8	W	October 28, 1974	10–1	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	6–1–1
9	T	October 30, 1974	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	6–1–2
10	W	November 2, 1974	3–2	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	7–1–2
11	L	November 3, 1974	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	7–2–2
12	T	November 5, 1974	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	7–2–3
13	L	November 6, 1974	1–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	7–3–3
14	L	November 9, 1974	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	7–4–3
15	L	November 13, 1974	2–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	7–5–3
16	L	November 15, 1974	2–4	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	7–6–3
17	L	November 16, 1974	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	7–7–3
18	W	November 19, 1974	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	8–7–3
19	T	November 20, 1974	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	8–7–4
20	W	November 22, 1974	6–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	9–7–4
21	T	November 23, 1974	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	9–7–5
22	T	November 27, 1974	3–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	9–7–6
23	T	November 29, 1974	3–3	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	9–7–7
24	L	November 30, 1974	0–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	9–8–7
25	T	December 5, 1974	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	9–8–8
26	W	December 7, 1974	4–1	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	10–8–8
27	L	December 8, 1974	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	10–9–8
28	W	December 10, 1974	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	11–9–8
29	W	December 14, 1974	3–0	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	12–9–8
30	L	December 15, 1974	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	12–10–8
31	L	December 17, 1974	4–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	12–11–8
32	L	December 18, 1974	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	12–12–8
33	T	December 21, 1974	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	12–12–9
34	W	December 22, 1974	5–2	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	13–12–9
35	L	December 26, 1974	1–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	13–13–9
36	L	December 28, 1974	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	13–14–9
37	W	December 29, 1974	7–0	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	14–14–9
38	W	January 2, 1975	5–2	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	15–14–9
39	L	January 4, 1975	3–5	New York Rangers (1974–75)	15–15–9
40	W	January 7, 1975	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	16–15–9
41	W	January 9, 1975	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	17–15–9
42	T	January 11, 1975	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	17–15–10
43	L	January 12, 1975	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	17–16–10
44	T	January 14, 1975	3–3	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	17–16–11
45	W	January 18, 1975	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	18–16–11
46	L	January 23, 1975	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	18–17–11
47	T	January 25, 1975	5–5	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	18–17–12
48	W	January 28, 1975	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	19–17–12
49	W	January 29, 1975	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	20–17–12
50	W	February 1, 1975	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	21–17–12
51	T	February 2, 1975	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	21–17–13
52	T	February 6, 1975	2–2	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	21–17–14
53	W	February 8, 1975	5–1	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	22–17–14
54	L	February 9, 1975	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	22–18–14
55	W	February 11, 1975	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	23–18–14
56	W	February 12, 1975	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	24–18–14
57	T	February 15, 1975	1–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	24–18–15
58	L	February 16, 1975	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	24–19–15
59	L	February 18, 1975	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	24–20–15
60	L	February 21, 1975	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	24–21–15
61	W	February 22, 1975	7–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	25–21–15
62	W	February 25, 1975	3–0	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	26–21–15
63	W	March 1, 1975	6–1	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	27–21–15
64	T	March 2, 1975	3–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	27–21–16
65	T	March 6, 1975	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	27–21–17
66	W	March 8, 1975	7–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	28–21–17
67	L	March 9, 1975	2–4	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	28–22–17
68	L	March 11, 1975	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	28–23–17
69	L	March 12, 1975	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	28–24–17
70	W	March 15, 1975	3–1	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	29–24–17
71	T	March 18, 1975	4–4	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	29–24–18
72	W	March 19, 1975	3–1	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	30–24–18
73	W	March 22, 1975	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	31–24–18
74	T	March 23, 1975	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	31–24–19
75	T	March 25, 1975	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	31–24–20
76	W	March 29, 1975	6–4	New York Rangers (1974–75)	32–24–20
77	T	March 30, 1975	2–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	32–24–21
78	T	April 1, 1975	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	32–24–22
79	L	April 5, 1975	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	32–25–22
80	W	April 6, 1975	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	33–25–22

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	79	21	55	76	105	28	5	2	4
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	80	25	37	62	34	4	4	0	5
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	76	27	28	55	122	17	3	0	3
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	73	22	33	55	28	19	6	1	1
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt	LW	77	18	30	48	121	32	1	0	3
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	80	25	22	47	66	-4	8	0	4
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent	C	78	14	27	41	60	22	1	0	0
Stewart, RalphRalph Stewart	C	70	16	24	40	12	-9	6	1	2
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	77	16	23	39	12	9	2	0	2
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin	D	73	9	24	33	59	-3	6	1	4
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin	C	40	14	18	32	6	8	2	0	2
Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise	LW	41	14	16	30	22	10	4	0	1
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	77	2	28	30	58	18	0	0	0
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan	RW	69	13	12	25	12	0	2	1	1
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	78	5	14	19	98	8	0	0	1
Fortier, DaveDave Fortier	D	65	6	12	18	79	14	1	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	71	4	14	18	143	28	0	1	0
Henning, LorneLorne Henning	C	60	5	6	11	6	7	0	4	0
Rombough, DougDoug Rombough	C	28	5	6	11	6	6	0	0	0
Hicke, ErnieErnie Hicke	LW	20	2	6	8	40	7	0	0	0
Cameron, CraigCraig Cameron	RW	37	1	6	7	4	-3	0	0	0
Ledingham, WaltWalt Ledingham	LW	2	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Miller, TomTom Miller	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	58	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	3368	58	21	18	17	156	2.78	3
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	1432	25	12	7	5	59	2.47	3
Team:	4800	80	33	25	22	215	2.69	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Drouin, JudeJude Drouin	C	17	6	12	18	6	1	0	1
Parise, J.P.J.P. Parise	LW	17	8	8	16	22	4	0	1
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	17	5	10	15	12	2	1	2
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	17	5	9	14	30	3	1	0
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	17	3	7	10	12	2	0	1
Marshall, BertBert Marshall	D	17	2	5	7	16	0	0	0
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	17	4	2	6	36	0	0	2
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt	LW	17	3	3	6	59	0	0	1
Stewart, RalphRalph Stewart	C	13	3	3	6	2	1	0	0
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin	D	15	2	4	6	9	0	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	17	2	2	4	42	0	0	1
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent	C	15	2	2	4	6	1	0	0
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	17	1	3	4	27	0	0	0
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	9	1	2	3	4	1	0	0
Fortier, DaveDave Fortier	D	14	0	2	2	33	0	0	0
Henning, LorneLorne Henning	C	17	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	17	0	1	1	28	0	0	0
MacMillan, BillyBilly MacMillan	RW	17	0	1	1	23	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	692	12	8	4	25	2.17	1
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	333	6	1	4	23	4.14	0
Team:	1025	17	9	8	48	2.81	1

^[2]

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;

Draft picks

The 1974 NHL Amateur Draft was held via conference call at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec. Below are listed the selections of the New York Islanders:

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team
4	Clark Gillies	Forward	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
22	Bryan Trottier	Centre	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
40	Brad Anderson	Centre	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
76	Carlo Torresan	Defence	Canada	Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)
94	Sid Prysunka	Left Wing	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
112	Dave Langevin	Defence	United States	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
129	Dave Inkpen	Defence	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
146	Jim Foubister	Goaltender	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
163	Bob Ferguson	Centre	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
178	Murray Fleck	Defence	Canada	Estevan Bruins (SJHL)
192	Dave Rooke	Defence	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
204	Neil Smith	Defence	Canada	Brockville Braves (CJHL)
214	Stefan Persson	Defence	Sweden	Brynäs IF (Sweden)
221	Dave Otness	Centre	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
226	Jim Murray	Defence	Canada	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
229	Mike Dibble	Goaltender	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
232	Brian Bye	Left Wing	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
235	Martti Jarkko	Centre	Finland	Tappara Tampere (Finland)
238	Ron Phillips	Defence	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
^{Reference: "1974 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved November 10, 2013.}

References

↑ "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1974-75 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

1974-75 New York Rangers Statistics

New York Islanders seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1974–75 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo California Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Kansas City Minnesota St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Amateur Draft Expansion Draft Taro Tsujimoto All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

1974–75 New York Islanders season

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Draft picks

See also

References