1973–74 California Golden Seals season

The 1973–74 California Golden Seals season was the Seals' seventh season in the NHL. With the continuing depletion of talent due to the World Hockey Association and a lack of interest from owner Charles O. Finley who put the team up for sale, the Seals had a miserable season and sank to a franchise low 36 points. In January 1974, the NHL bought the Seals from owner Charlie Finley for $6.585 million.^[1] With the league takeover, the players immediately returned to wearing black skates. The Seals would conclude the season with the worst record in the league.^[2]

Offseason

Amateur Draft

Main article: 1973 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
3	34.	Jeff Jacques	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
4	50.	Ron Serafini	United States	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
5	66.	Jim Moxey	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
6	82.	Willie Trognitz	Canada	Thunder Bay (Junior)
7	98.	Paul Tantardini	Canada	Downsview Beavers (OPJHL)
8	114.	Bruce Greig	Canada	Vancouver Nats (WCHL)
9	130.	Larry Patey	Canada	Braintree Hawks (NEnHL)
10	145.	Doug Mahood	Canada	Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
11	160.	Angie Moretto	Canada	University of Michigan (NCAA)

Regular season

Final standings

West Division^[3]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	78	50	16	12	273	164	+109	112
2	Chicago Black Hawks	78	41	14	23	272	164	+108	105
3	Los Angeles Kings	78	33	33	12	233	231	+2	78
4	Atlanta Flames	78	30	34	14	214	238	−24	74
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	28	41	9	242	273	−31	65
6	St. Louis Blues	78	26	40	12	206	248	−42	64
7	Minnesota North Stars	78	23	38	17	235	275	−40	63
8	California Golden Seals	78	13	55	10	195	342	−147	36

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Skaters

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

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Joey Johnston	22	78	27	40	67	67	-	-	-	-	-
Ivan Boldirev	9	78	25	31	56	22	-	-	-	-	-
Walt McKechnie	8	63	23	29	52	14	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Leach	7	78	22	24	46	34	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Croteau	18	76	14	21	35	16	-	-	-	-	-
Stan Gilbertson	15	76	18	12	30	39	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Patrick	14	59	10	20	30	17	-	-	-	-	-
Hilliard Graves	17	64	11	18	29	48	-	-	-	-	-
Morris Mott	20	77	9	17	26	33	-	-	-	-	-
Ted McAneeley	23	72	4	20	24	62	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall Johnston	2	50	2	16	18	24	-	-	-	-	-
Stan Weir	21	58	9	7	16	10	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Laframboise	24	65	7	7	14	14	-	-	-	-	-
Ray McKay	3	72	2	12	14	49	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Huston	11	23	3	10	13	0	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Murray	5	58	0	12	12	48	-	-	-	-	-
Brent Meeke	25	18	1	9	10	4	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Kessell	12	51	2	6	8	4	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Stewart	6	47	2	5	7	69	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Shakes	4	21	0	4	4	12	-	-	-	-	-
Barry Cummins	4	36	1	2	3	39	-	-	-	-	-
Del Hall	12	2	2	0	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Lyle Bradley	15	4	1	0	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Marv Edwards	1	14	0	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-
Gilles Meloche	27	47	0	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Hartland Monahan	17	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Patey	17	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Greig	28	1	0	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Holt	17	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Hrechkosy	19	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne King	24	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Serafini	2	2	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Coalter	15	4	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ted Tucker	30	5	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Champoux	28	17	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; 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
Ted Tucker	30	5	177	1	1	1	10	0	3.39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--
Marv Edwards	1	14	780	1	10	1	51	0	3.92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--
Gilles Meloche	27	47	2800	9	33	5	198	1	4.24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--
Bob Champoux	28	17	923	2	11	3	80	0	5.20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--

Transactions

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

Trades

May 11, 1973	To California Golden Seals Gary Coalter	To New York Rangers cash
June 10, 1973	To California Golden Seals Ted Tucker	To Atlanta Flames cash

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Ray McKay	Buffalo Sabres	Intra-league Draft (1973–06–12)
Rick Kessell	Pittsburgh Penguins	Intra-league Draft (1973–06–13)
Gary Holt	Port Huron Wings (IHL)	free agency (1973–09)
Dave Hrechkosy	Rochester Americans (AHL)	free agency (1973–09)
Bob Girard	Amqui Aces (QSHL)	free agency (1973–09)
Bob Champoux	San Diego Gulls (WHL)	free agency (1973–11)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Lyle Carter	Minnesota North Stars	Reverse Draft (1973–06–13)
Al Simmons	San Diego Gulls (WHL)	Reverse Draft (1973–06–13)
Jim Jones	Chicago Cougars (WHA)	free agency (1973–09)

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Playoffs

They didn't qualify for the playoffs

Roster

1973–1974 California Golden Seals Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Marv Edwards
27 – Gilles Meloche
28 – Bob Champoux
30 – Ted Tucker

Defensemen

2 – Marshall Johnston
2 – Ron Serafini
3 – Ray McKay
4 – Paul Shakes
5 – Terry Murray
6 – Bob Stewart
19 – Barry Cummins
23 – Ted McAneeley
25 – Brent Meeke

Wingers

7 – Reggie Leach
10 – Stan Gilbertson
14 – Craig Patrick
15 – Gary Coalter
16 – Hilliard Graves
17 – Gary Holt
17 – Hartland Monahan
18 – Gary Croteau
19 – Dave Hrechkosy
20 – Morris Mott
22 – Joey Johnston - C
24 – Pete Laframboise
28 – Bruce Greig

Centers

8 – Walt McKechnie
9 – Ivan Boldirev
11 – Ron Huston
12 – Del Hall
12 – Rick Kessell
15 – Lyle Bradley
17 – Larry Patey
21 – Stan Weir
24 – Wayne King

GM: Fred Glover (Oct.-Feb.)
GM: Garry Young (Feb.-Apr.)
Coach: Fred Glover (11-38-8)
Coach: Marshall Johnston (2-17-2)

References

↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball’s Super Showman, p.201-2, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball’s Super Showman, p.169, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
↑ "1973-1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

California Golden Seals/Cleveland Barons NHL seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78

1973–74 NHL season

East	Boston Buffalo Detroit Montreal NY Islanders NY Rangers Toronto Vancouver

West	Atlanta California Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals

History	WHL years 1967 Expansion Expansion Draft Players Coaches Draft Picks Cleveland Barons

Owners	Barry Van Gerbig Charlie O. Finley Melvin Swig Gordon Gund

Oakland/California Seasons	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76

Cleveland Seasons	1976-77 1977-78

Arenas	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena Richfield Coliseum

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