1974–75 Minnesota Fighting Saints season

1974–75 Minnesota Fighting Saints

Division

3rd Western

1974–75 record

42–33–3

Goals for

308

Goals against

279

Team information

Coach

Harry Neale,
Jack McCartan

Team leaders

<1973–74

1975–76>

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Aeros	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

Game log

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

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	75	48	45	93	33	-11	7	4	3
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	76	38	33	71	16	14	13	1	6
Huck, FranFran Huck	C	78	22	45	67	26	7	2	3	4
Morrison, GeorgeGeorge Morrison	LW	76	31	29	60	30	11	9	0	5
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour	D	70	12	43	55	67	-1	4	0	1
Tannahill, DonDon Tannahill	LW	72	23	30	53	20	13	2	4	4
Hampson, TedTed Hampson	C	78	17	36	53	6	-8	1	3	2
Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich	C	67	24	26	50	20	9	4	0	2
Ball, TerryTerry Ball	D	76	8	37	45	36	3	2	0	0
O'Shea, DannyDanny O'Shea	C	76	16	25	41	47	-22	3	0	2
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	78	9	29	38	112	12	1	0	2
Gambucci, GaryGary Gambucci	C	68	19	18	37	19	14	2	0	3
Gallant, GordGord Gallant	LW	66	10	13	23	203	-3	1	0	3
Busniuk, RonRon Busniuk	RW	73	2	21	23	176	12	0	0	1
O'Shea, KevinKevin O'Shea	RW	68	10	10	20	42	-9	0	0	3
McMahon, MikeMike McMahon	D	64	5	15	20	42	6	1	0	0
Heatley, MurrayMurray Heatley	RW	22	5	9	14	31	0	1	0	0
Carlson, JackJack Carlson	LW	32	5	5	10	85	-1	0	0	0
Robertson, JoeJoe Robertson	C	11	1	4	5	4	5	0	0	0
Butters, BillBill Butters	D	24	2	2	4	58	-8	0	0	0
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	C	11	1	3	4	0	-4	0	0	0
Westrum, PatPat Westrum	D	23	0	3	3	48	0	0	0	0
Boyd, BobBob Boyd	D	13	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0
Brackenbury, CurtCurt Brackenbury	RW	7	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0
Curran, MikeMike Curran	G	26	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	G	58	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
McCartan, JackJack McCartan	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	3294	58	30	23	2	180	3.28	2
Curran, MikeMike Curran	1367	26	11	10	1	90	3.95	0
McCartan, JackJack McCartan	61	2	1	0	0	5	4.92	0
Team:	4722	78	42	33	3	275	3.49	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	12	10	7	17	10	2
Huck, FranFran Huck	C	12	3	13	16	6	2
Morrison, GeorgeGeorge Morrison	LW	12	5	9	14	0	0
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	12	8	4	12	10	1
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	12	2	7	9	6	0
Hampson, TedTed Hampson	C	12	1	7	8	0	0
Ball, TerryTerry Ball	D	12	3	4	7	4	0
Tannahill, DonDon Tannahill	LW	10	2	4	6	0	0
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour	D	12	0	6	6	23	0
Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich	C	12	1	4	5	2	0
Gambucci, GaryGary Gambucci	C	12	4	0	4	6	1
Busniuk, RonRon Busniuk	RW	12	2	1	3	63	0
Carlson, JackJack Carlson	LW	10	1	2	3	41	0
Brackenbury, CurtCurt Brackenbury	RW	12	0	2	2	59	0
Butters, BillBill Butters	D	12	1	0	1	21	0
Gallant, GordGord Gallant	LW	1	1	0	1	0	0
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	G	12	0	1	1	2	0
McMahon, MikeMike McMahon	D	7	0	1	1	0	0
O'Shea, DannyDanny O'Shea	C	11	0	0	0	0	0
O'Shea, KevinKevin O'Shea	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	726	12	6	6	41	3.39	1
Team:	726	12	6	6	41	3.39	1

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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;

References

↑ "1974–75 Minnesota Fighting Saints Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
↑ "1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

External links

1974–75 WHA season

Canadian:	Edmonton Quebec Toronto Vancouver Winnipeg

Eastern:	Cleveland Chicago Indianapolis New England

Western:	Houston Michigan/Baltimore Minnesota Phoenix San Diego

See also	Draft Summit Series

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1974–75 Minnesota Fighting Saints season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Player stats

See also

References

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