1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' third season of operation. The Oilers placed last and failed to make the playoffs.

1974–75 Edmonton Oilers
Division	5th Central
1974–75 record	36–38–4
Home record	25–12–2
Road record	11–26–2
Goals for	279 (8th)
Goals against	279 (T-6th)
Team information
General Manager	Bill Hunter
Coach	Brian Shaw (30–26–3) Bill Hunter (6–12–1)
Captain	Al Hamilton
Alternate captains	Doug Barrie Barry Long Bruce MacGregor
Arena	Edmonton Gardens (Oct–Nov) Northlands Coliseum (Nov–Apr)
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Rogers (35)
Assists	Mike Rogers (48)
Points	Mike Rogers (83)
Penalty minutes	Ken Baird (151)
Plus/minus	Ray McKay (+18)
Wins	Jacques Plante (15)
Goals against average	Jacques Plante (3.32)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Quebec Nordiques	78	46	32	0	92	331	299	1132
Toronto Toros	78	43	33	2	88	349	304	883
Winnipeg Jets	78	38	35	5	81	322	293	869
Vancouver Blazers	78	37	39	2	76	256	270	1075
Edmonton Oilers	78	36	38	4	76	279	279	896

Schedule and results

1974–75 Game Log
October: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 18 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 4 Winnipeg Jets Brown 7,697 0–1–0 0 2 October 30 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 8 Vancouver Blazers Brown 6,690 0–2–0 0
November: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 3 November 2 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 2 Cleveland Crusaders Worthy 13,263 1–2–0 2 4 November 3 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 1 Indianapolis Racers Worthy 6,561 2–2–0 4 5 November 10 Cleveland Crusaders 1 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Plante 15,326 3–2–0 6 6 November 13 Winnipeg Jets 3 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 10,873 4–2–0 8 7 November 15 Toronto Toros 4 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 15,326 5–2–0 10 8 November 17 Indianapolis Racers 1 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 8,890 6–2–0 12 9 November 18 Winnipeg Jets 3 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 11,583 7–2–0 14 10 November 20 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Quebec Nordiques Worthy 9,518 7–3–0 14 11 November 22 Edmonton Oilers 8 – 2 Toronto Toros 10,240 8–3–0 16 12 November 24 Houston Aeros 4 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Plante 15,362 8–4–0 16 13 November 26 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 5 San Diego Mariners Worthy 4,743 8–5–0 16 14 November 28 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 2 Houston Aeros Brown 6,112 8–6–0 16
December: 9–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 December 1 New England Whalers 4 – 8 Edmonton Oilers 10,972 9–6–0 18 16 December 4 Vancouver Blazers 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers 7,505 10–6–0 20 17 December 6 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Phoenix Roadrunners Worthy 5,864 10–7–0 20 18 December 8 Michigan Stags 0 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Plante 8,088 11–7–0 22 19 December 11 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Quebec Nordiques OT Brown 10,864 11–8–0 22 20 December 13 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints Worthy 6,140 12–8–0 24 21 December 15 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 1 Indianapolis Racers Brown 5,828 13–8–0 26 22 December 17 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 7 Houston Aeros 5,163 13–9–0 26 23 December 19 Edmonton Oilers 7 – 6 San Diego Mariners OT Brown 4,383 14–9–0 28 24 December 21 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 0 Chicago Cougars Worthy 2,133 15–9–0 30 25 December 22 San Diego Mariners 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers 5,257 16–9–0 32 26 December 26 Minnesota Fighting Saints 5 – 1 Edmonton Oilers 15,300 16–10–0 32 27 December 29 Indianapolis Racers 4 – 5 Edmonton Oilers OT Plante 10,058 17–10–0 34
January: 6–7–2 (Home: 5–4–2 ; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 January 1 San Diego Mariners 2 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Plante 9,215 18–10–0 36 29 January 3 Phoenix Roadrunners 3 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Worthy 9,797 18–10–1 37 30 January 5 Chicago Cougars 3 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Plante 9,421 18–11–1 37 31 January 9 Minnesota Fighting Saints 2 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Plante 7,050 19–11–1 39 32 January 10 Indianapolis Racers 3 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Worthy 6,565 19–11–2 40 33 January 12 Quebec Nordiques 3 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Plante 13,375 19–12–2 40 34 January 15 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 9 Houston Aeros 6,342 19–13–2 40 35 January 16 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 San Diego Mariners Brown 3,706 19–14–2 40 36 January 17 Edmonton Oilers 7 – 1 Phoenix Roadrunners 7,184 20–14–2 42 37 January 18 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Phoenix Roadrunners Worthy 7,613 20–15–2 42 38 January 23 Winnipeg Jets 3 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Plante 10,802 21–15–2 44 39 January 24 Houston Aeros 5 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Brown 15,300 22–15–2 46 40 January 26 Toronto Toros 7 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 12,237 22–16–2 46 41 January 28 Houston Aeros 5 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 15,326 23–16–2 48 42 January 31 Cleveland Crusaders 2 – 0 Edmonton Oilers Plante 9,512 23–17–2 48
February: 6–7–1 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 February 2 Chicago Cougars 3 – 4 Edmonton Oilers OT Worthy 8,718 24–17–2 50 44 February 4 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 0 Baltimore Blades OT Brown 2,810 25–17–2 52 45 February 5 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints Plante 5,893 25–18–2 52 46 February 9 Phoenix Roadrunners 6 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Plante 9,325 25–19–2 52 47 February 11 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Toronto Toros Plante 8,954 25–20–2 52 48 February 12 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 2 New England Whalers OT Worthy 9,916 25–20–3 53 49 February 14 Toronto Toros 4 – 8 Edmonton Oilers 15,326 26–20–3 55 50 February 16 Phoenix Roadrunners 5 – 4 Edmonton Oilers 10,351 26–21–3 55 51 February 18 New England Whalers 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,571 27–21–3 57 52 February 19 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 4 Winnipeg Jets Worthy 8,736 27–22–3 57 53 February 21 New England Whalers 4 – 2 Edmonton Oilers 10,302 27–23–3 57 54 February 23 Minnesota Fighting Saints 4 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 9,413 28–23–3 59 55 February 25 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Chicago Cougars OT Worthy 2,262 28–24–3 59 56 February 28 Baltimore Blades 2 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,079 29–24–3 61
March: 5–12–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 2–10–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 57 March 2 Baltimore Blades 2 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 8,200 30–24–3 63 58 March 4 Cleveland Crusaders 3 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,123 30–25–3 63 59 March 5 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 6 Vancouver Blazers 10,363 30–26–3 63 60 March 7 Vancouver Blazers 0 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Brown 9,810 31–26–3 65 61 March 10 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 5 Baltimore Blades Brown 2,477 31–27–3 65 62 March 11 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 1 Chicago Cougars Worthy 2,249 32–27–3 67 63 March 14 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 3 Cleveland Crusaders Worthy 5,611 32–28–3 67 64 March 15 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 6 New England Whalers 10,507 32–29–3 67 65 March 16 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 10 Winnipeg Jets 9,998 32–30–3 67 66 March 18 Quebec Nordiques 5 – 8 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 14,634 33–30–3 69 67 March 20 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Indianapolis Racers Plante 7,168 33–31–3 69 68 March 22 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 5 Cleveland Crusaders Worthy 12,919 33–32–3 69 69 March 23 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints Brown 14,503 33–33–3 69 70 March 25 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 5 New England Whalers Brown 8,366 33–34–3 69 71 March 26 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 4 Quebec Nordiques Worthy 10,726 34–34–3 71 72 March 27 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 2 Baltimore Blades OT Plante 3,083 34–34–4 72 73 March 28 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 5 Toronto Toros Worthy 12,103 34–35–4 72 74 March 31 San Diego Mariners 5 – 2 Edmonton Oilers 10,125 34–36–4 72
April: 2–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Quebec Nordiques 5 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 10,329 34–37–4 72 76 April 4 Vancouver Blazers 3 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,526 35–37–4 74 77 April 5 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 Vancouver Blazers Worthy 8,191 35–38–4 74 78 April 6 Chicago Cougars 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 9,646 36–38–4 76 Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Mike Rogers C 78 35 48 83 2 2 4 0 0 Barry Long D 78 20 40 60 116 -8 7 1 0 Ken Baird D 77 30 28 58 151 -19 8 0 0 Bobby Sheehan C 77 19 39 58 8 7 2 0 0 Bruce MacGregor C 72 24 28 52 10 -11 3 3 0 Eddie Joyal C 78 22 25 47 2 -10 0 2 0 Blair MacDonald RW 72 22 24 46 14 4 1 0 0 Doug Barrie D 78 12 33 45 122 -11 1 2 0 Ron Climie LW 49 15 27 42 15 3 3 0 0 Rusty Patenaude RW 56 20 16 36 38 1 3 0 0 Tom Gilmore LW 74 12 19 31 84 -22 0 0 0 Ray McKay D 69 8 20 28 47 18 1 0 0 Tim Sheehy RW 29 8 20 28 4 -5 2 0 0 Steve Carlyle D 73 2 25 27 46 -13 0 0 0 Ross Perkins C 76 7 16 23 33 7 0 1 0 Murray Kennett D 50 4 14 18 17 16 0 0 0 Ron Buchanan C 22 6 9 15 4 0 1 0 0 Al Hamilton D 25 1 13 14 42 5 1 0 0 Bill Morris LW 36 4 8 12 6 5 0 0 0 Bill Laing LW 42 2 4 6 32 -3 0 0 0 Jim McCrimmon D 34 1 5 6 50 9 0 0 0 Doug Kerslake RW 10 4 0 4 10 3 0 0 0 Don Herriman LW 33 1 2 3 21 -6 0 0 0 Ken Brown G 32 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Jacques Plante G 31 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Chris Worthy G 29 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Jacques Plante 1592 31 15 14 1 88 3.32 1 Chris Worthy 1660 29 11 13 3 99 3.58 1 Ken Brown 1466 32 10 11 0 86 3.52 2 Team: 4718 78 36 38 4 273 3.47 4

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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;

Awards and records

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Barry Long	1st WHA Game	October 18, 1974
Ray McKay
Mike Rogers
Bruce MacGregor	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	October 30, 1974
Ray McKay
Mike Rogers
Rusty Patenaude	100th WHA Point
Bruce MacGregor	1st WHA Goal	November 2, 1974
Barry Long	1st WHA Goal 1st WHA Point	November 10, 1974
Jacques Plante	1st WHA Game 1st WHA Win 1st WHA Assist
Ken Baird	??? WHA Hat-trick	November 13, 1974
Ray McKay	1st WHA Goal	November 15, 1974
Doug Barrie	??? WHA Gordie Howe hat trick	November 18, 1974
Barry Long	1st WHA Assist
Mike Rogers	1st WHA Goal
Al Hamilton	100th WHA Assist	December 4, 1974
Jacques Plante	1st WHA Shutout	December 8, 1974
Ken Baird	300th WHA PIM	January 9, 1975
Bill Laing	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	January 17, 1975
Doug Barrie	400th WHA PIM	January 18, 1975
Blair MacDonald	??? WHA Hat-trick	January 23, 1975
Tom Gilmore	400th WHA PIM	January 24, 1975
Ken Baird	100th WHA Point	February 9, 1975
Bill Morris	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	February 14, 1975
Ken Brown	1st WHA Assist	February 16, 1975
Bill Morris	1st WHA Goal
Tom Gilmore	100th WHA Point	February 18, 1975
Doug Kerslake	1st WHA Goal 1st WHA Point	February 28, 1975
Bill Laing	1st WHA Goal	March 7, 1975
Doug Barrie	100th WHA Point	March 18, 1975
Barry Long	100th WHA PIM
Bobby Sheehan	100th WHA Assist	March 28, 1975
Eddie Joyal	100th WHA Point	April 1, 1975
Timothy Sheehy	100th WHA Assist	April 4, 1975
Doug Barrie	200th WHA Game	April 5, 1975
Ken Baird	200th WHA Game	TBD
Tom Gilmore
Rusty Patenaude
Ross Perkins
Bobby Sheehan
Doug Kerslake	1st WHA Game
Bill Laing
Bruce MacGregor
Bill Morris
Blair MacDonald	100th WHA Game
Jim McCrimmon

Transactions

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.[3][4]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
WHA Secret Amateur Draft
1	7	Clark Gillies (F)	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
2	19	Mike Rogers (C)	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
WHA Amateur Draft
1	8	Gary Soetaert (D)	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
2	23	Glen Burdon (D)	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
3	38	Paul Holmgren (F)	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)
4	53	Kevin Treacy (RW)	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
5	67	Dave Langevin (D)	United States	University of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
6	82	Bernard Noreau (F)	Canada	Laval National (QMJHL)
7	97	Tom Sundberg (F)	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)
8	112	Cam Botting (RW)	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (SOJHL)
9	127	Marty Mathews (F)	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
10	140	Willie Friesen (LW)	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)

Farm teams

See also

• 1974–75 WHA season

References

1. "1974–75 Edmonton Oilers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
2. "1974-75 Edmonton Oilers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
3. "1974 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
4. "1974 WHA Secret Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

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