1974–75 Vancouver Blazers season

1974–75 Vancouver Blazers
Division	4th Canadian
1974–75 record	37–39–2
Goals for	256
Goals against	270
Team information
Coach	Joe Crozier

The 1974–75 Vancouver Blazers season was the Vancouver Blazers' third season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA), and their second and final season in Vancouver. The Blazers failed to make the playoffs. The franchise moved to Calgary after this season and became the Cowboys.

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

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Danny Lawson RW 78 33 43 76 19 -5 3 1 0 Bryan Campbell C 78 29 34 63 24 -15 10 1 0 John McKenzie RW 74 23 37 60 84 11 5 0 0 Rob Walton C 75 24 33 57 28 1 7 0 0 Hugh Harris C 58 23 34 57 49 6 6 0 0 Claude St. Sauveur C 76 24 23 47 32 -8 11 0 0 Mike Pelyk D 75 14 26 40 121 -2 1 3 0 Ron Chipperfield C 78 19 20 39 30 -2 7 0 0 Pat Price D 68 5 29 34 15 6 1 0 0 Don Burgess LW 62 11 18 29 19 2 2 0 0 Duane Rupp D 73 3 26 29 45 20 1 0 0 Larry Israelson LW 46 12 9 21 10 -2 1 0 0 Jimmy Jones RW 63 11 7 18 39 -5 0 3 0 Paul Terbenche D 60 3 14 17 10 -7 0 0 0 Butch Deadmarsh LW 38 7 8 15 128 -4 1 0 0 Don McCulloch D 51 1 9 10 42 -12 0 0 0 Don McLeod G 72 0 8 8 14 0 0 0 0 Andy Bathgate RW 11 1 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 John Migneault LW 14 4 2 6 12 -1 0 0 0 John Shmyr D 39 1 5 6 43 -9 0 0 0 Peter Driscoll LW 21 3 2 5 40 -2 0 0 0 Rick Jodzio LW 44 1 3 4 159 -12 0 0 0 Peter McNamee D 11 2 1 3 15 3 1 0 0 Murray Myers RW 24 1 1 2 4 -4 0 0 0 Jim Cardiff D 44 0 2 2 25 -7 0 0 0 Bud Gulka RW 5 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 Arnie Brown D 10 0 1 1 13 -8 0 0 0 Serge Beaudoin D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Mike Chernoff LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Delorenzi RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Given RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Don O'Donoghue RW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wayne Wood G 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Don McLeod 4184 72 33 35 2 233 3.34 1 Wayne Wood 512 11 4 4 0 30 3.52 0 Team: 4696 78 37 39 2 263 3.36 1

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO

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

Vancouver's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
WHA Secret Amateur Draft
1	5	Ron Greschner (D)	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
2	20	Ron Chipperfield (C)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
WHA Amateur Draft
1	1	Pat Price (D)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
2	20	Jacques Cossette (RW)	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
3	35	Peter Driscoll (LW)	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
4	50	Dave Given (F)	United States	Brown University (ECAC)
5	64	Steve Jensen (LW)	United States	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
6	79	Dave Lumley (F)	Canada	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
7	94	Mike Hobin (F)	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
8	109	Mario Faubert (D)	Canada	St. Louis University (CCHA)
9	124	John Held (D)	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
10	138	Eddie Mio (G)	Canada	Colorado College (WCHA)
11	152	Jim Miller (W)	Canada	University of Denver (WCHA)
12	165	Dave Otness (W)	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
13	177	Walt Kyle (C)	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

See also

• 1974–75 WHA season