1973–74 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1973–74
Year:	1973
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	29–39–10
Divisionrank:	6th
Generalmanager:	Ned Harkness (Oct–Feb) Alex Delvecchio (Feb–Apr)
Coach:	Ted Garvin (Oct–Nov) Alex Delvecchio (Nov–Apr)
Goalsfor:	255
Goalsagainst:	319
Goalsleader:	Mickey Redmond (51)
Assistsleader:	Marcel Dionne (54)
Pointsleader:	Marcel Dionne (78)
Pimleader:	Larry Johnston (139)
Winsleader:	Doug Grant (15)
Gaaleader:	Bill McKenzie (3.58)

The 1973–74 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 48th season of competition, 42nd season as the Red Wings.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Red Wings failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	74	24	54	78	10	−31	3	0	1
	RW	76	51	26	77	14	−21	21	0	9
	C	76	24	42	66	28	−22	6	1	2
	C	76	25	30	55	10	−31	6	0	2
	LW	67	24	24	48	37	−26	3	1	5
	C	47	18	23	41	12	−3	6	0	0
	LW	52	15	23	38	17	−11	2	0	0
	RW	57	12	25	37	33	−9	2	0	1
	C	70	19	12	31	32	−22	2	3	5
	RW	54	13	15	28	37	−20	2	3	0
	LW	45	9	14	23	33	−12	3	0	2
	D	69	1	21	22	92	−28	0	0	0
	D	33	2	14	16	33	1	0	0	0
	D	65	2	12	14	139	−26	0	0	1
	D	35	3	9	12	27	−14	1	0	1
	D	41	0	11	11	66	−4	0	0	0
	C/LW	12	2	5	7	4	1	1	0	0
	D	25	2	4	6	25	−9	0	0	0
	D	11	0	6	6	18	−6	0	0	0
	LW	15	4	1	5	2	1	0	0	0
	C/LW	11	1	4	5	2	−13	1	0	0
	LW	14	0	5	5	6	−6	0	0	0
	D	26	2	2	4	24	−7	0	0	0
	LW	18	1	3	4	7	0	0	0	0
	C	17	0	4	4	16	−6	0	0	0
	D	21	0	4	4	99	−1	0	0	0
	D	43	0	3	3	21	−15	0	0	0
	D	22	0	3	3	40	−12	0	0	0
	G	25	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	11	1	1	2	0	−2	0	0	0
	D	23	0	2	2	2	−4	0	0	0
	RW	7	0	1	1	4	−2	0	0	0
	G	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	1	1	0	−2	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	7	0	0	0	4	−7	0	0	0
	G	37	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	11	−4	0	0	0
	G	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0
	C	5	0	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2018	37	15	16	2	140	4.16	1
	1420	25	9	11	4	86	3.63	0
	720	13	4	4	4	43	3.58	1
	315	9	1	4	0	28	5.33	0
	20	1	0	1	0	4	12.00	0
	187	4	0	3	0	18	5.78	0
Team:	4680	78	29	39	10	319	4.09	2

^[1]

Note: 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

• Alex Delvecchio, Lester Patrick Trophy^[2]

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	11			New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3	39			Oshawa Generals (OHA)
3	43			Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
4	59			Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
5	75			Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
6	91	Glen Cickello		Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
7	107	Brian Middleton		University of Alberta (CIAU)
8	118			Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
8	123			Michigan Tech University (NCAA)
9	135	Dennis O'Brien		Laurentian University (CIAU)
9	138	Tom Newman		Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
9	139	Ray Bibeau		Montreal Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
10	151	Kevin Neville		Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
10	154	Ken Gibb		University of North Dakota (NCAA)
10	155	Mitch Brandt		University of Denver (NCAA)

See also

• 1973–74 NHL season
• 1974 in Michigan

External links

• Web site: 1973–74 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1973-74 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.424, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada,