1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season explained

League:	WHA
Season:	1974–75
Year:	1974
Team:	Edmonton Oilers
Division:	Central
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	36–38–4
Homerecord:	25–12–2
Roadrecord:	11–26–2
Goalsfor:	279 (8th)
Goalsagainst:	279 (T-6th)
Coach:	Brian Shaw (30–26–3) Bill Hunter (6–12–1)
Arena:	Edmonton Gardens (Oct–Nov) Northlands Coliseum (Nov–Apr)
Goalsleader:	Mike Rogers (35)
Assistsleader:	Mike Rogers (48)
Pointsleader:	Mike Rogers (83)
Plusminusleader:	Ray McKay (+18)
Pimleader:	Ken Baird (151)
Winsleader:	Jacques Plante (15)
Gaaleader:	Jacques Plante (3.32)
Minorleague:	Winston-Salem Polar Twins (SHL) Flint Generals (IHL)

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

Regular season

Final standings

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 7,697 0–1–0 0 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741018/EDM/WIN/W 2 October 30 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 8 Brown 6,690 0–2–0 0 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741030/EDM/VAN/W
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 13,263 1–2–0 2 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741102/EDM/CLE/W 4 November 3 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 1 Worthy 6,561 2–2–0 4 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741103/EDM/IND/W 5 November 10 Cleveland Crusaders 1 – 4 Edmonton Oilers 15,326 3–2–0 6 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741110/CLE/EDM/W 6 November 13 Winnipeg Jets 3 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 10,873 4–2–0 8 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741113/WIN/EDM/W 7 November 15 4 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 15,326 5–2–0 10 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741115/TOR/EDM/W 8 November 17 Indianapolis Racers 1 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 8,890 6–2–0 12 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741117/IND/EDM/W 9 November 18 Winnipeg Jets 3 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 11,583 7–2–0 14 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741118/WIN/EDM/W 10 November 20 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Worthy 9,518 7–3–0 14 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741120/EDM/QUE/W 11 November 22 Edmonton Oilers 8 – 2 Toronto Toros 10,240 8–3–0 16 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741122/EDM/TOR/W 12 November 24 4 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Plante 15,362 8–4–0 16 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741124/HOU/EDM/W 13 November 26 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 5 Worthy 4,743 8–5–0 16 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741126/EDM/SD/W 14 November 28 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 2 Houston Aeros Brown 6,112 8–6–0 16 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741128/EDM/HOU/W
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 4 – 8 Edmonton Oilers 10,972 9–6–0 18 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741201/NE/EDM/W 16 December 4 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers 7,505 10–6–0 20 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741204/VAN/EDM/W 17 December 6 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Worthy 5,864 10–7–0 20 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741206/EDM/PHO/W 18 December 8 0 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Plante 8,088 11–7–0 22 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741208/M-B/EDM/W 19 December 11 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Quebec Nordiques OT Brown 10,864 11–8–0 22 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741211/EDM/QUE/W 20 December 13 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 4 Worthy 6,140 12–8–0 24 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741213/EDM/MIN/W 21 December 15 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 1 Indianapolis Racers Brown 5,828 13–8–0 26 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741215/EDM/IND/W 22 December 17 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 7 Houston Aeros 5,163 13–9–0 26 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741217/EDM/HOU/W 23 December 19 Edmonton Oilers 7 – 6 San Diego Mariners OT Brown 4,383 14–9–0 28 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741219/EDM/SD/W 24 December 21 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 0 Chicago Cougars Worthy 2,133 15–9–0 30 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741221/EDM/CHI/W 25 December 22 San Diego Mariners 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers 5,257 16–9–0 32 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741222/SD/EDM/W 26 December 26 Minnesota Fighting Saints 5 – 1 Edmonton Oilers 15,300 16–10–0 32 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741226/MIN/EDM/W 27 December 29 Indianapolis Racers 4 – 5 Edmonton Oilers OT Plante 10,058 17–10–0 34 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19741229/IND/EDM/W
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 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750101/SD/EDM/W 29 January 3 Phoenix Roadrunners 3 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Worthy 9,797 18–10–1 37 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750103/PHO/EDM/W 30 January 5 Chicago Cougars 3 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Plante 9,421 18–11–1 37 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750105/CHI/EDM/W 31 January 9 Minnesota Fighting Saints 2 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Plante 7,050 19–11–1 39 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750109/MIN/EDM/W 32 January 10 Indianapolis Racers 3 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Worthy 6,565 19–11–2 40 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750110/IND/EDM/W 33 January 12 Quebec Nordiques 3 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Plante 13,375 19–12–2 40 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750112/QUE/EDM/W 34 January 15 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 9 Houston Aeros 6,342 19–13–2 40 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750115/EDM/HOU/W 35 January 16 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 San Diego Mariners Brown 3,706 19–14–2 40 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750116/EDM/SD/W 36 January 17 Edmonton Oilers 7 – 1 Phoenix Roadrunners 7,184 20–14–2 42 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750117/EDM/PHO/W 37 January 18 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Phoenix Roadrunners Worthy 7,613 20–15–2 42 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750118/EDM/PHO/W 38 January 23 Winnipeg Jets 3 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Plante 10,802 21–15–2 44 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750123/WIN/EDM/W 39 January 24 Houston Aeros 5 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Brown 15,300 22–15–2 46 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750124/HOU/EDM/W 40 January 26 Toronto Toros 7 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Plante 12,237 22–16–2 46 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750126/TOR/EDM/W 41 January 28 Houston Aeros 5 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 15,326 23–16–2 48 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750128/HOU/EDM/W 42 January 31 Cleveland Crusaders 2 – 0 Edmonton Oilers Plante 9,512 23–17–2 48 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750131/CLE/EDM/W
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 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750202/CHI/EDM/W 44 February 4 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 0 Baltimore Blades OT Brown 2,810 25–17–2 52 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750204/EDM/M-B/W 45 February 5 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints Plante 5,893 25–18–2 52 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750205/EDM/MIN/W 46 February 9 Phoenix Roadrunners 6 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Plante 9,325 25–19–2 52 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750209/PHO/EDM/W 47 February 11 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Toronto Toros Plante 8,954 25–20–2 52 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750211/EDM/TOR/W 48 February 12 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 2 New England Whalers OT Worthy 9,916 25–20–3 53 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750212/EDM/NE/W 49 February 14 Toronto Toros 4 – 8 Edmonton Oilers 15,326 26–20–3 55 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750214/TOR/EDM/W 50 February 16 Phoenix Roadrunners 5 – 4 Edmonton Oilers 10,351 26–21–3 55 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750216/PHO/EDM/W 51 February 18 New England Whalers 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,571 27–21–3 57 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750218/NE/EDM/W 52 February 19 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 4 Winnipeg Jets Worthy 8,736 27–22–3 57 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750219/EDM/WIN/W 53 February 21 New England Whalers 4 – 2 Edmonton Oilers 10,302 27–23–3 57 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750221/NE/EDM/W 54 February 23 Minnesota Fighting Saints 4 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 9,413 28–23–3 59 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750223/MIN/EDM/W 55 February 25 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Chicago Cougars OT Worthy 2,262 28–24–3 59 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750225/EDM/CHI/W 56 February 28 Baltimore Blades 2 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,079 29–24–3 61 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750228/M-B/EDM/W
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 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750302/M-B/EDM/W 58 March 4 Cleveland Crusaders 3 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,123 30–25–3 63 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750304/CLE/EDM/W 59 March 5 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 6 Vancouver Blazers 10,363 30–26–3 63 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750305/EDM/VAN/W 60 March 7 Vancouver Blazers 0 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Brown 9,810 31–26–3 65 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750307/VAN/EDM/W 61 March 10 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 5 Baltimore Blades Brown 2,477 31–27–3 65 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750310/EDM/M-B/W 62 March 11 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 1 Chicago Cougars Worthy 2,249 32–27–3 67 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750311/EDM/CHI/W 63 March 14 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 3 Cleveland Crusaders Worthy 5,611 32–28–3 67 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750314/EDM/CLE/W 64 March 15 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 6 New England Whalers 10,507 32–29–3 67 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750315/EDM/NE/W 65 March 16 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 10 Winnipeg Jets 9,998 32–30–3 67 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750316/EDM/WIN/W 66 March 18 Quebec Nordiques 5 – 8 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 14,634 33–30–3 69 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750318/QUE/EDM/W 67 March 20 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Indianapolis Racers Plante 7,168 33–31–3 69 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750320/EDM/IND/W 68 March 22 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 5 Cleveland Crusaders Worthy 12,919 33–32–3 69 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750322/EDM/CLE/W 69 March 23 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints Brown 14,503 33–33–3 69 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750323/EDM/MIN/W 70 March 25 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 5 New England Whalers Brown 8,366 33–34–3 69 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750325/EDM/NE/W 71 March 26 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 4 Quebec Nordiques Worthy 10,726 34–34–3 71 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750326/EDM/QUE/W 72 March 27 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 2 Baltimore Blades OT Plante 3,083 34–34–4 72 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750327/EDM/M-B/W 73 March 28 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 5 Toronto Toros Worthy 12,103 34–35–4 72 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750328/EDM/TOR/W 74 March 31 San Diego Mariners 5 – 2 Edmonton Oilers 10,125 34–36–4 72 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750331/SD/EDM/W
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 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750401/QUE/EDM/W 76 April 4 Vancouver Blazers 3 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Brown 8,526 35–37–4 74 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750404/VAN/EDM/W 77 April 5 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 Vancouver Blazers Worthy 8,191 35–38–4 74 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750405/EDM/VAN/W 78 April 6 Chicago Cougars 3 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Brown 9,646 36–38–4 76 http://www.ultimate70s.com/nhlbox/19750406/CHI/EDM/W Legend:

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Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 78 35 48 83 2 2 4 0 0 D 78 20 40 60 116 -8 7 1 0 D 77 30 28 58 151 -19 8 0 0 C 77 19 39 58 8 7 2 0 0 C 72 24 28 52 10 -11 3 3 0 C 78 22 25 47 2 -10 0 2 0 RW 72 22 24 46 14 4 1 0 0 D 78 12 33 45 122 -11 1 2 0 LW 49 15 27 42 15 3 3 0 0 RW 56 20 16 36 38 1 3 0 0 LW 74 12 19 31 84 -22 0 0 0 D 69 8 20 28 47 18 1 0 0 RW 29 8 20 28 4 -5 2 0 0 D 73 2 25 27 46 -13 0 0 0 C 76 7 16 23 33 7 0 1 0 D 50 4 14 18 17 16 0 0 0 C 22 6 9 15 4 0 1 0 0 D 25 1 13 14 42 5 1 0 0 LW 36 4 8 12 6 5 0 0 0 LW 42 2 4 6 32 -3 0 0 0 D 34 1 5 6 50 9 0 0 0 RW 10 4 0 4 10 3 0 0 0 LW 33 1 2 3 21 -6 0 0 0 G 32 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 G 31 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 G 29 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO 1592 31 15 14 1 88 3.32 1 1660 29 11 13 3 99 3.58 1 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
	1st WHA Game	October 18, 1974
Ray McKay
Mike Rogers
	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	October 30, 1974
Ray McKay
Mike Rogers
	100th WHA Point
Bruce MacGregor	1st WHA Goal	November 2, 1974
Barry Long	1st WHA Goal 1st WHA Point	November 10, 1974
	1st WHA Game 1st WHA Win 1st WHA Assist
		November 13, 1974
Ray McKay	1st WHA Goal	November 15, 1974
		November 18, 1974
Barry Long	1st WHA Assist
Mike Rogers	1st WHA Goal
	100th WHA Assist	December 4, 1974
Jacques Plante		December 8, 1974
Ken Baird	300th WHA PIM	January 9, 1975
	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	January 17, 1975
	400th WHA PIM	January 18, 1975
	??? WHA Hat-trick	January 23, 1975
	400th WHA PIM	January 24, 1975
Ken Baird	100th WHA Point	February 9, 1975
	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	February 14, 1975
	1st WHA Assist	February 16, 1975
Bill Morris	1st WHA Goal
Tom Gilmore	100th WHA Point	February 18, 1975
	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
	100th WHA Assist	March 28, 1975
	100th WHA Point	April 1, 1975
	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

Trades

Date	To Edmonton Oilers	Traded to	Traded for
			1st round pick in 1974 Secret - Paul McIntosh
			1st round pick in 1977 - Ron Duguay
			Future considerations
	Future considerations		Gary Bredin 11th round pick in 1974 - Greg Steel 12th round pick in 1974 - Russ Hall 13th round pick in 1974 - Mike St. Cyr 14th round pick in 1974 - Mitch Babin 15th round pick in 1974 - Jim Chicoyne
June 1974	Cash		Del Hall
July 1974	Future considerations		Steve Andrascik
			Bob Wall
		Indianapolis Racers	Paul Holmgren
		Phoenix Roadrunners	Jack Norris
		Cleveland Crusaders	Jim Harrison
		Indianapolis Racers	Ron Buchanan
			Ron Climie
	Cash	St. Louis Blues (NHL)	Jim McCrimmon

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term
October 1974		Winston-Salem Polar Twins (SHL)	1-year
		Chicago Black Hawks (NHL)

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term
1974		Retired
		Phoenix Roadrunners
		California Golden Seals (NHL)	3-year
September 1974		Retired
October 1974		Phoenix Roadrunners

Signings

Date	Player	Term
		4-year
		2-year
		4-year
		3-year

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

See also

• 1974–75 WHA season

Notes and References

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