1973–74 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1973–74 Edmonton Oilers season was the second season of operation of the Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association. The Oilers' qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Minnesota Fighting Saints.

1973–74 Edmonton Oilers
Division	3rd Western
1973–74 record	38–37–3
Home record	24–14–1
Road record	14–23–2
Goals for	268 (T-8th)
Goals against	269 (4th)
Team information
General manager	Bill Hunter
Coach	Brian Shaw
Captain	Al Hamilton
Alternate captains	Doug Barrie Val Fonteyne Jim Harrison
Arena	Edmonton Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Ron Climie (38)
Assists	Jim Harrison (45) Al Hamilton (45)
Points	Ron Climie (74)
Penalty minutes	Doug Barrie (214)
Wins	Jack Norris (23)
Goals against average	Jack Norris (3.21)

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Houston Aeros	78	48	25	5	318	219	1038	101
Minnesota Fighting Saints	78	44	32	2	332	275	1243	90
Edmonton Oilers	78	38	37	3	268	269	1273	79
Winnipeg Jets	78	34	39	5	264	296	673	73
Vancouver Blazers	78	27	50	1	278	345	1047	55
Los Angeles Sharks	78	25	53	0	239	339	1086	50

Schedule and results

1973–74 Game Log
October: 6–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Winnipeg Jets 4 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Norris 4,809 1–0–0 2 2 October 14 Houston Aeros 2 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Norris 5,200 2–0–0 4 3 October 19 Vancouver Blazers 3 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Norris 3,277 2–1–0 4 4 October 21 Chicago Cougars 1 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Norris 4,128 3–1–0 6 5 October 23 Toronto Toros 2 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 3,374 4–1–0 8 6 October 27 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 2 Vancouver Blazers Worthy 8,102 5–1–0 10 7 October 28 Vancouver Blazers 5 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Norris 3,650 6–1–0 12
November: 9–5–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 November 2 Quebec Nordiques 4 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 5,200 7–1–0 14 9 November 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints 3 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Norris 4,591 8–1–0 16 10 November 6 New York Golden Blades 0 – 8 Edmonton Oilers Norris 3,441 9–1–0 18 11 November 8 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 3 Quebec Nordiques Worthy 7,021 10–1–0 20 12 November 10 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 3 New England Whalers Norris 4,135 11–1–0 22 13 November 11 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 2 Toronto Toros Worthy 4,296 12–1–0 24 14 November 13 Los Angeles Sharks 0 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Norris 4,394 13–1–0 26 15 November 16 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Winnipeg Jets Norris 7,952 13–2–0 26 16 November 18 Minnesota Fighting Saints 5 – 2 Edmonton Oilers 4,780 13–3–0 26 17 November 20 Cleveland Crusaders 3 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Norris 3,960 14–3–0 28 18 November 22 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 7 Vancouver Blazers Worthy 8,573 14–4–0 28 19 November 23 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 2 Los Angeles Sharks Norris 6,876 14–5–0 28 20 November 25 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 2 Houston Aeros Norris 6,916 14–6–0 28 21 November 29 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 2 New Jersey Knights Norris 1,004 15–6–0 30
December: 5–9–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 1 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Cleveland Crusaders Worthy 7,357 15–7–0 30 23 December 2 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 3 Cleveland Crusaders Norris 3,623 15–8–0 30 24 December 4 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 0 Chicago Cougars Worthy 3,097 16–8–0 32 25 December 5 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Winnipeg Jets Norris 5,257 16–9–0 32 26 December 6 Toronto Toros 3 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 3,417 17–9–0 34 27 December 12 Los Angeles Sharks 7 – 2 Edmonton Oilers 3,322 17–10–0 34 28 December 14 Quebec Nordiques 4 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 4,048 17–11–0 34 29 December 16 Edmonton Oilers 7 – 6 New Jersey Knights Worthy 814 18–11–0 36 30 December 18 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Quebec Nordiques Worthy 6,344 18–12–0 36 31 December 19 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 New England Whalers Norris 5,433 18–13–0 36 32 December 21 Vancouver Blazers 1 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Norris 3,244 19–13–0 38 33 December 22 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 6 Vancouver Blazers 8,611 19–14–0 38 34 December 27 Minnesota Fighting Saints 5 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Norris 5,200 19–15–0 38 35 December 29 New England Whalers 2 – 6 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 4,828 20–15–0 40
January: 5–8–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 1 Winnipeg Jets 4 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Norris 5,200 20–16–0 40 37 January 4 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 4 Los Angeles Sharks 4,087 20–17–0 40 38 January 6 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints Norris 4,430 21–17–0 42 39 January 8 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 6 Houston Aeros 6,847 21–18–0 42 40 January 9 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 4 Minnesota Fighting Saints Norris 3,924 22–18–0 44 41 January 11 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 7 Winnipeg Jets Worthy 6,566 22–19–0 44 42 January 13 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 6 Vancouver Blazers Norris 9,309 22–20–0 44 43 January 15 Minnesota Fighting Saints 1 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Norris 3,949 23–20–0 46 44 January 18 New Jersey Knights 4 – 7 Edmonton Oilers Doyle 3,757 24–20–0 48 45 January 20 Cleveland Crusaders 2 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Norris 4,609 25–20–0 50 46 January 22 New Jersey Knights 6 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 3,330 25–21–0 50 47 January 25 Winnipeg Jets 4 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Norris 5,200 25–22–0 50 48 January 27 Houston Aeros 4 – 1 Edmonton Oilers Norris 5,200 25–23–0 50
February: 5–7–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 1 Chicago Cougars 2 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Norris 3,756 26–23–0 52 50 February 3 Los Angeles Sharks 2 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Norris 4,071 27–23–0 54 51 February 5 Edmonton Oilers 0 – 8 Vancouver Blazers Norris 9,637 27–24–0 54 52 February 8 Houston Aeros 6 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Norris 5,200 27–25–0 54 53 February 10 Quebec Nordiques 4 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 4,866 27–26–0 54 54 February 12 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 Chicago Cougars Worthy 4,129 27–27–0 54 55 February 13 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 7 Minnesota Fighting Saints Norris 4,637 27–28–0 54 56 February 15 New England Whalers 7 – 3 Edmonton Oilers 4,056 27–29–0 54 57 February 17 Toronto Toros 2 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Norris 4,215 28–29–0 56 58 February 20 Winnipeg Jets 1 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Norris 5,200 29–29–0 58 59 February 23 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 5 Houston Aeros Worthy 9,188 29–30–0 58 60 February 24 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 3 Los Angeles Sharks Norris 4,512 30–30–0 60
March: 7–6–3 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 Houston Aeros 2 – 5 Edmonton Oilers Norris 5,200 31–30–0 62 62 March 3 Cleveland Crusaders 3 – 3 Edmonton Oilers OT Norris 4,503 31–30–1 63 63 March 6 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 2 Houston Aeros Norris 5,739 32–30–1 65 64 March 8 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 4 Los Angeles Sharks Norris 6,296 32–31–1 65 65 March 10 Vancouver Blazers 2 – 1 Edmonton Oilers OT Norris 4,469 32–32–1 65 66 March 12 Los Angeles Sharks 1 – 8 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 3,530 33–32–1 67 67 March 15 New England Whalers 6 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Norris 5,046 33–33–1 67 68 March 17 Vancouver Blazers 2 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 4,546 34–33–1 69 69 March 20 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 2 New England Whalers OT Wilkie 5,355 34–33–2 70 70 March 21 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 5 Quebec Nordiques OT Worthy 6,211 34–33–3 71 71 March 23 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 3 Cleveland Crusaders Norris 7,784 34–34–3 71 72 March 25 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 1 New Jersey Knights Wilkie 1,936 35–34–3 73 73 March 26 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 4 Chicago Cougars Norris 5,168 35–35–3 73 74 March 28 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 6 Toronto Toros OT Norris 5,555 35–36–3 73 75 March 29 Edmonton Oilers 3 – 1 Minnesota Fighting Saints Wilkie 11,459 36–36–3 75 76 March 31 Chicago Cougars 1 – 4 Edmonton Oilers Norris 5,200 37–36–3 77
April: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Edmonton Oilers 2 – 3 Toronto Toros Wilkie 4,025 37–37–3 77 78 April 3 Edmonton Oilers 6 – 5 Winnipeg Jets OT Wilkie 5,339 38–37–3 79 Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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Playoffs

1974 Avco Cup Playoffs

1974 Western Division Semi-Final Minnesota Fighting Saints won series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 6 Edmonton Oilers 1 – 2 Minnesota Fighting Saints Norris 13,004 0–1 2 April 7 Edmonton Oilers 5 – 8 Minnesota Fighting Saints Norris 11,756 0–2 3 April 10 Minnesota Fighting Saints 6 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Wilkie 4,606 0–3 4 April 12 Minnesota Fighting Saints 1 – 2 Edmonton Oilers Worthy 5,200 1–3 5 April 14 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 5 Minnesota Fighting Saints Worthy 10,764 1–4

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Ron Climie LW 76 38 36 74 22 0 9 0 7 Jim Harrison C 47 24 45 69 99 0 3 2 7 Al Hamilton D 78 14 45 59 104 0 6 0 2 Ross Perkins C 78 16 40 56 43 0 0 0 3 Len Lunde C 72 26 22 48 8 0 7 2 4 Blair MacDonald RW 78 21 24 45 34 0 5 0 3 Rusty Patenaude RW 71 20 23 43 55 0 2 0 2 Tom Gilmore LW 57 19 23 42 164 0 2 0 2 Brian McKenzie LW 78 18 20 38 66 0 0 0 1 Bob Wall D 74 6 31 37 46 0 2 1 0 Ken Baird D 68 17 19 36 115 0 2 0 1 Doug Barrie D 69 4 27 31 214 0 0 0 2 Bob McAneeley LW 52 12 11 23 49 0 0 0 0 Val Fonteyne LW 72 9 13 22 2 0 0 4 0 Eddie Joyal C 45 8 10 18 2 0 0 0 1 Bob Falkenberg D 78 3 14 17 32 0 0 0 0 Steve Carlyle D 50 2 13 15 18 0 0 0 1 Ron Anderson RW 19 5 2 7 6 0 0 0 1 Jim McCrimmon D 75 2 3 5 106 0 0 0 1 Bobby Sheehan C 10 1 3 4 6 0 1 0 0 Bob Fitchner C 31 1 2 3 21 0 0 0 0 Roger Cote D 59 0 3 3 34 0 0 0 0 Jack Norris G 53 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Schraefel C 34 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Carlin LW 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Howie Colborne LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Cunningham D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Doyle G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Wilkie G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Worthy G 29 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 Wayne Zuk C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Jack Norris 2954 53 23 24 1 158 3.21 2 Chris Worthy 1452 29 11 12 1 92 3.80 1 Ian Wilkie 256 5 3 1 1 9 2.11 0 Gary Doyle 60 1 1 0 0 4 4.00 0 Team: 4722 78 38 37 3 263 3.34 3

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Blair MacDonald RW 5 4 2 6 2 0 0 0 Tom Gilmore LW 5 1 4 5 15 0 0 0 Ross Perkins C 5 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 Bobby Sheehan C 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 Jim Schraefel C 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 Eddie Joyal C 5 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 Ken Baird D 5 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 Al Hamilton D 4 1 1 2 15 0 0 0 Bob Falkenberg D 5 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 Rusty Patenaude RW 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Bob Wall D 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Doug Barrie D 4 1 0 1 16 0 0 0 Val Fonteyne LW 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Bob McAneeley LW 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Steve Carlyle D 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 Len Lunde C 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Brian McKenzie LW 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ron Anderson RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Climie LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roger Cote D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Norris G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Wilkie G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Worthy G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Chris Worthy 146 3 1 1 8 3.29 0 Jack Norris 111 3 0 2 9 4.86 0 Ian Wilkie 41 1 0 1 4 5.85 0 Team: 298 5 1 4 21 4.23 0

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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
Jim Harrison	2nd WHA Hat-trick	October 12, 1973
Blair MacDonald	1st WHA Game 1st WHA Goal
Brian McKenzie	1st WHA Game
Bob Fitchner	1st WHA Goal 1st WHA Point	October 21, 1973
Blair MacDonald	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point
Tom Gilmore	200th WHA PIM	October 23, 1973
Brian McKenzie	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point
Chris Worthy	1st WHA Game 1st WHA Win
Len Lunde	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	October 27, 1973
Brian McKenzie	1st WHA Goal
Tom Gilmore	??? WHA Gordie Howe hat trick	October 28, 1973
Jim Harrison	100th WHA Point	November 2, 1973
Jim Harrison	100th WHA PIM	November 4, 1973
Ron Climie	1st WHA Hat-trick 1st WHA Natural Hat-trick 1st Five-Goal WHA Game	November 6, 1973
Jim McCrimmon	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point
Jim McCrimmon	1st WHA Goal	November 20, 1973
Al Hamilton	100th WHA Game	December 1, 1973
Bob Falkenberg	100th WHA Game	December 2, 1973
Len Lunde	1st WHA Goal	December 4, 1973
Chris Worthy	1st WHA Shutout
Ross Perkins	100th WHA Game	December 16, 1973
Doug Barrie	200th WHA PIM	December 18, 1973
Bob Fitchner	1st WHA Assist	December 29, 1973
Tom Gilmore	300th WHA PIM
Ross Perkins	100th WHA Point	January 6, 1974
Gary Doyle	1st WHA Game 1st WHA Win	January 18, 1974
Al Hamilton	200th WHA PIM	January 20, 1974
Jack Norris	100th WHA Game	February 3, 1974
Doug Barrie	300th WHA PIM	February 8, 1974
Al Hamilton	100th WHA Point	February 12, 1974
Jim Schraefel	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	March 3, 1974
Ken Baird	200th WHA PIM	March 8, 1974
Ed Patenaude	100th WHA PIM
Jim McCrimmon	100th WHA PIM	March 12, 1974
Jim Schraefel	1st WHA Goal
Ron Climie	100th WHA Point	March 21, 1974
Tom Gilmore	1st WHA Hat-trick 1st Four-Goal WHA Game	April 3, 1974
Ken Baird	100th WHA Game	TBA
Doug Barrie
Steve Carlyle
Ron Climie
Roger Côté
Val Fonteyne
Tom Gilmore
Jim Harrison
Eddie Joyal
Bob McAneeley
Ed Patenaude
Bob Wall
Howie Colborne	1st WHA Game
Gary Cunningham
Bob Fitchner
Len Lunde
Jim McCrimmon
Jim Schraefel
Wayne Zuk

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
Bob Falkenberg	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	April 6, 1974
Len Lunde	1st WHA Game
Brian McKenzie
Jim Schraefel
Blair MacDonald	1st WHA Game 1st WHA Goal 1st WHA Point
Bobby Sheehan	1st WHA Game 1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point
Al Hamilton	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	April 7, 1974
Len Lunde
Brian McKenzie
Ross Perkins
Jim Schraefel
Bob McAneeley	1st WHA Goal 1st WHA Point
Bobby Sheehan	1st WHA Goal
Chris Worthy	1st WHA Game
Ken Baird	1st WHA Assist	April 10, 1974
Al Hamilton	1st WHA Goal
Ross Perkins
Ian Wilkie	1st WHA Game
Val Fonteyne	1st WHA Goal 1st WHA Point	April 12, 1974
Eddie Joyal
Blair MacDonald	1st WHA Assist
Chris Worthy	1st WHA Win
Doug Barrie	1st WHA Goal 1st WHA Point	April 14, 1974
Steve Carlyle	1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point	TBD
Bob McAneeley	1st WHA Game

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft.[3]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	6	John Rogers (RW)	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
2	20	Jim McCrimmon (D)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
3	30	Blair MacDonald (RW)	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
3	32	Dave Lewis (D)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
4	39	Bill Laing (C)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
4	45	Jim Moxey (F)	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
5	58	Ken Houston (D)	Canada	Chatham Maroons (SOJHL)
6	65	Dave Pay (C)	Canada	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
6	71	Yvon Bouillon (F)	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
7	84	Dwayne Pentland (D)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)

See also

• 1973–74 WHA season

References

1. "1973–74 Edmonton Oilers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
2. "1973-74 Edmonton Oilers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
3. "1973 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

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