1973–74 Vancouver Blazers season

The 1973–74 Vancouver Blazers season was the first year of operation of the Vancouver Blazers of the World Hockey Association (WHA). It was the second season of the franchise, which had operated in Philadelphia the season before. The Blazers did not qualify for the playoffs.[1][2]

1973–74 Vancouver Blazers
Division	5th Western
1973–74 record	27–50–1
Home record	19-20-0
Road record	8-30-1
Goals for	278
Goals against	345
Team information
General manager	Phil Watson
Coach	John McKenzie (3-4-0) Phil Watson (3-9-0) Andy Bathgate (21-37-1)
Alternate captains	Bryan Campbell Ron Plumb Danny Lawson Mike Chernoff
Arena	Pacific Coliseum
Average attendance	9,356 (60.1%)
Team leaders
Goals	Danny Lawson (50)
Assists	Bryan Campbell (62)
Points	Bryan Campbell (89)
Penalty minutes	Colin Campbell (191)
Wins	Peter Donnelly (22)
Goals against average	Peter Donnelly (3.80)

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

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1973	4–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	1–0–0
2	L	October 12, 1973	4–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	1–1–0
3	L	October 14, 1973	3–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1973	2–7	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	1–3–0
5	W	October 19, 1973	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	2–3–0
6	W	October 20, 1973	4–3	Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	3–3–0
7	L	October 21, 1973	1–4	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	3–4–0
8	L	October 24, 1973	4–7	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	3–5–0
9	L	October 27, 1973	2–6	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	3–6–0
10	L	October 28, 1973	5–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	3–7–0
11	L	October 31, 1973	1–5	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	3–8–0
12	L	November 3, 1973	0–4	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	3–9–0
13	L	November 4, 1973	3–4	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	3–10–0
14	L	November 7, 1973	1–3	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	3–11–0
15	L	November 9, 1973	1–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	3–12–0
16	L	November 10, 1973	3–8	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	3–13–0
17	W	November 13, 1973	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	4–13–0
18	W	November 15, 1973	7–5	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	5–13–0
19	W	November 18, 1973	8–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	6–13–0
20	W	November 22, 1973	7–1	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	7–13–0
21	W	November 23, 1973	4–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	8–13–0
22	L	November 25, 1973	2–3	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	8–14–0
23	W	November 28, 1973	5–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	9–14–0
24	L	December 5, 1973	1–3	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	9–15–0
25	L	December 7, 1973	1–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	9–16–0
26	L	December 9, 1973	3–5	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	9–17–0
27	W	December 12, 1973	2–1 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	10–17–0
28	W	December 15, 1973	6–4	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	11–17–0
29	L	December 16, 1973	3–5	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	11–18–0
30	W	December 18, 1973	5–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	12–18–0
31	L	December 19, 1973	2–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	12–19–0
32	L	December 21, 1973	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	12–20–0
33	W	December 22, 1973	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	13–20–0
34	L	December 24, 1973	4–5 OT	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	13–21–0
35	W	December 26, 1973	5–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	14–21–0
36	L	December 28, 1973	3–5	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	14–22–0
37	W	December 30, 1973	6–5 OT	New England Whalers (1973–74)	15–22–0
38	L	January 1, 1974	4–5	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	15–23–0
39	L	January 5, 1974	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	15–24–0
40	L	January 6, 1974	3–11	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	15–25–0
41	W	January 7, 1974	5–4	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	16–25–0
42	L	January 9, 1974	4–6	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	16–26–0
43	W	January 13, 1974	6–2	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	17–26–0
44	L	January 17, 1974	4–7	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	17–27–0
45	L	January 19, 1974	4–5 OT	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	17–28–0
46	W	January 20, 1974	3–0	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	18–28–0
47	W	January 23, 1974	6–3	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	19–28–0
48	L	January 26, 1974	2–4	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	19–29–0
49	L	January 27, 1974	7–9	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	19–30–0
50	L	January 28, 1974	4–6	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	19–31–0
51	L	January 30, 1974	2–4	Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	19–32–0
52	W	February 5, 1974	8–0	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	20–32–0
53	W	February 8, 1974	7–3	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	21–32–0
54	W	February 13, 1974	9–4	New England Whalers (1973–74)	22–32–0
55	W	February 17, 1974	4–0	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	23–32–0
56	L	February 19, 1974	4–5 OT	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	23–33–0
57	L	February 21, 1974	4–5	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	23–34–0
58	L	February 23, 1974	3–7	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	23–35–0
59	L	February 24, 1974	1–7	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	23–36–0
60	L	February 26, 1974	2–3	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	23–37–0
61	L	February 28, 1974	4–9	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	23–38–0
62	L	March 2, 1974	1–7	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	23–39–0
63	L	March 4, 1974	6–7 OT	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	23–40–0
64	L	March 7, 1974	2–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	23–41–0
65	W	March 10, 1974	2–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	24–41–0
66	W	March 13, 1974	5–2	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	25–41–0
67	L	March 14, 1974	3–6	New England Whalers (1973–74)	25–42–0
68	L	March 15, 1974	5–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	25–43–0
69	L	March 17, 1974	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	25–44–0
70	W	March 19, 1974	5–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	26–44–0
71	T	March 21, 1974	5–5	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	26–44–1
72	L	March 23, 1974	2–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	26–45–1
73	L	March 24, 1974	1–3	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	26–46–1
74	L	March 27, 1974	1–8	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	26–47–1
75	L	March 29, 1974	2–5	Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	26–48–1
76	L	March 31, 1974	3–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	26–49–1
77	L	April 3, 1974	0–9	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	26–50–1
78	W	April 4, 1974	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	27–50–1

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Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bryan Campbell C 76 27 62 89 50 0 8 1 3 Danny Lawson RW 78 50 38 88 14 0 10 0 5 Claude St. Sauveur C 70 38 30 68 55 0 6 2 5 Don Burgess LW 78 30 36 66 8 0 5 3 3 John McKenzie RW 45 14 38 52 71 0 3 0 0 John Migneault LW 74 21 26 47 27 0 2 0 2 Murray Myers RW 61 22 20 42 28 0 2 0 3 Ron Plumb D 75 6 32 38 40 0 1 0 1 Jim Adair C 70 12 17 29 10 0 2 0 2 Rob Walton C 28 8 15 23 2 0 1 0 0 Colin Campbell D 78 3 20 23 191 0 0 0 0 Jim Cardiff D 78 1 21 22 188 0 1 0 0 Mike Chernoff LW 36 11 10 21 4 0 0 1 1 Ralph MacSweyn D 56 2 18 20 52 0 0 0 0 Denis Meloche C 41 6 13 19 18 0 1 0 0 Ed Hatoum RW 37 3 12 15 8 0 0 0 0 Don O'Donoghue RW 49 8 6 14 20 0 0 0 1 Dave Hutchison D 69 0 13 13 151 0 0 0 0 Serge Beaudoin D 26 1 11 12 37 0 0 0 0 Sam Gellard LW 23 7 4 11 15 0 3 0 0 Jimmy Jones RW 18 3 2 5 23 0 2 0 0 Michel Plante LW 22 3 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 Camille Lapierre D 9 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Jean Tetreault LW 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Ward C 7 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Michel Boudreau C 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pete Donnelly G 49 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 Irv Spencer D 19 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 Yves Archambault G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rychard Campeau D 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 George Gardner G 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peter McNamee D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Danny Sullivan G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Pete Donnelly 2824 49 22 24 0 179 3.80 3 George Gardner 1590 28 4 21 1 125 4.72 0 Yves Archambault 263 5 1 4 0 27 6.16 0 Danny Sullivan 60 1 0 1 0 7 7.00 0 Team: 4737 78 27 50 1 338 4.28 3

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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;

Draft picks

Vancouver's draft picks at the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft.[5]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Colin Campbell (D)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
2	19	Brent Leavins (F)	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
3	31	Ed Humphreys (G)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
4	44	Jean Tetreault (F)	Canada	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
5	57	Jimmy Jones (RW)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
6	70	Ian Turnbull (D)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
7	83	Mike Korney (D)	Canada	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
8	96	Andre St. Laurent (C)	Canada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
9	107	Pierre Laganiere (RW)	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
10	117	Brian Molvik (D)	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)

See also

• 1973–74 WHA season

References

1. World Hockey Association (1973). WHA 1973-74 Media Guide. World Hockey Association.
2. World Hockey Association (1974). WHA 1974-75 Media Guide. World Hockey Association.
3. "1973–74 Vancouver Blazers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
4. "1973-74 Vancouver Blazers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
5. "1973 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

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