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48-25-5 (101 points), Finished 1st in WHA West Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
1973-74 Avco Cup Champions
Scored 318 goals, Allowed 219 goals, SRS: 1.11 (1st of 12)
Coached by Bill Dineen (48-25-5)
Playoffs:
Won Avco Cup Finals (4-0) over Chicago Cougars
Won Division Finals (4-2) over Minnesota Fighting Saints
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-0) over Winnipeg Jets
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1973-74 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Aeros | 78 | 48 | 25 | 5 | 101 | .647 | 318 | 219 | 1.11 | 6.88 | 64 | 223 | 28.70 | 47 | 288 | 83.68 | 17 | 3 |
| League Average | 78 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 78 | .500 | 284 | 284 | 0.00 | 7.28 | 52 | 249 | 20.79 | 52 | 249 | 79.21 | 8 | 8 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordie Howe | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 45 | 70 | 31 | 69 | 100 | 1.43 | 36 | 0.52 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Larry Lund | C | 6-0 | 190 | 33 | 75 | 33 | 53 | 86 | 1.15 | 32 | 0.43 | 109 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Frank Hughes | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | 73 | 42 | 42 | 84 | 1.15 | 34 | 0.46 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Andre Hinse | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 28 | 69 | 24 | 56 | 80 | 1.16 | 29 | 0.42 | 39 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Mark Howe | D | 5-11 | 185 | 18 | 76 | 38 | 41 | 79 | 1.04 | 31 | 0.41 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Jim Sherrit | C | 5-7 | 170 | 25 | 76 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 0.76 | 23 | 0.31 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Murray Hall | RW | 6-0 | 175 | 33 | 78 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 0.74 | 23 | 0.30 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Gord Labossiere | C | 6-1 | 190 | 34 | 67 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 0.82 | 20 | 0.30 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Poul Popiel | D | 5-10 | 175 | 30 | 78 | 7 | 41 | 48 | 0.62 | 16 | 0.20 | 126 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Ted Taylor | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 31 | 75 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 0.59 | 17 | 0.23 | 143 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 11 | John Schella | D | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | 73 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 0.42 | 12 | 0.16 | 170 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Don Grierson | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | 65 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 0.45 | 11 | 0.17 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Marty Howe | D | 6-1 | 195 | 19 | 73 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 0.33 | 8 | 0.11 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Gord Kannegiesser | D | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | 78 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0.26 | 6 | 0.08 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Larry Hale | D | 6-1 | 180 | 32 | 69 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0.23 | 5 | 0.08 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Joe Szura | C | 6-3 | 185 | 35 | 42 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.36 | 6 | 0.15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Gary Williamson | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.89 | 3 | 0.31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Jack Stanfield | LW | 5-11 | 176 | 31 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Bill Prentice | D | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.02 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Ed Hoekstra | C | 5-11 | 170 | 36 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 318 | 530 | 848 | 10.87 | 318 | 4.08 | 318 | 64 | 219 | 47 | 82 | 1034 | 237 | 64 | 17 | 48 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don McLeod | G | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 49 | 2971 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 69 | .704 | 3 | 127 | 2.56 | 1432 | 1305 | .911 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Wayne Rutledge | G | 6-2 | 200 | 32 | 25 | 1509 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 25 | .500 | 0 | 84 | 3.34 | 737 | 653 | .886 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Ron Grahame | G | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | 4 | 250 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .875 | 1 | 5 | 1.20 | 123 | 118 | .959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 78 | 4730 | 48 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 216 | 2.74 | 2292 | 2076 | .906 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Lund | C | 6-0 | 190 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 1.64 | 56 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Mark Howe | D | 5-11 | 185 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 1.36 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Gordie Howe | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1.31 | 34 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Andre Hinse | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 1.21 | 18 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Gord Labossiere | C | 6-1 | 190 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1.14 | 20 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Poul Popiel | D | 5-10 | 175 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1.07 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 | Murray Hall | RW | 6-0 | 175 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1.07 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| 8 | Frank Hughes | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1.00 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||
| 9 | Ted Taylor | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.86 | 60 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Jim Sherrit | C | 5-7 | 170 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.86 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | John Schella | D | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.57 | 42 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Don Grierson | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.43 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Marty Howe | D | 6-1 | 195 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.43 | 31 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Larry Hale | D | 6-1 | 180 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.36 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| 15 | Gord Kannegiesser | D | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Bill Prentice | D | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Jack Stanfield | LW | 5-11 | 176 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Joe Szura | C | 6-3 | 185 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Gary Williamson | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 14 | 71 | 116 | 187 | 13.36 | 344 | 12 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don McLeod | G | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 14 | 842 | 12 | 2 | 24 | .857 | 0 | 35 | 2.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Team Total | 78 | 842 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2.49 |