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43-31-4 (90 points), Finished 1st in WHA East Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
Scored 291 goals, Allowed 260 goals, SRS: 0.36 (4th of 12)
Coached by Ron Ryan (43-31-4)
Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-3) to Chicago Cougars
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Whalers | 78 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 90 | .577 | 291 | 260 | 0.36 | 7.06 | 47 | 228 | 20.61 | 36 | 197 | 81.73 | 3 | 7 |
| 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 | John French | C/LW | 5-10 | 165 | 23 | 77 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 0.94 | 26 | 0.34 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Tom Webster | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | 64 | 43 | 27 | 70 | 1.09 | 30 | 0.46 | 28 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Larry Pleau | C | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 77 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 0.90 | 26 | 0.34 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Al Karlander | C | 5-8 | 170 | 27 | 77 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 0.79 | 22 | 0.29 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Don Blackburn | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 35 | 75 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 0.79 | 22 | 0.29 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Tim Sheehy | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | 77 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 0.75 | 23 | 0.30 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Tommy Williams | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 33 | 70 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 0.83 | 22 | 0.31 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Hugh Harris | C | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 75 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 0.69 | 20 | 0.27 | 78 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Mike Byers | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | 78 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 0.64 | 21 | 0.27 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Jim Dorey | D | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | 77 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 0.60 | 15 | 0.19 | 134 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Rick Ley | D | 5-9 | 190 | 25 | 72 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 0.57 | 13 | 0.19 | 148 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Brad Selwood | D | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | 76 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 0.49 | 13 | 0.17 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Ted Green | D | 5-10 | 200 | 33 | 75 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 0.44 | 11 | 0.15 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Tom Earl | RW/C | 6-0 | 172 | 26 | 78 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0.26 | 8 | 0.10 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Paul Hurley | D | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | 52 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.27 | 5 | 0.09 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 16 | John Cunniff | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.40 | 5 | 0.17 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Bob Charlebois | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 29 | 74 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.15 | 4 | 0.06 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Guy Smith | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.38 | 2 | 0.12 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 19 | John Danby | C | 5-10 | 165 | 25 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 0.02 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Ric Jordan | D | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.03 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Mike Keeler | D | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 291 | 488 | 779 | 9.99 | 291 | 3.73 | 291 | 47 | 260 | 36 | 20 | 857 | 241 | 47 | 3 | 43 |
| 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 | Al Smith | G | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | 55 | 3194 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 62 | .585 | 2 | 164 | 3.08 | 1569 | 1405 | .895 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 2 | Bruce Landon | G | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | 24 | 180 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | .545 | 0 | 10 | 3.33 | 87 | 77 | .885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | Bill Berglund | G | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | 3 | 1386 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 82 | 3.55 | 692 | 610 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 78 | 4760 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 256 | 3.23 | 2348 | 2092 | .891 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Blackburn | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.86 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Mike Byers | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.86 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | Rick Ley | D | 5-9 | 190 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.86 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Tim Sheehy | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.86 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | John French | C/LW | 5-10 | 165 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.86 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Jim Dorey | D | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 26 | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 | Tom Webster | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.67 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 | Al Karlander | C | 5-8 | 170 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.57 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 | Ted Green | D | 5-10 | 200 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.57 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Hugh Harris | C | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.57 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Tommy Williams | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.75 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | John Cunniff | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Tom Earl | RW/C | 6-0 | 172 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Brad Selwood | D | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| 15 | Larry Pleau | C | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | John Danby | C | 5-10 | 165 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 17 | Bob Charlebois | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Ric Jordan | D | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Mike Keeler | D | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 7 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 9.29 | 121 | 3 |
| 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 | Al Smith | G | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | 7 | 399 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .429 | 1 | 21 | 3.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Bruce Landon | G | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 78 | 439 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 3.28 |