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43-30-5 (91 points), Finished 1st in WHA East Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
Scored 274 goals, Allowed 279 goals, SRS: -0.06 (9th of 14)
Coached by Ron Ryan (40-28-5), Jack Kelley (3-2-0)
Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-2) to Minnesota Fighting Saints
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1974-75 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 | 30 | 5 | 91 | .583 | 274 | 279 | -0.06 | 7.09 | 39 | 225 | 17.33 | 29 | 215 | 86.51 | 6 | 5 |
| League Average | 78 | 37 | 37 | 3 | 78 | .500 | 288 | 288 | 0.00 | 7.38 | 53 | 266 | 20.00 | 53 | 266 | 79.96 | 9 | 9 |
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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 | Wayne Carleton | LW | 6-3 | 212 | 28 | 73 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 1.01 | 29 | 0.40 | 8 | 50 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 323 | 4.42 | 10.8 | |||||||
| 2 | Tom Webster | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | 66 | 40 | 24 | 64 | 0.97 | 27 | 0.41 | 1 | 52 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 212 | 3.21 | 18.9 | |||||||
| 3 | Larry Pleau | C | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | 78 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 0.82 | 25 | 0.32 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 208 | 2.67 | 14.4 | |||||||
| 4 | John French | C/LW | 5-10 | 165 | 24 | 75 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 0.71 | 18 | 0.24 | -5 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 140 | 1.87 | 8.6 | |||||||
| 5 | Terry Caffery | C | 5-9 | 165 | 25 | 67 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 0.78 | 19 | 0.28 | -8 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 133 | 1.99 | 11.3 | |||||||
| 6 | Don Blackburn | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 36 | 50 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 1.00 | 19 | 0.37 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 1.56 | 23.1 | |||||||
| 7 | Mike Byers | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | 72 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 0.67 | 19 | 0.26 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 2.18 | 14.0 | |||||||
| 8 | Rick Ley | D | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | 62 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 0.68 | 14 | 0.22 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 2.02 | 4.8 | |||||||
| 9 | Brad Selwood | D | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | 77 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 0.51 | 12 | 0.16 | 1 | 117 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 148 | 1.92 | 2.7 | |||||||
| 10 | Fred O'Donnell | RW | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | 76 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 0.47 | 15 | 0.20 | -6 | 84 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 1.72 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 11 | Tim Sheehy | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | 52 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 0.65 | 14 | 0.28 | -10 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 2.52 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 12 | Thommy Abrahamsson | D | 6-2 | 185 | 27 | 76 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 0.39 | 11 | 0.14 | 8 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 1.99 | 5.3 | |||||||
| 13 | Paul Hurley | D | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | 75 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 0.39 | 9 | 0.12 | -10 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 1.99 | 2.0 | |||||||
| 14 | Garry Swain | C | 5-8 | 164 | 27 | 66 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0.33 | 8 | 0.12 | -7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 1.08 | 9.9 | |||||||
| 15 | Jim Dorey | D | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 0.71 | 8 | 0.24 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 2.74 | 5.9 | |||||||
| 16 | Al Karlander | C | 5-8 | 170 | 28 | 48 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0.44 | 8 | 0.16 | -4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1.33 | 10.9 | |||||||
| 17 | Ted Green | D | 5-10 | 200 | 34 | 57 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0.35 | 7 | 0.13 | -13 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 1.32 | 8.0 | |||||||
| 18 | Ron Climie | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0.48 | 5 | 0.21 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1.72 | 18.6 | |||||||
| 19 | Tom Earl | RW/C | 6-0 | 172 | 27 | 72 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.15 | 4 | 0.05 | -13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0.72 | 5.8 | |||||||
| 20 | Al Hangsleben | D | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.05 | -14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.96 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 21 | Nick Fotiu | LW | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.03 | -14 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.66 | 5.0 | |||||||
| 22 | Gerry Methe | D | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.06 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 23 | Bob Charlebois | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.06 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.75 | 16.7 | |||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 274 | 459 | 733 | 9.40 | 274 | 3.51 | 274 | 39 | 279 | 29 | -15 | 861 | 229 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 2549 | 32.68 | 10.7 |
| 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 | 29 | 59 | 3494 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 70 | .603 | 2 | 202 | 3.47 | 1725 | 1523 | .883 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Christer Abrahamsson | G | 6-2 | 175 | 27 | 16 | 870 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 | .567 | 1 | 47 | 3.24 | 504 | 457 | .907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bruce Landon | G | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | 7 | 339 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .400 | 0 | 19 | 3.36 | 190 | 171 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ted Ouimet | G | 5-9 | 165 | 27 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | 13 | 10 | .769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Bill Berglund | G | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.00 | 16 | 13 | .813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 78 | 4759 | 43 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 274 | 3.45 | 2448 | 2174 | .888 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Carleton | LW | 6-3 | 212 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.17 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Larry Pleau | C | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.83 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | Mike Byers | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.67 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Don Blackburn | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.60 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Al Hangsleben | D | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.50 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Al Karlander | C | 5-8 | 170 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | Ron Climie | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 | Garry Swain | C | 5-8 | 164 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.50 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | John French | C/LW | 5-10 | 165 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Rick Ley | D | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 32 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | Tom Webster | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Nick Fotiu | LW | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 27 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Tom Earl | RW/C | 6-0 | 172 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||
| 14 | John Danby | C | 5-10 | 165 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Brad Selwood | D | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Paul Hurley | D | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Bob Charlebois | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Gerry Methe | D | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | Ted Green | D | 5-10 | 200 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | Thommy Abrahamsson | D | 6-2 | 185 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | Fred O'Donnell | RW | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 6 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 7.67 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 29 | 6 | 366 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 28 | 4.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Team Total | 78 | 366 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4.59 |