1974 WHA West Division Finals
Houston Aeros defeat Minnesota Fighting Saints 4-2
W-L: 48-25-5, .647
SRS: 1.11 (1st of 12)
Goals: 318 (2nd of 12)
Goals Against: 219 (1st of 12)
W-L: 44-32-2, .577
SRS: 0.65 (2nd of 12)
Goals: 332 (1st of 12)
Goals Against: 275 (7th of 12)
| Game 1, April 18 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 5 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 4 | OT |
| Game 2, April 20 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 5 | |
| Game 3, April 21 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 1 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 4 | |
| Game 4, April 28 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 4 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 1 | |
| Game 5, April 29 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 4 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 9 | |
| Game 6, May 1 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 1 | |
1973-74 Regular Season Stats
| Tuesday, Oct 30, 1973 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 1 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 6 | |
| Tuesday, Nov 13, 1973 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 5 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | |
| Friday, Dec 14, 1973 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 5 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | |
| Tuesday, Feb 12, 1974 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 1 | |
| Sunday, Feb 17, 1974 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 6 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 1 | |
| Tuesday, Mar 12, 1974 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 3 | |
| Sunday, Mar 24, 1974 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 5 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 3 | |
| Sunday, Mar 31, 1974 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 2 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 5 | |
HSA Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Gordie Howe* | 45 | RW | 70 | 31 | 69 | 100 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Larry Lund | 33 | C | 75 | 33 | 53 | 86 | 109 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Frank Hughes | 24 | RW | 73 | 42 | 42 | 84 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | André Hinse | 28 | LW | 69 | 24 | 56 | 80 | 39 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Mark Howe* | 18 | LW | 76 | 38 | 41 | 79 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Murray Hall | 33 | C | 78 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Jim Sherrit | 25 | C | 76 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Gord Labossiere | 34 | C | 67 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Poul Popiel | 30 | D | 78 | 7 | 41 | 48 | 126 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Ted Taylor | 31 | RW | 75 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 143 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 11 | John Schella | 26 | D | 73 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 170 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Don Grierson | 26 | RW | 65 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Marty Howe | 19 | D | 73 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Gord Kannegiesser | 28 | D | 78 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Larry Hale | 32 | D | 69 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Joe Szura | 35 | C | 42 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Gary Williamson | 23 | LW | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Jack Stanfield | 31 | LW | 41 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 19 | Bill Prentice | 23 | D | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Don McLeod | 27 | G | 49 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2971 | 60:38 | |||||||||
| 21 | Ed Hoekstra | 36 | C | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Wayne Rutledge | 32 | G | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509 | 60:22 | |||||||||
| 23 | Ron Grahame | 23 | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 62:30 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 318 | 530 | 848 | 1034 | 237 | 64 | 17 | 48 | ||||||||||||||
HSA Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Don McLeod | 27 | 49 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 127 | 2.56 | 3 | 2971 | 81 | 29.8 | |||||||
| 2 | Wayne Rutledge | 32 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 84 | 3.34 | 0 | 1509 | 104 | -3.3 | |||||||
| 3 | Ron Grahame | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1.20 | 1 | 250 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 48 | 25 | 5 | 216 | 2.74 | 4 | 4730 | ||||||||||||
MFS Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Mike Walton | 29 | LW | 78 | 57 | 60 | 117 | 88 | 39 | 9 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Wayne Connelly | 34 | RW | 78 | 42 | 53 | 95 | 16 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3 | George Morrison | 25 | LW | 73 | 40 | 38 | 78 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Murray Heatley | 25 | LW | 71 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Ted Hampson | 37 | C | 77 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Jim Johnson | 31 | LW | 71 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Mike Antonovich | 22 | C | 68 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 8 | John Arbour | 28 | D | 77 | 6 | 43 | 49 | 192 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Bob MacMillan | 21 | C | 78 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 81 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Steve Cardwell | 23 | LW | 77 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 100 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Mike McMahon | 32 | D | 71 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Rick Smith | 25 | D | 71 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 98 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Keith Christiansen | 29 | C | 74 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Terry Ball | 29 | D | 71 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Rob Walton | 24 | C | 45 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Gord Gallant | 23 | LW | 72 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 223 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Bill Klatt | 26 | RW | 65 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Bob Boyd | 22 | D | 41 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 19 | Dick Paradise | 28 | D | 67 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Mike Curran | 29 | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2382 | 59:33 | |||||||||
| 21 | John Garrett | 22 | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2290 | 57:15 | |||||||||
| 22 | Jack McCartan | 38 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 21:00 | |||||||||
| 23 | Blaine Rydman | 24 | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 332 | 570 | 902 | 1211 | 251 | 61 | 20 | 44 | ||||||||||||||
MFS Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Mike Curran | 29 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 130 | 3.27 | 2 | 2382 | 82 | 28.1 | |||||||
| 2 | John Garrett | 22 | 40 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 137 | 3.59 | 1 | 2290 | 88 | 17.8 | |||||||
| 3 | Jack McCartan | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.14 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 44 | 32 | 2 | 272 | 3.46 | 3 | 4714 | ||||||||||||
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