1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 Houston Aeros

Record: 48-25-5, 101 pts
Finish: 1st, West
Playoffs: Won AVCO Cup Championship
Coach: Bill Dineen

Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1.	Oct 13	@ Los Angeles	4-3	W	1-0-0	2	4-3	40.	Jan 16	Toronto	4-1	W	23-13-4	50	160-109
2.	Oct 14	@ Edmonton	2-5	L	1-1-0	2	6-8	41.	Jan 17	Vancouver	7-4	W	24-13-4	52	167-113
3.	Oct 17	@ Vancouver	7-2	W	2-1-0	4	13-10	42.	Jan 19	Los Angeles	2-3	L	24-14-4	52	169-116
4.	Oct 21	Cleveland	0-2	L	2-2-0	4	13-12	43.	Jan 22	Los Angeles	3-1	W	25-14-4	54	172-117
5.	Oct 24	Los Angeles	6-2	W	3-2-0	6	19-14	44.	Jan 24	Quebec	5-1	W	26-14-4	56	177-118
6.	Oct 27	@ Cleveland	2-2	T	3-2-1	7	21-16	45.	Jan 26	@ Vancouver	4-2	W	27-14-4	58	181-120
7.	Oct 28	Quebec	2-3	L	3-3-1	7	23-19	46.	Jan 27	@ Edmonton	4-1	W	28-14-4	60	185-121
8.	Oct 30	Minnesota	6-1	W	4-3-1	9	29-20	47.	Jan 30	@ Cleveland	1-5	L	28-15-4	60	186-126
9.	Nov 3	Los Angeles	6-4	W	5-3-1	11	35-24	48.	Jan 31	@ Quebec	4-6	L	28-16-4	60	190-132
10.	Nov 7	Toronto	4-5	L	5-4-1	11	39-29	49.	Feb 2	@ New England	2-5	L	28-17-4	60	192-137
11.	Nov 10	Vancouver	8-3	W	6-4-1	13	47-32	50.	Feb 4	@ Jersey	7-1	W	29-17-4	62	199-138
12.	Nov 13	@ Minnesota	5-2	W	7-4-1	15	52-34	51.	Feb 5	Jersey	4-0	W	30-17-4	64	203-138
13.	Nov 15	@ Chicago	2-3	L	7-5-1	15	54-37	52.	Feb 8	@ Edmonton	6-2	W	31-17-4	66	209-140
14.	Nov 17	@ New York	3-2	W	8-5-1	17	57-39	53.	Feb 10	@ Winnipeg	2-2	T	31-17-5	67	211-142
15.	Nov 18	@ Quebec	3-8	L	8-6-1	17	60-47	54.	Feb 12	@ Minnesota	3-1	W	32-17-5	69	214-143
16.	Nov 21	New England	4-1	W	9-6-1	19	64-48	55.	Feb 13	Winnipeg	5-1	W	33-17-5	71	219-144
17.	Nov 24	Chicago	5-3	W	10-6-1	21	69-51	56.	Feb 15	@ Los Angeles	6-4	W	34-17-5	73	225-148
18.	Nov 25	Edmonton	2-1	W	11-6-1	23	71-52	57.	Feb 17	Minnesota	1-6	L	34-18-5	73	226-154
19.	Nov 28	Winnipeg	4-4	T	11-6-2	24	75-56	58.	Feb 20	Jersey	7-2	W	35-18-5	75	233-156
20.	Nov 29	@ New England	2-5	L	11-7-2	24	77-61	59.	Feb 23	Edmonton	5-2	W	36-18-5	77	238-158
21.	Dec 1	@ Quebec	3-3	T	11-7-3	25	80-64	60.	Feb 24	Vancouver	7-1	W	37-18-5	79	245-159
22.	Dec 2	@ Toronto	2-5	L	11-8-3	25	82-69	61.	Feb 26	Vancouver	3-2	W	38-18-5	81	248-161
23.	Dec 5	Jersey	5-2	W	12-8-3	27	87-71	62.	Feb 28	@ Chicago	9-4	W	39-18-5	83	257-165
24.	Dec 6	@ Los Angeles	3-4	L	12-9-3	27	90-75	63.	Mar 1	@ Edmonton	2-5	L	39-19-5	83	259-170
25.	Dec 9	@ Vancouver	5-3	W	13-9-3	29	95-78	64.	Mar 3	New England	3-6	L	39-20-5	83	262-176
26.	Dec 12	@ Winnipeg	3-2	W	14-9-3	31	98-80	65.	Mar 6	Edmonton	2-4	L	39-21-5	83	264-180
27.	Dec 14	@ Minnesota	5-2	W	15-9-3	33	103-82	66.	Mar 9	Toronto	4-2	W	40-21-5	85	268-182
28.	Dec 15	@ Chicago	2-5	L	15-10-3	33	105-87	67.	Mar 12	Minnesota	3-2	W	41-21-5	87	271-184
29.	Dec 16	Cleveland	2-2	T	15-10-4	34	107-89	68.	Mar 14	@ Los Angeles	6-0	W	42-21-5	89	277-184
30.	Dec 19	Winnipeg	10-0	W	16-10-4	36	117-89	69.	Mar 17	Cleveland	4-3	W	43-21-5	91	281-187
31.	Dec 21	@ Toronto	1-3	L	16-11-4	36	118-92	70.	Mar 20	@ Cleveland	5-4	W	44-21-5	93	286-191
32.	Dec 22	Los Angeles	8-3	W	17-11-4	38	126-95	71.	Mar 21	@ Toronto	3-6	L	44-22-5	93	289-197
33.	Dec 26	New England	*2-3	L	17-12-4	38	128-98	72.	Mar 22	@ Winnipeg	4-2	W	45-22-5	95	293-199
34.	Dec 29	Chicago	3-0	W	18-12-4	40	131-98	73.	Mar 24	Minnesota	3-5	L	45-23-5	95	296-204
35.	Dec 30	@ Los Angeles	6-4	W	19-12-4	42	137-102	74.	Mar 27	@ Vancouver	8-1	W	46-23-5	97	304-205
36.	Jan 5	@ Jersey	1-2	L	19-13-4	42	138-104	75.	Mar 29	@ Winnipeg	5-7	L	46-24-5	97	309-212
37.	Jan 6	Winnipeg	7-1	W	20-13-4	44	145-105	76.	Mar 31	@ Minnesota	2-5	L	46-25-5	97	311-217
38.	Jan 8	Edmonton	6-2	W	21-13-4	46	151-107	77.	Apr 1	@ New England	4-1	W	47-25-5	99	315-218
39.	Jan 12	Quebec	5-1	W	22-13-4	48	156-108	78.	Apr 3	Chicago	3-1	W	48-25-5	101	318-219

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
G	29	Grahame, Ron	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	21	Grierson, Don	65	11	18	29	45	0	0	14	1	5	6	23
D	17	Hale, Larry	69	2	14	16	35	0	0	14	3	2	5	6
C	11	Hall, Murray	78	30	28	58	25	8	2	14	9	6	15	6
LW	16	Hinse, Andre	69	24	56	80	39	10	0	14	8	9	17	18
C	12	Hoekstra, Ed	19	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	9	Howe, Gordie	76	31	69	100	46	9	3	13	3	14	17	34
D/F	4	Howe, Mark	76	38	41	79	20	5	5	14	9	10	19	4
D	3	Howe, Marty	73	4	20	24	90	0	0	14	1	5	6	31
LW	7	Hughes, Frank	73	42	42	84	47	13	0	14	9	5	14	9
D	5	Kannegiesser, Gord	78	0	20	20	26	0	0	3	0	2	2	2
C	10	Labossiere, Gord	67	19	36	55	30	4	0	14	7	9	16	20
C	13	Lund, Larry	75	33	53	86	109	7	2	14	9	14	23	56
G	1	McLeod, Don	49	0	3	3	6	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
D	6	Popiel, Poul	78	7	41	48	126	1	0	14	1	14	15	22
D	22	Prentice, Bill	55	1	2	3	35	0	0	10	0	0	0	5
G	30	Rutledge, Wayne	25	0	1	1	14	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Schella, John	73	12	19	31	170	0	2	14	2	6	8	42
C	23	Sherrit, Jim	76	30	28	58	18	4	0	14	5	7	12	2
LW	18	Stanfield, Jack	41	1	3	4	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	2
C	8	Szura, Joe	42	8	7	15	4	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
LW	14	Taylor, Ted	75	21	23	44	143	1	3	14	4	8	12	60
LW	25	Williamson, Gary	9	2	6	8	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Grahame, Ron	4	250	5	0	1	3-0-1	1.20	123	0.959	-	-	-	-	-
McLeod, Don	49	2971	127	3	3	33-13-3	2.56	1432	0.911	14	842	35	12-2	2.49
Rutledge, Wayne	25	1509	84	0	0	12-12-1	3.34	653	0.886	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Mark Howe and Marty Howe signed to contracts, Jun 1973
• Gordie Howe signed to contract, Jul 1973
• Rights to Ron Grahame acquired from New York, Jul 1973
• Andre Hinse signed to contract, Sep 1973
• Brian McDonald traded to Los Angeles for Joe Szura, Sep 1973

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	4-2-0	24-16	3-0-0	11-4	1-2-0	13-12
Cleveland	2-2-2	14-18	1-1-1	6-7	1-1-1	8-11
Edmonton	5-3-0	29-22	3-1-0	15-9	2-2-0	14-13
Los Angeles	8-2-0	50-28	4-1-0	25-13	4-1-0	25-15
Minnesota	5-3-0	28-24	2-2-0	13-14	3-1-0	15-10
New England	2-4-0	17-21	1-2-0	9-10	1-2-0	8-11
New York-Jersey	5-1-0	27-9	3-0-0	16-4	2-1-0	11-5
Quebec	2-3-1	22-22	2-1-0	12-5	0-2-1	10-17
Toronto	2-4-0	18-22	2-1-0	12-8	0-3-0	6-14
Vancouver	8-0-0	49-18	4-0-0	25-10	4-0-0	24-8
Winnipeg	5-1-2	40-19	3-0-1	26-6	2-1-1	14-13
October	4-3-1	29-20	2-2-0	14-8	2-1-1	15-12
November	7-4-1	48-41	5-1-1	33-21	2-3-0	15-20
December	8-5-2	60-41	4-1-1	30-10	4-4-1	30-31
January	9-4-0	53-30	7-1-0	39-14	2-3-0	14-16
February	11-2-1	67-33	6-1-0	32-14	5-1-1	35-19
March	7-7-0	54-52	3-3-0	19-22	4-4-0	35-30
April	2-0-0	7-2	1-0-0	3-1	1-0-0	4-1

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