1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 Minnesota Fighting Saints

Record: 44-32-2, 90 pts
Finish: 2nd, West
Playoffs: Lost in second round to Houston
Coach: Harry Neale (42-32-2), Jack McCartan (2-0-0)

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 12	Vancouver	5-4	W	1-0-0	2	5-4	40.	Jan 9	Edmonton	4-6	L	20-19-1	41	148-147
2.	Oct 14	@ Toronto	5-2	W	2-0-0	4	10-6	41.	Jan 12	Toronto	8-6	W	21-19-1	43	156-153
3.	Oct 15	@ New England	3-3	T	2-0-1	5	13-9	42.	Jan 13	@ Cleveland	2-4	L	21-20-1	43	158-157
4.	Oct 19	New England	1-0	W	3-0-1	7	14-9	43.	Jan 15	@ Edmonton	1-4	L	21-21-1	43	159-161
5.	Oct 21	@ Winnipeg	*1-2	L	3-1-1	7	15-11	44.	Jan 19	@ New England	2-5	L	21-22-1	43	161-166
6.	Oct 24	@ New York	2-5	L	3-2-1	7	17-16	45.	Jan 20	@ Quebec	*4-5	L	21-23-1	43	165-171
7.	Oct 26	Quebec	4-5	L	3-3-1	7	21-21	46.	Jan 23	Jersey	1-4	L	21-24-1	43	166-175
8.	Oct 27	Winnipeg	5-2	W	4-3-1	9	26-23	47.	Jan 25	Chicago	6-2	W	22-24-1	45	172-177
9.	Oct 30	@ Houston	1-6	L	4-4-1	9	27-29	48.	Jan 27	Winnipeg	12-2	W	23-24-1	47	184-179
10.	Nov 2	@ Los Angeles	5-1	W	5-4-1	11	32-30	49.	Feb 2	@ Cleveland	4-2	W	24-24-1	49	188-181
11.	Nov 4	@ Edmonton	3-4	L	5-5-1	11	35-34	50.	Feb 3	@ Toronto	4-5	L	24-25-1	49	192-186
12.	Nov 7	New York	10-1	W	6-5-1	13	45-35	51.	Feb 5	Cleveland	4-1	W	25-25-1	51	196-187
13.	Nov 9	Vancouver	3-1	W	7-5-1	15	48-36	52.	Feb 6	Chicago	7-2	W	26-25-1	53	203-189
14.	Nov 11	Cleveland	6-4	W	8-5-1	17	54-40	53.	Feb 8	@ Winnipeg	4-3	W	27-25-1	55	207-192
15.	Nov 13	Houston	2-5	L	8-6-1	17	56-45	54.	Feb 10	@ New England	5-2	W	28-25-1	57	212-194
16.	Nov 15	@ Vancouver	5-7	L	8-7-1	17	61-52	55.	Feb 12	Houston	1-3	L	28-26-1	57	213-197
17.	Nov 18	@ Edmonton	5-2	W	9-7-1	19	66-54	56.	Feb 13	Edmonton	7-4	W	29-26-1	59	220-201
18.	Nov 20	@ Los Angeles	2-6	L	9-8-1	19	68-60	57.	Feb 15	Winnipeg	7-1	W	30-26-1	61	227-202
19.	Nov 22	New England	7-5	W	10-8-1	21	75-65	58.	Feb 17	@ Houston	6-1	W	31-26-1	63	233-203
20.	Nov 25	Winnipeg	5-3	W	11-8-1	23	80-68	59.	Feb 22	@ Quebec	6-4	W	32-26-1	65	239-207
21.	Nov 28	@ Vancouver	3-5	L	11-9-1	23	83-73	60.	Feb 24	@ Cleveland	2-1	W	33-26-1	67	241-208
22.	Nov 30	Toronto	1-2	L	11-10-1	23	84-75	61.	Feb 27	Los Angeles	5-4	W	34-26-1	69	246-212
23.	Dec 2	@ Jersey	1-2	L	11-11-1	23	85-77	62.	Feb 28	Cleveland	6-6	T	34-26-2	70	252-218
24.	Dec 4	Los Angeles	9-2	W	12-11-1	25	94-79	63.	Mar 1	@ Winnipeg	4-0	W	35-26-2	72	256-218
25.	Dec 7	Vancouver	3-1	W	13-11-1	27	97-80	64.	Mar 3	Los Angeles	5-3	W	36-26-2	74	261-221
26.	Dec 8	Quebec	4-1	W	14-11-1	29	101-81	65.	Mar 6	New England	8-6	W	37-26-2	76	269-227
27.	Dec 9	@ Toronto	1-10	L	14-12-1	29	102-91	66.	Mar 9	Quebec	9-5	W	38-26-2	78	278-232
28.	Dec 11	@ Chicago	5-3	W	15-12-1	31	107-94	67.	Mar 10	@ Los Angeles	5-6	L	38-27-2	78	283-238
29.	Dec 14	Houston	2-5	L	15-13-1	31	109-99	68.	Mar 12	@ Houston	2-3	L	38-28-2	78	285-241
30.	Dec 16	@ Winnipeg	3-2	W	16-13-1	33	112-101	69.	Mar 14	@ Chicago	4-7	L	38-29-2	78	289-248
31.	Dec 19	@ Vancouver	4-2	W	17-13-1	35	116-103	70.	Mar 15	@ Jersey	3-5	L	38-30-2	78	292-253
32.	Dec 21	Los Angeles	4-3	W	18-13-1	37	120-106	71.	Mar 17	@ Quebec	5-3	W	39-30-2	80	297-256
33.	Dec 22	@ Cleveland	1-2	L	18-14-1	37	121-108	72.	Mar 19	@ Vancouver	4-5	L	39-31-2	80	301-261
34.	Dec 23	Cleveland	2-4	L	18-15-1	37	123-112	73.	Mar 22	@ Los Angeles	5-2	W	40-31-2	82	306-263
35.	Dec 27	@ Edmonton	5-4	W	19-15-1	39	128-116	74.	Mar 24	@ Houston	5-3	W	41-31-2	84	311-266
36.	Dec 29	Toronto	3-9	L	19-16-1	39	131-125	75.	Mar 27	Jersey	6-4	W	42-31-2	86	317-270
37.	Dec 30	Chicago	3-5	L	19-17-1	39	134-130	76.	Mar 29	Edmonton	1-3	L	42-32-2	86	318-273
38.	Jan 5	@ Chicago	6-5	W	20-17-1	41	140-135	77.	Mar 31	Houston	5-2	W	43-32-2	88	323-275
39.	Jan 6	Edmonton	4-6	L	20-18-1	41	144-141	78.	Apr 3	Vancouver	9-0	W	44-32-2	90	332-275

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
C	12	Antonovich, Mike	68	21	29	50	4	2	0	11	1	4	5	4
D	17	Arbour, John	77	6	43	49	192	0	0	11	3	6	9	27
D	21	Ball, Terry	71	8	28	36	34	4	0	11	1	2	3	6
D	24	Boyd, Bob	41	1	14	15	14	0	0	7	0	0	0	4
LW	33	Cardwell, Steve	77	23	23	46	100	1	1	10	0	0	0	20
C	6	Christiansen, Keith	74	11	25	36	36	4	0	10	0	1	1	2
RW	7	Connelly, Wayne	78	42	53	95	16	15	0	11	6	7	13	4
G	1	Curran, Mike	40	0	0	0	6	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
LW	16	Gallant, Gord	72	7	15	22	223	0	0	11	1	2	3	67
G	35	Garrett, John	40	0	0	0	10	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
LW	18	Goldthorpe, Bill	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	0	0	25
C	10	Hampson, Ted	77	17	38	55	9	2	4	11	4	4	8	8
RW	11	Heatley, Murray	71	26	32	58	23	3	0	10	1	0	1	2
C	20	Johnson, Jim	71	15	39	54	30	1	1	11	1	4	5	4
RW	8	Klatt, Bill	65	14	6	20	12	3	0	11	3	2	5	18
RW	14	MacMillan, Bob	78	14	34	48	81	3	0	11	2	3	5	4
G	30	McCartan, Jack	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	23	McMahon, Mike	71	10	35	45	82	1	3	11	1	7	8	9
LW	9	Morrison, George	73	40	38	78	37	12	1	11	5	5	10	12
D	2	Paradise, Dick	67	2	7	9	71	0	0	7	0	0	0	6
D	22	Rydman, Blaine	8	0	0	0	21	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Smith, Rick	71	10	28	38	98	0	1	11	0	1	1	22
C	4	Walton, Mike	78	57	60	117	88	9	9	11	10	8	18	16
C	5	Walton, Rob	45	8	23	31	24	1	0	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Curran, Mike	40	2382	130	2	2	23-14-2	3.27	1444	0.910	5	289	14	2-3	2.91
Garrett, John	40	2290	137	1	1	21-18-0	3.59	1414	0.903	7	372	25	4-2	4.03
McCartan, Jack	2	42	5	0	0	0-0-0	7.14	26	0.808	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Don Tannahill, Rick Smith, Steve Cardwell signed to contracts, May 1973
• Mike Walton and Rob Walton signed to contracts, Jun 1973
• Bob Boyd, Gary Gambucci, John Garrett signed to contracts, Jul 1973
• Gord Gallant signed to contract, Oct 1973
• Rob Walton traded to Vancouver for Jean Tetreault, Jan 1974
• Bill Goldthorpe signed to contract, April 1974

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	4-2-0	31-24	2-1-0	16-9	2-1-0	15-15
Cleveland	4-3-1	27-24	2-1-1	18-15	2-2-0	9-9
Edmonton	3-5-0	30-33	1-3-0	16-19	2-2-0	14-14
Houston	3-5-0	24-28	1-3-0	10-15	2-2-0	14-13
Los Angeles	6-2-0	40-27	4-0-0	23-12	2-2-0	17-15
New England	4-1-1	26-21	3-0-0	16-11	1-1-1	10-10
New York-Jersey	2-4-0	23-21	2-1-0	17-9	0-3-0	6-12
Quebec	4-2-0	32-23	2-1-0	17-11	1-2-0	15-12
Toronto	2-4-0	22-34	1-2-0	12-17	1-2-0	10-17
Vancouver	5-3-0	36-25	4-0-0	20-6	1-3-0	16-19
Winnipeg	7-1-0	41-15	4-0-0	29-8	3-1-0	12-7
October	4-4-1	27-29	3-1-0	15-11	1-3-1	12-18
November	7-6-0	57-46	5-2-0	34-21	2-4-0	23-25
December	8-7-0	50-55	4-4-0	30-30	4-3-0	20-25
January	4-7-0	50-49	3-3-0	35-26	1-4-0	15-23
February	11-2-1	68-39	5-1-1	37-21	6-1-0	31-18
March	9-6-0	71-57	5-1-0	34-23	4-5-0	37-34
April	1-0-0	9-0	1-0-0	9-0	0-0-0	0-0

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