1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 New England Whalers

Record: 43-31-4, 90 pts
Finish: 1st, East
Playoffs: Lost in first round to Chicago
Coach: Jack Kelley

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 7	@ Quebec	2-4	L	0-1-0	0	2-4	40.	Jan 8	Toronto	2-3	L	23-16-1	47	144-126
2.	Oct 9	Quebec	3-2	W	1-1-0	2	5-6	41.	Jan 10	@ Toronto	6-6	T	23-16-2	48	150-132
3.	Oct 13	Chicago	6-4	W	2-1-0	4	11-10	42.	Jan 13	Los Angeles	9-6	W	24-16-2	50	159-138
4.	Oct 14	@ New York	*2-1	W	3-1-0	6	13-11	43.	Jan 16	Jersey	4-2	W	25-16-2	52	163-140
5.	Oct 15	Minnesota	3-3	T	3-1-1	7	16-14	44.	Jan 17	Chicago	2-5	L	25-17-2	52	165-145
6.	Oct 17	Winnipeg	1-3	L	3-2-1	7	17-17	45.	Jan 19	Minnesota	5-2	W	26-17-2	54	170-147
7.	Oct 19	@ Minnesota	0-1	L	3-3-1	7	17-18	46.	Jan 20	@ Toronto	4-8	L	26-18-2	54	174-155
8.	Oct 21	@ Toronto	4-3	W	4-3-1	9	21-21	47.	Jan 22	@ Chicago	3-5	L	26-19-2	54	177-160
9.	Oct 22	New York	4-1	W	5-3-1	11	25-22	48.	Jan 26	Cleveland	4-0	W	27-19-2	56	181-160
10.	Oct 25	@ New York	8-3	W	6-3-1	13	33-25	49.	Jan 28	Vancouver	6-4	W	28-19-2	58	187-164
11.	Oct 27	Los Angeles	3-1	W	7-3-1	15	36-26	50.	Jan 31	@ Jersey	1-4	L	28-20-2	58	188-168
12.	Nov 3	Toronto	4-5	L	7-4-1	15	40-31	51.	Feb 2	Houston	5-2	W	29-20-2	60	193-170
13.	Nov 4	Cleveland	7-5	W	8-4-1	17	47-36	52.	Feb 3	@ Cleveland	1-3	L	29-21-2	60	194-173
14.	Nov 7	Winnipeg	9-2	W	9-4-1	19	56-38	53.	Feb 6	Quebec	0-3	L	29-22-2	60	194-176
15.	Nov 10	Edmonton	3-6	L	9-5-1	19	59-44	54.	Feb 8	@ Cleveland	4-2	W	30-22-2	62	198-178
16.	Nov 11	@ Quebec	2-3	L	9-6-1	19	61-47	55.	Feb 10	Minnesota	2-5	L	30-23-2	62	200-183
17.	Nov 12	New York	*3-2	W	10-6-1	21	64-49	56.	Feb 13	@ Vancouver	4-9	L	30-24-2	62	204-192
18.	Nov 15	@ Quebec	5-3	W	11-6-1	23	69-52	57.	Feb 15	@ Edmonton	7-3	W	31-24-2	64	211-195
19.	Nov 17	Quebec	4-10	L	11-7-1	23	73-62	58.	Feb 17	@ Winnipeg	*3-2	W	32-24-2	66	214-197
20.	Nov 18	@ Los Angeles	5-2	W	12-7-1	25	78-64	59.	Feb 20	@ Los Angeles	2-4	L	32-25-2	66	216-201
21.	Nov 21	@ Houston	1-4	L	12-8-1	25	79-68	60.	Feb 23	@ Chicago	3-0	W	33-25-2	68	219-201
22.	Nov 22	@ Minnesota	5-7	L	12-9-1	25	84-75	61.	Feb 24	@ Toronto	0-2	L	33-26-2	68	219-203
23.	Nov 26	Jersey	4-2	W	13-9-1	27	88-77	62.	Feb 27	Toronto	5-3	W	34-26-2	70	224-206
24.	Nov 29	Houston	5-2	W	14-9-1	29	93-79	63.	Feb 28	@ Jersey	3-3	T	34-26-3	71	227-209
25.	Dec 2	Chicago	4-3	W	15-9-1	31	97-82	64.	Mar 2	Vancouver	7-1	W	35-26-3	73	234-210
26.	Dec 8	@ Cleveland	*1-2	L	15-10-1	31	98-84	65.	Mar 3	@ Houston	6-3	W	36-26-3	75	240-213
27.	Dec 9	Cleveland	3-2	W	16-10-1	33	101-86	66.	Mar 5	@ Chicago	3-2	W	37-26-3	77	243-215
28.	Dec 12	Toronto	8-6	W	17-10-1	35	109-92	67.	Mar 6	@ Minnesota	6-8	L	37-27-3	77	249-223
29.	Dec 14	Jersey	3-1	W	18-10-1	37	112-93	68.	Mar 8	@ Jersey	7-2	W	38-27-3	79	256-225
30.	Dec 16	Chicago	2-3	L	18-11-1	37	114-96	69.	Mar 12	@ Chicago	3-5	L	38-28-3	79	259-230
31.	Dec 19	Edmonton	4-2	W	19-11-1	39	118-98	70.	Mar 14	@ Vancouver	6-3	W	39-28-3	81	265-233
32.	Dec 22	Winnipeg	0-2	L	19-12-1	39	118-100	71.	Mar 15	@ Edmonton	6-2	W	40-28-3	83	271-235
33.	Dec 24	Vancouver	*5-4	W	20-12-1	41	123-104	72.	Mar 17	@ Winnipeg	1-10	L	40-29-3	83	272-245
34.	Dec 26	@ Houston	*3-2	W	21-12-1	43	126-106	73.	Mar 20	Edmonton	2-2	T	40-29-4	84	274-247
35.	Dec 27	@ Los Angeles	5-1	W	22-12-1	45	131-107	74.	Mar 24	@ Quebec	3-4	L	40-30-4	84	277-251
36.	Dec 29	@ Edmonton	2-6	L	22-13-1	45	133-113	75.	Mar 27	Los Angeles	7-1	W	41-30-4	86	284-252
37.	Dec 30	@ Vancouver	*5-6	L	22-14-1	45	138-119	76.	Mar 28	Cleveland	3-2	W	42-30-4	88	287-254
38.	Jan 4	@ Winnipeg	4-3	W	23-14-1	47	142-122	77.	Mar 31	Quebec	*3-2	W	43-30-4	90	290-256
39.	Jan 5	@ Cleveland	0-1	L	23-15-1	47	142-123	78.	Apr 1	Houston	1-4	L	43-31-4	90	291-260

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
G	30	Berglund, Bill	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	22	Blackburn, Don	75	20	39	59	18	9	0	7	2	4	6	4
RW	21	Byers, Mike	78	29	21	50	6	4	0	7	2	4	6	12
LW	18	Charlebois, Bob	74	4	7	11	6	0	2	7	0	0	0	4
LW	17	Cunniff, John	30	7	5	12	14	0	0	5	1	1	2	6
C	12	Danby, John	72	2	2	4	6	0	0	7	1	0	1	0
D	10	Dorey, Jim	77	6	40	46	134	0	0	6	0	6	6	26
RW	27	Earl, Tom	78	10	10	20	29	2	0	7	0	2	2	2
LW	11	French, John	77	24	48	72	31	5	1	7	4	2	6	2
D	6	Green, Ted	75	7	26	33	42	3	0	7	0	4	4	7
C	16	Harris, Hugh	75	24	28	52	78	1	0	3	0	0	0	0
D	5	Hurley, Paul	52	3	11	14	21	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	20/23	Jordan, Ric	34	0	3	3	14	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	14	Karlander, Al	77	20	41	61	46	4	0	7	1	3	4	2
D	20	Keeler, Mike	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
G	30	Landon, Bruce	24	0	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
D	2	Ley, Rick	72	6	35	41	148	3	0	7	1	5	6	18
C	4	Pleau, Larry	77	26	43	69	35	6	0	2	2	0	2	0
D	3	Selwood, Brad	76	9	28	37	91	0	0	7	0	2	2	11
RW	15	Sheehy, Tim	77	29	29	58	22	2	0	7	4	2	6	4
G	1	Smith, Al	55	0	3	3	33	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
RW	19	Smith, Guy	16	1	5	6	25	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	8	Webster, Tom	64	43	27	70	28	5	0	3	5	0	5	7
C	9	Williams, Tom	70	21	37	58	6	3	0	4	0	3	3	10

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Berglund, Bill	3	180	10	0	0	2-1-0	3.33	87	0.885	-	-	-	-	-
Landon, Bruce	24	1386	82	0	0	11-9-2	3.55	692	0.882	1	40	3	0-0	4.50
Smith, Al	55	3194	164	4	2	30-21-2	3.08	1569	0.895	7	399	21	3-4	3.16

Transactions

• Don Blackburn, Hugh Harris, Al Karlander signed to contracts, Jun 1973
• Brit Selby traded to Toronto for Bob Charlebois, Jul 1973

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	4-4-0	26-27	2-2-0	14-15	2-2-0	12-12
Cleveland	5-3-0	23-17	4-0-0	17-9	1-3-0	6-8
Edmonton	3-2-1	24-21	1-1-1	9-10	2-1-0	15-11
Houston	4-2-0	21-17	2-1-0	11-8	2-1-0	10-9
Los Angeles	5-1-0	31-15	3-0-0	19-8	2-1-0	12-7
Minnesota	1-4-1	21-26	1-1-1	10-10	0-3-0	11-16
New York-Jersey	8-1-1	39-21	5-0-0	18-8	3-1-1	21-13
Quebec	3-5-0	22-31	2-2-0	10-17	1-3-0	12-14
Toronto	3-4-1	33-36	2-2-0	19-17	1-2-1	14-19
Vancouver	4-2-0	33-27	3-0-0	18-9	1-2-0	15-18
Winnipeg	3-3-0	18-22	1-2-0	10-7	2-1-0	8-15
October	7-3-1	36-26	4-1-1	20-14	3-2-0	16-12
November	7-6-0	57-53	5-3-0	39-34	2-3-0	18-19
December	8-5-0	45-40	6-2-0	29-23	2-3-0	16-17
January	6-5-1	50-49	5-1-0	32-22	1-4-1	18-27
February	6-6-1	39-41	2-2-0	12-13	4-4-1	27-28
March	9-5-1	63-47	4-1-1	22-8	5-4-0	41-39
April	0-1-0	1-4	0-1-0	1-4	0-0-0	0-0

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