1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 New York Golden Blades - Jersey Knights

Jersey Knights, 1973-74 (Click to enlarge)

Jersey Knights Bench Scene (Click to enlarge)

Record: 32-42-4, 68 pts
Finish: 6th, East
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: Camille Henry (6-12-2), Harry Howell (26-30-2)

New York's Devolving Golden Blades
Blades Depart Garden for Greener Pastures in Jersey

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 6	@ Cleveland	2-2	T	0-0-1	1	2-2	40.	Jan 7	Vancouver	4-5	L	17-21-2	36	109-136
2.	Oct 9	@ Toronto	3-3	T	0-0-2	2	5-5	41.	Jan 13	@ Toronto	2-7	L	17-22-2	36	111-143
3.	Oct 11	Chicago	3-4	L	0-1-2	2	8-9	42.	Jan 16	@ New England	2-4	L	17-23-2	36	113-147
4.	Oct 14	New England	*1-2	L	0-2-2	2	9-11	43.	Jan 18	@ Edmonton	4-7	L	17-24-2	36	117-154
5.	Oct 18	Winnipeg	1-6	L	0-3-2	2	10-17	44.	Jan 19	@ Vancouver	*5-4	W	18-24-2	38	122-158
6.	Oct 20	@ Quebec	1-8	L	0-4-2	2	11-25	45.	Jan 20	@ Winnipeg	3-9	L	18-25-2	38	125-167
7.	Oct 21	Quebec	4-3	W	1-4-2	4	15-28	46.	Jan 22	@ Edmonton	6-2	W	19-25-2	40	131-169
8.	Oct 22	@ New England	1-4	L	1-5-2	4	16-32	47.	Jan 23	@ Minnesota	4-1	W	20-25-2	42	135-170
9.	Oct 24	Minnesota	5-2	W	2-5-2	6	21-34	48.	Jan 27	Los Angeles	3-6	L	20-26-2	42	138-176
10.	Oct 25	New England	3-8	L	2-6-2	6	24-42	49.	Jan 29	Toronto	6-1	W	21-26-2	44	144-177
11.	Oct 28	Los Angeles	0-2	L	2-7-2	6	24-44	50.	Jan 31	New England	4-1	W	22-26-2	46	148-178
12.	Nov 2	@ Winnipeg	1-3	L	2-8-2	6	25-47	51.	Feb 3	@ Quebec	3-5	L	22-27-2	46	151-183
13.	Nov 3	@ Vancouver	4-0	W	3-8-2	8	29-47	52.	Feb 4	Houston	1-7	L	22-28-2	46	152-190
14.	Nov 4	@ Vancouver	4-3	W	4-8-2	10	33-50	53.	Feb 5	@ Houston	0-4	L	22-29-2	46	152-194
15.	Nov 6	@ Edmonton	0-8	L	4-9-2	10	33-58	54.	Feb 7	@ Los Angeles	7-4	W	23-29-2	48	159-198
16.	Nov 7	@ Minnesota	1-10	L	4-10-2	10	34-68	55.	Feb 9	@ Chicago	2-5	L	23-30-2	48	161-203
17.	Nov 10	Quebec	4-3	W	5-10-2	12	38-71	56.	Feb 10	Toronto	4-5	L	23-31-2	48	165-208
18.	Nov 12	@ New England	*2-3	L	5-11-2	12	40-74	57.	Feb 14	Toronto	2-5	L	23-32-2	48	167-213
19.	Nov 17	Houston	2-3	L	5-12-2	12	42-77	58.	Feb 15	Cleveland	6-2	W	24-32-2	50	173-215
20.	Nov 18	Chicago	5-3	W	6-12-2	14	47-80	59.	Feb 17	Quebec	10-3	W	25-32-2	52	183-218
21.	Nov 25	Quebec	3-1	W	7-12-2	16	50-81	60.	Feb 18	Chicago	4-3	W	26-32-2	54	187-221
22.	Nov 26	@ New England	2-4	L	7-13-2	16	52-85	61.	Feb 20	@ Houston	2-7	L	26-33-2	54	189-228
23.	Nov 29	Edmonton	2-3	L	7-14-2	16	54-88	62.	Feb 24	@ Quebec	4-7	L	26-34-2	54	193-235
24.	Dec 2	Minnesota	2-1	W	8-14-2	18	56-89	63.	Feb 28	New England	3-3	T	26-34-3	55	196-238
25.	Dec 5	@ Houston	2-5	L	8-15-2	18	58-94	64.	Mar 2	Los Angeles	8-7	W	27-34-3	57	204-245
26.	Dec 6	Cleveland	3-2	W	9-15-2	20	61-96	65.	Mar 4	Vancouver	*7-6	W	28-34-3	59	211-251
27.	Dec 8	@ Chicago	3-1	W	10-15-2	22	64-97	66.	Mar 8	New England	2-7	L	28-35-3	59	213-258
28.	Dec 9	@ Winnipeg	1-3	L	10-16-2	22	65-100	67.	Mar 10	@ Quebec	2-5	L	28-36-3	59	215-263
29.	Dec 12	@ Cleveland	4-2	W	11-16-2	24	69-102	68.	Mar 11	Winnipeg	10-2	W	29-36-3	61	225-265
30.	Dec 14	@ New England	1-3	L	11-17-2	24	70-105	69.	Mar 15	Minnesota	5-3	W	30-36-3	63	230-268
31.	Dec 16	Edmonton	6-7	L	11-18-2	24	76-112	70.	Mar 16	@ Cleveland	4-4	T	30-36-4	64	234-272
32.	Dec 18	@ Toronto	1-4	L	11-19-2	24	77-116	71.	Mar 18	Toronto	11-5	W	31-36-4	66	245-277
33.	Dec 21	Chicago	5-1	W	12-19-2	26	82-117	72.	Mar 20	@ Los Angeles	8-5	W	32-36-4	68	253-282
34.	Dec 23	Winnipeg	6-3	W	13-19-2	28	88-120	73.	Mar 23	@ Chicago	1-4	L	32-37-4	68	254-286
35.	Dec 28	Vancouver	5-3	W	14-19-2	30	93-123	74.	Mar 25	Edmonton	1-4	L	32-38-4	68	255-290
36.	Dec 29	@ Cleveland	0-3	L	14-20-2	30	93-126	75.	Mar 27	@ Minnesota	4-6	L	32-39-4	68	259-296
37.	Dec 30	Cleveland	6-2	W	15-20-2	32	99-128	76.	Mar 31	Cleveland	2-4	L	32-40-4	68	261-300
38.	Jan 5	Houston	2-1	W	16-20-2	34	101-129	77.	Apr 2	@ Chicago	3-7	L	32-41-4	68	264-307
39.	Jan 6	@ Toronto	4-2	W	17-20-2	36	105-131	78.	Apr 4	@ Los Angeles	4-6	L	32-42-4	68	268-313

As New York (October 6 to November 18, 1973): 6-12-2, 14 points, 47 gf, 80 ga
As Jersey (November 25, 1973 to April 4, 1974): 26-30-2, 54 points, 221 gf, 233 ga

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	28	Barber, Butch	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	17	Block, Ken	74	3	43	46	22	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Boylan, Dean	61	1	5	6	112	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	14	Bradley, Brian	78	15	23	38	12	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
D	26	Brown, Bob	59	7	13	20	38	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	22	Chartre, Claude	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	9	Ferguson, Norm	75	15	21	36	12	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	21	Herriman, Don	44	11	21	32	59	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Howell, Harry	65	3	23	26	24	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	19	Inglis, Lee	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	10	Jones, Bob	78	17	28	45	20	6	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	36	Junkin, Joe	53	0	1	1	7	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Kurt, Gary	20	0	1	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	7	Lacroix, Andre	78	31	80	111	54	11	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	23	Larose, Ray	18	0	1	1	20	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	18	Laughton, Mike	71	20	18	38	34	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	McLeod, Jim	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	15	Morenz, Brian	75	20	30	50	44	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Morrison, Kevin	78	24	43	67	132	5	2	-	-	-	-	-
LW	25	Peacosh, Gene	68	21	32	53	17	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	19	Perry, Brian	71	20	11	31	19	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
C	8	Peters, Garry	34	2	5	7	18	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	11	Reichmuth, Craig	72	10	8	18	114	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	12	Rivers, Wayne	73	30	27	57	20	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	20	Scharf, Ted	63	4	2	6	107	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	6	Sheehan, Bobby	50	12	8	20	8	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	24	Speer, Bill	66	1	3	4	30	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Winograd, Bob	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Junkin, Joe	53	3122	197	3	1	21-25-4	3.79	1762	0.888	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt, Gary	20	1089	75	1	0	8-10-0	4.13	566	0.867	-	-	-	-	-
McLeod, Jim	10	517	36	1	0	3-7-0	4.18	296	0.878	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Ron Ward and Peter Donnelly traded to Philadelphia/Vancouver for Andre Lacroix and Don Herriman, May 1973
• Butch Barber acquired in trade with Chicago for Wally Olds, May 1973
• Harry Howell signed to contract, Jul 1973
• Jim McLeod traded to Los Angeles for Earl Heiskala and Russ Gillow, Jan 1974 (McLeod's rights purchased by New York from Chicago, Jul 1973). Heiskala refused to report and was suspended
• Bobby Sheehan traded to Edmonton for future considerations (Bob Falkenberg), Mar 1974

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	4-4-0	26-28	3-1-0	17-11	1-3-0	9-17
Cleveland	4-2-2	27-21	3-1-0	17-10	1-1-2	10-11
Edmonton	1-5-0	19-31	0-3-0	9-14	1-2-0	10-17
Houston	1-5-0	9-27	1-2-0	5-11	0-3-0	4-16
Los Angeles	3-3-0	30-30	1-2-0	11-15	2-1-0	19-15
Minnesota	4-2-0	21-23	3-0-0	12-6	1-2-0	9-17
New England	1-8-1	21-39	1-3-1	13-21	0-5-0	8-18
Quebec	4-4-0	31-35	4-0-0	21-10	0-4-0	10-25
Toronto	3-4-1	33-32	2-2-0	23-16	1-2-1	10-16
Vancouver	5-1-0	29-21	2-1-0	16-14	3-0-0	13-7
Winnipeg	2-4-0	22-26	2-1-0	17-11	0-3-0	5-15
October	2-7-2	24-44	2-5-0	17-27	0-2-2	7-17
November	5-7-0	30-44	3-2-0	16-13	2-5-0	14-31
December	8-6-0	45-40	6-1-0	33-19	2-5-0	12-21
January	7-6-0	49-50	3-2-0	19-14	4-4-0	30-36
February	4-8-1	48-60	3-3-1	30-28	1-5-0	18-32
March	6-6-1	65-62	5-3-0	46-38	1-3-1	19-24
April	0-2-0	7-13	0-0-0	0-0	0-2-0	7-13

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