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1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 Toronto Toros

Record: 41-33-4, 86 pts
Finish: 2nd, East
Playoffs: Lost in second round to Chicago
Coach: Bill Harris

1973-74 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 Chicago 4-4 T 0-0-1 1 4-4 40. Dec 30 Winnipeg 5-2 W 19-18-3 41 151-131
2. Oct 9 New York 3-3 T 0-0-2 2 7-7 41. Jan 1 Cleveland 3-0 W 20-18-3 43 154-131
3. Oct 11 Quebec 1-4 L 0-1-2 2 8-11 42. Jan 6 Jersey 2-4 L 20-19-3 43 156-135
4. Oct 14 Minnesota 2-5 L 0-2-2 2 10-16 43. Jan 8 @ New England 3-2 W 21-19-3 45 159-137
5. Oct 16 @ Los Angeles 3-0 W 1-2-2 4 13-16 44. Jan 10 New England• 6-6 T 21-19-4 46 165-143
6. Oct 18 @ Quebec 2-5 L 1-3-2 4 15-21 45. Jan 12 @ Minnesota 6-8 L 21-20-4 46 171-151
7. Oct 20 @ Cleveland 4-6 L 1-4-2 4 19-27 46. Jan 13 Jersey 7-2 W 22-20-4 48 178-153
8. Oct 21 New England 3-4 L 1-5-2 4 22-31 47. Jan 16 @ Houston 1-4 L 22-21-4 48 179-157
9. Oct 23 @ Edmonton 2-4 L 1-6-2 4 24-35 48. Jan 18 @ Los Angeles 1-4 L 22-22-4 48 180-161
10. Oct 24 @ Vancouver 7-4 W 2-6-2 6 31-39 49. Jan 20 New England 8-4 W 23-22-4 50 188-165
11. Oct 26 @ Winnipeg 3-3 T 2-6-3 7 34-42 50. Jan 24 Cleveland• 3-5 L 23-23-4 50 191-170
12. Oct 28 Chicago 2-3 L 2-7-3 7 36-45 51. Jan 27 Vancouver 9-7 W 24-23-4 52 200-177
13. Nov 3 @ New England 5-4 W 3-7-3 9 41-49 52. Jan 29 @ Jersey 1-6 L 24-24-4 52 201-183
14. Nov 4 Los Angeles 6-3 W 4-7-3 11 47-52 53. Jan 31 Los Angeles• *5-4 W 25-24-4 54 206-187
15. Nov 7 @ Houston 5-4 W 5-7-3 13 52-56 54. Feb 1 @ Quebec 1-2 L 25-25-4 54 207-189
16. Nov 9 @ Los Angeles 2-4 L 5-8-3 13 54-60 55. Feb 3 Minnesota 5-4 W 26-25-4 56 212-193
17. Nov 10 @ Chicago 2-3 L 5-9-3 13 56-63 56. Feb 9 @ Cleveland 3-4 L 26-26-4 56 215-197
18. Nov 11 Edmonton 2-4 L 5-10-3 13 58-67 57. Feb 10 @ Jersey 5-4 W 27-26-4 58 220-201
19. Nov 17 @ Chicago 2-5 L 5-11-3 13 60-72 58. Feb 12 Quebec• 6-4 W 28-26-4 60 226-205
20. Nov 18 Winnipeg 6-2 W 6-11-3 15 66-74 59. Feb 14 @ Jersey 5-2 W 29-26-4 62 231-207
21. Nov 22 @ Quebec 4-2 W 7-11-3 17 70-76 60. Feb 16 @ Chicago 5-4 W 30-26-4 64 236-211
22. Nov 24 @ Cleveland 1-2 L 7-12-3 17 71-78 61. Feb 17 @ Edmonton *2-3 L 30-27-4 64 238-214
23. Nov 25 Vancouver *3-2 W 8-12-3 19 74-80 62. Feb 19 @ Vancouver 5-4 W 31-27-4 66 243-218
24. Nov 27 Quebec• 3-1 W 9-12-3 21 77-81 63. Feb 22 @ Winnipeg 3-4 L 31-28-4 66 246-222
25. Nov 30 @ Minnesota 2-1 W 10-12-3 23 79-82 64. Feb 24 New England 2-0 W 32-28-4 68 248-222
26. Dec 2 Houston 5-2 W 11-12-3 25 84-84 65. Feb 27 @ New England 3-5 L 32-29-4 68 251-227
27. Dec 5 @ Vancouver 3-1 W 12-12-3 27 87-85 66. Feb 28 Winnipeg• 3-0 W 33-29-4 70 254-227
28. Dec 6 @ Edmonton 3-4 L 12-13-3 27 90-89 67. Mar 3 @ Chicago 5-4 W 34-29-4 72 259-231
29. Dec 7 @ Winnipeg 4-7 L 12-14-3 27 94-96 68. Mar 9 @ Houston 2-4 L 34-30-4 72 261-235
30. Dec 9 Minnesota 10-1 W 13-14-3 29 104-97 69. Mar 10 Cleveland 8-3 W 35-30-4 74 269-238
31. Dec 12 @ New England 6-8 L 13-15-3 29 110-105 70. Mar 14 Quebec• 2-3 L 35-31-4 74 271-241
32. Dec 13 Cleveland 3-1 W 14-15-3 31 113-106 71. Mar 17 Chicago 2-4 L 35-32-4 74 273-245
33. Dec 15 @ Cleveland 3-4 L 14-16-3 31 116-110 72. Mar 18 @ Jersey 5-11 L 35-33-4 74 278-256
34. Dec 16 Quebec 3-4 L 14-17-3 31 119-114 73. Mar 21 Houston• 6-3 W 36-33-4 76 284-259
35. Dec 18 Jersey 4-1 W 15-17-3 33 123-115 74. Mar 24 Vancouver 3-1 W 37-33-4 78 287-260
36. Dec 21 Houston 3-1 W 16-17-3 35 126-116 75. Mar 28 Edmonton• *6-5 W 38-33-4 80 293-265
37. Dec 22 @ Quebec 6-4 W 17-17-3 37 132-120 76. Mar 30 @ Quebec 3-1 W 39-33-4 82 296-266
38. Dec 23 Chicago 5-6 L 17-18-3 37 137-126 77. Mar 31 Los Angeles 5-4 W 40-33-4 84 301-270
39. Dec 29 @ Minnesota 9-3 W 18-18-3 39 146-129 78. Apr 2 Edmonton 3-2 W 41-33-4 86 304-272

• Home games played at Ottawa Civic Centre.

Player Scoring

pos. # Player gp g a pts pim ppg shg gp g a pts pim

D 5 Amodeo, Mike 77 0 11 11 82 0 0 12 0 2 2 26
G 30 Binkley, Les 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
G 29 Blum, Frank 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
D 2 Brewer, Carl 77 2 23 25 42 1 0 12 0 4 4 11
LW 9 Carleton, Wayne 78 37 55 92 31 5 0 12 2 12 14 4
D 4 Cuddie, Steve 74 5 18 23 65 0 0 8 1 4 5 14
D 3 Cunningham, Rick 75 2 19 21 88 1 0 11 0 4 4 31
C 18 Dillon, Wayne 71 30 35 65 13 7 0 12 5 6 11 9
LW 10 Dupras, Rich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
D 6 Gibbons, Brian 78 4 31 35 84 3 0 12 2 5 7 10
D 22 Gibbons, Gerard 26 1 4 5 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
LW 21 Gibson, Jack 61 16 9 25 60 4 0 12 1 3 4 11
G 33 Gratton, Gilles 57 0 4 4 28 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
LW 16 Hickey, Pat 78 26 29 55 52 3 4 12 3 3 6 12
G - Holden, Bill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
RW 12 King, Steve 67 14 22 36 26 4 0 12 0 3 3 11
C 11 Kirk, Gavin 78 20 48 68 44 3 0 12 2 4 6 4
LW 19 Leduc, Bob 61 22 29 51 29 4 0 12 4 6 10 42
C 20 Marrin, Peter 31 1 4 5 4 0 0 3 0 1 1 2
RW 17 Martin, Tom 74 25 32 57 14 7 0 12 7 3 10 2
C 10 Nistico, Lou 13 1 3 4 14 0 0 - - - - -
D 23 Orr, Bill 46 3 9 12 16 1 0 12 1 0 1 6
LW 15 Selby, Brit 64 9 17 26 21 1 0 10 1 3 4 2
RW 8 Sentes, Dick 64 26 34 60 46 6 0 12 7 4 11 19
RW 14 Simpson, Tom 74 33 20 53 27 5 1 12 4 1 5 5
RW 7 Trottier, Guy 71 27 35 62 58 4 0 12 5 5 10 4
D - Warr, Steve 0 - - - - - - 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Goaltender gp min ga en so w-l-t gaa sog sv% gp min ga w-l gaa

Binkley, Les 27 1412 77 1 1 14-9-1 3.27 776 0.901 5 182 17 2-2 5.93
Blum, Frank 5 130 5 0 0 1-0-0 2.31 66 0.924 - - - - -
Gratton, Gilles 57 3200 188 1 2 26-24-3 3.53 1786 0.895 10 539 25 5-3 2.78
Holden, Bill 1 10 0 0 0 0-0-0 0.00 7 1.000 - - - - -

Transactions

• Steve Cuddie from Winnipeg for Ken Stephenson, Jun 1973
• Bob Charlebois traded to New England for Brit Selby, Jun 1973
• Carl Brewer signed to contract, Jul 1973
• Bill Orr signed to contract, Oct 1973
• Frank Blum loaned to Winnipeg for playoffs under emergency conditions, Apr 1974
• Bill Holden loaned to Winnipeg under emergency conditions, Apr 1974

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

opponent overall gf-ga home gf-ga away gf-ga
Chicago 2-5-1 27-33 0-3-1 13-17 2-2-0 14-16
Cleveland 3-5-0 28-25 3-1-0 17-9 0-4-0 11-16
Edmonton 2-4-0 18-22 2-1-0 11-11 0-3-0 7-11
Houston 4-2-0 22-18 3-0-0 14-6 1-2-0 8-12
Los Angeles 4-2-0 22-19 3-0-0 16-11 1-2-0 6-8
Minnesota 4-2-0 34-22 2-1-0 17-10 2-1-0 17-12
New England 4-3-1 36-33 2-1-1 19-14 2-2-0 17-19
New York-Jersey 4-3-1 32-33 2-1-1 16-10 2-2-0 16-23
Quebec 5-5-0 31-30 2-3-0 15-16 3-2-0 16-14
Vancouver 6-0-0 30-19 3-0-0 15-10 3-0-0 15-9
Winnipeg 3-2-1 24-18 3-0-0 14-4 0-2-1 10-14

October 2-7-3 36-45 0-4-2 15-23 2-3-1 21-22
November 8-5-0 43-37 4-1-0 20-12 4-4-0 23-25
December 9-6-0 72-49 6-2-0 38-18 3-4-0 34-31
January 6-6-1 53-56 5-2-1 43-32 1-4-0 12-24
February 8-5-0 48-40 4-0-0 16-8 4-5-0 32-32
March 7-4-0 47-43 5-2-0 32-23 2-2-0 15-20
April 1-0-0 3-2 1-0-0 3-2 0-0-0 0-0

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no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1.	Oct 7	Chicago	4-4	T	0-0-1	1	4-4	40.	Dec 30	Winnipeg	5-2	W	19-18-3	41	151-131
2.	Oct 9	New York	3-3	T	0-0-2	2	7-7	41.	Jan 1	Cleveland	3-0	W	20-18-3	43	154-131
3.	Oct 11	Quebec	1-4	L	0-1-2	2	8-11	42.	Jan 6	Jersey	2-4	L	20-19-3	43	156-135
4.	Oct 14	Minnesota	2-5	L	0-2-2	2	10-16	43.	Jan 8	@ New England	3-2	W	21-19-3	45	159-137
5.	Oct 16	@ Los Angeles	3-0	W	1-2-2	4	13-16	44.	Jan 10	New England•	6-6	T	21-19-4	46	165-143
6.	Oct 18	@ Quebec	2-5	L	1-3-2	4	15-21	45.	Jan 12	@ Minnesota	6-8	L	21-20-4	46	171-151
7.	Oct 20	@ Cleveland	4-6	L	1-4-2	4	19-27	46.	Jan 13	Jersey	7-2	W	22-20-4	48	178-153
8.	Oct 21	New England	3-4	L	1-5-2	4	22-31	47.	Jan 16	@ Houston	1-4	L	22-21-4	48	179-157
9.	Oct 23	@ Edmonton	2-4	L	1-6-2	4	24-35	48.	Jan 18	@ Los Angeles	1-4	L	22-22-4	48	180-161
10.	Oct 24	@ Vancouver	7-4	W	2-6-2	6	31-39	49.	Jan 20	New England	8-4	W	23-22-4	50	188-165
11.	Oct 26	@ Winnipeg	3-3	T	2-6-3	7	34-42	50.	Jan 24	Cleveland•	3-5	L	23-23-4	50	191-170
12.	Oct 28	Chicago	2-3	L	2-7-3	7	36-45	51.	Jan 27	Vancouver	9-7	W	24-23-4	52	200-177
13.	Nov 3	@ New England	5-4	W	3-7-3	9	41-49	52.	Jan 29	@ Jersey	1-6	L	24-24-4	52	201-183
14.	Nov 4	Los Angeles	6-3	W	4-7-3	11	47-52	53.	Jan 31	Los Angeles•	*5-4	W	25-24-4	54	206-187
15.	Nov 7	@ Houston	5-4	W	5-7-3	13	52-56	54.	Feb 1	@ Quebec	1-2	L	25-25-4	54	207-189
16.	Nov 9	@ Los Angeles	2-4	L	5-8-3	13	54-60	55.	Feb 3	Minnesota	5-4	W	26-25-4	56	212-193
17.	Nov 10	@ Chicago	2-3	L	5-9-3	13	56-63	56.	Feb 9	@ Cleveland	3-4	L	26-26-4	56	215-197
18.	Nov 11	Edmonton	2-4	L	5-10-3	13	58-67	57.	Feb 10	@ Jersey	5-4	W	27-26-4	58	220-201
19.	Nov 17	@ Chicago	2-5	L	5-11-3	13	60-72	58.	Feb 12	Quebec•	6-4	W	28-26-4	60	226-205
20.	Nov 18	Winnipeg	6-2	W	6-11-3	15	66-74	59.	Feb 14	@ Jersey	5-2	W	29-26-4	62	231-207
21.	Nov 22	@ Quebec	4-2	W	7-11-3	17	70-76	60.	Feb 16	@ Chicago	5-4	W	30-26-4	64	236-211
22.	Nov 24	@ Cleveland	1-2	L	7-12-3	17	71-78	61.	Feb 17	@ Edmonton	*2-3	L	30-27-4	64	238-214
23.	Nov 25	Vancouver	*3-2	W	8-12-3	19	74-80	62.	Feb 19	@ Vancouver	5-4	W	31-27-4	66	243-218
24.	Nov 27	Quebec•	3-1	W	9-12-3	21	77-81	63.	Feb 22	@ Winnipeg	3-4	L	31-28-4	66	246-222
25.	Nov 30	@ Minnesota	2-1	W	10-12-3	23	79-82	64.	Feb 24	New England	2-0	W	32-28-4	68	248-222
26.	Dec 2	Houston	5-2	W	11-12-3	25	84-84	65.	Feb 27	@ New England	3-5	L	32-29-4	68	251-227
27.	Dec 5	@ Vancouver	3-1	W	12-12-3	27	87-85	66.	Feb 28	Winnipeg•	3-0	W	33-29-4	70	254-227
28.	Dec 6	@ Edmonton	3-4	L	12-13-3	27	90-89	67.	Mar 3	@ Chicago	5-4	W	34-29-4	72	259-231
29.	Dec 7	@ Winnipeg	4-7	L	12-14-3	27	94-96	68.	Mar 9	@ Houston	2-4	L	34-30-4	72	261-235
30.	Dec 9	Minnesota	10-1	W	13-14-3	29	104-97	69.	Mar 10	Cleveland	8-3	W	35-30-4	74	269-238
31.	Dec 12	@ New England	6-8	L	13-15-3	29	110-105	70.	Mar 14	Quebec•	2-3	L	35-31-4	74	271-241
32.	Dec 13	Cleveland	3-1	W	14-15-3	31	113-106	71.	Mar 17	Chicago	2-4	L	35-32-4	74	273-245
33.	Dec 15	@ Cleveland	3-4	L	14-16-3	31	116-110	72.	Mar 18	@ Jersey	5-11	L	35-33-4	74	278-256
34.	Dec 16	Quebec	3-4	L	14-17-3	31	119-114	73.	Mar 21	Houston•	6-3	W	36-33-4	76	284-259
35.	Dec 18	Jersey	4-1	W	15-17-3	33	123-115	74.	Mar 24	Vancouver	3-1	W	37-33-4	78	287-260
36.	Dec 21	Houston	3-1	W	16-17-3	35	126-116	75.	Mar 28	Edmonton•	*6-5	W	38-33-4	80	293-265
37.	Dec 22	@ Quebec	6-4	W	17-17-3	37	132-120	76.	Mar 30	@ Quebec	3-1	W	39-33-4	82	296-266
38.	Dec 23	Chicago	5-6	L	17-18-3	37	137-126	77.	Mar 31	Los Angeles	5-4	W	40-33-4	84	301-270
39.	Dec 29	@ Minnesota	9-3	W	18-18-3	39	146-129	78.	Apr 2	Edmonton	3-2	W	41-33-4	86	304-272

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	5	Amodeo, Mike	77	0	11	11	82	0	0	12	0	2	2	26
G	30	Binkley, Les	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
G	29	Blum, Frank	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Brewer, Carl	77	2	23	25	42	1	0	12	0	4	4	11
LW	9	Carleton, Wayne	78	37	55	92	31	5	0	12	2	12	14	4
D	4	Cuddie, Steve	74	5	18	23	65	0	0	8	1	4	5	14
D	3	Cunningham, Rick	75	2	19	21	88	1	0	11	0	4	4	31
C	18	Dillon, Wayne	71	30	35	65	13	7	0	12	5	6	11	9
LW	10	Dupras, Rich	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	6	Gibbons, Brian	78	4	31	35	84	3	0	12	2	5	7	10
D	22	Gibbons, Gerard	26	1	4	5	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
LW	21	Gibson, Jack	61	16	9	25	60	4	0	12	1	3	4	11
G	33	Gratton, Gilles	57	0	4	4	28	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
LW	16	Hickey, Pat	78	26	29	55	52	3	4	12	3	3	6	12
G	-	Holden, Bill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	12	King, Steve	67	14	22	36	26	4	0	12	0	3	3	11
C	11	Kirk, Gavin	78	20	48	68	44	3	0	12	2	4	6	4
LW	19	Leduc, Bob	61	22	29	51	29	4	0	12	4	6	10	42
C	20	Marrin, Peter	31	1	4	5	4	0	0	3	0	1	1	2
RW	17	Martin, Tom	74	25	32	57	14	7	0	12	7	3	10	2
C	10	Nistico, Lou	13	1	3	4	14	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	23	Orr, Bill	46	3	9	12	16	1	0	12	1	0	1	6
LW	15	Selby, Brit	64	9	17	26	21	1	0	10	1	3	4	2
RW	8	Sentes, Dick	64	26	34	60	46	6	0	12	7	4	11	19
RW	14	Simpson, Tom	74	33	20	53	27	5	1	12	4	1	5	5
RW	7	Trottier, Guy	71	27	35	62	58	4	0	12	5	5	10	4
D	-	Warr, Steve	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Binkley, Les	27	1412	77	1	1	14-9-1	3.27	776	0.901	5	182	17	2-2	5.93
Blum, Frank	5	130	5	0	0	1-0-0	2.31	66	0.924	-	-	-	-	-
Gratton, Gilles	57	3200	188	1	2	26-24-3	3.53	1786	0.895	10	539	25	5-3	2.78
Holden, Bill	1	10	0	0	0	0-0-0	0.00	7	1.000	-	-	-	-	-

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	2-5-1	27-33	0-3-1	13-17	2-2-0	14-16
Cleveland	3-5-0	28-25	3-1-0	17-9	0-4-0	11-16
Edmonton	2-4-0	18-22	2-1-0	11-11	0-3-0	7-11
Houston	4-2-0	22-18	3-0-0	14-6	1-2-0	8-12
Los Angeles	4-2-0	22-19	3-0-0	16-11	1-2-0	6-8
Minnesota	4-2-0	34-22	2-1-0	17-10	2-1-0	17-12
New England	4-3-1	36-33	2-1-1	19-14	2-2-0	17-19
New York-Jersey	4-3-1	32-33	2-1-1	16-10	2-2-0	16-23
Quebec	5-5-0	31-30	2-3-0	15-16	3-2-0	16-14
Vancouver	6-0-0	30-19	3-0-0	15-10	3-0-0	15-9
Winnipeg	3-2-1	24-18	3-0-0	14-4	0-2-1	10-14

October	2-7-3	36-45	0-4-2	15-23	2-3-1	21-22
November	8-5-0	43-37	4-1-0	20-12	4-4-0	23-25
December	9-6-0	72-49	6-2-0	38-18	3-4-0	34-31
January	6-6-1	53-56	5-2-1	43-32	1-4-0	12-24
February	8-5-0	48-40	4-0-0	16-8	4-5-0	32-32
March	7-4-0	47-43	5-2-0	32-23	2-2-0	15-20
April	1-0-0	3-2	1-0-0	3-2	0-0-0	0-0