1974-75 • Franchise

1974-75 New England Whalers

Record: 43-30-5, 91 pts
Finish: 1st, East
Playoffs: Lost in first round to Minnesota
Coach: Ron Ryan (40-28-5), Jack Kelley (3-2-0)

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 15	@ Toronto	2-6	L	0-1-0	0	2-6	40	Jan 15	Chicago	7-5	W	23-15-2	48	147-141
2	Oct 19	Michigan	2-1	W	1-1-0	2	4-7	41	Jan 17	Toronto	2-1	W	24-15-2	50	149-142
3	Oct 23	Houston	5-4	W	2-1-0	4	9-11	42	Jan 18	@ Quebec	2-8	L	24-16-2	50	151-150
4	Oct 26	Indianapolis	6-1	W	3-1-0	6	15-12	43	Jan 19	Minnesota	1-3	L	24-17-2	50	152-153
5	Oct 30	Toronto	5-2	W	4-1-0	8	20-14	44	Jan 24	@ Phoenix	1-4	L	24-18-2	50	153-157
6	Oct 31	@ Indianapolis	6-1	W	5-1-0	10	26-15	45	Jan 25	@ San Diego	2-6	L	24-19-2	50	155-163
7	Nov 2	Quebec	4-2	W	6-1-0	12	30-17	46	Jan 27	Cleveland	2-0	W	25-19-2	52	157-163
8	Nov 8	San Diego	3-0	W	7-1-0	14	33-17	47	Jan 29	Baltimore	4-3	W	26-19-2	54	161-166
9	Nov 9	Phoenix	2-4	L	7-2-0	14	35-21	48	Jan 31	Baltimore	4-2	W	27-19-2	56	165-168
10	Nov 11	@ Houston	1-6	L	7-3-0	14	36-27	49	Feb 7	@ Winnipeg	*5-4	W	28-19-2	58	170-172
11	Nov 14	@ San Diego	7-2	W	8-3-0	16	43-29	50	Feb 8	@ Vancouver	1-4	L	28-20-2	58	171-176
12	Nov 16	@ Phoenix	3-6	L	8-4-0	16	46-35	51	Feb 9	@ Vancouver	1-5	L	28-21-2	58	172-181
13	Nov 17	@ Michigan	6-1	W	9-4-0	18	52-36	52	Feb 12	Edmonton	2-2	T	28-21-3	59	174-183
14	Nov 19	@ Chicago	5-4	W	10-4-0	20	57-40	53	Feb 14	Indianapolis	*4-3	W	29-21-3	61	178-186
15	Nov 21	@ Indianapolis	4-0	W	11-4-0	22	61-40	54	Feb 18	@ Edmonton	3-6	L	29-22-3	61	181-192
16	Nov 23	Chicago	3-2	W	12-4-0	24	64-42	55	Feb 21	@ Edmonton	4-2	W	30-22-3	63	185-194
17	Nov 24	@ Chicago	9-5	W	13-4-0	26	73-47	56	Feb 23	@ Winnipeg	2-1	W	31-22-3	65	187-195
18	Nov 26	@ Quebec	*5-4	W	14-4-0	28	78-51	57	Feb 25	Vancouver	3-2	W	32-22-3	67	190-197
19	Nov 29	@ Vancouver	1-5	L	14-5-0	28	79-56	58	Feb 26	Chicago	3-4	L	32-23-3	67	193-201
20	Dec 1	@ Edmonton	4-8	L	14-6-0	28	83-64	59	Feb 27	Minnesota	5-2	W	33-23-3	69	198-203
21	Dec 3	@ Michigan	1-2	L	14-7-0	28	84-66	60	Mar 1	Cleveland	4-4	T	33-23-4	70	202-207
22	Dec 4	@ Cleveland	3-2	W	15-7-0	30	87-68	61	Mar 2	Vancouver	4-1	W	34-23-4	72	206-208
23	Dec 5	@ Quebec	1-9	L	15-8-0	30	88-77	62	Mar 5	@ Minnesota	3-5	L	34-24-4	72	209-213
24	Dec 7	Indianapolis	6-3	W	16-8-0	32	94-80	63	Mar 8	@ Houston	5-4	W	35-24-4	74	214-217
25	Dec 11	Minnesota	3-1	W	17-8-0	34	97-81	64	Mar 11	Winnipeg	6-2	W	36-24-4	76	220-219
26	Dec 14	Quebec	9-4	W	18-8-0	36	106-85	65	Mar 13	Phoenix	5-5	T	36-24-5	77	225-224
27	Dec 15	@ Winnipeg	4-3	W	19-8-0	38	110-88	66	Mar 15	Edmonton	6-2	W	37-24-5	79	231-226
28	Dec 17	@ Michigan	2-2	T	19-8-1	39	112-90	67	Mar 16	Toronto	7-5	W	38-24-5	81	238-231
29	Dec 20	@ Cleveland	0-3	L	19-9-1	39	112-93	68	Mar 19	San Diego	1-6	L	38-25-5	81	239-237
30	Dec 21	Houston	3-5	L	19-10-1	39	115-98	69	Mar 21	Winnipeg	3-6	L	38-26-5	81	242-243
31	Dec 22	@ Indianapolis	1-2	L	19-11-1	39	116-100	70	Mar 22	Houston	3-5	L	38-27-5	81	245-248
32	Dec 27	@ Minnesota	3-6	L	19-12-1	39	119-106	71	Mar 25	Edmonton	5-4	W	39-27-5	83	250-252
33	Dec 28	@ Houston	1-6	L	19-13-1	39	120-112	72	Mar 27	Cleveland	5-3	W	40-27-5	85	255-255
34	Jan 3	@ Toronto	5-3	W	20-13-1	41	125-115	73	Mar 29	Winnipeg	3-9	L	40-28-5	85	258-264
35	Jan 4	Vancouver	*4-3	W	21-13-1	43	129-118	74	Mar 30	@ Toronto	4-3	W	41-28-5	87	262-267
36	Jan 5	@ Minnesota	3-9	L	21-14-1	43	132-127	75	Apr 1	Phoenix	5-3	W	42-28-5	89	267-270
37	Jan 7	@ San Diego	3-5	L	21-15-1	43	135-132	76	Apr 3	Quebec	4-1	W	43-28-5	91	271-271
38	Jan 9	@ Phoenix	1-1	T	21-15-2	44	136-133	77	Apr 4	@ Chicago	1-3	L	43-29-5	91	272-274
39	Jan 11	San Diego	*4-3	W	22-15-2	46	140-136	78	Apr 5	@ Cleveland	2-5	L	43-30-5	91	274-279

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
G	29	Abrahamsson, Christer	15	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	19	Abrahamsson, Thommie	76	8	22	30	46	+8	2	0	151	0.053	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Berglund, Bill	2	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
LW	22	Blackburn, Don	50	18	32	50	16	+9	7	0	78	0.231	5	1	2	3	2
RW	21	Byers, Mike	72	22	26	48	10	+6	1	0	157	0.140	6	2	2	4	2
C	7	Caffery, Terry	67	15	37	52	12	-8	2	0	133	0.113	-	-	-	-	-
LW	9	Carleton, Wayne	73	35	39	74	50	+8	3	0	323	0.109	6	2	5	7	14
LW	18	Charlebois, Bob	8	1	0	1	0	-4	0	0	6	0.167	4	1	0	1	0
LW	15	Climie, Ron	25	8	4	12	12	0	0	0	43	0.186	6	3	0	3	2
C	12	Danby, John	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0	1	1	0
D	10	Dorey, Jim	31	5	17	22	43	+6	1	1	85	0.059	-	-	-	-	-
RW	27	Earl, Tom	72	3	8	11	20	-13	0	1	52	0.057	6	1	1	2	12
LW	23	Fotiu, Nick	61	2	2	4	144	-14	0	0	40	0.050	4	2	0	2	27
LW	11	French, John	75	12	41	53	28	-5	2	1	140	0.086	4	1	2	3	0
D	6	Green, Ted	57	6	14	20	29	-13	1	0	75	0.080	-	-	-	-	-
D	17	Hangsleben, Alan	26	0	4	4	8	-14	0	0	25	0.000	6	0	3	3	19
D	5	Hurley, Paul	75	3	26	29	36	-10	0	0	149	0.020	6	0	1	1	4
C	14	Karlander, Al	48	7	14	21	2	-4	0	0	64	0.109	5	0	3	3	0
G	30	Landon, Bruce	7	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Ley, Rick	62	6	36	42	50	0	1	1	125	0.048	6	1	1	2	32
LW	18	Methe, Gerry	5	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	2	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
RW	16	O'Donnell, Fred	76	21	15	36	84	-6	0	0	131	0.160	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Ouimet, Ted	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
C	4	Pleau, Larry	78	30	34	64	50	+3	5	0	208	0.144	6	2	3	5	14
D	3	Selwood, Brad	77	4	35	39	117	+1	3	0	148	0.027	5	1	0	1	11
RW	10	Sheehy, Tim	52	21	13	34	18	-10	3	0	131	0.160	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	Smith, Al	59	0	0	0	18	-	0	0	0	-	6	0	0	0	0
C	20	Swain, Garry	66	7	15	22	18	-7	0	2	71	0.099	6	0	3	3	41
RW	8	Webster, Tom	66	40	24	64	52	+1	7	0	212	0.189	3	0	2	2	0

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Abrahamsson, Christer	15	870	47	0	1	8-6-1	3.24	504	0.907	-	-	-	-	-
Berglund, Bill	2	36	3	0	0	0-0-0	5.00	16	0.813	-	-	-	-	-
Landon, Bruce	7	339	19	0	0	2-3-0	3.36	190	0.900	-	-	-	-	-
Ouimet, Ted	1	20	3	0	0	0-0-0	9.00	13	0.769	-	-	-	-	-
Smith, Al	59	3494	202	5	2	33-21-4	3.47	1725	0.883	6	366	28	2-4	4.59

Transactions

• Fred O'Donnell signed to contract, Feb 1974
• Nick Fotiu, Gerry Methe, Thommie and Christer Abrahamsson signed to contracts, Jun 1974
• Thommie Abrahamsson and Christer Abrahamsson signed to contracts, Aug 1974
• Jim Dorey traded to Toronto for Sep 1974 Wayne Carleton trade, Dec 1974
• Ted Ouimet purchased from Cleveland, Dec 1974
• Tim Sheehy traded to Edmonton for Ron Climie, Feb 1975

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	4-2-0	28-23	2-1-0	13-11	2-1-0	15-12
Cleveland	3-2-1	16-17	2-0-1	11-7	1-2-0	5-10
Edmonton	3-2-1	24-24	2-0-1	13-8	1-2-0	11-16
Houston	2-4-0	18-30	1-2-0	11-14	1-2-0	7-16
Indianapolis	5-1-0	27-10	3-0-0	16-7	2-1-0	11-3
Michigan-Baltimore	4-1-1	19-11	3-0-0	10-6	1-1-1	9-5
Minnesota	2-4-0	18-26	2-1-0	9-6	0-3-0	9-20
Phoenix	1-3-2	17-23	1-1-1	12-12	0-2-1	5-11
Quebec	4-2-0	25-28	3-0-0	17-7	1-2-0	8-21
San Diego	3-3-0	20-22	2-1-0	8-9	1-2-0	12-13
Toronto	5-1-0	25-20	3-0-0	14-8	2-1-0	11-12
Vancouver	3-3-0	14-20	3-0-0	11-6	0-3-0	3-14
Winnipeg	4-2-0	23-25	1-2-0	12-17	3-0-0	11-8
October	5-1-0	26-15	4-0-0	18-8	1-1-0	8-7
November	9-4-0	53-41	3-1-0	12-8	6-3-0	41-33
December	5-8-1	41-56	3-1-0	21-13	2-7-1	20-43
January	8-6-1	45-56	7-1-0	28-20	1-5-1	17-36
February	8-4-1	33-35	3-1-1	17-13	3-3-0	16-22
March	8-5-2	64-64	6-4-2	52-52	2-1-0	12-12
April	2-2-0	12-12	2-0-0	9-4	0-2-0	3-8

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