1974-75 • Franchise

1974-75 Phoenix Roadrunners

Phoenix Roadrunners, 1974-75 (Click to enlarge)

Record: 39-31-8, 86 pts
Finish: 4th, West
Playoffs: Lost in first round to Quebec
Coach: Sandy Hucul

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 16	San Diego	8-2	W	1-0-0	2	8-2	40	Jan 12	@ Cleveland	2-4	L	19-16-5	43	134-128
2	Oct 18	Houston	6-4	W	2-0-0	4	14-6	41	Jan 14	@ Chicago	2-5	L	19-17-5	43	136-133
3	Oct 20	Cleveland	4-4	T	2-0-1	5	18-10	42	Jan 15	Toronto	5-5	T	19-17-6	44	141-138
4	Oct 24	@ San Diego	1-2	L	2-1-1	5	19-12	43	Jan 17	Edmonton	1-7	L	19-18-6	44	142-145
5	Oct 26	@ Quebec	1-4	L	2-2-1	5	20-16	44	Jan 18	Edmonton	3-1	W	20-18-6	46	145-146
6	Oct 28	@ Toronto	3-7	L	2-3-1	5	23-23	45	Jan 22	Chicago	8-5	W	21-18-6	48	153-151
7	Oct 30	@ Winnipeg	*5-6	L	2-4-1	5	28-29	46	Jan 24	New England	4-1	W	22-18-6	50	157-152
8	Nov 2	@ Houston	2-8	L	2-5-1	5	30-37	47	Jan 26	Indianapolis	6-0	W	23-18-6	52	163-152
9	Nov 5	@ Indianapolis	3-0	W	3-5-1	7	33-37	48	Jan 28	@ Indianapolis	3-1	W	24-18-6	54	166-153
10	Nov 9	@ New England	4-2	W	4-5-1	9	37-39	49	Jan 29	@ Cleveland	2-6	L	24-19-6	54	168-159
11	Nov 10	@ Minnesota	4-10	L	4-6-1	9	41-49	50	Jan 30	Winnipeg	3-5	L	24-20-6	54	171-164
12	Nov 14	Cleveland	1-2	L	4-7-1	9	42-51	51	Feb 1	Baltimore	8-1	W	25-20-6	56	179-165
13	Nov 16	New England	6-3	W	5-7-1	11	48-54	52	Feb 5	San Diego	9-2	W	26-20-6	58	188-167
14	Nov 21	@ Michigan	1-2	L	5-8-1	11	49-56	53	Feb 7	Minnesota	4-1	W	27-20-6	60	192-168
15	Nov 24	@ Winnipeg	3-1	W	6-8-1	13	52-57	54	Feb 8	Quebec	*3-4	L	27-21-6	60	195-172
16	Nov 26	@ Houston	6-4	W	7-8-1	15	58-61	55	Feb 9	@ Edmonton	6-4	W	28-21-6	62	201-176
17	Nov 27	Chicago	2-4	L	7-9-1	15	60-65	56	Feb 12	@ Vancouver	4-5	L	28-22-6	62	205-181
18	Nov 29	Toronto	4-4	T	7-9-2	16	64-69	57	Feb 13	Quebec	3-5	L	28-23-6	62	208-186
19	Dec 1	@ Minnesota	3-4	L	7-10-2	16	67-73	58	Feb 16	@ Edmonton	5-4	W	29-23-6	64	213-190
20	Dec 3	@ San Diego	*5-4	W	8-10-2	18	72-77	59	Feb 18	@ San Diego	0-7	L	29-24-6	64	213-197
21	Dec 4	San Diego	0-2	L	8-11-2	18	72-79	60	Feb 22	@ Baltimore	3-1	W	30-24-6	66	216-198
22	Dec 6	Edmonton	3-1	W	9-11-2	20	75-80	61	Feb 27	Houston	2-7	L	30-25-6	66	218-205
23	Dec 8	Toronto	2-5	L	9-12-2	20	77-85	62	Mar 1	Indianapolis	12-2	W	31-25-6	68	230-207
24	Dec 10	@ Chicago	4-2	W	10-12-2	22	81-87	63	Mar 2	Chicago	5-0	W	32-25-6	70	235-207
25	Dec 12	Vancouver	4-2	W	11-12-2	24	85-89	64	Mar 5	Quebec	6-3	W	33-25-6	72	241-210
26	Dec 14	Minnesota	4-3	W	12-12-2	26	89-92	65	Mar 7	Winnipeg	7-4	W	34-25-6	74	248-214
27	Dec 18	Vancouver	5-3	W	13-12-2	28	94-95	66	Mar 9	@ Vancouver	3-4	L	34-26-6	74	251-218
28	Dec 20	Michigan	7-2	W	14-12-2	30	101-97	67	Mar 11	@ Toronto	4-7	L	34-27-6	74	255-225
29	Dec 22	@ Winnipeg	4-2	W	15-12-2	32	105-99	68	Mar 13	@ New England	5-5	T	34-27-7	75	260-230
30	Dec 26	Winnipeg	2-3	L	15-13-2	32	107-102	69	Mar 18	@ Chicago	7-3	W	35-27-7	77	267-233
31	Dec 28	Cleveland	*3-2	W	16-13-2	34	110-104	70	Mar 19	@ Cleveland	4-5	L	35-28-7	77	271-238
32	Dec 30	@ Quebec	6-3	W	17-13-2	36	116-107	71	Mar 22	Vancouver	4-2	W	36-28-7	79	275-240
33	Dec 31	@ Michigan	1-1	T	17-13-3	37	117-108	72	Mar 23	Indianapolis	5-3	W	37-28-7	81	280-243
34	Jan 2	@ Vancouver	2-3	L	17-14-3	37	119-111	73	Mar 26	Houston	2-1	W	38-28-7	83	282-244
35	Jan 3	@ Edmonton	3-3	T	17-14-4	38	122-114	74	Mar 28	Minnesota	2-2	T	38-28-8	84	284-246
36	Jan 5	@ Indianapolis	2-1	W	18-14-4	40	124-115	75	Mar 30	@ Quebec	*5-6	L	38-29-8	84	289-252
37	Jan 7	@ Toronto	3-2	W	19-14-4	42	127-117	76	Apr 1	@ New England	3-5	L	38-30-8	84	292-257
38	Jan 9	New England	1-1	T	19-14-5	43	128-118	77	Apr 4	@ Minnesota	2-1	W	39-30-8	86	294-258
39	Jan 11	@ Houston	4-6	L	19-15-5	43	132-124	78	Apr 5	Baltimore	*6-7	L	39-31-8	86	300-265

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
LW	12	Barlow, Bob	51	6	20	26	8	-9	0	0	94	0.064	-	-	-	-	-
RW	19	Bennett, Wendell	67	4	15	19	92	+5	0	0	58	0.069	5	1	2	3	6
LW	22	Borgeson, Don	74	29	28	57	38	+20	3	2	205	0.141	5	0	1	1	2
C	14	Boyd, Jim	76	26	44	70	18	+29	7	3	188	0.138	5	1	1	2	2
RW	17	Connor, Cam	57	9	19	28	168	+20	0	0	91	0.099	5	0	0	0	2
LW	16	Cormier, Michel	78	36	38	74	26	+18	5	1	242	0.149	5	1	0	1	2
C	8	Ftorek, Robbie	53	31	37	68	29	+49	4	0	155	0.200	5	2	5	7	2
RW	10	Gorman, Dave	13	3	5	8	10	-	1	0	15	0.200	-	-	-	-	-
LW	15	Gray, John	75	35	33	68	107	+28	4	0	155	0.226	5	2	3	5	12
C	7	Harris, Hugh	22	10	10	20	15	+2	1	0	53	0.189	-	-	-	-	-
D	24	Hughes, John	72	4	25	29	201	+49	2	0	91	0.044	-	-	-	-	-
C	11	Keogan, Murray	78	35	29	64	68	-12	11	0	225	0.156	5	0	1	1	0
G	1	Kurt, Gary	47	0	2	2	4	-	0	0	0	-	4	0	0	0	0
D	4	Lariviere, Garry	4	0	1	1	28	-	0	0	14	0.000	1	0	0	0	0
D	3	McLeod, Al	77	3	16	19	98	+12	0	0	75	0.040	5	0	4	4	4
D	7	McNamee, Pete	55	9	19	28	77	+5	1	0	90	0.100	5	1	0	1	2
LW	20	Migneault, John	47	6	13	19	16	-4	1	0	63	0.095	1	0	0	0	0
RW	18	Mowat, Bob	53	9	10	19	34	-4	0	1	56	0.161	3	0	0	0	0
D	5	Newell, Rick	25	0	4	4	39	+3	0	0	24	0.000	5	0	1	1	2
D	2	Niekamp, Jim	71	2	26	28	66	+12	1	0	78	0.026	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Norris, Jack	33	0	1	1	2	-	0	0	0	-	2	0	0	0	0
D	6	Odrowski, Gerry	77	5	38	43	77	+23	2	0	143	0.035	5	0	2	2	0
C	9	Sobchuk, Dennis	78	32	45	77	36	+35	4	0	242	0.132	5	4	1	5	2
LW	-	Sobchuk, Gene	3	1	0	1	0	-	1	0	9	0.111	5	0	0	0	0
D	23	Stevens, Mike	70	2	16	18	69	+15	0	0	86	0.023	5	0	1	1	0
D	4	Young, Howie	30	3	12	15	44	-2	1	0	46	0.065	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Kurt, Gary	47	2841	156	1	2	25-16-4	3.29	1356	0.885	4	207	12	1-2	3.48
Norris, Jack	33	1962	107	1	1	14-15-4	3.27	979	0.891	2	100	10	0-2	6.00

Transactions

• Rights to Jim Niekamp acquired from Michigan for rights to Danny Gruen, May 1974
• Robbie Ftorek, Rick Newell signed to contracts, Jun 1974
• Garry Lariviere acquired from Chicago for future considerations, Jun 1974
• John Hughes, Dennis Sobchuk and Gene Sobchuk on loan from Cincinnati for 1974-75 season, Jul 1974 (Hughes to Cincinnati from Houston for future considerations, May 1974)
• John Gray signed to contract, Jul 1974
• Hugh Harris purchased from New England, Aug 1974
• Al McLeod signed to contract, Aug 1974
• Jack Norris acquired from Indianapolis, Sep 1974 (Indianapolis had acquired Norris from Edmonton for future considerations, Jun 1974)
• Hugh Harris traded to Vancouver for John Migneault, Serge Beaudoin and Pete McNamee, Nov 1974
• Howie Young sold to Winnipeg, Jan 1975
• Bob Barlow, Wendell Bennett, Michel Cormier, Murray Keogan, Bob Mowat and Howie Young holdover members of 1973-74 WHL club.

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	4-2-0	28-19	2-1-0	15-9	2-1-0	13-10
Cleveland	1-4-1	16-23	1-1-1	8-8	0-3-0	8-15
Edmonton	4-1-1	21-20	2-1-0	7-9	2-0-1	14-11
Houston	3-3-0	22-30	2-1-0	10-12	1-2-0	12-18
Indianapolis	6-0-0	31-7	3-0-0	23-5	3-0-0	8-2
Michigan-Baltimore	3-2-1	26-14	2-1-0	21-10	1-1-1	5-4
Minnesota	3-2-1	19-21	2-0-1	10-6	1-2-0	9-15
New England	3-1-2	23-17	2-0-1	11-5	1-1-1	12-12
Quebec	2-4-0	24-25	1-2-0	12-12	1-2-0	12-13
San >Diego	3-3-0	23-19	2-1-0	17-6	1-2-0	6-13
Toronto	1-3-2	21-30	0-1-2	11-14	1-2-0	10-16
Vancouver	3-3-0	22-19	3-0-0	13-7	0-3-0	9-12
Winnipeg	3-3-0	24-21	1-2-0	12-12	2-1-0	12-9
October	2-4-1	28-29	2-0-1	18-10	0-4-0	10-19
November	5-5-1	36-40	1-2-1	13-13	4-3-0	23-27
December	10-4-1	53-39	6-3-0	30-23	4-1-1	23-16
January	7-7-3	54-56	4-2-2	31-25	3-5-1	23-31
February	6-5-0	47-41	3-3-0	29-20	3-2-0	18-21
March	8-4-2	71-47	7-0-1	43-17	1-4-1	28-30
April	1-2-0	11-13	0-1-0	6-7	1-1-0	5-6

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