1974-75 • Franchise

1974-75 San Diego Mariners

Record: 43-31-4, 90 pts
Finish: 2nd, West
Playoffs: Lost in second round to Houston
Coach: Harry Howell

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	@ Phoenix	2-8	L	0-1-0	0	2-8	40	Jan 16	Edmonton	3-2	W	20-19-1	41	132-135
2	Oct 19	Houston	6-2	W	1-1-0	2	8-10	41	Jan 18	Houston	*5-4	W	21-19-1	43	137-139
3	Oct 22	Cleveland	5-2	W	2-1-0	4	13-12	42	Jan 23	Vancouver	6-1	W	22-19-1	45	143-140
4	Oct 24	Phoenix	2-1	W	3-1-0	6	15-13	43	Jan 25	New England	6-2	W	23-19-1	47	149-142
5	Oct 31	Chicago	4-3	W	4-1-0	8	19-16	44	Jan 28	Winnipeg	7-9	L	23-20-1	47	156-151
6	Nov 3	@ Vancouver	6-2	W	5-1-0	10	25-18	45	Feb 4	Toronto	8-4	W	24-20-1	49	164-155
7	Nov 5	@ Houston	3-9	L	5-2-0	10	28-27	46	Feb 5	@ Phoenix	2-9	L	24-21-1	49	166-164
8	Nov 7	@ Indianapolis	0-3	L	5-3-0	10	28-30	47	Feb 6	Minnesota	2-2	T	24-21-2	50	168-166
9	Nov 8	@ New England	0-3	L	5-4-0	10	28-33	48	Feb 8	Minnesota	8-4	W	25-21-2	52	176-170
10	Nov 10	@ Quebec	4-3	W	6-4-0	12	32-36	49	Feb 11	Quebec	9-2	W	26-21-2	54	185-172
11	Nov 12	@ Chicago	4-2	W	7-4-0	14	36-38	50	Feb 13	@ Baltimore	6-1	W	27-21-2	56	191-173
12	Nov 14	New England	2-7	L	7-5-0	14	38-45	51	Feb 14	@ Cleveland	2-3	L	27-22-2	56	193-176
13	Nov 15	Cleveland	3-5	L	7-6-0	14	41-50	52	Feb 16	@ Minnesota	2-5	L	27-23-2	56	195-181
14	Nov 17	@ Houston	4-3	W	8-6-0	16	45-53	53	Feb 18	Phoenix	7-0	W	28-23-2	58	202-181
15	Nov 19	Vancouver	3-2	W	9-6-0	18	48-55	54	Feb 20	Quebec	5-2	W	29-23-2	60	207-183
16	Nov 23	@ Minnesota	5-3	W	10-6-0	20	53-58	55	Feb 23	@ Quebec	4-6	L	29-24-2	60	211-189
17	Nov 26	Edmonton	5-1	W	11-6-0	22	58-59	56	Feb 24	@ Quebec	3-5	L	29-25-2	60	214-194
18	Nov 28	Chicago	2-3	L	11-7-0	22	60-62	57	Feb 25	@ Toronto	4-6	L	29-26-2	60	218-200
19	Dec 1	Toronto	1-3	L	11-8-0	22	61-65	58	Feb 28	@ Winnipeg	3-4	L	29-27-2	60	221-204
20	Dec 3	Phoenix	*4-5	L	11-9-0	22	65-70	59	Mar 2	@ Winnipeg	4-4	T	29-27-3	61	225-208
21	Dec 4	@ Phoenix	2-0	W	12-9-0	24	67-70	60	Mar 4	Quebec	8-2	W	30-27-3	63	233-210
22	Dec 5	@ Michigan	3-5	L	12-10-0	24	70-75	61	Mar 6	Houston	7-4	W	31-27-3	65	240-214
23	Dec 7	@ Cleveland	1-3	L	12-11-0	24	71-78	62	Mar 8	Winnipeg	6-5	W	32-27-3	67	246-219
24	Dec 8	@ Indianapolis	3-5	L	12-12-0	24	74-83	63	Mar 11	Minnesota	4-6	L	32-28-3	67	250-225
25	Dec 10	Michigan	4-4	T	12-12-1	25	78-87	64	Mar 14	@ Toronto	6-4	W	33-28-3	69	256-229
26	Dec 14	Indianapolis	2-0	W	13-12-1	27	80-87	65	Mar 16	@ Chicago	2-4	L	33-29-3	69	258-233
27	Dec 15	@ Houston	4-3	W	14-12-1	29	84-90	66	Mar 19	@ New England	6-1	W	34-29-3	71	264-234
28	Dec 17	Cleveland	8-3	W	15-12-1	31	92-93	67	Mar 20	Chicago	2-4	L	34-30-3	71	266-238
29	Dec 19	Edmonton	*6-7	L	15-13-1	31	98-100	68	Mar 22	Indianapolis	6-3	W	35-30-3	73	272-241
30	Dec 21	@ Vancouver	1-2	L	15-14-1	31	99-102	69	Mar 23	Vancouver	*1-0	W	36-30-3	75	273-241
31	Dec 22	@ Edmonton	3-6	L	15-15-1	31	102-108	70	Mar 25	@ Chicago	6-4	W	37-30-3	77	279-245
32	Dec 28	Winnipeg	4-6	L	15-16-1	31	106-114	71	Mar 26	@ Baltimore	5-2	W	38-30-3	79	284-247
33	Jan 1	@ Edmonton	*2-3	L	15-17-1	31	108-117	72	Mar 27	@ Indianapolis	5-2	W	39-30-3	81	289-249
34	Jan 3	@ Minnesota	2-1	W	16-17-1	33	110-118	73	Mar 29	@ Vancouver	7-3	W	40-30-3	83	296-252
35	Jan 4	@ Cleveland	2-0	W	17-17-1	35	112-118	74	Mar 31	@ Edmonton	5-2	W	41-30-3	85	301-254
36	Jan 7	New England	5-3	W	18-17-1	37	117-121	75	Apr 1	Baltimore	3-4	L	41-31-3	85	304-258
37	Jan 10	@ Toronto	3-4	L	18-18-1	37	120-125	76	Apr 3	Baltimore	9-2	W	42-31-3	87	313-260
38	Jan 11	@ New England	*3-4	L	18-19-1	37	123-129	77	Apr 5	Indianapolis	8-3	W	43-31-3	89	321-263
39	Jan 14	Toronto	6-4	W	19-19-1	39	129-133	78	Apr 6	@ Winnipeg	5-5	T	43-31-4	90	326-268

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
C	10	Adduono, Ray	78	15	59	74	23	+27	1	0	129	0.116	10	5	9	14	13
D	22	Bateman, Jamie	24	0	3	3	96	-4	0	0	17	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Blanchet, Bob	3	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	17	Block, Ken	36	1	11	12	12	-4	1	0	43	0.023	-	-	-	-	-
D	23	Boylan, Dean	3	0	0	0	10	-	0	0	1	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
LW	29	Bradley, Brian	24	4	5	9	6	-7	0	0	40	0.100	6	0	1	1	2
LW	16	Devine, Kevin	46	4	10	14	48	-4	1	0	60	0.067	10	1	0	1	14
D	6	Falkenberg, Bob	78	2	18	20	42	+4	0	0	95	0.021	10	0	1	1	4
RW	9	Ferguson, Norm	78	36	33	69	6	+22	2	0	227	0.159	10	6	5	11	0
G	1	Gillow, Russ	30	0	1	1	4	-	0	0	0	-	3	0	0	0	0
C	19	Hardy, Joe	12	2	3	5	22	0	0	0	6	0.333	-	-	-	-	-
D	17	Hargreaves, Jim	41	8	10	18	45	+4	0	0	52	0.154	10	1	0	1	6
D	3	Howell, Harry	74	4	10	14	28	+28	0	1	78	0.051	5	1	0	1	10
LW	19	Inglis, Lee	5	0	2	2	0	-	0	0	11	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
G	36	Junkin, Joe	16	0	1	1	2	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	-	Krezanski, Reg	2	0	0	0	2	-	0	0	2	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
C	7	Lacroix, Andre	78	41	106	147	63	+40	12	0	275	0.149	10	3	9	12	2
C	18	Laughton, Mike	65	8	9	17	22	-12	0	3	92	0.076	10	4	1	5	0
C	15	Morenz, Brian	78	20	19	39	76	-5	0	2	133	0.150	10	0	3	3	6
D	4	Morrison, Kevin	78	20	61	81	143	+29	7	1	280	0.071	10	0	7	7	2
LW	25	Peacosh, Gene	78	43	36	79	22	+13	12	0	269	0.160	10	7	5	12	4
C	19	Perry, Brian	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	2	3	6
D	2	Plumb, Ron	78	10	38	48	56	+18	1	1	215	0.047	10	2	3	5	11
LW	11	Reichmuth, Craig	28	2	1	3	58	-	-	-	35	0.057	-	-	-	-	-
RW	12	Rivers, Wayne	78	54	53	107	52	+29	13	0	323	0.167	5	3	1	4	8
C	28	Rouleau, Michel	27	5	6	11	42	+1	0	0	42	0.119	-	-	-	-	-
RW	20	Scharf, Ted	67	3	1	4	94	-6	0	0	37	0.081	-	-	-	-	-
RW	8	Sentes, Dick	74	44	41	85	52	+44	6	1	217	0.203	10	0	2	2	0
C	21	Trevelyan, Tom	20	0	2	2	4	-	0	0	17	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
RW	23	Volmar, Doug	10	0	1	1	4	-	0	0	17	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
G	31	Wakely, Ernie	35	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	10	0	0	0	0
D	5	Wall, Bob	33	0	9	9	15	+13	0	0	39	0.000	10	0	3	3	2

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Blanchet, Bob	3	179	7	2	1	2-1-0	2.35	70	0.900	-	-	-	-	-
Gillow, Russ	30	1653	94	1	1	15-11-2	3.41	864	0.891	3	79	5	0-0	3.80
Junkin, Joe	16	839	46	0	1	6-7-0	3.29	416	0.889	-	-	-	-	-
Wakely, Ernie	35	2062	115	3	2	20-12-2	3.35	1091	0.895	10	520	39	4-6	4.50

Transactions

• Dick Sentes acquired from Toronto in intra-league draft, May 1974
• Doug Volmar signed to contract, Jun 1974
• Bob Wall from Edmonton for Don Herriman, Aug 1974
• Ron Plumb loaned to San Diego by Cincinnati for 1974-75 season, Aug 1974
• Craig Reichmuth traded to Michigan for Michel Rouleau, Dec. 1974
• Ernie Wakely purchased from Winnipeg, Jan. 1975
• Ken Block traded to Indianapolis for Jim Hargreaves, Jan. 1975
• Joe Hardy acquired from Indianapolis for future considerations, Mar. 1975

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	3-3-0	20-20	1-2-0	8-10	2-1-0	12-10
Cleveland	3-3-0	21-16	2-1-0	16-10	1-2-0	5-6
Edmonton	3-3-0	24-21	2-1-0	14-10	1-2-0	10-11
Houston	5-1-0	29-25	3-0-0	18-10	2-1-0	11-15
Indianapolis	4-2-0	24-16	3-0-0	16-6	1-2-0	8-10
Michigan-Baltimore	3-2-1	30-18	1-1-1	16-10	2-1-0	14-8
Minnesota	3-2-1	23-21	1-1-1	14-12	2-1-0	9-9
New England	3-3-0	22-20	2-1-0	13-12	1-2-0	9-8
Phoenix	3-3-0	19-23	2-1-0	13-6	1-2-0	6-17
Quebec	4-2-0	33-20	3-0-0	22-6	1-2-0	11-14
Toronto	3-3-0	28-25	2-1-0	15-11	1-2-0	13-14
Vancouver	5-1-0	24-10	3-0-0	10-3	2-1-0	14-7
Winnipeg	1-3-2	29-33	1-2-0	17-20	0-1-2	12-13
October	4-1-0	19-16	4-0-0	17-8	0-1-0	2-8
November	7-6-0	41-46	2-3-0	15-18	5-3-0	26-28
December	4-9-1	46-52	2-4-1	29-28	2-5-0	17-24
January	8-4-0	50-37	6-1-0	38-25	2-3-0	12-12
February	6-7-1	65-53	5-0-1	39-14	1-7-0	26-39
March	12-3-1	80-50	5-2-0	34-24	7-1-1	46-26
April	2-1-1	25-14	2-1-0	20-9	0-0-1	5-5

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