1974-75 • Franchise

1974-75 Winnipeg Jets

Record: 38-35-5, 81 pts
Finish: 3rd, Canadian
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: Bobby Hull (4-9-0), Rudy Pilous (34-26-5)

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	@ Vancouver	6-2	W	1-0-0	2	6-2	40	Jan 24	@ Vancouver	*3-4	L	18-20-2	38	155-138
2	Oct 18	Edmonton	4-0	W	2-0-0	4	10-2	41	Jan 26	Houston	1-3	L	18-21-2	38	156-141
3	Oct 25	@ Toronto	1-3	L	2-1-0	4	11-5	42	Jan 28	@ San Diego	9-7	W	19-21-2	40	165-148
4	Oct 27	Michigan	5-2	W	3-1-0	6	16-7	43	Jan 30	@ Phoenix	5-3	W	20-21-2	42	170-151
5	Oct 30	Phoenix	*6-5	W	4-1-0	8	22-12	44	Feb 2	@ Minnesota	*4-5	L	20-22-2	42	174-156
6	Nov 1	Toronto	10-1	W	5-1-0	10	32-13	45	Feb 5	@ Cleveland	2-3	L	20-23-2	42	176-159
7	Nov 3	Michigan	11-3	W	6-1-0	12	43-16	46	Feb 7	New England	*4-5	L	20-24-2	42	180-164
8	Nov 5	Minnesota	6-4	W	7-1-0	14	49-20	47	Feb 8	@ Chicago	3-6	L	20-25-2	42	183-170
9	Nov 9	@ Vancouver	3-3	T	7-1-1	15	52-23	48	Feb 9	Chicago	3-2	W	21-25-2	44	186-172
10	Nov 13	@ Edmonton	3-5	L	7-2-1	15	55-28	49	Feb 12	Toronto	4-7	L	21-26-2	44	190-179
11	Nov 15	Indianapolis	5-0	W	8-2-1	17	60-28	50	Feb 14	Houston	5-3	W	22-26-2	46	195-182
12	Nov 17	Toronto	1-3	L	8-3-1	17	61-31	51	Feb 15	Cleveland	5-1	W	23-26-2	48	200-183
13	Nov 18	@ Edmonton	3-5	L	8-4-1	17	64-36	52	Feb 16	@ Chicago	6-3	W	24-26-2	50	206-186
14	Nov 20	Minnesota	3-1	W	9-4-1	19	67-37	53	Feb 18	@ Baltimore	5-3	W	25-26-2	52	211-189
15	Nov 24	Phoenix	1-3	L	9-5-1	19	68-40	54	Feb 19	Edmonton	4-1	W	26-26-2	54	215-190
16	Nov 26	@ Indianapolis	4-0	W	10-5-1	21	72-40	55	Feb 23	New England	1-2	L	26-27-2	54	216-192
17	Nov 27	@ Cleveland	*4-5	L	10-6-1	21	76-45	56	Feb 25	Minnesota	6-6	T	26-27-3	55	222-198
18	Nov 29	Michigan	7-6	W	11-6-1	23	83-51	57	Feb 28	San Diego	4-3	W	27-27-3	57	226-201
19	Dec 1	Quebec	3-2	W	12-6-1	25	86-53	58	Mar 2	San Diego	4-4	T	27-27-4	58	230-205
20	Dec 4	Houston	2-3	L	12-7-1	25	88-56	59	Mar 5	Cleveland	4-2	W	28-27-4	60	234-207
21	Dec 6	@ Minnesota	2-4	L	12-8-1	25	90-60	60	Mar 7	@ Phoenix	4-7	L	28-28-4	60	238-214
22	Dec 8	Chicago	5-2	W	13-8-1	27	95-62	61	Mar 8	@ San Diego	5-6	L	28-29-4	60	243-220
23	Dec 10	@ Indianapolis	5-3	W	14-8-1	29	100-65	62	Mar 9	@ Minnesota	*6-5	W	29-29-4	62	249-225
24	Dec 12	@ Michigan	3-5	L	14-9-1	29	103-70	63	Mar 11	@ New England	2-6	L	29-30-4	62	251-231
25	Dec 14	@ Houston	3-5	L	14-10-1	29	106-75	64	Mar 12	@ Quebec	3-5	L	29-31-4	62	254-236
26	Dec 15	New England	3-4	L	14-11-1	29	109-79	65	Mar 14	Quebec	4-3	W	30-31-4	64	258-239
27	Dec 17	@ Toronto	4-1	W	15-11-1	31	113-80	66	Mar 16	Edmonton	10-1	W	31-31-4	66	268-240
28	Dec 18	@ Quebec	1-5	L	15-12-1	31	114-85	67	Mar 19	Vancouver	8-3	W	32-31-4	68	276-243
29	Dec 22	Phoenix	2-4	L	15-13-1	31	116-89	68	Mar 21	@ New England	6-3	W	33-31-4	70	282-246
30	Dec 26	@ Phoenix	3-2	W	16-13-1	33	119-91	69	Mar 22	@ Chicago	4-2	W	34-31-4	72	286-248
31	Dec 28	@ San Diego	6-4	W	17-13-1	35	125-95	70	Mar 23	Chicago	4-3	W	35-31-4	74	290-251
32	Dec 29	@ Houston	3-6	L	17-14-1	35	128-101	71	Mar 25	@ Indianapolis	*4-3	W	36-31-4	76	294-254
33	Jan 7	@ Cleveland	4-4	T	17-14-2	36	132-105	72	Mar 27	@ Houston	0-8	L	36-32-4	76	294-262
34	Jan 9	@ Michigan	*4-5	L	17-15-2	36	136-110	73	Mar 29	@ New England	9-3	W	37-32-4	78	303-265
35	Jan 10	Quebec	1-6	L	17-16-2	36	137-116	74	Mar 31	Indianapolis	4-1	W	38-32-4	80	307-266
36	Jan 15	Vancouver	2-4	L	17-17-2	36	139-120	75	Apr 2	Vancouver	4-6	L	38-33-4	80	311-272
37	Jan 19	Cleveland	9-4	W	18-17-2	38	148-124	76	Apr 4	@ Toronto	1-7	L	38-34-4	80	312-279
38	Jan 22	Indianapolis	1-3	L	18-18-2	38	149-127	77	Apr 5	@ Quebec	5-9	L	38-35-4	80	317-288
39	Jan 23	@ Edmonton	3-7	L	18-19-2	38	152-134	78	Apr 6	San Diego	5-5	T	38-35-5	81	322-293

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
LW	10	Ashton, Ron	36	1	3	4	66	-11	0	0	36	0.028	-	-	-	-	-
D	21	Asmundson, Duke	38	4	15	19	53	-3	0	0	49	0.082	-	-	-	-	-
RW	11	Beaudin, Norm	77	16	31	47	8	-17	1	2	202	0.079	-	-	-	-	-
D	28/18	Beaule, Alain	54	0	14	14	24	-19	0	0	36	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
D	2/25	Bergman, Thommie	49	4	15	19	70	-16	3	0	85	0.047	-	-	-	-	-
RW	19	Black, Milt	65	4	6	10	10	-2	0	0	37	0.108	-	-	-	-	-
C	7	Bordeleau, Christian	18	8	8	16	0	-1	0	2	52	0.154	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	Daley, Joe	51	0	1	1	6	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Ford, Mike	73	12	22	34	68	+43	3	0	205	0.059	-	-	-	-	-
RW	16	Gratton, Jean-Guy	49	4	8	12	2	+2	0	0	57	0.070	-	-	-	-	-
LW	18	Gruen, Danny	32	9	12	21	21	0	3	0	64	0.141	-	-	-	-	-
RW	15	Hedberg, Anders	65	53	47	100	45	+38	20	0	271	0.196	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Hornung, Larry	69	7	25	32	21	-17	1	0	80	0.088	-	-	-	-	-
LW	9	Hull, Bobby	78	77	65	142	41	+55	27	0	556	0.138	-	-	-	-	-
C	17	Johnson, Dan	78	18	14	32	25	-32	2	4	111	0.162	-	-	-	-	-
C	12	Ketola, Veli-Pekka	74	23	28	51	25	-18	2	0	154	0.149	-	-	-	-	-
G	24	Larsson, Curt	26	0	1	1	4	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	8	Miller, Perry	67	9	19	28	133	-22	0	1	99	0.091	-	-	-	-	-
C	10	Neale, Robbie	7	0	2	2	4	-	0	0	14	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
C	14	Nilsson, Ulf	78	26	94	120	79	+47	7	0	147	0.177	-	-	-	-	-
D	6	Riihiranta, Heikki	64	8	14	22	30	-40	2	0	102	0.078	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Sjoberg, Lars-Erik	75	7	53	60	30	+43	0	1	123	0.057	-	-	-	-	-
RW	20	Snell, Ron	20	0	0	0	8	-10	0	0	15	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
C	22	Spring, Dan	60	19	24	43	22	-14	1	0	123	0.154	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Wakely, Ernie	6	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Woytowich, Bob	24	0	4	4	8	-3	0	0	11	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
D	7	Young, Howie	42	13	10	23	42	-9	2	0	81	0.160	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Daley, Joe	51	2902	175	0	1	23-21-4	3.99	1550	0.887	-	-	-	-	-
Larsson, Curt	26	1514	100	2	1	12-11-1	3.96	887	0.887	-	-	-	-	-
Wakely, Ernie	6	355	16	0	1	3-3-0	2.70	213	0.925	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg signed to contracts, May 1974
• Heikki Riihiranta signed to contract, summer 1974
• Rights to VeliPekka Ketola acquired from Cleveland for future considerations, Aug 1974
• Perry Miller signed to contract, Sep 1974
• Christian Bordeleau to Quebec for Alain Beaule, Nov 1974
• Bob Woytowich sold to Indianapolis, Dec 1974
• Thommie Bergman purchased from Detroit (NHL), Dec 1974
• Ernie Wakely sold to San Diego, Jan 1975
• Howie Young purchased from Phoenix, Jan 1975
• Robbie Neale acquired from Cleveland for cash, future considerations, Feb 1975
• Danny Gruen acquired for future considerations from Baltimore, Feb 1975. Returned to Baltimore end of season.

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	5-1-0	25-18	3-0-0	12-7	2-1-0	13-11
Cleveland	3-2-1	28-19	3-0-0	18-7	0-2-1	10-12
Edmonton	3-3-0	27-19	3-0-0	18-2	0-3-0	9-17
Houston	1-5-0	14-28	1-2-0	8-9	0-3-0	6-19
Indianapolis	5-1-0	23-10	2-1-0	10-4	3-0-0	13-6
Michigan-Baltimore	4-2-0	35-24	3-0-0	23-11	1-2-0	12-13
Minnesota	3-2-1	27-25	2-0-1	15-11	1-2-0	12-14
New England	2-4-0	25-23	0-3-0	8-11	2-1-0	17-12
Phoenix	3-3-0	21-24	1-2-0	9-12	2-1-0	12-12
Quebec	2-4-0	17-30	2-1-0	8-11	0-3-0	9-19
San Diego	3-1-2	33-29	1-0-2	13-12	2-1-0	20-17
Toronto	2-4-0	21-22	1-2-0	15-11	1-2-0	6-11
Vancouver	2-3-1	26-22	1-2-0	14-13	1-1-1	12-9
October	4-1-0	22-12	3-0-0	15-7	1-1-0	7-5
November	7-5-1	61-39	6-2-0	44-21	1-3-1	17-18
December	6-8-0	45-50	2-3-0	15-15	4-5-0	30-35
January	3-7-1	42-50	1-4-0	14-20	2-3-1	28-30
February	7-6-1	56-50	5-3-1	36-30	2-3-0	20-20
March	11-5-1	81-65	6-0-1	38-17	5-5-0	43-48
April	0-3-1	15-27	0-1-1	9-11	0-2-0	6-16

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