1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 Los Angeles Sharks

Record: 25-53-0, 50 pts
Finish: 6th, West
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: Terry Slater (10-34-0), Ted McCaskill (15-19-0)

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 13	Houston	3-4	L	0-1-0	0	3-4	40.	Jan 10	@ Quebec	1-7	L	15-25-0	30	119-159
2.	Oct 16	Toronto	0-3	L	0-2-0	0	3-7	41.	Jan 12	@ Cleveland	4-5	L	15-26-0	30	123-164
3.	Oct 18	Chicago	2-7	L	0-3-0	0	5-14	42.	Jan 13	@ New England	6-9	L	15-27-0	30	129-173
4.	Oct 21	@ Vancouver	4-1	W	1-3-0	2	9-15	43.	Jan 15	Quebec	6-4	W	16-27-0	32	135-177
5.	Oct 23	Cleveland	4-3	W	2-3-0	4	13-18	44.	Jan 18	Toronto	4-1	W	17-27-0	34	139-178
6.	Oct 24	@ Houston	2-6	L	2-4-0	4	15-24	45.	Jan 19	@ Houston	3-2	W	18-27-0	36	142-180
7.	Oct 26	@ Cleveland	1-3	L	2-5-0	4	16-27	46.	Jan 20	Vancouver	0-3	L	18-28-0	36	142-183
8.	Oct 27	@ New England	1-3	L	2-6-0	4	17-30	47.	Jan 22	@ Houston	1-3	L	18-29-0	36	143-186
9.	Oct 28	@ New York	2-0	W	3-6-0	6	19-30	48.	Jan 25	Quebec	2-0	W	19-29-0	38	145-186
10.	Oct 30	Quebec	4-6	L	3-7-0	6	23-36	49.	Jan 27	@ Jersey	6-3	W	20-29-0	40	151-189
11.	Nov 2	Minnesota	1-5	L	3-8-0	6	24-41	50.	Jan 29	@ Quebec	0-5	L	20-30-0	40	151-194
12.	Nov 3	@ Houston	4-6	L	3-9-0	6	28-47	51.	Jan 31	@ Toronto	*4-5	L	20-31-0	40	155-199
13.	Nov 4	@ Toronto	3-6	L	3-10-0	6	31-53	52.	Feb 1	@ Winnipeg	0-4	L	20-32-0	40	155-203
14.	Nov 6	@ Chicago	*4-5	L	3-11-0	6	35-58	53.	Feb 3	@ Edmonton	2-5	L	20-33-0	40	157-208
15.	Nov 7	@ Vancouver	3-1	W	4-11-0	8	38-59	54.	Feb 7	Jersey	4-7	L	20-34-0	40	161-215
16.	Nov 9	Toronto	4-2	W	5-11-0	10	42-61	55.	Feb 10	Chicago	2-4	L	20-35-0	40	163-219
17.	Nov 11	@ Winnipeg	2-6	L	5-12-0	10	44-67	56.	Feb 12	Winnipeg	2-4	L	20-36-0	40	165-223
18.	Nov 13	@ Edmonton	0-4	L	5-13-0	10	44-71	57.	Feb 15	Houston	4-6	L	20-37-0	40	169-229
19.	Nov 16	Cleveland	*3-4	L	5-14-0	10	47-75	58.	Feb 17	Vancouver	0-4	L	20-38-0	40	169-233
20.	Nov 18	New England	2-5	L	5-15-0	10	49-80	59.	Feb 20	New England	4-2	W	21-38-0	42	173-235
21.	Nov 20	Minnesota	6-2	W	6-15-0	12	55-82	60.	Feb 24	Edmonton	3-5	L	21-39-0	42	176-240
22.	Nov 22	Chicago	3-4	L	6-16-0	12	58-86	61.	Feb 26	@ Chicago	2-4	L	21-40-0	42	178-244
23.	Nov 23	Edmonton	2-0	W	7-16-0	14	60-86	62.	Feb 27	@ Minnesota	4-5	L	21-41-0	42	182-249
24.	Nov 27	Winnipeg	*5-4	W	8-16-0	16	65-90	63.	Mar 2	@ Jersey	7-8	L	21-42-0	42	189-257
25.	Nov 30	@ Winnipeg	5-2	W	9-16-0	18	70-92	64.	Mar 3	@ Minnesota	3-5	L	21-43-0	42	192-262
26.	Dec 1	@ Chicago	*5-4	W	10-16-0	20	75-96	65.	Mar 5	Cleveland	3-6	L	21-44-0	42	195-268
27.	Dec 4	@ Minnesota	2-9	L	10-17-0	20	77-105	66.	Mar 8	Edmonton	4-1	W	22-44-0	44	199-269
28.	Dec 6	Houston	4-3	W	11-17-0	22	81-108	67.	Mar 10	Minnesota	6-5	W	23-44-0	46	205-274
29.	Dec 12	@ Edmonton	7-2	W	12-17-0	24	88-110	68.	Mar 12	@ Edmonton	1-8	L	23-45-0	46	206-282
30.	Dec 14	@ Winnipeg	0-1	L	12-18-0	24	88-111	69.	Mar 13	@ Vancouver	2-5	L	23-46-0	46	208-287
31.	Dec 15	@ Vancouver	4-6	L	12-19-0	24	92-117	70.	Mar 14	Houston	0-6	L	23-47-0	46	208-293
32.	Dec 16	Vancouver	5-3	W	13-19-0	26	97-120	71.	Mar 20	Jersey	5-8	L	23-48-0	46	213-301
33.	Dec 18	Vancouver	2-5	L	13-20-0	26	99-125	72.	Mar 22	Minnesota	2-5	L	23-49-0	46	215-306
34.	Dec 21	@ Minnesota	3-4	L	13-21-0	26	102-129	73.	Mar 24	Winnipeg	6-3	W	24-49-0	48	221-309
35.	Dec 22	@ Houston	3-8	L	13-22-0	26	105-137	74.	Mar 27	@ New England	1-7	L	24-50-0	48	222-316
36.	Dec 27	New England	1-5	L	13-23-0	26	106-142	75.	Mar 28	@ Quebec	3-9	L	24-51-0	48	225-325
37.	Dec 30	Houston	4-6	L	13-24-0	26	110-148	76.	Mar 30	@ Quebec	*4-5	L	24-52-0	48	229-330
38.	Jan 4	Edmonton	4-3	W	14-24-0	28	114-151	77.	Mar 31	@ Toronto	4-5	L	24-53-0	48	233-335
39.	Jan 8	Winnipeg	4-1	W	15-24-0	30	118-152	78.	Apr 4	Jersey	6-4	W	25-53-0	50	239-339

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
LW	16	Bowman, Kirk	10	0	2	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	7	Crashley, Bart	78	4	26	30	16	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Derksen, Brian	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Gardner, George	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	22	Garwasiuk, Ron	51	6	13	19	100	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	Gillow, Russ	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	20	Gordon, Don	29	8	6	14	24	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	16	Heiskala, Earl	24	2	6	8	45	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	16	Hodgson, Ted	23	3	9	12	22	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	25	Hoganson, Paul	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Horton, Bill	60	0	9	9	46	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	4	Hyndman, Mike	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	10	LeBlanc, J.P.	78	20	46	66	58	7	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	MacSweyn, Ralph	13	0	3	3	6	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	11	McCaskill, Ted	18	2	2	4	63	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
RW	17	McDonald, Brian	56	22	30	52	54	4	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	McLeod, Jim	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Niekamp, Jim	76	2	19	21	95	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	6	Odrowski, Gerry	77	4	32	36	48	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	24	Serviss, Tom	74	6	15	21	37	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
RW	13	Slater, Peter	19	1	1	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	8	Speck, Fred	18	2	5	7	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	19	Sutherland, Steve	72	20	12	32	182	4	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	9	Tardif, Marc	75	40	30	70	47	10	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	21	Thomas, Reg	77	14	21	35	22	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	18	Veneruzzo, Gary	78	39	29	68	68	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	15	Walters, Ron	71	14	14	28	28	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	12	Ward, Ron	40	14	19	33	16	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Watson, Jim	48	0	6	6	28	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	23	White, Alton	48	8	13	21	13	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	20	Whitlock, Bobby	14	4	10	14	4	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Wilkie, Ian	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Willis, Hal	18	1	2	3	24	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	-	Young, Bill	16	1	3	4	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	8/2/4	Zrymiak, Jerry	27	2	8	10	8	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Gardner, George	2	120	13	0	0	0-2-0	6.50	65	0.800	-	-	-	-	-
Gillow, Russ	18	1041	69	1	1	4-13-0	3.98	483	0.851	-	-	-	-	-
Hoganson, Paul	27	1308	102	2	0	6-16-0	4.68	711	0.857	-	-	-	-	-
McLeod, Jim	17	969	69	1	1	4-13-0	4.27	481	0.857	-	-	-	-	-
Wilkie, Ian	23	1257	82	0	1	11-9-0	3.91	592	0.861	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Marc Tardif signed to contract, Jun 1973
• Don Gordon, Paul Hoganson signed to contracts, Jul 1973
• Joe Szura traded to Houston for Brian McDonald, Sep 1973
• Bill Horton purchased from Cleveland, Oct 1973
• Tom Gilmore traded to Edmonton for Ron Walters, Oct 1973
• George Gardner and Ralph MacSweyn traded to Vancouver for Ron Ward, Oct 1973
• Ian Wilkie purchased from Edmonton, Nov 1973
• Mike Hyndman sold to Phoenix (WHL), Dec 1973
• Peter Slater sold to Denver (WHL), Dec 1973
• Russ Gillow and Earl Heiskala traded to Jersey for Jim McLeod, Jan 1974
• Don Gordon and Jim Watson traded to Chicago for Bobby Whitlock, Feb 1974
• Ron Ward traded to Cleveland for Bill Young and Ted Hodgson, Feb 1974
• Ian Wilkie traded to Edmonton for Wayne Zuk, Mar 1974

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	1-5-0	18-28	0-3-0	7-15	1-2-0	11-13
Cleveland	1-5-0	19-26	1-2-0	10-13	0-3-0	9-13
Edmonton	4-4-0	23-28	3-1-0	13-9	1-3-0	10-19
Houston	2-8-0	28-50	1-4-0	15-25	1-4-0	13-25
Minnesota	2-6-0	27-40	2-2-0	15-17	0-4-0	12-23
New England	1-5-0	15-31	1-2-0	7-12	0-3-0	8-19
New York-Jersey	3-3-0	30-30	1-2-0	15-19	2-1-0	15-11
Quebec	2-4-0	16-31	2-1-0	12-10	0-3-0	4-21
Toronto	2-4-0	19-22	2-1-0	8-6	0-3-0	11-16
Vancouver	3-5-0	20-28	1-3-0	7-15	2-2-0	13-13
Winnipeg	4-4-0	24-25	3-1-0	17-12	1-3-0	7-13
October	3-7-0	23-36	1-4-0	13-23	2-3-0	10-13
November	6-9-0	47-56	4-4-0	26-26	2-5-0	21-30
December	4-8-0	40-56	2-3-0	16-22	2-5-0	24-34
January	7-7-0	45-51	5-1-0	20-12	2-6-0	25-39
February	1-10-0	27-50	1-6-0	19-32	0-4-0	8-18
March	3-12-0	51-86	3-4-0	26-34	0-8-0	25-52
April	1-0-0	6-4	1-0-0	6-4	0-0-0	0-0

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