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1973-74Franchise

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 13Houston3-4L0-1-003-440.Jan 10@ Quebec1-7L15-25-030119-159
2.Oct 16Toronto0-3L0-2-003-741.Jan 12@ Cleveland4-5L15-26-030123-164
3.Oct 18Chicago2-7L0-3-005-1442.Jan 13@ New England6-9L15-27-030129-173
4.Oct 21@ Vancouver4-1W1-3-029-1543.Jan 15Quebec6-4W16-27-032135-177
5.Oct 23Cleveland4-3W2-3-0413-1844.Jan 18Toronto4-1W17-27-034139-178
6.Oct 24@ Houston2-6L2-4-0415-2445.Jan 19@ Houston3-2W18-27-036142-180
7.Oct 26@ Cleveland1-3L2-5-0416-2746.Jan 20Vancouver0-3L18-28-036142-183
8.Oct 27@ New England1-3L2-6-0417-3047.Jan 22@ Houston1-3L18-29-036143-186
9.Oct 28@ New York2-0W3-6-0619-3048.Jan 25Quebec2-0W19-29-038145-186
10.Oct 30Quebec4-6L3-7-0623-3649.Jan 27@ Jersey6-3W20-29-040151-189
11.Nov 2Minnesota1-5L3-8-0624-4150.Jan 29@ Quebec0-5L20-30-040151-194
12.Nov 3@ Houston4-6L3-9-0628-4751.Jan 31@ Toronto*4-5L20-31-040155-199
13.Nov 4@ Toronto3-6L3-10-0631-5352.Feb 1@ Winnipeg0-4L20-32-040155-203
14.Nov 6@ Chicago*4-5L3-11-0635-5853.Feb 3@ Edmonton2-5L20-33-040157-208
15.Nov 7@ Vancouver3-1W4-11-0838-5954.Feb 7Jersey4-7L20-34-040161-215
16.Nov 9Toronto4-2W5-11-01042-6155.Feb 10Chicago2-4L20-35-040163-219
17.Nov 11@ Winnipeg2-6L5-12-01044-6756.Feb 12Winnipeg2-4L20-36-040165-223
18.Nov 13@ Edmonton0-4L5-13-01044-7157.Feb 15Houston4-6L20-37-040169-229
19.Nov 16Cleveland*3-4L5-14-01047-7558.Feb 17Vancouver0-4L20-38-040169-233
20.Nov 18New England2-5L5-15-01049-8059.Feb 20New England4-2W21-38-042173-235
21.Nov 20Minnesota6-2W6-15-01255-8260.Feb 24Edmonton3-5L21-39-042176-240
22.Nov 22Chicago3-4L6-16-01258-8661.Feb 26@ Chicago2-4L21-40-042178-244
23.Nov 23Edmonton2-0W7-16-01460-8662.Feb 27@ Minnesota4-5L21-41-042182-249
24.Nov 27Winnipeg*5-4W8-16-01665-9063.Mar 2@ Jersey7-8L21-42-042189-257
25.Nov 30@ Winnipeg5-2W9-16-01870-9264.Mar 3@ Minnesota3-5L21-43-042192-262
26.Dec 1@ Chicago*5-4W10-16-02075-9665.Mar 5Cleveland3-6L21-44-042195-268
27.Dec 4@ Minnesota2-9L10-17-02077-10566.Mar 8Edmonton4-1W22-44-044199-269
28.Dec 6Houston4-3W11-17-02281-10867.Mar 10Minnesota6-5W23-44-046205-274
29.Dec 12@ Edmonton7-2W12-17-02488-11068.Mar 12@ Edmonton1-8L23-45-046206-282
30.Dec 14@ Winnipeg0-1L12-18-02488-11169.Mar 13@ Vancouver2-5L23-46-046208-287
31.Dec 15@ Vancouver4-6L12-19-02492-11770.Mar 14Houston0-6L23-47-046208-293
32.Dec 16Vancouver5-3W13-19-02697-12071.Mar 20Jersey5-8L23-48-046213-301
33.Dec 18Vancouver2-5L13-20-02699-12572.Mar 22Minnesota2-5L23-49-046215-306
34.Dec 21@ Minnesota3-4L13-21-026102-12973.Mar 24Winnipeg6-3W24-49-048221-309
35.Dec 22@ Houston3-8L13-22-026105-13774.Mar 27@ New England1-7L24-50-048222-316
36.Dec 27New England1-5L13-23-026106-14275.Mar 28@ Quebec3-9L24-51-048225-325
37.Dec 30Houston4-6L13-24-026110-14876.Mar 30@ Quebec*4-5L24-52-048229-330
38.Jan 4Edmonton4-3W14-24-028114-15177.Mar 31@ Toronto4-5L24-53-048233-335
39.Jan 8Winnipeg4-1W15-24-030118-15278.Apr 4Jersey6-4W25-53-050239-339

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
Chicago1-5-018-280-3-07-151-2-011-13
Cleveland1-5-019-261-2-010-130-3-09-13
Edmonton4-4-023-283-1-013-91-3-010-19
Houston2-8-028-501-4-015-251-4-013-25
Minnesota2-6-027-402-2-015-170-4-012-23
New England1-5-015-311-2-07-120-3-08-19
New York-Jersey3-3-030-301-2-015-192-1-015-11
Quebec2-4-016-312-1-012-100-3-04-21
Toronto2-4-019-222-1-08-60-3-011-16
Vancouver3-5-020-281-3-07-152-2-013-13
Winnipeg4-4-024-253-1-017-121-3-07-13
 
October3-7-023-361-4-013-232-3-010-13
November6-9-047-564-4-026-262-5-021-30
December4-8-040-562-3-016-222-5-024-34
January7-7-045-515-1-020-122-6-025-39
February1-10-027-501-6-019-320-4-08-18
March3-12-051-863-4-026-340-8-025-52
April1-0-06-41-0-06-40-0-00-0

 

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