1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 Vancouver Blazers

Record: 27-50-1, 55 pts
Finish: 5th, West
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: John McKenzie (3-4-0), Phil Watson (3-9-0), Andy Bathgate (21-37-1)

Westward ho, the Blazers

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 10	Winnipeg	*4-3	W	1-0-0	2	4-3	40.	Jan 6	@ Cleveland	3-11	L	15-25-0	30	136-169
2.	Oct 12	@ Minnesota	4-5	L	1-1-0	2	8-8	41.	Jan 7	@ Jersey	5-4	W	16-25-0	32	141-173
3.	Oct 14	@ Winnipeg	3-6	L	1-2-0	2	11-14	42.	Jan 9	Winnipeg	4-6	L	16-26-0	32	145-179
4.	Oct 17	Houston	2-7	L	1-3-0	2	13-21	43.	Jan 13	Edmonton	6-2	W	17-26-0	34	151-181
5.	Oct 19	@ Edmonton	3-1	W	2-3-0	4	16-22	44.	Jan 17	@ Houston	4-7	L	17-27-0	34	155-188
6.	Oct 20	Chicago	4-3	W	3-3-0	6	20-25	45.	Jan 19	Jersey	*4-5	L	17-28-0	34	159-193
7.	Oct 21	Los Angeles	1-4	L	3-4-0	6	21-29	46.	Jan 20	@ Los Angeles	3-0	W	18-28-0	36	162-193
8.	Oct 24	Toronto	4-7	L	3-5-0	6	25-36	47.	Jan 23	Cleveland	6-3	W	19-28-0	38	168-196
9.	Oct 27	Edmonton	2-6	L	3-6-0	6	27-42	48.	Jan 26	Houston	2-4	L	19-29-0	38	170-200
10.	Oct 28	@ Edmonton	5-7	L	3-7-0	6	32-49	49.	Jan 27	@ Toronto	7-9	L	19-30-0	38	177-209
11.	Oct 31	Quebec	1-5	L	3-8-0	6	33-54	50.	Jan 28	@ New England	4-6	L	19-31-0	38	181-215
12.	Nov 3	New York	0-4	L	3-9-0	6	33-58	51.	Jan 30	Chicago	2-4	L	19-32-0	38	183-219
13.	Nov 4	New York	3-4	L	3-10-0	6	36-62	52.	Feb 5	Edmonton	8-0	W	20-32-0	40	191-219
14.	Nov 7	Los Angeles	1-3	L	3-11-0	6	37-65	53.	Feb 8	Quebec	7-3	W	21-32-0	42	198-222
15.	Nov 9	@ Minnesota	1-3	L	3-12-0	6	38-68	54.	Feb 13	New England	9-4	W	22-32-0	44	207-226
16.	Nov 10	@ Houston	3-8	L	3-13-0	6	41-76	55.	Feb 17	@ Los Angeles	4-0	W	23-32-0	46	211-226
17.	Nov 13	Winnipeg	5-3	W	4-13-0	8	46-79	56.	Feb 19	Toronto	4-5	L	23-33-0	46	215-231
18.	Nov 15	Minnesota	7-5	W	5-13-0	10	53-84	57.	Feb 21	@ Chicago	4-5	L	23-34-0	46	219-236
19.	Nov 18	Cleveland	8-2	W	6-13-0	12	61-86	58.	Feb 23	@ Cleveland	3-7	L	23-35-0	46	222-243
20.	Nov 22	Edmonton	7-1	W	7-13-0	14	68-87	59.	Feb 24	@ Houston	1-7	L	23-36-0	46	223-250
21.	Nov 23	@ Winnipeg	*4-3	W	8-13-0	16	72-90	60.	Feb 26	@ Houston	2-3	L	23-37-0	46	225-253
22.	Nov 25	@ Toronto	*2-3	L	8-14-0	16	74-93	61.	Feb 28	@ Quebec	4-9	L	23-38-0	46	229-262
23.	Nov 28	Minnesota	5-3	W	9-14-0	18	79-96	62.	Mar 2	@ New England	1-7	L	23-39-0	46	230-269
24.	Dec 5	Toronto	1-3	L	9-15-0	18	80-99	63.	Mar 4	@ Jersey	*6-7	L	23-40-0	46	236-276
25.	Dec 7	@ Minnesota	1-3	L	9-16-0	18	81-102	64.	Mar 7	Cleveland	2-4	L	23-41-0	46	238-280
26.	Dec 9	Houston	3-5	L	9-17-0	18	84-107	65.	Mar 10	@ Edmonton	*2-1	W	24-41-0	48	240-281
27.	Dec 12	Quebec	*2-1	W	10-17-0	20	86-108	66.	Mar 13	Los Angeles	5-2	W	25-41-0	50	245-283
28.	Dec 15	Los Angeles	6-4	W	11-17-0	22	92-112	67.	Mar 14	New England	3-6	L	25-42-0	50	248-289
29.	Dec 16	@ Los Angeles	3-5	L	11-18-0	22	95-117	68.	Mar 15	@ Winnipeg	5-7	L	25-43-0	50	253-296
30.	Dec 18	@ Los Angeles	5-2	W	12-18-0	24	100-119	69.	Mar 17	@ Edmonton	2-3	L	25-44-0	50	255-299
31.	Dec 19	Minnesota	2-4	L	12-19-0	24	102-123	70.	Mar 19	Minnesota	5-4	W	26-44-0	52	260-303
32.	Dec 21	@ Edmonton	1-4	L	12-20-0	24	103-127	71.	Mar 21	@ Chicago	5-5	T	26-44-1	53	265=308
33.	Dec 22	Edmonton	6-3	W	13-20-0	26	109-130	72.	Mar 23	@ Quebec	2-6	L	26-45-1	53	267=314
34.	Dec 24	@ New England	*4-5	L	13-21-0	26	113-135	73.	Mar 24	@ Toronto	1-3	L	26-46-1	53	268=317
35.	Dec 26	@ Cleveland	5-3	W	14-21-0	28	118-138	74.	Mar 27	Houston	1-8	L	26-47-1	53	269=325
36.	Dec 28	@ Jersey	3-5	L	14-22-0	28	121-143	75.	Mar 29	Chicago	2-5	L	26-48-1	53	271=330
37.	Dec 30	New England	*6-5	W	15-22-0	30	127-148	76.	Mar 31	@ Winnipeg	*3-4	L	26-49-1	53	274-334
38.	Jan 1	@ Chicago	4-5	L	15-23-0	30	131-153	77.	Apr 3	@ Minnesota	0-9	L	26-50-1	53	274-343
39.	Jan 5	@ Quebec	2-5	L	15-24-0	30	133-158	78.	Apr 4	Winnipeg	4-2	W	27-50-1	55	278-345

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
C	7	Adair, Jim	70	12	17	29	10	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Archambault, Yves	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	23	Beaudoin, Serge	26	1	11	12	37	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	-	Boudreau, Michel	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	8	Burgess, Don	78	30	36	66	8	5	3	-	-	-	-	-
C	14	Campbell, Bryan	76	27	62	89	50	8	1	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Campbell, Colin	78	3	20	23	191	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	6	Campeau, Rychard	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Cardiff, Jim	78	1	21	22	188	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	16	Chernoff, Mike	36	11	10	21	4	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	Donnelly, Pete	49	0	1	1	9	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	35	Gardner, George	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	20/21	Gellard, Sam	23	7	4	11	15	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	25	Hatoum, Ed	37	3	12	15	8	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Hutchison, Dave	69	0	13	13	151	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	20	Jones, Jimmy	18	3	2	5	23	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	25	Lapierre, Camille	9	0	3	3	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	11	Lawson, Danny	78	50	38	88	14	10	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	6	MacSweyn, Ralph	56	2	18	20	52	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	19	McKenzie, John	45	14	38	52	71	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	6	McNamee, Pete	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	15	Meloche, Denis	41	6	13	19	18	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	18	Migneault, John	74	21	26	47	27	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	17	Myers, Murray	61	22	20	42	28	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	12	O'Donoghue, Don	49	8	6	14	20	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	24	Plante, Michel	22	3	2	5	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Plumb, Ron	78	6	32	38	40	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	22	St.Sauveur, Claude	70	38	30	68	55	6	2	-	-	-	-	-
D	23	Spencer, Irv	19	0	1	1	6	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	34	Sullivan, Danny	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
F	10	Tetreault, Jean	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	10	Walton, Rob	28	8	15	23	2	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	10	Ward, Ron	7	0	2	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Archambault, Yves	5	263	27	0	0	1-4-0	6.16	183	0.852	-	-	-	-	-
Donnelly, Pete	49	2824	179	4	3	22-24-0	3.80	1525	0.883	-	-	-	-	-
Gardner, George	28	1590	125	3	0	4-21-1	4.72	957	0.869	-	-	-	-	-
Sullivan, Danny	1	60	7	0	0	0-1-0	7.00	38	0.816	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Andre Lacroix and Don Herriman traded to New York for Ron Ward and Peter Donnelly, May 1973
• Jim Adair signed to contract, Sep 1973
• Ron Ward traded to Los Angeles for George Gardner and Ralph MacSweyn, Oct 1973
• Denis Meloche, Claude St. Sauveur signed to contracts, Oct 1973
• Jean Tetreault traded to Minnesota for Rob Walton, Jan 1974

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	1-4-1	21-27	1-2-0	8-12	0-2-1	13-15
Cleveland	3-3-0	27-30	2-1-0	16-9	1-2-0	11-21
Edmonton	6-4-0	42-28	4-1-0	29-12	2-3-0	13-16
Houston	0-8-0	18-49	0-4-0	8-24	0-4-0	10-25
Los Angeles	5-3-0	28-20	2-2-0	13-13	3-1-0	15-7
Minnesota	3-5-0	25-36	3-1-0	19-16	0-4-0	6-20
New England	2-4-0	27-33	2-1-0	18-15	0-3-0	9-18
New York-Jersey	1-5-0	21-29	0-3-0	7-13	1-2-0	14-16
Quebec	2-4-0	18-29	2-1-0	10-9	0-3-0	8-20
Toronto	0-6-0	19-30	0-3-0	9-15	0-3-0	10-15
Winnipeg	4-4-0	32-34	3-1-0	17-14	1-3-0	15-20
October	3-8-0	33-54	2-5-0	18-35	1-3-0	15-19
November	6-6-0	46-42	5-3-0	36-25	1-3-0	10-17
December	6-8-0	48-52	4-3-0	26-25	2-5-0	22-27
January	4-10-0	56-71	2-4-0	24-24	2-6-0	32-47
February	4-6-0	46-43	3-1-0	28-12	1-5-0	18-31
March	3-11-1	45-72	2-4-0	18-29	1-7-1	27-43
April	1-1-0	4-11	1-0-0	4-2	0-1-0	0-9

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