1974-75 • Franchise

1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints

Minnesota Fighting Saints, 1974-75 (Click to enlarge)

Record: 42-33-3, 87 pts
Finish: 3rd, West
Playoffs: Lost in Second Round to Quebec
Coach: Harry Neale (42-32-3), Jack McCartan (0-1-0)

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 19	Cleveland	1-3	L	0-1-0	0	1-3	40	Jan 19	@ New England	3-1	W	21-19-0	42	167-138
2	Oct 22	@ Toronto	2-11	L	0-2-0	0	3-14	41	Jan 22	Vancouver	1-2	L	21-20-0	42	168-140
3	Oct 24	@ Indianapolis	3-2	W	1-2-0	2	6-16	42	Jan 24	Toronto	7-5	W	22-20-0	44	175-145
4	Oct 26	@ Houston	2-3	L	1-3-0	2	8-19	43	Jan 26	Baltimore	2-1	W	23-20-0	46	177-146
5	Oct 27	Chicago	*6-5	W	2-3-0	4	14-24	44	Jan 30	Vancouver	6-3	W	24-20-0	48	183-149
6	Oct 29	@ Michigan	*3-4	L	2-4-0	4	17-28	45	Jan 31	Houston	4-1	W	25-20-0	50	187-150
7	Nov 2	Michigan	6-3	W	3-4-0	6	23-31	46	Feb 2	Winnipeg	*5-4	W	26-20-0	52	192-154
8	Nov 5	@ Winnipeg	4-6	L	3-5-0	6	27-37	47	Feb 5	Edmonton	4-2	W	27-20-0	54	196-156
9	Nov 9	Toronto	4-7	L	3-6-0	6	31-44	48	Feb 6	@ San Diego	2-2	T	27-20-1	55	198-158
10	Nov 10	Phoenix	10-4	W	4-6-0	8	41-48	49	Feb 7	@ Phoenix	1-4	L	27-21-1	55	199-162
11	Nov 13	Houston	5-8	L	4-7-0	8	46-56	50	Feb 8	@ San Diego	4-8	L	27-22-1	55	203-170
12	Nov 17	@ Quebec	7-1	W	5-7-0	10	53-57	51	Feb 12	Houston	1-3	L	27-23-1	55	204-173
13	Nov 20	@ Winnipeg	1-3	L	5-8-0	10	54-60	52	Feb 14	Quebec	3-7	L	27-24-1	55	207-180
14	Nov 23	San Diego	3-5	L	5-9-0	10	57-65	53	Feb 16	San Diego	5-2	W	28-24-1	57	212-182
15	Nov 24	@ Michigan	2-3	L	5-10-0	10	59-68	54	Feb 17	@ Cleveland	2-1	W	29-24-1	59	214-183
16	Nov 26	@ Toronto	6-2	W	6-10-0	12	65-70	55	Feb 19	@ Cleveland	5-3	W	30-24-1	61	219-186
17	Nov 30	Chicago	5-7	L	6-11-0	12	70-77	56	Feb 21	@ Indianapolis	2-5	L	30-25-1	61	221-191
18	Dec 1	Phoenix	4-3	W	7-11-0	14	74-80	57	Feb 23	@ Edmonton	4-6	L	30-26-1	61	225-197
19	Dec 4	@ Quebec	6-3	W	8-11-0	16	80-83	58	Feb 25	@ Winnipeg	6-6	T	30-26-2	62	231-203
20	Dec 6	Winnipeg	4-2	W	9-11-0	18	84-85	59	Feb 26	Indianapolis	*4-3	W	31-26-2	64	235-206
21	Dec 8	@ Vancouver	2-4	L	9-12-0	18	86-89	60	Feb 27	@ New England	2-5	L	31-27-2	64	237-211
22	Dec 10	@ Toronto	4-2	W	10-12-0	20	90-91	61	Mar 1	@ Quebec	4-1	W	32-27-2	66	241-212
23	Dec 11	@ New England	1-3	L	10-13-0	20	91-94	62	Mar 2	Toronto	5-3	W	33-27-2	68	246-215
24	Dec 13	Edmonton	4-5	L	10-14-0	20	95-99	63	Mar 5	New England	5-3	W	34-27-2	70	251-218
25	Dec 14	@ Phoenix	3-4	L	10-15-0	20	98-103	64	Mar 9	Winnipeg	*5-6	L	34-28-2	70	256-224
26	Dec 15	Quebec	6-4	W	11-15-0	22	104-107	65	Mar 11	@ San Diego	6-4	W	35-28-2	72	262-228
27	Dec 19	@ Indianapolis	6-0	W	12-15-0	24	110-107	66	Mar 12	@ Vancouver	2-4	L	35-29-2	72	264-232
28	Dec 20	Indianapolis	6-4	W	13-15-0	26	116-111	67	Mar 18	@ Vancouver	5-3	W	36-29-2	74	269-235
29	Dec 26	@ Edmonton	5-1	W	14-15-0	28	121-112	68	Mar 23	Edmonton	4-2	W	37-29-2	76	273-237
30	Dec 27	New England	6-3	W	15-15-0	30	127-115	69	Mar 25	Baltimore	5-4	W	38-29-2	78	278-241
31	Dec 28	@ Chicago	3-5	L	15-16-0	30	130-120	70	Mar 26	Chicago	4-3	W	39-29-2	80	282-244
32	Dec 29	Cleveland	6-0	W	16-16-0	32	136-120	71	Mar 28	@ Phoenix	2-2	T	39-29-3	81	284-246
33	Jan 1	Cleveland	6-2	W	17-16-0	34	142-122	72	Mar 29	@ Houston	2-8	L	39-30-3	81	286-254
34	Jan 3	San Diego	1-2	L	17-17-0	34	143-124	73	Mar 30	Indianapolis	5-3	W	40-30-3	83	291-257
35	Jan 5	New England	9-3	W	18-17-0	36	152-127	74	Apr 1	Vancouver	5-2	W	41-30-3	85	296-259
36	Jan 7	@ Chicago	4-2	W	19-17-0	38	156-129	75	Apr 2	Quebec	3-5	L	41-31-3	85	299-264
37	Jan 9	@ Edmonton	2-3	L	19-18-0	38	158-132	76	Apr 4	Phoenix	1-2	L	41-32-3	85	300-266
38	Jan 15	@ Cleveland	4-2	W	20-18-0	40	162-134	77	Apr 5	@ Houston	2-8	L	41-33-3	85	302-274
39	Jan 18	@ Chicago	2-3	L	20-19-0	40	164-137	78	Apr 6	@ Baltimore	*6-5	W	42-33-3	87	308-279

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
C	12	Antonovich, Mike	67	24	26	50	20	+9	4	0	147	0.163	12	1	4	5	2
D	17	Arbour, John	70	12	43	55	67	-1	4	1	220	0.055	12	0	6	6	23
D	21	Ball, Terry	76	8	37	45	36	+3	2	0	143	0.056	12	3	4	7	4
D	24	Boyd, Bob	13	0	0	0	21	-	0	0	9	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
RW	19	Brackenbury, Curt	7	0	0	0	22	-	0	0	0	-	12	0	2	2	59
RW	15	Busniuk, Ron	73	2	21	23	176	+12	0	0	76	0.026	12	2	1	3	63
D	2	Butters, Bill	24	2	2	4	58	-8	0	0	16	0.125	12	1	0	1	21
LW	20	Carlson, Jack	32	5	5	10	85	-1	0	0	50	0.100	10	1	2	3	41
RW	7	Connelly, Wayne	76	38	33	71	16	+14	13	1	260	0.146	12	8	4	12	10
G	1	Curran, Mike	26	0	0	0	18	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
0LW	16	Gallant, Gord	66	10	13	23	203	-3	1	0	91	0.110	1	1	0	1	0
C	14	Gambucci, Gary	67	19	18	37	19	+14	2	0	121	0.157	12	4	0	4	6
G	35	Garrett, John	58	0	0	0	6	-	0	0	0	-	12	0	0	0	0
C	10	Hampson, Ted	78	17	36	53	6	-8	1	3	117	0.145	12	1	7	8	0
RW	11	Heatley, Murray	22	5	9	14	31	0	1	0	27	0.185	-	-	-	-
C	25	Huck, Fran	78	22	45	67	26	+7	2	3	184	0.120	12	3	13	16	6
C	20	Johnson, Jim	11	1	3	4	0	-4	0	0	16	0.063	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	McCartan, Jack	2	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	23	McMahon, Mike	54	5	15	20	42	+6	1	0	78	0.064	7	0	1	1	0
LW	9	Morrison, George	76	31	29	60	30	+11	9	0	177	0.175	12	5	9	14	0
C	22	O'Shea, Danny	76	16	25	41	47	-22	3	0	161	0.099	-	-	-	-	-
RW	8	O'Shea, Kevin	68	10	10	20	42	-9	0	0	106	0.094	-	-	-	-	-
C	26	Robertson, Joe	11	1	4	5	4	+5	0	0	7	0.143	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Smith, Rick	78	9	29	38	112	+12	1	0	158	0.057	12	2	7	9	6
C	5	Tannahill, Don	72	23	30	53	20	+13	2	4	141	0.163	10	2	4	6	0
C	4	Walton, Mike	75	48	45	93	33	-11	7	4	300	0.160	12	10	7	17	10
D	6	Westrum, Pat	23	0	3	3	48	-	0	0	10	0.000	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Curran, Mike	26	1367	90	1	0	11-10-1	3.95	836	0.892	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett, John	58	3294	180	3	2	30-23-2	3.28	1890	0.905	12	726	41	6-6	3.39
McCartan, Jack	2	61	5	0	0	1-0-0	4.92	38	0.868	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Fran Huck purchased from Winnipeg, Jun 1974
• Don Tannahill signed to contract, Jun 1974
• Rights to Danny O'Shea acquired from Winnipeg for future considerations, Jun 1974
• Ron Busniuk, Gary Gambucci signed to contracts, Jul 1974
• Jim Johnson traded to Indianapolis for Joe Robertson, Nov 1974
• Curt Brackenbury purchased from Chicago, Nov 1974
• Murray Heatley traded to Indianapolis for future considerations, Feb. 1975
• Gord Gallant released after altercation with Coach Neale, Apr 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	24-25	2-1-0	15-15	1-2-0	9-10
Cleveland	5-1-0	24-11	2-1-0	13-5	3-0-0	11-6
Edmonton	3-3-0	23-19	2-1-0	12-9	1-2-0	11-10
Houston	1-5-0	16-31	1-2-0	10-12	0-3-0	6-19
Indianapolis	5-1-0	26-17	3-0-0	15-10	2-1-0	11-7
Michigan-Baltimore	4-2-0	24-20	3-0-0	13-8	1-2-0	11-12
New England	4-2-0	26-18	3-0-0	20-9	1-2-0	6-9
Phoenix	2-3-1	21-19	2-1-0	15-9	0-2-1	6-10
Quebec	4-2-0	29-21	1-2-0	12-16	3-0-0	17-5
San Diego	2-3-1	21-23	1-2-0	9-9	1-1-1	12-14
Toronto	4-2-0	28-30	2-1-0	16-15	2-1-0	12-15
Vancouver	3-3-0	21-18	2-1-0	12-7	1-2-0	9-11
Winnipeg	2-3-1	25-27	2-1-0	14-12	0-2-1	11-15
October	2-4-0	17-28	1-1-0	7-8	1-3-0	10-20
November	4-7-0	53-49	2-4-0	33-34	2-3-0	20-15
December	10-5-0	66-43	6-1-0	36-21	4-4-0	30-22
January	8-4-0	51-30	5-2-0	36-19	3-2-0	15-11
February	7-7-2	50-61	5-2-0	22-21	2-5-2	28-40
March	9-3-1	54-46	6-1-0	33-24	3-2-1	21-22
April	2-3-0	17-22	1-2-0	9-9	1-1-0	8-13

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