1974–75 San Diego Mariners season

1974–75 San Diego Mariners
Division 2nd West
1974–75 record 43–31–4
Goals for 326
Goals against 268
Team information
Coach Harry Howell
Team leaders
< 1973–74 1975–76>

The 1974–75 San Diego Mariners season was the first season of operation of the San Diego Mariners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The franchise was formerly named the New Jersey Knights and was transferred to San Diego. The Mariners qualified for the playoffs, winning the first round before losing in the second round to the Houston Aeros.

Offseason

After two seasons in the greater New York City area as the New York Raiders and New Jersey Knights, the franchise relocated to the city of San Diego, California.

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Houston Aeros78 53 25 0 106 369 247 1257
San Diego Mariners 78 43 31 4 90 326 268 1058
Minnesota Fighting Saints 78 42 33 3 87 308 279 1233
Phoenix Roadrunners 78 39 31 8 86 300 265 1388
Michigan Stags / Baltimore Blades 78 21 53 4 46 205 341 1104

Game log

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 16, 19742–8 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 0–1–0
2WOctober 19, 19746–2 Houston Aeros (1974–75) 1–1–0
3WOctober 22, 19745–2 Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 2–1–0
4WOctober 24, 19742–1 Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 3–1–0
5WOctober 31, 19744–3 Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 4–1–0
6WNovember 3, 19746–2 @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 5–1–0
7LNovember 5, 19743–9 @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 5–2–0
8LNovember 7, 19740–3 @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 5–3–0
9LNovember 8, 19740–3 @ New England Whalers (1974–75) 5–4–0
10WNovember 10, 19744–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 6–4–0
11WNovember 12, 19744–2 @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 7–4–0
12LNovember 14, 19742–7 New England Whalers (1974–75) 7–5–0
13LNovember 15, 19743–5 Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 7–6–0
14WNovember 17, 19744–3 @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 8–6–0
15WNovember 19, 19743–2 Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 9–6–0
16WNovember 23, 19745–3 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 10–6–0
17WNovember 26, 19745–1 Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 11–6–0
18LNovember 28, 19742–3 Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 11–7–0
19LDecember 1, 19741–3 Toronto Toros (1974–75) 11–8–0
20LDecember 3, 19744–5 OT Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 11–9–0
21WDecember 4, 19742–0 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 12–9–0
22LDecember 5, 19743–5 @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 12–10–0
23LDecember 7, 19741–3 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 12–11–0
24LDecember 8, 19743–5 @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 12–12–0
25TDecember 10, 19744–4 Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 12–12–1
26WDecember 14, 19742–0 Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 13–12–1
27WDecember 15, 19744–3 @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 14–12–1
28WDecember 17, 19748–3 Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 15–12–1
29LDecember 19, 19746–7 OT Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 15–13–1
30LDecember 21, 19741–2 @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 15–14–1
31LDecember 22, 19743–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 15–15–1
32LDecember 28, 19744–6 Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 15–16–1
33LJanuary 1, 19752–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 15–17–1
34WJanuary 3, 19752–1 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 16–17–1
35WJanuary 4, 19752–0 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 17–17–1
36WJanuary 7, 19755–3 New England Whalers (1974–75) 18–17–1
37LJanuary 10, 19753–4 @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 18–18–1
38LJanuary 11, 19753–4 OT @ New England Whalers (1974–75) 18–19–1
39WJanuary 14, 19756–4 Toronto Toros (1974–75) 19–19–1
40WJanuary 16, 19753–2 Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 20–19–1
41WJanuary 18, 19755–4 OT Houston Aeros (1974–75) 21–19–1
42WJanuary 23, 19756–1 Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 22–19–1
43WJanuary 25, 19756–2 New England Whalers (1974–75) 23–19–1
44LJanuary 28, 19757–9 Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 23–20–1
45WFebruary 4, 19758–4 Toronto Toros (1974–75) 24–20–1
46LFebruary 5, 19752–9 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 24–21–1
47TFebruary 6, 19752–2 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 24–21–2
48WFebruary 8, 19758–4 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 25–21–2
49WFebruary 11, 19759–2 Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 26–21–2
50WFebruary 13, 19756–1 @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 27–21–2
51LFebruary 14, 19752–3 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 27–22–2
52LFebruary 16, 19752–5 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 27–23–2
53WFebruary 18, 19757–0 Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 28–23–2
54WFebruary 20, 19755–2 Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 29–23–2
55LFebruary 23, 19754–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 29–24–2
56LFebruary 24, 19753–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 29–25–2
57LFebruary 25, 19754–6 @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 29–26–2
58LFebruary 28, 19753–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 29–27–2
59TMarch 2, 19754–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 29–27–3
60WMarch 4, 19758–2 Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 30–27–3
61WMarch 6, 19757–4 Houston Aeros (1974–75) 31–27–3
62WMarch 8, 19756–5 Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 32–27–3
63LMarch 11, 19754–6 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 32–28–3
64WMarch 14, 19756–4 @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 33–28–3
65LMarch 16, 19752–4 @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 33–29–3
66WMarch 19, 19756–1 @ New England Whalers (1974–75) 34–29–3
67LMarch 20, 19752–4 Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 34–30–3
68WMarch 22, 19756–3 Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 35–30–3
69WMarch 23, 19751–0 OT Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 36–30–3
70WMarch 25, 19756–4 @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 37–30–3
71WMarch 26, 19755–2 @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 38–30–3
72WMarch 27, 19755–2 @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 39–30–3
73WMarch 29, 19757–3 @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 40–30–3
74WMarch 31, 19755–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 41–30–3
75LApril 1, 19753–4 Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 41–31–3
76WApril 3, 19759–2 Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 42–31–3
77WApril 5, 19758–3 Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 43–31–3
78TApril 6, 19755–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 43–31–4

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Playoffs

San Diego Mariners 4, Toronto Toros 2

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 9 Toronto Toros 3–5 San Diego Mariners 1-0
2 April 12 Toronto Toros 6–7 San Diego Mariners 2-0
3 April 14 San Diego Mariners 2–5 Toronto Toros 2-1
4 April 16 San Diego Mariners 5–6 Toronto Toros 2-2
5 April 18 Toronto Toros 3–4 San Diego Mariners 3-2
6 April 21 San Diego Mariners 6–4 Toronto Toros 4-2

Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 0 - Semifinals

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 25 Houston Aeros 4–0 San Diego Mariners 1–0
2 April 27 Houston Aeros 2–1 San Diego Mariners 2–0
3 April 29 San Diego Mariners 0–6 Houston Aeros 3–0
4 May 1 San Diego Mariners 4–5 OT Houston Aeros 4–0

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix C 78 41 106 147 63401200
Rivers, WayneWayne Rivers RW 78 54 53 107 52291300
Sentes, DickDick Sentes LW 74 44 41 85 5244610
Morrison, KevinKevin Morrison D 78 20 61 81 14329710
Peacosh, GeneGene Peacosh LW 78 43 36 79 22131200
Adduono, RayRay Adduono C 78 15 59 74 2327100
Ferguson, NormNorm Ferguson RW 78 36 33 69 622200
Plumb, RonRon Plumb D 78 10 38 48 5618110
Morenz, BrianBrian Morenz C 78 20 19 39 76-5020
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg D 78 2 18 20 424000
Hargreaves, JimJim Hargreaves D 41 8 10 18 454000
Laughton, MikeMike Laughton C 65 8 9 17 22-12030
Devine, KevinKevin Devine LW 46 4 10 14 48-4100
Howell, HarryHarry Howell D 74 4 10 14 2828010
Block, KenKen Block D 36 1 11 12 12-4100
Rouleau, MichelMichel Rouleau C 27 5 6 11 421000
Bradley, BrianBrian Bradley LW 34 4 5 9 6-7000
Wall, BobBob Wall D 33 0 9 9 1513000
Hardy, JoeJoe Hardy C 12 2 3 5 220000
Scharf, TedTed Scharf RW 67 3 1 4 94-6000
Reichmuth, CraigCraig Reichmuth LW 28 2 1 3 580000
Bateman, JamieJamie Bateman LW 24 0 3 3 96-4000
Inglis, LeeLee Inglis LW 5 0 2 2 00000
Trevelyan, TomTom Trevelyan C 20 0 2 2 40000
Gillow, RussRuss Gillow G 30 0 1 1 40000
Junkin, JoeJoe Junkin G 16 0 1 1 20000
Volmar, DougDoug Volmar RW 10 0 1 1 40000
Blanchet, BobBob Blanchet G 3 0 0 0 00000
Boylan, DeanDean Boylan D 3 0 0 0 100000
Krezanski, RegReg Krezanski D 2 0 0 0 20000
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely G 35 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely 2062 35 20 12 2 115 3.35 2
Gillow, RussRuss Gillow 1653 30 15 11 2 94 3.41 1
Junkin, JoeJoe Junkin 839 16 6 7 0 46 3.29 1
Blanchet, BobBob Blanchet 179 3 2 1 0 7 2.35 1
Team: 4733 78 43 31 4 262 3.32 5
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Adduono, RayRay Adduono C 10 5 9 14 13000
Peacosh, GeneGene Peacosh LW 10 7 5 12 4002
Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix C 10 3 9 12 2000
Ferguson, NormNorm Ferguson RW 10 6 5 11 0000
Morrison, KevinKevin Morrison D 10 0 7 7 2000
Laughton, MikeMike Laughton C 10 4 1 5 0000
Plumb, RonRon Plumb D 10 2 3 5 19000
Rivers, WayneWayne Rivers RW 6 3 1 4 8002
Perry, BrianBrian Perry C 6 1 2 3 6000
Morenz, BrianBrian Morenz C 10 0 3 3 8000
Wall, BobBob Wall D 10 0 3 3 2000
Sentes, DickDick Sentes LW 10 0 2 2 0000
Devine, KevinKevin Devine LW 10 1 0 1 14000
Hargreaves, JimJim Hargreaves D 10 1 0 1 6000
Howell, HarryHarry Howell D 5 1 0 1 10000
Bradley, BrianBrian Bradley LW 6 0 1 1 2000
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg D 10 0 1 1 4000
Bateman, JamieJamie Bateman LW 5 0 0 0 16000
Gillow, RussRuss Gillow G 3 0 0 0 0000
Hardy, JoeJoe Hardy C 3 0 0 0 0000
Rouleau, MichelMichel Rouleau C 3 0 0 0 4000
Scharf, TedTed Scharf RW 7 0 0 0 0000
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely G 10 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gillow, RussRuss Gillow 79 3 4 6 5 3.80 0
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely 520 10 0 0 39 4.50 0
Team: 599 10 4 6 44 4.41 0

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1974–75 San Diego Mariners Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  2. ↑ "1974-75 San Diego Mariners Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

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