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1973-74 New England Whalers Statistics
Team Record: 43-31-4 - 90 points
Finishing 1st in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Chicago Cougars 4-3
Coach: Ron Ryan (43-31-4)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1973-74 New England Whalers Results
The New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 43 wins and 31 losses and 4 ties for 90 points, finishing first in the WHA's WHA East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Whalers scored 291 goals and allowed 260. Tom Webster netted 43 goals for New England, and John French contributed 48 assists. Al Smith earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.08 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Ron Ryan coached the team. The 1973-74 New England Whalers lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John French | C/L | 77 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Webster | R | 64 | 43 | 27 | 70 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Pleau | C | 77 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Karlander | C | 77 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Blackburn | L | 75 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Sheehy | R | 77 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy Williams | C | 70 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Hugh Harris | L | 75 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Byers | R | 78 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Dorey | D | 77 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 134 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Ley | D | 72 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 148 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Brad Selwood | D | 76 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Ted Green | D | 75 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Earl | R/C | 78 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Hurley | D | 52 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
John Cunniff | L | 30 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Charlebois | L | 74 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Guy Smith | R | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Danby | C | 72 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Smith | G | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ric Jordan | D | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Keeler | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Landon | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Berglund | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1409 | 291 | 488 | 779 | 857 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Smith | 55 | 3194 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 164 | 3.08 | 1569 | 1405 | .895 |
Bruce Landon | 24 | 1386 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 3.55 | 692 | 610 | .882 |
Bill Berglund | 3 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.33 | 87 | 77 | .885 |
Totals | 82 | 4760 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 256 | 3.23 | 2604 | 2348 | .902 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John French | C/L | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Tom Webster | R | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Pleau | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Karlander | C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Blackburn | L | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tim Sheehy | R | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Williams | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hugh Harris | L | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Byers | R | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Dorey | D | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Ley | D | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brad Selwood | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Green | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Earl | R/C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Cunniff | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Charlebois | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Danby | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Al Smith | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ric Jordan | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Keeler | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bruce Landon | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 120 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Smith | 7 | 399 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3.16 | 240 | 219 | .913 |
Bruce Landon | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 16 | 13 | .813 |
Totals | 8 | 439 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3.28 | 280 | 256 | .914 |