1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints Statistics
Team Record: 42-33-3 - 87 points
in the WHA's Western Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Harry Neale (42-33-3)
The Minnesota Fighting Saints of the World Hockey Association ended the 1974-75 season with a record of 42 wins and 33 losses and 3 ties for 87 points in the WHA's Western Division.
The team netted 308 goals and gave up 279. Mike Walton scored 48 goals for the team, while Wayne Connelly and George Morrison tallied 30 or more also. Fran Huck and Mike Walton each accounted for 45 assists. John Garrett earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.28 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.
Harry Neale coached the team. The 1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Walton | C | 75 | 48 | 45 | 93 | 33 | -11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 300 | 16.0 |
Wayne Connelly | R | 76 | 38 | 33 | 71 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 260 | 14.6 |
Fran Huck | C | 78 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 184 | 12.0 |
George Morrison | L | 76 | 31 | 29 | 60 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 177 | 17.5 |
John Arbour | D | 70 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 67 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 220 | 5.5 |
Don Tannahill | D | 72 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 141 | 16.3 |
Ted Hampson | C | 78 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 6 | -8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 117 | 14.5 |
Mike Antonovich | C | 67 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 16.3 |
Terry Ball | D | 76 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 5.6 |
Danny O'Shea | C | 76 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 47 | -22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 9.9 |
Rick Smith | D | 78 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 112 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 5.7 |
Gary Gambucci | C | 68 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 15.7 |
Gord Gallant | L | 66 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 203 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 11.0 |
Ron Busniuk | D | 73 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 176 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 2.6 |
Kevin O'Shea | R | 68 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 42 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 9.4 |
Mike McMahon | D | 64 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 6.4 |
Murray Heatley | R | 22 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 |
Jack Carlson | L | 32 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 85 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 |
Joe Robertson | C | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
Bill Butters | D | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 58 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
Jim Johnson | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
Pat Westrum | D | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
Jack McCartan | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Garrett | G | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Curran | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Boyd | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
Curt Brackenbury | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1390 | 308 | 481 | 789 | 1188 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 41 | 2615 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Garrett | 58 | 3294 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 180 | 3.28 | 1890 | 1710 | .905 |
Mike Curran | 26 | 1367 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 3.95 | 839 | 749 | .893 |
Jack McCartan | 2 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.92 | 38 | 33 | .868 |
Totals | 86 | 4722 | 42 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 275 | 3.49 | 2767 | 2492 | .901 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Walton | C | 12 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Wayne Connelly | R | 12 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Fran Huck | C | 12 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
George Morrison | L | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Arbour | D | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Tannahill | D | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ted Hampson | C | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Antonovich | C | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Terry Ball | D | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny O'Shea | C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Smith | D | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Gambucci | C | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Gord Gallant | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Busniuk | D | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin O'Shea | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike McMahon | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Carlson | L | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Butters | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack McCartan | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Garrett | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bench | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Curt Brackenbury | R | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 232 | 44 | 72 | 116 | 253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Garrett | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jack McCartan | 12 | 726 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 3.39 | 447 | 406 | .908 |
Totals | 24 | 726 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 3.39 | 447 | 406 | .908 |