1973-74 Sorel Black Hawks Statistics
Team Record: 58-11-1 - 117 points
in the QMJHL's East Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Yvan Gingras (0-0)
Coach: Paul Dufour (0-0)
Location: Sorel, Quebec, Canada
The Sorel Black Hawks of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 58 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties for 117 points in the QMJHL's East Division.
The Black Hawks led the league with 620 goals. Sorel allowed 301 goals, least in the league. Jacques Cossette scored 97 goals for the squad, while Lucien DeBlois, Michel Bergeron, Serge Gamelin, Pierre Larouche, Firmin Royer, Bob Ritchie, Michel Deziel and Pierre Mondou each tallied 30 or more, too. Pierre Larouche accounted for 157 assists. Claude Legris earned 40 wins for the team, plus Daniel Coutu added 15 or more wins, too. Claude Legris recorded a 4.46 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Yvan Gingras and Paul Dufour coached the team. The 1973-74 Sorel Black Hawks lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Larouche | C | 67 | 94 | 157 | 251 | 55 | 1.40 | 2.34 | 3.75 | |
| Michel Deziel | L | 69 | 92 | 135 | 227 | 69 | 1.33 | 1.96 | 3.29 | |
| Jacques Cossette | R | 68 | 97 | 117 | 214 | 217 | 1.43 | 1.72 | 3.15 | |
| Michel Bergeron | R | 70 | 62 | 81 | 143 | 120 | 0.89 | 1.16 | 2.04 | |
| Firmin Royer | C | 70 | 47 | 88 | 135 | 173 | 0.67 | 1.26 | 1.93 | |
| Pierre Mondou | C | 60 | 62 | 57 | 119 | 102 | 1.03 | 0.95 | 1.98 | |
| Serge Gamelin | LW | 70 | 53 | 66 | 119 | 58 | 0.76 | 0.94 | 1.70 | |
| Bob Ritchie | L | 70 | 37 | 58 | 95 | 23 | 0.53 | 0.83 | 1.36 | |
| Denis Carufel | D | 70 | 9 | 74 | 83 | 129 | 0.13 | 1.06 | 1.19 | |
| Carlo Torresan | D | 69 | 8 | 64 | 72 | 280 | 0.12 | 0.93 | 1.04 | |
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 56 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 53 | 0.54 | 0.63 | 1.16 | |
| Yves Plouffe | D | 68 | 4 | 48 | 52 | 93 | 0.06 | 0.71 | 0.76 | |
| Brian Barker | D | 30 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 81 | 0.80 | 0.80 | ||
| Michel Frechette | RW | 45 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.40 | |
| Larry Lovasi | C | 68 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.22 | |
| Pierre Giroux | L | 42 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 0.10 | 0.26 | 0.36 | |
| Pierre David | D | 61 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 28 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.25 | |
| Robert Quintal | D | 60 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.18 | |
| Bob Richardson | D | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.30 | |
| Andre Poulin | D | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Daniel Coutu | G | 67 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
| Jim Palmer | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Claude Legris | G | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Claude Chainey | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ernie Whyte | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1296 | 620 | 1065 | 1685 | 1573 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Legris | 48 | 2905 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 216 | 4.46 | 1914 | 1698 | .887 | |
| Jim Palmer | 3 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.40 | 122 | 111 | .910 | |
| Daniel Coutu | 20 | 1183 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 3.70 | 718 | 645 | .898 |
| Totals | 71 | 4238 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 300 | 4.25 | 2754 | 2454 | .891 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Larouche | C | 13 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 20 | 0 | 1.15 | 1.38 | 2.54 |
| Michel Deziel | L | 14 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0.93 | 1.14 | 2.07 |
| Jacques Cossette | R | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0.56 | 0.78 | 1.33 |
| Michel Bergeron | R | 14 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 1.86 |
| Firmin Royer | C | 14 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 0.86 | 1.50 | 2.36 |
| Pierre Mondou | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Serge Gamelin | LW | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 0.54 | 0.62 | 1.15 |
| Bob Ritchie | L | 14 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.71 | 1.21 |
| Denis Carufel | D | 14 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Carlo Torresan | D | 14 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 55 | 0 | 0.79 | 0.79 | |
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.85 |
| Yves Plouffe | D | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.43 | 0.57 |
| Brian Barker | D | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.57 | 0.71 |
| Michel Frechette | RW | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.79 |
| Larry Lovasi | C | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.42 | |
| Pierre Giroux | L | 14 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.79 | 1.07 |
| Pierre David | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Robert Quintal | D | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.21 |
| Bob Richardson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Coutu | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Palmer | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Claude Legris | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 259 | 95 | 156 | 251 | 324 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Legris | 12 | 680 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 4.68 | 456 | 403 | .884 |
| Jim Palmer | 3 | 160 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.00 | 85 | 77 | .906 |
| Totals | 15 | 840 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 4.36 | 541 | 480 | .887 |
