1973–74 Winnipeg Jets season

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1973–74 Winnipeg Jets
League9th WHA
Division4th Western
1973–74 record34–39–5
Home record26–11–2
Road record8–28–3
Goals for264
Goals against296
Team information
General managerAnnis Stukus
CoachBobby Hull
Nick Mickoski
CaptainAb McDonald
Alternate captainsDanny Johnson
Larry Hornung
ArenaWinnipeg Arena
Average attendance6,401 (63.5%)
Team leaders
GoalsBobby Hull (53)
AssistsChris Bordeleau (49)
PointsBobby Hull (95)
Penalty minutesDuke Asmundson (85)
WinsJoe Daley (19)
Goals against averageErnie Wakely (3.27)

The 1973–74 Winnipeg Jets season was their second season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). [1][2]

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Houston Aeros 78 48 25 5 101 318 219 1038
Minnesota Fighting Saints 78 44 32 2 90 332 275 1243
Edmonton Oilers 78 38 37 3 79 268 269 1273
Winnipeg Jets 78 34 39 5 73 264 296 673
Vancouver Blazers 78 27 50 1 55 278 345 1047
Los Angeles Sharks 78 25 53 0 50 239 339 1086

Schedule and results

1973–74 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 10, 1973 3–4 OT @ Vancouver Blazers 0–1–0
2 L October 12, 1973 4–6 @ Edmonton Oilers 0–2–0
3 W October 14, 1973 6–3 Vancouver Blazers 1–2–0
4 W October 17, 1973 3–1 @ New England Whalers 2–2–0
5 W October 18, 1973 6–1 @ New York Golden Blades 3–2–0
6 W October 21, 1973 2–1 OT Minnesota Fighting Saints 4–2–0
7 T October 26, 1973 3–3 Toronto Toros 4–2–1
8 L October 27, 1973 2–5 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints 4–3–1
9 L October 30, 1973 1–4 @ Chicago Cougars 4–4–1
10 L October 31, 1973 4–6 @ Cleveland Crusaders 4–5–1
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
11 W November 2, 1973 3–1 New York Golden Blades 5–5–1
12 W November 4, 1973 8–2 Quebec Nordiques 6–5–1
13 T November 6, 1973 2–2 @ Quebec Nordiques 6–5–2
14 L November 7, 1973 2–9 @ New England Whalers 6–6–2
15 L November 10, 1973 2–4 @ Cleveland Crusaders 6–7–2
16 W November 11, 1973 6–2 Los Angeles Sharks 7–7–2
17 L November 13, 1973 3–5 @ Vancouver Blazers 7–8–2
18 W November 16, 1973 3–1 Edmonton Oilers 8–8–2
19 L November 18, 1973 2–6 @ Toronto Toros 8–9–2
20 W November 21, 1973 6–2 Cleveland Crusaders 9–9–2
21 L November 23, 1973 3–4 OT Vancouver Blazers 9–10–2
22 L November 25, 1973 3–5 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints 9–11–2
23 L November 27, 1973 4–5 OT @ Los Angeles Sharks 9–12–2
24 T November 28, 1973 4–4 @ Houston Aeros 9–12–3
25 L November 30, 1973 2–5 Los Angeles Sharks 9–13–3
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
26 W December 2, 1973 5–3 Quebec Nordiques 10–13–3
27 W December 5, 1973 3–1 Edmonton Oilers 11–13–3
28 W December 7, 1973 7–4 Toronto Toros 12–13–3
29 W December 9, 1973 3–1 Jersey Knights 13–13–3
30 L December 12, 1973 2–3 Houston Aeros 13–14–3
31 W December 14, 1973 1–0 Los Angeles Sharks 14–14–3
32 L December 16, 1973 2–3 Minnesota Fighting Saints 14–15–3
33 T December 18, 1973 3–3 @ Chicago Cougars 14–15–4
34 L December 19, 1973 0–10 @ Houston Aeros 14–16–4
35 W December 22, 1973 2–0 @ New England Whalers 15–16–4
36 L December 23, 1973 3–6 @ Jersey Knights 15–17–4
37 W December 26, 1973 4–2 Chicago Cougars 16–17–4
38 W December 29, 1973 4–3 @ Quebec Nordiques 17–17–4
39 L December 30, 1973 2–5 @ Toronto Toros 17–18–4
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
40 W January 1, 1974 4–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers 18–18–4
41 L January 4, 1974 3–4 New England Whalers 18–19–4
42 L January 6, 1974 1–7 @ Houston Aeros 18–20–4
43 L January 8, 1974 1–4 @ Los Angeles Sharks 18–21–4
44 W January 9, 1974 6–4 @ Vancouver Blazers 19–21–4
45 W January 11, 1974 7–4 Edmonton Oilers 20–21–4
46 W January 13, 1974 3–1 Chicago Cougars 21–21–4
47 W January 18, 1974 7–3 Cleveland Crusaders 22–21–4
48 W January 20, 1974 9–3 Jersey Knights 23–21–4
49 W January 25, 1974 4–3 @ Edmonton Oilers 24–21–4
50 L January 27, 1974 2–12 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints 24–22–4
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
51 W February 1, 1974 4–0 Los Angeles Sharks 25–22–4
52 W February 3, 1974 4–2 Chicago Cougars 26–22–4
53 L February 5, 1974 1–3 @ Chicago Cougars 26–23–4
54 L February 8, 1974 3–4 OT Minnesota Fighting Saints 26–24–4
55 T February 10, 1974 2–2 Houston Aeros 26–24–5
56 W February 12, 1974 4–2 @ Los Angeles Sharks 27–24–5
57 L February 13, 1974 1–5 @ Houston Aeros 27–25–5
58 L February 15, 1974 1–7 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints 27–26–5
59 L February 17, 1974 2–3 OT New England Whalers 27–27–5
60 L February 20, 1974 1–4 @ Edmonton Oilers 27–28–5
61 W February 22, 1974 4–3 Toronto Toros 28–28–5
62 W February 24, 1974 3–1 Chicago Cougars 29–28–5
63 L February 26, 1974 1–7 @ Quebec Nordiques 29–29–5
64 L February 28, 1974 0–3 @ Toronto Toros 29–30–5
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
65 L March 1, 1974 0–4 Minnesota Fighting Saints 29–31–5
66 W March 3, 1974 8–6 Quebec Nordiques 30–31–5
67 L March 8, 1974 1–4 Cleveland Crusaders 30–32–5
68 L March 9, 1974 4–5 OT @ Chicago Cougars 30–33–5
69 L March 11, 1974 2–10 @ Jersey Knights 30–34–5
70 L March 13, 1974 3–4 @ Cleveland Crusaders 30–35–5
71 W March 15, 1974 7–5 Vancouver Blazers 31–35–5
72 W March 17, 1974 10–1 New England Whalers 32–35–5
73 L March 22, 1974 2–4 Houston Aeros 32–36–5
74 L March 24, 1974 3–6 @ Los Angeles Sharks 32–37–5
75 W March 29, 1974 7–5 Houston Aeros 33–37–5
76 W March 31, 1974 4–3 OT Vancouver Blazers 34–37–5
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
77 L April 3, 1974 5–6 OT Edmonton Oilers 34–38–5
78 L April 4, 1974 2–4 @ Vancouver Blazers 34–39–5

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1974 Avco Cup playoffs[3]
Quarterfinals vs. (W1) Houston Aeros – Aeros win 4–0
Game Date Visitor Score Home Series
1 April 8 Houston Aeros 5–2 Winnipeg Jets 0–1
2 April 10 Houston Aeros 3–2 Winnipeg Jets 0–2
3 April 13 Winnipeg Jets 1–10 Houston Aeros 0–3
4 April 14 Winnipeg Jets 4–5 Houston Aeros 0–4

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G A PTS PIM
Bobby Hull 75 53 42 95 38
Chris Bordeleau 75 26 49 75 22
Fran Huck 74 26 48 74 68
Norm Beaudin 74 27 28 55 8
Ron Snell 70 24 25 49 32
Dan Johnson 78 16 21 37 20
Jean-Guy Gratton 68 12 21 33 13
Ab McDonald 70 12 17 29 8
Dan Spring 66 8 16 24 8
Ted Hargreaves 74 7 12 19 15
Freeman Asmundson 72 5 14 19 85
Dunc Rousseau 60 10 8 18 39
Milt Black 47 6 9 15 14
Kelly Pratt 46 4 6 10 50
Cal Swenson 25 5 4 9 2
Bill Sutherland 12 4 5 9 6
Garth Rizzuto 41 3 4 7 8

Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G A PTS PIM
Bob Woytowich 72 6 28 34 43
Joe Zanussi 76 3 22 25 53
Larry Hornung 51 4 19 23 18
Bob Ash 60 2 18 20 30
Ken Stephanson 29 0 7 7 24
Jim Hargreaves 53 1 4 5 50

Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against

Player GP MIN W L T SO GAA
Ernie Wakely 37 2254 15 18 4 3 3.27
Joe Daley 41 2454 19 20 1 0 3.99
Bill Holden 1 60 0 1 0 0 4.00

Draft picks

Winnipeg's draft picks at the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft.[4]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 11 Ron Andruff (C)  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
2 25 Keith Mackie (D)  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
3 37 Kelly Pratt (RW)  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
5 63 Randy Smith (LW)  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
6 76 Ron Kennedy (RW)  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
7 89 Jeff Jacques (RW)  Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
8 101 Terry McDougall (C)  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
9 111 Russ Wiechnik (C)  Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
10 121 Mike Kennedy (C)  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA)

References

  1. ^ World Hockey Association (1973). WHA 1973-74 Media Guide. World Hockey Association.
  2. ^ World Hockey Association (1974). WHA 1974-75 Media Guide. World Hockey Association.
  3. ^ a b "1973-74 Winnipeg Jets Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  4. ^ "1973 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
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