1973-1974 Los Angeles Sharks: 25-53-0
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Home record: 17-22-0 (126 goals scored, 153 allowed)
Road record: 8-31-0 (113 goals scored, 186 allowed)
Head Coaches: Terry Slater (5-14-0), Ted McCaskill (20-39-0)
Power Play: 43/255 (16.9%)
Penalty Killing: 172/234 (73.5%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 4-8
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 192-269
239 goals scored (12th of 12 teams), 339 goals allowed (11th), 1086 PIM (3rd)
WHA Averages: 3.64 goals/game (283.8 goals/team), 999.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
LW 9 Marc Tardif 6'0 195 24 75 40 30 70 47 10 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW/LW 18 Gary Veneruzzo 5'8 165 30 78 39 29 68 68 5 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 10 J.P. LeBlanc 5'10 170 27 78 20 46 66 58 7 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 17 Brian McDonald 5'11 190 28 56 22 30 52 54 4 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 6 Gerry Odrowski 5'10 185 35 77 4 32 36 48 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 21 Reg Thomas 5'10 185 20 72 14 21 35 22 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 12 Ron Ward 5'11 175 29 40 14 19 33 16 3 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 19 Steve Sutherland 5'11 172 27 72 20 12 32 182 4 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 7 Bart Crashley 6'0 180 27 78 4 26 30 16 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 15 Ron Walters 5'11 175 25 71 14 14 28 28 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 23 Alton White 5'9 175 28 48 8 13 21 13 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 24 Tom Serviss 5'10 185 25 74 6 15 21 37 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 3 Jim Niekamp 6'1 185 27 76 2 19 21 95 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 22 Ron Garwasiuk 5'8 154 24 51 6 13 19 100 0 1 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 20 Don Gordon 5'11 180 25 29 8 6 14 24 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 20 Bob Whitlock 5'10 175 24 14 4 10 14 4 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 16 Ted Hodgson 5'11 175 28 23 3 9 12 22 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 4 Jerry Zrymiak 6'0 195 25 27 2 8 10 8 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 5 Bill Horton 6'0 195 27 60 0 9 9 46 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 16 Earl Heiskala 6'0 185 31 24 2 6 8 45 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 8 Fred Speck 5'9 160 26 18 2 5 7 4 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 2 Jim Watson 6'2 186 30 48 0 6 6 28 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 11 Ted McCaskill 6'1 195 37 18 2 2 4 63 0 1 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 17 Bill Young 6'1 194 26 16 1 3 4 4 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 4 Hal Willis 6'0 205 27 18 1 2 3 24 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 4 Ralph MacSweyn 5'11 190 31 13 0 3 3 6 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 13 Peter Slater 5'10 165 24 19 1 1 2 2 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 16 Kirk Bowman 5'9 178 21 10 0 2 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
R 4 Mike Hyndman 6'1 205 28 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 4 Brian Derksen 5'10 196 22 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 George Gardner 5'8 165 31 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Jimmy McLeod 5'8 170 36 17 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Russ Gillow 5'10 165 33 18 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 Ian Wilkie 5'9 160 24 23 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 25 Paul Hoganson 5'11 175 24 27 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Ian Wilkie 24 23 1257 82 3.91 11 9 0 592 .861 0 1
G 1 Russ Gillow 33 18 1041 69 3.98 4 13 0 483 .857 1 1
G 30 Jimmy McLeod 36 17 969 69 4.27 4 13 0 481 .857 1 1
G 33 Paul Hoganson 24 26 1308 102 4.68 6 16 0 711 .857 2 0
G 30 George Gardner 31 2 120 13 6.50 0 2 0 65 .800 0 0
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Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1973 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 8 C Reg Thomas London Knights (OHA)
2 22 LW Paul Sheard Ottawa 67's (OHA)
3 34 C Doug Gibson Peterborough Petes (OHA)
4 47 F Jim Cowell Ottawa 67's (OHA)
4 50 G Peter Crosbie London Knights (OHA)
5 60 RW Dennis Abgrall Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
6 73 C Stu Davison Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
7 86 LW David Lee Ottawa 67's (OHA)
8 98 G Sam Clegg Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
9 109 D Randy Aimoe Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
| 10-1973 | traded George Gardner and Ralph McSween (acq. 11/5/73) to Blazers for Ron Ward |
| 01-1974 | traded Russ Gillow and Earl Heiskala to Knights for Jim McLeod |
| 02-1974 | traded Ron Ward to Crusaders for Ted Hodgson and Bill Young |
| 02-1974 | traded Don Gordon and Jim Watson to Cougars for Bob Whitlock |
| 03-1974 | sent Ian Wilkie to Oilers to complete a previous trade |
| 03-1974 | acquired Wayne Zuk from Oilers to complete a previous trade |
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