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1973–74 Edmonton Oilers season

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1973–74 Edmonton Oilers
Division3rd Western
1973–74 record38–37–3
Home record24–14–1
Road record14–23–2
Goals for268 (T-8th)
Goals against269 (4th)
Team information
General managerBill Hunter
CoachBrian Shaw
CaptainAl Hamilton
Alternate captainsDoug Barrie
Val Fonteyne
Jim Harrison
ArenaEdmonton Gardens
Minor league affiliate(s)Winston-Salem Polar Twins (SHL)
Team leaders
GoalsRon Climie (38)
AssistsJim Harrison (45)
Al Hamilton (45)
PointsRon Climie (74)
Penalty minutesDoug Barrie (214)
WinsJack Norris (23)
Goals against averageJack Norris (3.21)

The 1973–74 Edmonton Oilers season was the second season of operation of the Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association. The Oilers' qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Minnesota Fighting Saints.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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


Schedule and results

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1973–74 Game Log

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

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Playoffs

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1974 Avco Cup Playoffs

Player statistics

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Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Ron Climie LW 76 38 36 74 22 0 9 0 7
Jim Harrison C 47 24 45 69 99 0 3 2 7
Al Hamilton D 78 14 45 59 104 0 6 0 2
Ross Perkins C 78 16 40 56 43 0 0 0 3
Len Lunde C 72 26 22 48 8 0 7 2 4
Blair MacDonald RW 78 21 24 45 34 0 5 0 3
Rusty Patenaude RW 71 20 23 43 55 0 2 0 2
Tom Gilmore LW 57 19 23 42 164 0 2 0 2
Brian McKenzie LW 78 18 20 38 66 0 0 0 1
Bob Wall D 74 6 31 37 46 0 2 1 0
Ken Baird D 68 17 19 36 115 0 2 0 1
Doug Barrie D 69 4 27 31 214 0 0 0 2
Bob McAneeley LW 52 12 11 23 49 0 0 0 0
Val Fonteyne LW 72 9 13 22 2 0 0 4 0
Eddie Joyal C 45 8 10 18 2 0 0 0 1
Bob Falkenberg D 78 3 14 17 32 0 0 0 0
Steve Carlyle D 50 2 13 15 18 0 0 0 1
Ron Anderson RW 19 5 2 7 6 0 0 0 1
Jim McCrimmon D 75 2 3 5 106 0 0 0 1
Bobby Sheehan C 10 1 3 4 6 0 1 0 0
Bob Fitchner C 31 1 2 3 21 0 0 0 0
Roger Cote D 59 0 3 3 34 0 0 0 0
Jack Norris G 53 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Schraefel C 34 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Carlin LW 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Howie Colborne LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Cunningham D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Doyle G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Wilkie G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Worthy G 29 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0
Wayne Zuk C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jack Norris 2954 53 23 24 1 158 3.21 2
Chris Worthy 1452 29 11 12 1 92 3.80 1
Ian Wilkie 256 5 3 1 1 9 2.11 0
Gary Doyle 60 1 1 0 0 4 4.00 0
Team: 4722 78 38 37 3 263 3.34 3
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Blair MacDonald RW 5 4 2 6 2 0 0 0
Tom Gilmore LW 5 1 4 5 15 0 0 0
Ross Perkins C 5 1 3 4 2 0 0 0
Bobby Sheehan C 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
Jim Schraefel C 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Eddie Joyal C 5 2 0 2 4 0 0 1
Ken Baird D 5 1 1 2 7 0 0 0
Al Hamilton D 4 1 1 2 15 0 0 0
Bob Falkenberg D 5 0 2 2 14 0 0 0
Rusty Patenaude RW 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Bob Wall D 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Doug Barrie D 4 1 0 1 16 0 0 0
Val Fonteyne LW 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bob McAneeley LW 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Steve Carlyle D 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Len Lunde C 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Brian McKenzie LW 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Anderson RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Climie LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Cote D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Norris G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Wilkie G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Worthy G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Chris Worthy 146 3 1 1 8 3.29 0
Jack Norris 111 3 0 2 9 4.86 0
Ian Wilkie 41 1 0 1 4 5.85 0
Team: 298 5 1 4 21 4.23 0

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

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Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
Jim Harrison 2nd WHA Hat-trick October 12, 1973
Len Lunde 1st WHA Game
Jim McCrimmon
Brian McKenzie
Blair MacDonald 1st WHA Game
1st WHA Goal
Bob Fitchner 1st WHA Goal
1st WHA Point
October 21, 1973
Blair MacDonald 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point
Tom Gilmore 200th WHA PIM October 23, 1973
Brian McKenzie 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point
Chris Worthy 1st WHA Game
1st WHA Win
Len Lunde 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point
October 27, 1973
Brian McKenzie 1st WHA Goal
Tom Gilmore ??? WHA Gordie Howe hat trick October 28, 1973
Jim Harrison 100th WHA Point November 2, 1973
Jim Harrison 100th WHA PIM November 4, 1973
Ron Climie 1st WHA Hat-trick
1st WHA Natural Hat-trick
1st Five-Goal WHA Game
November 6, 1973
Jim McCrimmon 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point
Jim McCrimmon 1st WHA Goal November 20, 1973
Al Hamilton 100th WHA Game December 1, 1973
Bob Falkenberg 100th WHA Game December 2, 1973
Len Lunde 1st WHA Goal December 4, 1973
Chris Worthy 1st WHA Shutout
Ross Perkins 100th WHA Game December 16, 1973
Doug Barrie 200th WHA PIM December 18, 1973
Bob Fitchner 1st WHA Assist December 29, 1973
Tom Gilmore 300th WHA PIM
Ross Perkins 100th WHA Point January 6, 1974
Gary Doyle 1st WHA Game
1st WHA Win
January 18, 1974
Al Hamilton 200th WHA PIM January 20, 1974
Jack Norris 100th WHA Game February 3, 1974
Doug Barrie 300th WHA PIM February 8, 1974
Al Hamilton 100th WHA Point February 12, 1974
Jim Schraefel 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point
March 3, 1974
Ken Baird 200th WHA PIM March 8, 1974
Ed Patenaude 100th WHA PIM
Jim McCrimmon 100th WHA PIM March 12, 1974
Jim Schraefel 1st WHA Goal
Ron Climie 100th WHA Point March 21, 1974
Tom Gilmore 1st WHA Hat-trick
1st Four-Goal WHA Game
April 3, 1974
Ken Baird 100th WHA Game TBA
Doug Barrie
Steve Carlyle
Ron Climie
Roger Côté
Val Fonteyne
Tom Gilmore
Jim Harrison
Eddie Joyal
Bob McAneeley
Ed Patenaude
Bob Wall
Howie Colborne 1st WHA Game
Gary Cunningham
Bob Fitchner
Jim Schraefel
Wayne Zuk
Playoffs
Player Milestone Reached
Bob Falkenberg 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point
April 6, 1974
Len Lunde 1st WHA Game
Brian McKenzie
Jim Schraefel
Blair MacDonald 1st WHA Game
1st WHA Goal
1st WHA Point
Bobby Sheehan 1st WHA Game
1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point
Al Hamilton 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point
April 7, 1974
Len Lunde
Brian McKenzie
Ross Perkins
Jim Schraefel
Bob McAneeley 1st WHA Goal
1st WHA Point
Bobby Sheehan 1st WHA Goal
Chris Worthy 1st WHA Game
Ken Baird 1st WHA Assist April 10, 1974
Al Hamilton 1st WHA Goal
Ross Perkins
Ian Wilkie 1st WHA Game
Val Fonteyne 1st WHA Goal
1st WHA Point
April 12, 1974
Eddie Joyal
Blair MacDonald 1st WHA Assist
Chris Worthy 1st WHA Win
Doug Barrie 1st WHA Goal
1st WHA Point
April 14, 1974
Steve Carlyle 1st WHA Assist
1st WHA Point
TBD
Bob McAneeley 1st WHA Game

Transactions

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Trades

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Date To Edmonton Oilers Traded to Traded for
May 18, 1973 (1973-05-18) 4th round pick in 1973 - Bill Laing
6th round pick in 1973 - Dave Pay
Cincinnati Stingers 2nd round pick in 1974 Secret - Brad Winton
Ron Climie
3rd round pick in 1973 - Blair MacDonald
Toronto Toros Darryl Sittler
3rd round pick in 1976 - Paul Gardner
September 7, 1973 (1973-09-07) Tom Gilmore Los Angeles Sharks Ron Walters
September 14, 1973 (1973-09-14) Ian Wilkie New York Raiders Future considerations
November 5, 1973 (1973-11-05) Cash Los Angeles Sharks Ian Wilkie
February 25, 1974 (1974-02-25) 2nd round pick in 1974 Secret - Mike Rogers Los Angeles Sharks Don Saleski
March 15, 1974 (1974-03-15) Ian Wilkie Los Angeles Sharks Wayne Zuk
Bobby Sheehan New York Jersey Knights Bob Falkenberg

Players acquired

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Date Player Former team
May 23, 1973 (1973-05-23) Bob Fitchner Fort Wayne Komets (IHL)
September 1973 Gary Cunningham New York Raiders
September 24, 1973 (1973-09-24) Gary Doyle Ottawa Gee-Gees (OUAA)
January 1974 Jim Schraefel San Diego Gulls (WHL)
February 1974 Howie Colborne Calgary Dinos (CWUAA)

Players lost

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Date Player New team
1973 John Fisher Retired
April 29, 1974 (1974-04-29) Len Lunde

Signings

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Date Player Term
June 5, 1973 (1973-06-05) Brian McKenzie
June 13, 1973 (1973-06-13) Bill Laing 2-year
Jim McCrimmon 3-year
June 27, 1973 (1973-06-27) Blair MacDonald 3-year
August 30, 1973 (1973-08-30) Chris Worthy 2-year
Wayne Zuk
September 14, 1973 (1973-09-14) Ron Climie

Draft picks

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Edmonton's draft picks at the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft.[3]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 6 John Rogers (RW)  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
2 20 Jim McCrimmon (D)  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
3 30 Blair MacDonald (RW)  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
3 32 Dave Lewis (D)  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
4 39 Bill Laing (C)  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
4 45 Jim Moxey (F)  Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
5 58 Ken Houston (D)  Canada Chatham Maroons (SOJHL)
6 65 Dave Pay (C)  Canada University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
6 71 Yvon Bouillon (F)  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
7 84 Dwayne Pentland (D)  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1973–74 Edmonton Oilers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  2. ^ "1973-74 Edmonton Oilers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  3. ^ "1973 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
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