1973–74 Winnipeg Jets season

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

1973–74 Winnipeg Jets
League	9th place WHA
Division	4th Western
1973–74 record	34–39–5
Home record	26–11–2
Road record	8–28–3
Goals for	264
Goals against	296
Team information
General manager	Annis Stukus
Coach	Bobby Hull Nick Mickoski
Captain	Ab McDonald
Alternate captains	Danny Johnson Larry Hornung
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Average attendance	6,401 (63.5%)
Team leaders
Goals	Bobby Hull (53)
Assists	Chris Bordeleau (49)
Points	Bobby Hull (95)
Penalty minutes	Duke Asmundson (85)
Wins	Joe Daley (19)
Goals against average	Ernie Wakely (3.27)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

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)