1974–75 Minnesota Fighting Saints season

World Hockey Association team season August 2023 WHA 1974–75 1974 Minnesota Fighting Saints 42–33–3 26–13–0 16–20–3 Western 3rd 308 279 Harry Neale Ted Hampson Mike McMahonJohn ArbourWayne Connelly St. Paul Civic Center Mike Walton (48) Mike Walton (45) Mike Walton (93) Gord Gallant (203) John Garrett (30) John Garrett (3.28) 2 Regular season Final standings MIN Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 5px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 5px solid; 1974–75 regular season1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MFS/1975_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 11, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 2px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 19, 1974||1–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 22, 1974||2–11 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 24, 1974||3–2 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 26, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||1–3–0 |- |5||W||October 27, 1974||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||2–3–0 |- |6||L||October 29, 1974||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||2–4–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 2px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |7||W||November 2, 1974||6–3 || align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||3–4–0 |- |8||L||November 5, 1974||4–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||3–5–0 |- |9||L||November 9, 1974||4–7 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||3–6–0 |- |10||W||November 10, 1974||10–4 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||4–6–0 |- |11||L||November 13, 1974||5–8 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||4–7–0 |- |12||W||November 17, 1974||7–1 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||5–7–0 |- |13||L||November 20, 1974||1–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||5–8–0 |- |14||L||November 23, 1974||3–5 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||5–9–0 |- |15||L||November 24, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||5–10–0 |- |16||W||November 26, 1974||6–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||6–10–0 |- |17||L||November 30, 1974||5–7 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||6–11–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 2px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |18||W||December 1, 1974||4–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||7–11–0 |- |19||W||December 4, 1974||6–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||8–11–0 |- |20||W||December 6, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||9–11–0 |- |21||L||December 8, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||9–12–0 |- |22||W||December 10, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||10–12–0 |- |23||L||December 11, 1974||1–3 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||10–13–0 |- |24||L||December 13, 1974||4–5 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||10–14–0 |- |25||L||December 14, 1974||3–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||10–15–0 |- |26||W||December 15, 1974||6–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||11–15–0 |- |27||W||December 19, 1974||6–0 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||12–15–0 |- |28||W||December 20, 1974||6–4 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||13–15–0 |- |29||W||December 26, 1974||5–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||14–15–0 |- |30||W||December 27, 1974||6–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||15–15–0 |- |31||L||December 28, 1974||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||15–16–0 |- |32||W||December 29, 1974||6–0 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||16–16–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 2px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |33||W||January 1, 1975||6–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||17–16–0 |- |34||L||January 3, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||17–17–0 |- |35||W||January 5, 1975||9–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||18–17–0 |- |36||W||January 7, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||19–17–0 |- |37||L||January 9, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||19–18–0 |- |38||W||January 15, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||20–18–0 |- |39||L||January 18, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||20–19–0 |- |40||W||January 19, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||21–19–0 |- |41||L||January 22, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||21–20–0 |- |42||W||January 24, 1975||7–5 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||22–20–0 |- |43||W||January 26, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||23–20–0 |- |44||W||January 30, 1975||6–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||24–20–0 |- |45||W||January 31, 1975||4–1 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||25–20–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 2px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |46||W||February 2, 1975||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||26–20–0 |- |47||W||February 5, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||27–20–0 |- |48||T||February 6, 1975||2–2 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||27–20–1 |- |49||L||February 7, 1975||1–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||27–21–1 |- |50||L||February 8, 1975||4–8 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||27–22–1 |- |51||L||February 12, 1975||1–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||27–23–1 |- |52||L||February 14, 1975||3–7 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||27–24–1 |- |53||W||February 16, 1975||5–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||28–24–1 |- |54||W||February 17, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||29–24–1 |- |55||W||February 19, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||30–24–1 |- |56||L||February 21, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||30–25–1 |- |57||L||February 23, 1975||4–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||30–26–1 |- |58||T||February 25, 1975||6–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||30–26–2 |- |59||W||February 26, 1975||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||31–26–2 |- |60||L||February 27, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||31–27–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 2px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |61||W||March 1, 1975||4–1 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||32–27–2 |- |62||W||March 2, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||33–27–2 |- |63||W||March 5, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||34–27–2 |- |64||L||March 9, 1975||5–6 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||34–28–2 |- |65||W||March 11, 1975||6–4 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||35–28–2 |- |66||L||March 12, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||35–29–2 |- |67||W||March 18, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||36–29–2 |- |68||W||March 23, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||37–29–2 |- |69||W||March 25, 1975||5–4 || align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||38–29–2 |- |70||W||March 26, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||39–29–2 |- |71||T||March 28, 1975||2–2 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||39–29–3 |- |72||L||March 29, 1975||2–8 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||39–30–3 |- |73||W||March 30, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||40–30–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 2px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |74||W||April 1, 1975||5–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||41–30–3 |- |75||L||April 2, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||41–31–3 |- |76||L||April 4, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||41–32–3 |- |77||L||April 5, 1975||2–8 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||41–33–3 |- |78||W||April 6, 1975||6–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||42–33–3 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 5px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 5px solid; 1975 Avco Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 2px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 2px solid; Quarterfinals vs. New England Whalers – Fighting Saints win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series |- | 1 || April 9 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 6 – 5 || New England Whalers || 1–0 |- | 2 || April 11 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 2 – 3 OT || New England Whalers || 1–1 |- | 3 || April 13 || New England Whalers || 3 – 8 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 2–1 |- | 4 || April 15 || New England Whalers || 5 – 2 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 2–2 |- | 5 || April 18 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 4 – 0 || New England Whalers || 3–2 |- | 6 || April 19 || New England Whalers || 1 – 6 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 4–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00088C 2px solid; border-bottom:#EAD151 2px solid; Semifinals vs. Quebec Nordiques – Nordiques win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series |- | 1 || April 22 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 1–4 || Quebec Nordiques || 0–1 |- | 2 || April 23 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 5–3 || Quebec Nordiques || 1–1 |- | 3 || April 26 || Quebec Nordiques || 6–1 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 1–2 |- | 4 || April 27 || Quebec Nordiques || 2–4 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 2–2 |- | 5 || April 29 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 3–6 || Quebec Nordiques || 2–3 |- | 6 || May 1 || Quebec Nordiques || 4–2 || Minnesota Fighting Saints || 2–4 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Mike Walton C 75 48 45 93 33-11743 Wayne Connelly C 76 38 33 71 16141316 Fran Huck C 78 22 45 67 267234 George Morrison George Morrison (ice hockey) LW 76 31 29 60 3011905 John Arbour D 70 12 43 55 67-1401 Don Tannahill LW 72 23 30 53 2013244 Ted Hampson C 78 17 36 53 6-8132 Mike Antonovich Mike Antonovich (ice hockey) C 67 24 26 50 209402 Terry Ball Terry Ball (ice hockey) D 76 8 37 45 363200 Danny O'Shea Danny O'Shea (ice hockey) C 76 16 25 41 47-22302 Rick Smith Rick Smith (ice hockey) D 78 9 29 38 11212102 Gary Gambucci C 68 19 18 37 1914203 Gord Gallant LW 66 10 13 23 203-3103 Ron Busniuk RW 73 2 21 23 17612001 Kevin O'Shea RW 68 10 10 20 42-9003 Mike McMahon Mike McMahon, Jr. D 64 5 15 20 426100 Murray Heatley RW 22 5 9 14 310100 Jack Carlson Jack Carlson (ice hockey) LW 32 5 5 10 85-1000 Joe Robertson Joe Robertson (ice hockey) C 11 1 4 5 45000 Bill Butters D 24 2 2 4 58-8000 Jim Johnson Jim Johnson (ice hockey b. 1942) C 11 1 3 4 0-4000 Pat Westrum D 23 0 3 3 480000 Bob Boyd Bob Boyd (ice hockey) D 13 0 0 0 210000 Curt Brackenbury RW 7 0 0 0 220000 Mike Curran G 26 0 0 0 180000 John Garrett John Garrett (ice hockey) G 58 0 0 0 60000 Jack McCartan G 2 0 0 0 00000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO John Garrett John Garrett (ice hockey) 3294 58 30 23 2 180 3.28 2 Mike Curran 1367 26 11 10 1 90 3.95 0 Jack McCartan 61 2 1 0 0 5 4.92 0 Team: 4722 78 42 33 3 275 3.49 2 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Mike Walton C 12 10 7 17 10002 Fran Huck C 12 3 13 16 6002 George Morrison George Morrison (ice hockey) LW 12 5 9 14 0000 Wayne Connelly C 12 8 4 12 10001 Rick Smith Rick Smith (ice hockey) D 12 2 7 9 6000 Ted Hampson C 12 1 7 8 0000 Terry Ball Terry Ball (ice hockey) D 12 3 4 7 4000 Don Tannahill LW 10 2 4 6 0000 John Arbour D 12 0 6 6 23000 Mike Antonovich Mike Antonovich (ice hockey) C 12 1 4 5 2000 Gary Gambucci C 12 4 0 4 6001 Ron Busniuk RW 12 2 1 3 63000 Jack Carlson Jack Carlson (ice hockey) LW 10 1 2 3 41000 Curt Brackenbury RW 12 0 2 2 59000 Bill Butters D 12 1 0 1 21000 Gord Gallant LW 1 1 0 1 0000 John Garrett John Garrett (ice hockey) G 12 0 1 1 2000 Mike McMahon Mike McMahon, Jr. D 7 0 1 1 0000 Danny O'Shea Danny O'Shea (ice hockey) C 11 0 0 0 0000 Kevin O'Shea RW 1 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO John Garrett John Garrett (ice hockey) 726 12 6 6 41 3.39 1 Team: 726 12 6 6 41 3.39 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-07-02 1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MFS/1975.html 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; Draft picks Minnesota's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/wha1974a.html 1974 WHA Amateur Draft hockeyDB.com December 19, 2018http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/wha1974n.html 1974 WHA Secret Amateur Draft hockeyDB.com December 19, 2018 Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) WHA Secret Amateur Draft228John Paddock (F)CanadaBrandon Wheat Kings (WCHL) WHA Amateur Draft114Bruce Boudreau (C)CanadaToronto Marlboros (OHA)229Rob Laird (LW)CanadaRegina Pats (WCHL)344Buzz Schneider (LW)United StatesUniversity of Minnesota (WCHA)459David Hanson (D)United StatesSt. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)573Steve Carlson (F)United StatesMarquette Iron Rangers (USHL)688Al Hillier (C)CanadaFlin Flon Bombers (WCHL)7103Jack Carlson (F)United StatesMarquette Iron Rangers (USHL)8118Rick Moore (F)CanadaMontreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)9133Don Dufek (F)United StatesUniversity of Michigan (WCHA)10146Reg DuncombeCanadaNew Westminster Bruins (WCHL)11159Robin Larson (D)United StatesUniversity of Minnesota (WCHA)12172Joe Baker (D)United StatesSt. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)13183Tony Dorn (D)United StatesThree Rivers Dukes14191Reed Larson (D)United StatesMinnesota Junior Stars (MidJHL)15196Kym Yackel (W)United StatesSouth St. Paul (Minn. H.S.)16200Dana Decker (LW)United StatesMichigan Americans (SOJHL)17204John Rothstein (RW)United StatesGrand Rapids Jrs. See also 1974–75 WHA season References Category:Minnesota Fighting Saints seasons Minn