1973–74 Vancouver Canucks season

4th season in franchise history March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1973–74 1973 Vancouver Canucks East 7th 24–43–11 14–18–7 10–25–4 224 296 Hal Laycoe Bill McCreary Sr. (41 games)Phil Maloney (37 games) Orland Kurtenbach Andre BoudriasBarry WilkinsBobby SchmautzJocelyn Guevremont Pacific Coliseum 15,729 Bobby Schmautz Dennis Ververgaert (26) Andre Boudrias (59) Andre Boudrias (75) Bob Dailey (137) Gary Smith (20) Gary Smith (3.44) The 1973–74 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 4th in the NHL. Vancouver finished 7th in the East Division for the third consecutive season, failing to reach the playoffs. Before the season started Bud Poile, the Canucks first general manager, left the team to become an executive with the World Hockey Association. Hal Laycoe, the first coach of the Canucks, was named Poile's replacement. 2 Regular season Final standings VAN Record vs. opponents VAN Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#008852 5px solid; 1973–74 regular season1973-74 Vancouver Canucks Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/VAN/1974_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 25, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#008852 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 10, 1973||4–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 13, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 14, 1973||3–1 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 17, 1973||0–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||1–3–0 |- |5||W||October 19, 1973||2–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||October 23, 1973||3–0 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||3–3–0 |- |7||W||October 26, 1973||8–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||4–3–0 |- |8||T||October 30, 1973||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1973–74) ||4–3–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#008852 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |9||L||November 2, 1973||1–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||4–4–1 |- |10||W||November 6, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||5–4–1 |- |11||L||November 9, 1973||0–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||5–5–1 |- |12||L||November 11, 1973||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) ||5–6–1 |- |13||L||November 13, 1973||1–6 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||5–7–1 |- |14||L||November 14, 1973||3–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||5–8–1 |- |15||T||November 16, 1973||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||5–8–2 |- |16||T||November 17, 1973||2–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||5–8–3 |- |17||L||November 21, 1973||4–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||5–9–3 |- |18||L||November 23, 1973||1–4 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||5–10–3 |- |19||L||November 25, 1973||0–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1973–74) ||5–11–3 |- |20||T||November 27, 1973||2–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||5–11–4 |- |21||L||November 30, 1973||4–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||5–12–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#008852 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |22||L||December 4, 1973||2–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) ||5–13–4 |- |23||L||December 7, 1973||0–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||5–14–4 |- |24||W||December 8, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||6–14–4 |- |25||T||December 11, 1973||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||6–14–5 |- |26||L||December 15, 1973||2–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) ||6–15–5 |- |27||L||December 16, 1973||5–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||6–16–5 |- |28||T||December 18, 1973||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1973–74) ||6–16–6 |- |29||L||December 20, 1973||3–9 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||6–17–6 |- |30||W||December 22, 1973||6–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||7–17–6 |- |31||L||December 23, 1973||2–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||7–18–6 |- |32||W||December 26, 1973||6–4 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1973–74) ||8–18–6 |- |33||L||December 28, 1973||3–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||8–19–6 |- |34||L||December 29, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1973–74) ||8–20–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#008852 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||T||January 1, 1974||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1973–74) ||8–20–7 |- |36||L||January 3, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1973–74) ||8–21–7 |- |37||L||January 5, 1974||3–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||8–22–7 |- |38||L||January 6, 1974||3–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||8–23–7 |- |39||L||January 8, 1974||1–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||8–24–7 |- |40||W||January 11, 1974||3–2 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) ||9–24–7 |- |41||L||January 12, 1974||1–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1973–74) ||9–25–7 |- |42||W||January 15, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||10–25–7 |- |43||L||January 18, 1974||2–6 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||10–26–7 |- |44||L||January 20, 1974||2–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||10–27–7 |- |45||L||January 22, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||10–28–7 |- |46||L||January 25, 1974||4–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||10–29–7 |- |47||W||January 27, 1974||3–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||11–29–7 |- |48||W||January 30, 1974||7–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||12–29–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#008852 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||T||February 2, 1974||2–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1973–74) ||12–29–8 |- |50||L||February 6, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) ||12–30–8 |- |51||W||February 9, 1974||5–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||13–30–8 |- |52||W||February 10, 1974||5–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||14–30–8 |- |53||W||February 12, 1974||3–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||15–30–8 |- |54||T||February 13, 1974||3–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) ||15–30–9 |- |55||L||February 15, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1973–74) ||15–31–9 |- |56||L||February 16, 1974||4–9 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1973–74) ||15–32–9 |- |57||W||February 19, 1974||4–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) ||16–32–9 |- |58||L||February 21, 1974||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||16–33–9 |- |59||W||February 23, 1974||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||17–33–9 |- |60||T||February 26, 1974||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1973–74) ||17–33–10 |- |61||L||February 27, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1973–74) ||17–34–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#008852 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||L||March 2, 1974||1–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||17–35–10 |- |63||L||March 3, 1974||3–5 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||17–36–10 |- |64||L||March 8, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||17–37–10 |- |65||T||March 9, 1974||4–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||17–37–11 |- |66||L||March 12, 1974||1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||17–38–11 |- |67||W||March 15, 1974||3–0 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||18–38–11 |- |68||L||March 16, 1974||6–8 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||18–39–11 |- |69||W||March 20, 1974||7–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1973–74) ||19–39–11 |- |70||L||March 21, 1974||1–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||19–40–11 |- |71||L||March 23, 1974||0–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) ||19–41–11 |- |72||W||March 24, 1974||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) ||20–41–11 |- |73||L||March 26, 1974||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) ||20–42–11 |- |74||W||March 30, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1973–74) ||21–42–11 |- |75||W||March 31, 1974||7–0 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1973–74) ||22–42–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#008852 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |76||W||April 3, 1974||4–1 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) ||23–42–11 |- |77||W||April 5, 1974||5–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) ||24–42–11 |- |78||L||April 6, 1974||1–11 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) ||24–43–11 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Awards and records Trophies and awards Cyclone Taylor Award (Canucks MVP): Gary Smith Cyrus H. McLean Trophy (Canucks Leading Scorer): Andre Boudrias Babe Pratt Trophy (Canucks Outstanding Defenceman): Jocelyn Guevremont Fred J. Hume Award (Canucks Unsung Hero): Don Lever Most Exciting Player Award: Don Lever Draft picks Vancouver's picks at the 1973 NHL amateur draft. The draft was held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league) 1 3 Dennis Ververgaert (RW) Canada London Knights (OHA) 1 9 Bob Dailey (D) Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHA) 2 19 Paulin Bordeleau (C) Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHA) 3 35 Paul Sheard (LW) Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA) 4 51 Keith Mackie Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) 5 67 Paul O'Neil (C) United States Boston University (NCAA) 6 83 Jim Cowell (F) Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA) 7 99 Clay Hebenton (G) Canada Portland (WCHL) 8 115 John Senkpiel Canada Vancouver Nats (WCHL) 9 131 Peter Folco (D) Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) 10 146 Terry McDougall Canada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL) See also 1973–74 NHL season References Category:Vancouver Canucks seasons Vanc Vanc