1974–75 San Diego Mariners season

1974–75 San Diego Mariners
Division	2nd West
1974–75 record	43–31–4
Goals for	326
Goals against	268
Team information
Coach	Harry Howell
Captain	Norm Ferguson
Alternate captains	Ken Block Andre Lacroix

The 1974–75 San Diego Mariners season was the first season of operation of the San Diego Mariners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The franchise was formerly named the Jersey Knights and was transferred to San Diego. The Mariners qualified for the playoffs, winning the first round before losing in the second round to the Houston Aeros.

Offseason

After two seasons in the greater New York City area as the New York Raiders, New York Golden Blades and Jersey Knights, the franchise relocated to the city of San Diego, California.

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Aeros	78	53	25	0	106	369	247	1257
San Diego Mariners	78	43	31	4	90	326	268	1058
Minnesota Fighting Saints	78	42	33	3	87	308	279	1233
Phoenix Roadrunners	78	39	31	8	86	300	265	1388
Michigan Stags / Baltimore Blades	78	21	53	4	46	205	341	1104

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 16, 1974	2–8	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	0–1–0
2	W	October 19, 1974	6–2	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	1–1–0
3	W	October 22, 1974	5–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	2–1–0
4	W	October 24, 1974	2–1	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	3–1–0
5	W	October 31, 1974	4–3	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	4–1–0
6	W	November 3, 1974	6–2	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	5–1–0
7	L	November 5, 1974	3–9	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	5–2–0
8	L	November 7, 1974	0–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	5–3–0
9	L	November 8, 1974	0–3	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	5–4–0
10	W	November 10, 1974	4–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	6–4–0
11	W	November 12, 1974	4–2	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	7–4–0
12	L	November 14, 1974	2–7	New England Whalers (1974–75)	7–5–0
13	L	November 15, 1974	3–5	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	7–6–0
14	W	November 17, 1974	4–3	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	8–6–0
15	W	November 19, 1974	3–2	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	9–6–0
16	W	November 23, 1974	5–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	10–6–0
17	W	November 26, 1974	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	11–6–0
18	L	November 28, 1974	2–3	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	11–7–0
19	L	December 1, 1974	1–3	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	11–8–0
20	L	December 3, 1974	4–5 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	11–9–0
21	W	December 4, 1974	2–0	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	12–9–0
22	L	December 5, 1974	3–5	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	12–10–0
23	L	December 7, 1974	1–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	12–11–0
24	L	December 8, 1974	3–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	12–12–0
25	T	December 10, 1974	4–4	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	12–12–1
26	W	December 14, 1974	2–0	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	13–12–1
27	W	December 15, 1974	4–3	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	14–12–1
28	W	December 17, 1974	8–3	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	15–12–1
29	L	December 19, 1974	6–7 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	15–13–1
30	L	December 21, 1974	1–2	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	15–14–1
31	L	December 22, 1974	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	15–15–1
32	L	December 28, 1974	4–6	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	15–16–1
33	L	January 1, 1975	2–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	15–17–1
34	W	January 3, 1975	2–1	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	16–17–1
35	W	January 4, 1975	2–0	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	17–17–1
36	W	January 7, 1975	5–3	New England Whalers (1974–75)	18–17–1
37	L	January 10, 1975	3–4	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	18–18–1
38	L	January 11, 1975	3–4 OT	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	18–19–1
39	W	January 14, 1975	6–4	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	19–19–1
40	W	January 16, 1975	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	20–19–1
41	W	January 18, 1975	5–4 OT	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	21–19–1
42	W	January 23, 1975	6–1	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	22–19–1
43	W	January 25, 1975	6–2	New England Whalers (1974–75)	23–19–1
44	L	January 28, 1975	7–9	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	23–20–1
45	W	February 4, 1975	8–4	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	24–20–1
46	L	February 5, 1975	2–9	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	24–21–1
47	T	February 6, 1975	2–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	24–21–2
48	W	February 8, 1975	8–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	25–21–2
49	W	February 11, 1975	9–2	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	26–21–2
50	W	February 13, 1975	6–1	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	27–21–2
51	L	February 14, 1975	2–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	27–22–2
52	L	February 16, 1975	2–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	27–23–2
53	W	February 18, 1975	7–0	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	28–23–2
54	W	February 20, 1975	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	29–23–2
55	L	February 23, 1975	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	29–24–2
56	L	February 24, 1975	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	29–25–2
57	L	February 25, 1975	4–6	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	29–26–2
58	L	February 28, 1975	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	29–27–2
59	T	March 2, 1975	4–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	29–27–3
60	W	March 4, 1975	8–2	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	30–27–3
61	W	March 6, 1975	7–4	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	31–27–3
62	W	March 8, 1975	6–5	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	32–27–3
63	L	March 11, 1975	4–6	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	32–28–3
64	W	March 14, 1975	6–4	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	33–28–3
65	L	March 16, 1975	2–4	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	33–29–3
66	W	March 19, 1975	6–1	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	34–29–3
67	L	March 20, 1975	2–4	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	34–30–3
68	W	March 22, 1975	6–3	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	35–30–3
69	W	March 23, 1975	1–0 OT	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	36–30–3
70	W	March 25, 1975	6–4	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	37–30–3
71	W	March 26, 1975	5–2	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	38–30–3
72	W	March 27, 1975	5–2	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	39–30–3
73	W	March 29, 1975	7–3	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	40–30–3
74	W	March 31, 1975	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	41–30–3
75	L	April 1, 1975	3–4	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	41–31–3
76	W	April 3, 1975	9–2	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	42–31–3
77	W	April 5, 1975	8–3	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	43–31–3
78	T	April 6, 1975	5–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	43–31–4

Playoffs

San Diego Mariners 4, Toronto Toros 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 9	Toronto Toros	3–5	San Diego Mariners	1-0
2	April 12	Toronto Toros	6–7	San Diego Mariners	2-0
3	April 14	San Diego Mariners	2–5	Toronto Toros	2-1
4	April 16	San Diego Mariners	5–6	Toronto Toros	2-2
5	April 18	Toronto Toros	3–4	San Diego Mariners	3-2
6	April 21	San Diego Mariners	6–4	Toronto Toros	4-2

Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 0 - Semifinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 25	Houston Aeros	4–0	San Diego Mariners	1–0
2	April 27	Houston Aeros	2–1	San Diego Mariners	2–0
3	April 29	San Diego Mariners	0–6	Houston Aeros	3–0
4	May 1	San Diego Mariners	4–5 OT	Houston Aeros	4–0

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Andre Lacroix C 78 41 106 147 63 40 12 0 0 Wayne Rivers RW 78 54 53 107 52 29 13 0 0 Dick Sentes LW 74 44 41 85 52 44 6 1 0 Kevin Morrison D 78 20 61 81 143 29 7 1 0 Gene Peacosh LW 78 43 36 79 22 13 12 0 0 Ray Adduono C 78 15 59 74 23 27 1 0 0 Norm Ferguson RW 78 36 33 69 6 22 2 0 0 Ron Plumb D 78 10 38 48 56 18 1 1 0 Brian Morenz C 78 20 19 39 76 -5 0 2 0 Bob Falkenberg D 78 2 18 20 42 4 0 0 0 Jim Hargreaves D 41 8 10 18 45 4 0 0 0 Mike Laughton C 65 8 9 17 22 -12 0 3 0 Kevin Devine LW 46 4 10 14 48 -4 1 0 0 Harry Howell D 74 4 10 14 28 28 0 1 0 Ken Block D 36 1 11 12 12 -4 1 0 0 Michel Rouleau C 27 5 6 11 42 1 0 0 0 Brian Bradley LW 34 4 5 9 6 -7 0 0 0 Bob Wall D 33 0 9 9 15 13 0 0 0 Joe Hardy C 12 2 3 5 22 0 0 0 0 Ted Scharf RW 67 3 1 4 94 -6 0 0 0 Craig Reichmuth LW 28 2 1 3 58 0 0 0 0 Jamie Bateman LW 24 0 3 3 96 -4 0 0 0 Lee Inglis LW 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Trevelyan C 20 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 Russ Gillow G 30 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Joe Junkin G 16 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Doug Volmar RW 10 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Bob Blanchet G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dean Boylan D 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 Reg Krezanski D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Ernie Wakely G 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Ernie Wakely 2062 35 20 12 2 115 3.35 2 Russ Gillow 1653 30 15 11 2 94 3.41 1 Joe Junkin 839 16 6 7 0 46 3.29 1 Bob Blanchet 179 3 2 1 0 7 2.35 1 Team: 4733 78 43 31 4 262 3.32 5

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Ray Adduono C 10 5 9 14 13 0 0 0 Gene Peacosh LW 10 7 5 12 4 0 0 2 Andre Lacroix C 10 3 9 12 2 0 0 0 Norm Ferguson RW 10 6 5 11 0 0 0 0 Kevin Morrison D 10 0 7 7 2 0 0 0 Mike Laughton C 10 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 Ron Plumb D 10 2 3 5 19 0 0 0 Wayne Rivers RW 6 3 1 4 8 0 0 2 Brian Perry C 6 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 Brian Morenz C 10 0 3 3 8 0 0 0 Bob Wall D 10 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 Dick Sentes LW 10 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Kevin Devine LW 10 1 0 1 14 0 0 0 Jim Hargreaves D 10 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 Harry Howell D 5 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 Brian Bradley LW 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Bob Falkenberg D 10 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 Jamie Bateman LW 5 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 Russ Gillow G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Hardy C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michel Rouleau C 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Ted Scharf RW 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ernie Wakely G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Russ Gillow 79 3 4 6 5 3.80 0 Ernie Wakely 520 10 0 0 39 4.50 0 Team: 599 10 4 6 44 4.41 0

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

San Diego's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
WHA Secret Amateur Draft
1	6	Rick Chartraw (D)	United States	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
WHA Amateur Draft
1	6	Brad Rhiness (C)	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
2	21	Kevin Devine (LW)	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
3	36	Jim Warden (G)	United States	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
4	51	Jamie Bateman (F)	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
4	56	Derrick Emerson (F)	Canada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
5	65	Mike Boland (D)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
6	80	Ray Maluta (D)	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
7	95	Greg Holst (C)	Austria	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
8	110	Mike McKegney (F)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
9	125	Brian Bye (C)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
11	153	Firmin Royer (C)	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
12	166	Bob Elinesky (D)	Canada	Chatham Maroons (SOJHL)
13	178	Mitch Giroux (RW)	Canada	Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters (SOJHL)
14	188	Bob Blanchet (G)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)

See also

• 1974–75 WHA season