The 1974–75 Vancouver Blazers season was the Vancouver Blazers' third season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA), and their second and final season in Vancouver. The Blazers failed to make the playoffs. The franchise moved to Calgary after this season and became the Cowboys.
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
|1||L||October 15, 1974||2–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||0–1–0
|2||L||October 16, 1974||0–6 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||0–2–0
|3||L||October 18, 1974||1–2 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||0–3–0
|4||W||October 20, 1974||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||1–3–0
|5||W||October 23, 1974||4–1 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||2–3–0
|6||W||October 30, 1974||8–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||3–3–0
|7||L||November 3, 1974||2–6 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||3–4–0
|8||W||November 5, 1974||5–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||4–4–0
|9||L||November 6, 1974||3–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||4–5–0
|10||L||November 8, 1974||1–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||4–6–0
|11||T||November 9, 1974||3–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||4–6–1
|12||L||November 13, 1974||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||4–7–1
|13||L||November 19, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||4–8–1
|14||L||November 22, 1974||1–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||4–9–1
|15||L||November 23, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||4–10–1
|16||W||November 26, 1974||5–1 || align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||5–10–1
|17||W||November 28, 1974||6–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||6–10–1
|18||W||November 29, 1974||5–1 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||7–10–1
|19||L||December 4, 1974||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||7–11–1
|20||W||December 7, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||8–11–1
|21||W||December 8, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||9–11–1
|22||W||December 10, 1974||4–3 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||10–11–1
|23||L||December 11, 1974||2–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||10–12–1
|24||L||December 12, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||10–13–1
|25||W||December 15, 1974||2–1 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||11–13–1
|26||W||December 17, 1974||3–2 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||12–13–1
|27||L||December 18, 1974||3–5 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||12–14–1
|28||W||December 19, 1974||3–1 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||13–14–1
|29||W||December 21, 1974||2–1 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||14–14–1
|30||W||December 26, 1974||8–1 || align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||15–14–1
|31||T||December 27, 1974||1–1 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||15–14–2
|32||W||January 2, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||16–14–2
|33||L||January 4, 1975||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||16–15–2
|34||L||January 5, 1975||1–3 || align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||16–16–2
|35||L||January 7, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||16–17–2
|36||L||January 8, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||16–18–2
|37||L||January 10, 1975||4–6 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||16–19–2
|38||L||January 14, 1975||2–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||16–20–2
|39||W||January 15, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||17–20–2
|40||W||January 19, 1975||5–1 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||18–20–2
|41||W||January 22, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||19–20–2
|42||L||January 23, 1975||1–6 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||19–21–2
|43||W||January 24, 1975||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||20–21–2
|44||W||January 26, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||21–21–2
|45||L||January 30, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||21–22–2
|46||L||January 31, 1975||0–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||21–23–2
|47||W||February 2, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||22–23–2
|48||W||February 5, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||23–23–2
|49||W||February 8, 1975||4–1 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||24–23–2
|50||W||February 9, 1975||5–1 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||25–23–2
|51||W||February 12, 1975||5–4 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||26–23–2
|52||L||February 16, 1975||4–7 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||26–24–2
|53||W||February 18, 1975||9–2 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||27–24–2
|54||L||February 20, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||27–25–2
|55||W||February 22, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||28–25–2
|56||L||February 23, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||28–26–2
|57||L||February 25, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||28–27–2
|58||L||February 27, 1975||7–9 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||28–28–2
|59||L||March 2, 1975||1–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||28–29–2
|60||W||March 5, 1975||6–0 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||29–29–2
|61||L||March 7, 1975||0–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||29–30–2
|62||W||March 9, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||30–30–2
|63||W||March 12, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||31–30–2
|64||W||March 15, 1975||7–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||32–30–2
|65||W||March 16, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||33–30–2
|66||L||March 18, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||33–31–2
|67||L||March 19, 1975||3–8 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||33–32–2
|68||L||March 22, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||33–33–2
|69||L||March 23, 1975||0–1 OT|| align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||33–34–2
|70||L||March 25, 1975||4–8 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||33–35–2
|71||L||March 26, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||33–36–2
|72||L||March 29, 1975||3–7 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||33–37–2
|73||W||March 30, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||34–37–2
|74||L||April 1, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||34–38–2
|75||W||April 2, 1975||6–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||35–38–2
|76||L||April 4, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||35–39–2
|77||W||April 5, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||36–39–2
|78||W||April 6, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||37–39–2
Legend:
Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 78 33 43 76 19-5310 C 78 29 34 63 24-151010 RW 74 23 37 60 8411500 C 75 24 33 57 281700 C 58 23 34 57 496600 C 76 24 23 47 32-81100 D 75 14 26 40 121-2130 C 78 19 20 39 30-2700 D 68 5 29 34 156100 LW 62 11 18 29 192200 D 73 3 26 29 4520100 LW 46 12 9 21 10-2100 RW 63 11 7 18 39-5030 D 60 3 14 17 10-7000 LW 38 7 8 15 128-4100 D 51 1 9 10 42-12000 G 72 0 8 8 140000 RW 11 1 6 7 20000 LW 14 4 2 6 12-1000 D 39 1 5 6 43-9000 LW 21 3 2 5 40-2000 LW 44 1 3 4 159-12000 D 11 2 1 3 153100 RW 24 1 1 2 4-4000 D 44 0 2 2 25-7000 RW 5 1 0 1 100000 D 10 0 1 1 13-8000 D 4 0 0 0 20000 LW 3 0 0 0 00000 RW 3 0 0 0 00000 RW 1 0 0 0 00000 RW 4 0 0 0 00000 G 11 0 0 0 00000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 4184 72 33 35 2 233 3.34 1 512 11 4 4 0 30 3.52 0 Team: 4696 78 37 39 2 263 3.36 1 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO
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 Vancouver's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.
Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) WHA Secret Amateur Draft15Ron Greschner (D)New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)220Ron Chipperfield (C)Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL) WHA Amateur Draft11Pat Price (D)Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)220Jacques Cossette (RW)Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)335Peter Driscoll (LW)Kingston Canadians (OHA)450Dave Given (F)Brown University (ECAC)564Steve Jensen (LW)Michigan Tech (WCHA)679Dave Lumley (F)University of New Hampshire (ECAC)794Mike Hobin (F)Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)8109Mario Faubert (D)St. Louis University (CCHA)9124John Held (D)London Knights (OHA)10138Eddie Mio (G)Colorado College (WCHA)11152Jim Miller (W)University of Denver (WCHA)12165Dave Otness (W)University of Wisconsin (WCHA)13177Walt Kyle (C)Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
See also 1974–75 WHA season
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