1974–75 Indianapolis Racers season

The 1974–75 Indianapolis Racers season was the first season of operation of the Indianapolis Racers in the World Hockey Association. The Racers finished fourth to miss the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 17, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||0–1–0

|2||L||October 18, 1974||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||0–2–0

|3||L||October 20, 1974||1–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||0–3–0

|4||L||October 24, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||0–4–0

|5||L||October 26, 1974||1–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||0–5–0

|6||W||October 27, 1974||5–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||1–5–0

|7||L||October 31, 1974||1–6 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||1–6–0

|8||L||November 3, 1974||1–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||1–7–0

|9||L||November 5, 1974||0–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||1–8–0

|10||W||November 7, 1974||3–0 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||2–8–0

|11||W||November 9, 1974||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||3–8–0

|12||W||November 10, 1974||6–1 || align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||4–8–0

|13||L||November 13, 1974||3–10 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||4–9–0

|14||L||November 15, 1974||0–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||4–10–0

|15||L||November 17, 1974||1–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||4–11–0

|16||L||November 19, 1974||0–10 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||4–12–0

|17||L||November 20, 1974||4–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||4–13–0

|18||L||November 21, 1974||0–4 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||4–14–0

|19||L||November 24, 1974||2–9 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||4–15–0

|20||L||November 26, 1974||0–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||4–16–0

|21||L||November 28, 1974||5–7 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||4–17–0

|22||L||November 29, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||4–18–0

|23||L||December 1, 1974||3–7 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||4–19–0

|24||L||December 5, 1974||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||4–20–0

|25||L||December 7, 1974||3–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||4–21–0

|26||W||December 8, 1974||5–3 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||5–21–0

|27||L||December 10, 1974||3–5 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||5–22–0

|28||L||December 14, 1974||0–2 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||5–23–0

|29||L||December 15, 1974||1–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||5–24–0

|30||L||December 17, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||5–25–0

|31||L||December 19, 1974||0–6 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||5–26–0

|32||L||December 20, 1974||4–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||5–27–0

|33||W||December 22, 1974||2–1 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||6–27–0

|34||T||December 27, 1974||1–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||6–27–1

|35||L||December 29, 1974||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||6–28–1

|36||L||January 1, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||6–29–1

|37||L||January 2, 1975||1–4 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||6–30–1

|38||T||January 4, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||6–30–2

|39||L||January 5, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||6–31–2

|40||W||January 7, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||7–31–2

|41||T||January 10, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||7–31–3

|42||W||January 16, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||8–31–3

|43||L||January 19, 1975||1–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||8–32–3

|44||W||January 22, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||9–32–3

|45||W||January 23, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||10–32–3

|46||L||January 26, 1975||0–6 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||10–33–3

|47||L||January 28, 1975||1–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||10–34–3

|48||L||January 30, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||10–35–3

|49||L||February 1, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||10–36–3

|50||L||February 4, 1975||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||10–37–3

|51||L||February 9, 1975||5–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||10–38–3

|52||W||February 10, 1975||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||11–38–3

|53||L||February 14, 1975||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||11–39–3

|54||L||February 17, 1975||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||11–40–3

|55||L||February 18, 1975||2–9 || align="left"| Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||11–41–3

|56||W||February 21, 1975||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||12–41–3

|57||W||February 23, 1975||6–0 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||13–41–3

|58||W||February 25, 1975||6–4 || align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||14–41–3

|59||L||February 26, 1975||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||14–42–3

|60||L||March 1, 1975||2–12 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||14–43–3

|61||L||March 2, 1975||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||14–44–3

|62||W||March 5, 1975||5–2 || align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||15–44–3

|63||L||March 7, 1975||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||15–45–3

|64||L||March 8, 1975||5–6 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||15–46–3

|65||W||March 13, 1975||5–4 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||16–46–3

|66||W||March 15, 1975||7–3 || align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||17–46–3

|67||L||March 19, 1975||5–6 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||17–47–3

|68||W||March 20, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||18–47–3

|69||L||March 22, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||18–48–3

|70||L||March 23, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) ||18–49–3

|71||L||March 25, 1975||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||18–50–3

|72||L||March 27, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||18–51–3

|73||L||March 29, 1975||5–7 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||18–52–3

|74||L||March 30, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||18–53–3

|75||L||March 31, 1975||1–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||18–54–3

|76||L||April 1, 1975||1–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||18–55–3

|77||L||April 5, 1975||3–8 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||18–56–3

|78||L||April 6, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||18–57–3

Legend:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 73 31 26 57 56-27500 C 77 19 34 53 12-32420 RW 78 20 23 43 52-22310 C 75 13 28 41 30-19000 LW 71 22 15 37 23-30500 C 32 16 15 31 16-12900 C 78 11 19 30 96-26200 C 47 14 15 29 19-10200 D 52 1 28 29 51-13000 C 58 17 11 28 20-15300 RW 29 15 8 23 25-7500 C 42 7 15 22 12-15200 C 32 2 17 19 360000 D 37 0 17 17 18-10000 D 64 1 14 15 19-30100 LW 34 4 8 12 29-12000 D 59 2 9 11 30-28000 D 28 2 8 10 21-17100 C 18 4 4 8 23-6000 D 46 0 8 8 68-24000 D 42 0 8 8 28-26000 D 37 2 5 7 30-19000 LW 15 1 6 7 190000 RW 20 2 4 6 160000 D 36 0 6 6 24-9000 RW 10 3 2 5 8-3000 D 4 1 4 5 44000 LW 19 1 4 5 16-2000 D 28 1 3 4 8-11100 C 17 2 1 3 90000 D 27 1 0 1 150000 LW 9 1 0 1 60000 G 52 0 1 1 750000 C 11 0 1 1 20000 G 1 0 0 0 00000 G 32 0 0 0 60000 D 4 0 0 0 20000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2979 52 15 35 0 206 4.15 2 1692 32 3 21 3 123 4.36 0 59 1 0 1 0 4 4.07 0 Team: 4730 78 18 57 3 333 4.22 2

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 Indianapolis's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) WHA Secret Amateur Draft12Bill Lochead (F)Oshawa Generals (OHA)217Bob Bourne (C)Saskatoon Blades (WCHL) WHA Amateur Draft12Mike Will (C)Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)217Craig Hanmer (D)St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)332Mike Wong (C)Minnesota Junior Stars (MidJHL)447Mike Zuke (C)Michigan Tech (WCHA)562Pat Ribble (D)Oshawa Generals (OHA)676Harold Snepsts (D)Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)791Peter Roberts (C)St. Cloud Junior Blues (MidJHL)792John Sheridan (C)University of Minnesota (WCHA)8106Tom Price (D)Ottawa 67's (OHA)8107Mark TouletUniversity of Moncton (CIAU)9121Michel Dion (G)Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)10136Kevin Erickson (G)Calgary Centennials (WCHL)10137Jack Patterson (F)Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)11149Don Wheldon (D)London Knights (OHA)11150Gary Sargent (D)Fargo-Moorhead Sugar Kings (MidJHL)11155Greg Steel (D)Calgary Centennials (WCHL)12162Pierre David (D)Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)12163Scott Mabley (D)Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)12168Russ Hall (D)Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)13175Graham Hall (F)Wexford Raiders (OPJHL)13176Bill Best (LW)Sudbury Wolves (OHA)13179Mike St. Cyr (D)Kitchener Rangers (OHA)14186Rod Tordoff (D)Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)14187Doug Counter (D)Aurora Tigers (OPJHL)14189Mitch Babin (F)North Bay Trappers (OPJHL)15193Yves Plouffe (D)Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)15194Jim Chicoyne (D)Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)16198Brian Barker (RW)Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)17202Rick Fraser (D)Oshawa Generals (OHA)18205Larry Jacques (RW)Ottawa 67's (OHA)19206Bob Volpe (G)Sudbury Wolves (OHA)

See also 1974–75 WHA season

References