1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners season

The 1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners season was the Phoenix Roadrunners first season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Roadrunners qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Quebec Nordiques.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 16, 1974||8–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||1–0–0

|2||W||October 18, 1974||6–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||2–0–0

|3||T||October 20, 1974||4–4 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||2–0–1

|4||L||October 24, 1974||1–2 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||2–1–1

|5||L||October 26, 1974||1–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||2–2–1

|6||L||October 28, 1974||3–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||2–3–1

|7||L||October 30, 1974||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||2–4–1

|8||L||November 2, 1974||2–8 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||2–5–1

|9||W||November 5, 1974||3–0 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||3–5–1

|10||W||November 9, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||4–5–1

|11||L||November 10, 1974||4–10 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||4–6–1

|12||L||November 14, 1974||1–2 OT|| align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||4–7–1

|13||W||November 16, 1974||6–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||5–7–1

|14||L||November 21, 1974||1–2 || align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||5–8–1

|15||W||November 24, 1974||3–1 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||6–8–1

|16||W||November 26, 1974||6–4 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||7–8–1

|17||L||November 27, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||7–9–1

|18||T||November 29, 1974||4–4 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||7–9–2

|19||L||December 1, 1974||3–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||7–10–2

|20||W||December 3, 1974||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||8–10–2

|21||L||December 4, 1974||0–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||8–11–2

|22||W||December 6, 1974||3–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||9–11–2

|23||L||December 8, 1974||2–5 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||9–12–2

|24||W||December 10, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||10–12–2

|25||W||December 12, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||11–12–2

|26||W||December 14, 1974||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||12–12–2

|27||W||December 18, 1974||5–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||13–12–2

|28||W||December 20, 1974||7–2 || align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||14–12–2

|29||W||December 22, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||15–12–2

|30||L||December 26, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||15–13–2

|31||W||December 28, 1974||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||16–13–2

|32||W||December 30, 1974||6–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||17–13–2

|33||T||December 31, 1974||1–1 || align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||17–13–3

|34||L||January 2, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||17–14–3

|35||T||January 3, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||17–14–4

|36||W||January 5, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||18–14–4

|37||W||January 7, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||19–14–4

|38||T||January 9, 1975||1–1 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||19–14–5

|39||L||January 11, 1975||4–6 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||19–15–5

|40||L||January 12, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||19–16–5

|41||L||January 14, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||19–17–5

|42||T||January 15, 1975||5–5 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||19–17–6

|43||L||January 17, 1975||1–7 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||19–18–6

|44||W||January 18, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||20–18–6

|45||W||January 22, 1975||8–5 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||21–18–6

|46||W||January 24, 1975||4–1 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1974–75) ||22–18–6

|47||W||January 26, 1975||6–0 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||23–18–6

|48||W||January 28, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||24–18–6

|49||L||January 29, 1975||2–6 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||24–19–6

|50||L||January 30, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||24–20–6

|51||W||February 1, 1975||8–1 || align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||25–20–6

|52||W||February 5, 1975||9–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||26–20–6

|53||W||February 7, 1975||4–1 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||27–20–6

|54||L||February 8, 1975||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||27–21–6

|55||W||February 9, 1975||6–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||28–21–6

|56||L||February 12, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||28–22–6

|57||L||February 13, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||28–23–6

|58||W||February 16, 1975||5–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) ||29–23–6

|59||L||February 18, 1975||0–7 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||29–24–6

|60||W||February 22, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||30–24–6

|61||L||February 27, 1975||2–7 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||30–25–6

|62||W||March 1, 1975||12–2 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||31–25–6

|63||W||March 2, 1975||5–0 || align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||32–25–6

|64||W||March 5, 1975||6–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||33–25–6

|65||W||March 7, 1975||7–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||34–25–6

|66||L||March 9, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||34–26–6

|67||L||March 11, 1975||4–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||34–27–6

|68||T||March 13, 1975||5–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||34–27–7

|69||W||March 18, 1975||7–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) ||35–27–7

|70||L||March 19, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||35–28–7

|71||W||March 22, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) ||36–28–7

|72||W||March 23, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) ||37–28–7

|73||W||March 26, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||38–28–7

|74||T||March 28, 1975||2–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||38–28–8

|75||L||March 30, 1975||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||38–29–8

|76||L||April 1, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1974–75) ||38–30–8

|77||W||April 4, 1975||2–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) ||39–30–8

|78||L||April 5, 1975||6–7 OT|| align="left"| Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) ||39–31–8

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || April 8 || Phoenix Roadrunners || 2–5 || Quebec Nordiques || 0–1

| 2 || April 10 || Phoenix Roadrunners || 2–6 || Quebec Nordiques || 0–2

| 3 || April 12 || Quebec Nordiques || 3–0 || Phoenix Roadrunners || 0–3

| 4 || April 15 || Quebec Nordiques || 5–6 || Phoenix Roadrunners || 1–3

| 5 || April 17 || Phoenix Roadrunners || 2–4 || Quebec Nordiques || 1–4

Legend:

Player statistics Players + Regular season Player Position C 78 32 45 77 3635400 LW 78 36 38 74 2618510 C 76 26 44 70 1829730 RW 75 35 33 68 10728400 C/LW 53 31 37 68 2949400 C 78 35 29 64 68-121100 LW 74 29 28 57 3820320 D 77 5 38 43 7723200 D 72 4 25 29 20149200 RW 57 9 19 28 16820000 D 55 9 19 28 775100 D 71 2 26 28 6612100 LW 51 6 20 26 8-9000 C 22 10 10 20 152100 RW 53 9 10 19 34-4010 LW 47 6 13 19 16-4100 D 67 4 15 19 925000 D 77 3 16 19 9812000 D 70 2 16 18 6915000 D/RW 30 3 12 15 44-2100 RW 13 3 5 8 100000 D 25 0 4 4 393000 G 47 0 2 2 20000 LW/C 3 1 0 1 00100 D 4 0 1 1 280000 G 33 0 1 1 20000

+ Avco Cup playoffs Player Position C/LW 5 2 5 7 2000 C 5 4 1 5 2000 RW 5 2 3 5 12000 D 5 0 4 4 4000 D 5 1 2 3 6000 C 5 1 1 2 2000 D 5 0 2 2 0000 LW 5 1 0 1 2001 D 5 1 0 1 2000 LW 5 0 1 1 2000 C 5 0 1 1 0000 D 5 0 1 1 2000 D 5 0 1 1 0000 RW 5 0 0 0 0000 G 4 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 LW 1 0 0 0 0000 RW 4 0 0 0 0000 D 5 0 0 0 0000 G 2 0 0 0 0000 LW/C 5 0 0 0 0000

Goaltending + Regular season Player 2841 47 25 16 4 156 3.29 2 1962 33 14 15 4 107 3.27 1 Team: 4803 78 39 31 8 263 3.29 3

+ Avco Cup playoffsPlayer 207 4 1 2 12 3.48 0 100 2 0 2 10 6.00 0 Team: 307 5 1 4 22 4.30 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 Phoenix's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) WHA Secret Amateur Draft11Greg Joly (D)Regina Pats (WCHL)216Brian Kinsella (RW)Oshawa Generals (OHA)223Brad Winton (C)Toronto Marlboros (OHA) WHA Amateur Draft15Dennis Olmstead (C)University of Wisconsin (WCHA)216Dave Gorman (RW)St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)331Jim Clarke (D)Toronto Marlboros (OHA)446Bruce Aberhart (G)London Knights (OHA)561Gordon Buynak (D)Kingston Canadians (OHA)675Robbie Watt (F)Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)790Andy Spruce (LW)London Knights (OHA)8105Steve Short (D)St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)9120John Taft (D)University of Wisconsin (WCHA)10135Dan Mandryk (F)Calgary Centennials (WCHL)11148Chuck Luksa (D)University of Toronto (OUAA)12161Marc Gaudreault (D)Lake Superior State University (CCHA)13174Kim Gellert (C)Lake Superior State University (CCHA)14185Ron Hawkshaw (F)University of Waterloo (OUAA)

See also 1974–75 WHA season

References