1974–75 St. Louis Blues season

1974–75 St. Louis Blues
Division2nd Smythe
Conference5th Campbell
1974–75 record35–31–14
Home record23–13–4
Road record12–18–10
Goals for269
Goals against267
Team information
General managerGerry Ehman
CoachGarry Young
CaptainBarclay Plager
ArenaSt. Louis Arena
Team leaders
GoalsGarry Unger (36)
AssistsGarry Unger (44)
PointsGarry Unger (80)
Penalty minutesBob Gassoff (222)
WinsJohn Davidson (17)
Goals against averageYves Belanger (2.72)

The 1974–75 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

NHL Draft

Below are listed the selections in the 1974 NHL amateur draft:

Pick # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team
26 Bob Hess Defence  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
43 Gordon Buynak Defence  United States Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
79 Mike Zuke Centre  Canada Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
87 Don Wheldon Defence  United States London Knights (OMJHL)
97 Mike Thompson Defence  Canada Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
115 Terry Casey Right wing  Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
132 Rod Tordoff Defence  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
149 Paul Touzin Goaltender  Canada Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
165 John Ahern Defence  United States Brown University (ECAC)
180 Mitch Babin Centre  Canada North Bay Trappers (OPJHL)
194 Doug Allan Goaltender  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
Reference: "1974 NHL amateur draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved February 20, 2014.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Vancouver Canucks 80 38 32 10 271 254 +17 86
2 80 35 31 14 269 267 +2 84
3 Chicago Blackhawks 80 37 35 8 268 241 +27 82
4 Minnesota North Stars 80 23 50 7 221 341 −120 53
5 Kansas City Scouts 80 15 54 11 184 328 −144 41

Record vs. opponents

Smythe Division record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

1974–75 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 9, 1974 4–4 @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) 0–0–1
2 W October 12, 1974 5–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 1–0–1
3 L October 15, 1974 4–6 Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 1–1–1
4 W October 17, 1974 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 2–1–1
5 L October 19, 1974 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 2–2–1
6 L October 23, 1974 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1974–75) 2–3–1
7 T October 24, 1974 4–4 @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) 2–3–2
8 L October 26, 1974 0–2 Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 2–4–2
9 L October 27, 1974 3–10 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 2–5–2
10 T October 31, 1974 1–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 2–5–3
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
11 W November 2, 1974 9–0 Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 3–5–3
12 L November 5, 1974 3–4 Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 3–6–3
13 W November 9, 1974 4–2 New York Islanders (1974–75) 4–6–3
14 W November 12, 1974 4–3 Boston Bruins (1974–75) 5–6–3
15 L November 13, 1974 3–5 @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 5–7–3
16 W November 16, 1974 5–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 6–7–3
17 L November 19, 1974 3–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 6–8–3
18 L November 21, 1974 2–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 6–9–3
19 W November 23, 1974 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 7–9–3
20 T November 25, 1974 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 7–9–4
21 L November 27, 1974 1–6 Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 7–10–4
22 L November 30, 1974 1–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 7–11–4
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
23 T December 1, 1974 4–4 @ New York Rangers (1974–75) 7–11–5
24 W December 3, 1974 5–1 California Golden Seals (1974–75) 8–11–5
25 W December 7, 1974 8–2 Washington Capitals (1974–75) 9–11–5
26 W December 8, 1974 3–1 @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 10–11–5
27 L December 10, 1974 2–3 @ New York Islanders (1974–75) 10–12–5
28 W December 12, 1974 4–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 11–12–5
29 W December 14, 1974 6–2 New York Rangers (1974–75) 12–12–5
30 L December 15, 1974 2–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 12–13–5
31 W December 17, 1974 8–4 New York Islanders (1974–75) 13–13–5
32 L December 20, 1974 2–6 @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 13–14–5
33 W December 21, 1974 6–4 Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 14–14–5
34 T December 26, 1974 2–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 14–14–6
35 W December 28, 1974 4–2 Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 15–14–6
36 L December 29, 1974 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 15–15–6
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
37 W January 2, 1975 2–1 @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 16–15–6
38 L January 4, 1975 1–4 Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 16–16–6
39 L January 5, 1975 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 16–17–6
40 L January 7, 1975 2–3 California Golden Seals (1974–75) 16–18–6
41 L January 11, 1975 3–5 New York Rangers (1974–75) 16–19–6
42 W January 12, 1975 2–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 17–19–6
43 T January 14, 1975 3–3 @ New York Islanders (1974–75) 17–19–7
44 L January 15, 1975 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 17–20–7
45 W January 18, 1975 5–4 Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 18–20–7
46 L January 23, 1975 2–7 Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 18–21–7
47 L January 25, 1975 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 18–22–7
48 T January 28, 1975 4–4 Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) 18–22–8
49 W January 31, 1975 4–2 @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 19–22–8
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
50 T February 1, 1975 4–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 19–22–9
51 L February 4, 1975 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 19–23–9
52 W February 7, 1975 5–0 Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 20–23–9
53 T February 8, 1975 3–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) 20–23–10
54 W February 11, 1975 3–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 21–23–10
55 W February 15, 1975 7–1 Washington Capitals (1974–75) 22–23–10
56 T February 16, 1975 4–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 22–23–11
57 T February 18, 1975 4–4 Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 22–23–12
58 L February 22, 1975 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 22–24–12
59 W February 23, 1975 7–2 @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) 23–24–12
60 L February 25, 1975 0–3 @ New York Islanders (1974–75) 23–25–12
61 L February 26, 1975 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1974–75) 23–26–12
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
62 W March 1, 1975 4–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) 24–26–12
63 L March 2, 1975 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) 24–27–12
64 W March 5, 1975 5–2 Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 25–27–12
65 T March 8, 1975 3–3 Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) 25–27–13
66 W March 9, 1975 5–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 26–27–13
67 W March 11, 1975 3–0 Atlanta Flames (1974–75) 27–27–13
68 W March 12, 1975 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 28–27–13
69 W March 14, 1975 6–1 Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 29–27–13
70 L March 16, 1975 2–7 @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) 29–28–13
71 W March 18, 1975 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) 30–28–13
72 L March 20, 1975 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 30–29–13
73 L March 21, 1975 4–7 @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) 30–30–13
74 T March 23, 1975 3–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) 30–30–14
75 W March 26, 1975 3–1 Boston Bruins (1974–75) 31–30–14
76 W March 29, 1975 2–1 Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 32–30–14
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
77 W April 1, 1975 7–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) 33–30–14
78 L April 2, 1975 2–5 Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) 33–31–14
79 W April 5, 1975 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) 34–31–14
80 W April 6, 1975 3–2 @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) 35–31–14

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Garry Unger C 80 36 44 80 123 −1 10 0 8
Pierre Plante RW 80 34 32 66 125 16 4 0 4
Wayne Merrick C 76 28 37 65 57 29 2 0 3
Chuck Lefley LW 57 23 26 49 24 6 5 2 3
Larry Sacharuk D 76 20 22 42 24 −9 11 0 1
Garnet Bailey LW 49 15 26 41 113 −4 4 0 1
Bob Hess D 76 9 30 39 58 7 4 0 1
Bill Collins RW 70 22 15 37 34 4 2 2 2
Floyd Thomson LW 77 9 27 36 106 13 0 0 0
Doug Palazzari C 73 14 17 31 19 8 0 1 1
Red Berenson C 44 12 19 31 12 −7 4 1 1
Barclay Plager D 76 4 24 28 96 20 0 0 1
Claude Larose RW 56 10 17 27 38 7 0 0 1
Bob Gassoff D 60 4 14 18 222 11 1 0 1
Craig Patrick RW 43 6 9 15 6 6 0 0 2
Bob Plager D 73 1 14 15 53 10 0 0 0
Ken Richardson C 21 5 7 12 12 4 1 0 1
Brian Ogilvie C 20 5 5 10 4 −4 0 0 2
Bernie Lukowich RW 26 4 5 9 2 4 2 0 2
Denis Dupere LW 22 3 6 9 8 4 1 0 0
Don Awrey D 20 0 8 8 4 −8 0 0 0
Rick Wilson D 76 2 5 7 83 12 0 0 0
Stan Gilbertson LW 22 1 4 5 4 −5 0 0 0
Murray Kuntz LW 7 1 2 3 0 6 0 0 0
Bob Stumpf RW/D 7 1 1 2 16 2 0 0 0
Bruce Affleck D 13 0 2 2 4 7 0 0 0
John Davidson G 40 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 0
Dave Gardner C 8 0 2 2 0 −3 0 0 0
Phil Roberto RW 7 0 2 2 2 −3 0 0 0
Yves Belanger G 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Evans D 20 0 1 1 2 −1 0 0 0
Jack Borotsik C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gord Buynak D 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0
Eddie Johnston G 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim McCrimmon D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Spring RW 3 0 0 0 0 −1 0 0 0
Don Wheldon D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
John Davidson 2360 40 17 15 7 144 3.66 0
Eddie Johnston 1800 30 12 13 5 93 3.10 2
Yves Belanger 640 11 6 3 2 29 2.72 1
Team: 4800 80 35 31 14 266 3.32 3

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Garry Unger C 2 1 3 4 6 0 0 0
Claude Larose RW 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Wayne Merrick C 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Larry Sacharuk D 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Red Berenson C 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Bill Collins RW 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Craig Patrick RW 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Barclay Plager D 2 0 1 1 14 0 0 0
Floyd Thomson LW 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Bruce Affleck D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Davidson G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Gassoff D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Hess D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Eddie Johnston G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Lefley LW 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bernie Lukowich RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Palazzari C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Plager D 2 0 0 0 20 0 0 0
Pierre Plante RW 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Rick Wilson D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
John Davidson 60 1 0 1 4 4.00 0
Eddie Johnston 60 1 0 1 5 5.00 0
Team: 120 2 0 2 9 4.50 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

  1. ^ "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1974-75 St. Louis Blues Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  4. ^ "1974-75 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
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