1974–75 Detroit Red Wings season

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1974–75 Detroit Red Wings

Division| 4th Norris
Conference| Wales
1974–75 record| 23–45–12
Goals for| 259
Goals against| 335
Team information
General manager| Alex Delvecchio
Coach| Alex Delvecchio
Captain| Marcel Dionne
Team leaders
Goals| Danny Grant (50)
Assists| Marcel Dionne (74)
Points| Marcel Dionne (121)
Penalty minutes| Bryan Watson (238)
Wins| Jim Rutherford (20)
Goals against average| Jim Rutherford (3.75)

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1975–76 ->

The 1974–75 Detroit Red Wings season was the 49th season for the Detroit franchise, 43rd as the Red Wings. The team finished fourth and missed the playoffs

## Contents

* 1 Offseason
* 2 Regular season
* 2.1 Final standings
* 3 Schedule and results
* 4 Playoffs
* 5 Player statistics
* 5.1 Regular season
* 6 Awards and records
* 7 Transactions
* 8 Roster
* 9 Draft picks
* 10 Farm teams
* 11 See also
* 12 References
* 13 External links

## Offseason[edit]

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## Regular season[edit]

### Final standings[edit]

Norris Division[1]

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|  | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts

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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 47 | 14 | 19 | 374 | 225 | +149 | 113
2 | Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 42 | 17 | 21 | 269 | 185 | +84 | 105
3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 37 | 28 | 15 | 326 | 289 | +37 | 89
4 | Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 259 | 335 | −76 | 58
5 | Washington Capitals | 80 | 8 | 67 | 5 | 181 | 446 | −265 | 21

## Schedule and results[edit]

No.  | R  | Date  | Score  | Opponent  | Record

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

## Playoffs[edit]

The Red Wings failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth straight year.

## Player statistics[edit]

### Regular season[edit]

Scoring
Player  | Pos  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | PIM  | +/-  | PPG  | SHG  | GWG

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Marcel Dionne | C | 80 | 47 | 74 | 121 | 14 | −15 | 15 | 10 | 2
Danny Grant | RW | 80 | 50 | 37 | 87 | 28 | −11 | 19 | 1 | 5
Nick Libett | LW | 80 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 39 | −41 | 8 | 1 | 2
Bill Hogaboam | C | 60 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 16 | −34 | 6 | 1 | 1
Phil Roberto | RW | 46 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 30 | −10 | 5 | 0 | 2
Gary Bergman | D | 76 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 104 | −25 | 2 | 1 | 0
Bill Lochead | LW | 65 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 34 | −30 | 3 | 0 | 2
Mickey Redmond | RW | 29 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 18 | −12 | 5 | 0 | 1
Jean Hamel | D | 80 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 136 | −40 | 0 | 0 | 0
Hank Nowak | LW | 56 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 69 | −34 | 1 | 0 | 0
Larry Giroux | D | 39 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 60 | −10 | 1 | 0 | 1
Pierre Jarry | LW | 39 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 4 | −12 | 0 | 0 | 1
Michel Bergeron | RW | 25 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0
Walt McKechnie | C | 23 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | −3 | 1 | 0 | 2
Bart Crashley | D | 48 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 14 | −10 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jack Lynch | D | 50 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 46 | −15 | 0 | 0 | 0
Bryan Watson | D | 70 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 238 | −29 | 0 | 1 | 0
Mike Bloom | LW | 13 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1
Guy Charron | C | 26 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 6 | −9 | 0 | 0 | 1
Mike Korney | RW | 30 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 | −9 | 2 | 0 | 1
Earl Anderson | RW | 45 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −11 | 1 | 0 | 1
Doug Roberts | RW | 26 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | −7 | 4 | 0 | 0
Red Berenson | C | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −10 | 1 | 0 | 0
Dave Kryskow | LW | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0
Blair Stewart | C | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 38 | −5 | 0 | 0 | 0
Brian McCutcheon | LW | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0
Rick McCann | C | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jim Rutherford | G | 59 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ted Snell | RW | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −10 | 0 | 0 | 0
Frank Bathe | D | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | −5 | 0 | 0 | 0
Barry Salovaara | D | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | −11 | 0 | 0 | 0
Thommie Bergman | D | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | −7 | 0 | 0 | 0
Rene Drolet | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Doug Grant | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Bill McKenzie | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Tom Mellor | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Brian Murphy | C/LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jim Nahrgang | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Dennis Polonich | C/RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0
Nelson Pyatt | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0
Terry Richardson | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

Goaltending
Player  | MIN  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | GA  | GAA  | SO

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Jim Rutherford | 3478 | 59 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 217 | 3.74 | 2
Doug Grant | 380 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 5.37 | 0
Bill McKenzie | 740 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 4.70 | 0
Terry Richardson | 202 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6.83 | 0
Team: | 4800 | 80 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 332 | 4.15 | 2

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Note: 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;

## Awards and records[edit]

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## Transactions[edit]

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## Roster[edit]

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## Draft picks[edit]

Detroit's draft picks at the 1974 NHL amateur draft held in Montreal, Quebec.

Round  | #  | Player  | Nationality  | College/Junior/Club Team (League)

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1 | 9 | Bill Lochead |  Canada | Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
3 | 44 | Dan Mandryk |  Canada | Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
3 | 45 | Bill Evo |  United States | Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
4 | 63 | Michel Bergeron |  Canada | Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)
5 | 81 | John Taft |  United States | University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
6 | 99 | Don Dufek |  United States | University of Michigan (WCHA)
7 | 117 | Jack Carlson |  United States | Marquette Iron Rangers (USHL)
8 | 134 | Greg Steel |  Canada | Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
9 | 151 | Glen McLeod |  Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)

## Farm teams[edit]

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## See also[edit]

* 1974–75 NHL season

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
2. ^ "1974-75 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

## External links[edit]

* "1974–75 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

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*[v]: View this template
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*[GP]: Games played
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*[T]: Ties
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[DIFF]: Goal Differential
*[Pts]: Points