1975 WHA Quarter-Finals
Minnesota Fighting Saints defeat New England Whalers 4-2
W-L: 42-33-3, .558
SRS: 0.34 (6th of 14)
Goals: 308 (6th of 14)
Goals Against: 279 (6th of 14)
W-L: 43-30-5, .583
SRS: -0.06 (9th of 14)
Goals: 274 (9th of 14)
Goals Against: 279 (6th of 14)
| Game 1, April 9 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 6 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Game 2, April 11 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | OT |
| Game 3, April 13 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 8 | |
| Game 4, April 15 | ||
| New England Whalers | 5 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | |
| Game 5, April 18 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 0 | |
| Game 6, April 19 | ||
| New England Whalers | 1 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 6 | |
1974-75 Regular Season Stats
| Wednesday, Dec 11, 1974 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | |
| Friday, Dec 27, 1974 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 6 | |
| Sunday, Jan 5, 1975 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 9 | |
| Sunday, Jan 19, 1975 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 1 | |
| Thursday, Feb 27, 1975 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Wednesday, Mar 5, 1975 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 5 | |
MFS Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Mike Walton | 30 | RW | 75 | 48 | 45 | 93 | -11 | 33 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 300 | 16.0 | ||||||||
| 2 | Wayne Connelly | 35 | RW | 76 | 38 | 33 | 71 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 260 | 14.6 | ||||||||
| 3 | Fran Huck | 29 | C | 78 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 7 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 184 | 12.0 | ||||||||
| 4 | George Morrison | 26 | LW | 76 | 31 | 29 | 60 | 11 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 177 | 17.5 | ||||||||
| 5 | John Arbour | 29 | D | 70 | 12 | 43 | 55 | -1 | 67 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 220 | 5.5 | ||||||||
| 6 | Don Tannahill | 25 | D | 72 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 141 | 16.3 | ||||||||
| 7 | Ted Hampson | 38 | C | 78 | 17 | 36 | 53 | -8 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 117 | 14.5 | ||||||||
| 8 | Mike Antonovich | 23 | C | 67 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 16.3 | ||||||||
| 9 | Terry Ball | 30 | D | 76 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 5.6 | ||||||||
| 10 | Danny O'Shea | 29 | C | 76 | 16 | 25 | 41 | -22 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 9.9 | ||||||||
| 11 | Rick Smith | 26 | D | 78 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 112 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 5.7 | ||||||||
| 12 | Gary Gambucci | 28 | C | 68 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 15.7 | ||||||||
| 13 | Gord Gallant | 24 | LW | 66 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -3 | 203 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 11.0 | ||||||||
| 14 | Ron Busniuk | 26 | D | 73 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 176 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 2.6 | ||||||||
| 15 | Kevin O'Shea | 27 | RW | 68 | 10 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 9.4 | ||||||||
| 16 | Mike McMahon | 33 | D | 64 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 6.4 | ||||||||
| 17 | Murray Heatley | 26 | LW | 22 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 | |||||||||
| 18 | Jack Carlson | 20 | LW | 32 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 | ||||||||
| 19 | Joe Robertson | 26 | C | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |||||||||
| 20 | Bill Butters | 24 | D | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | ||||||||
| 21 | Jim Johnson | 32 | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |||||||||
| 22 | Pat Westrum | 26 | D | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Bob Boyd | 23 | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Curt Brackenbury | 23 | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Mike Curran | 30 | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367 | 52:35 | ||||||||
| 26 | John Garrett | 23 | G | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3294 | 56:48 | ||||||||
| 27 | Jack McCartan | 39 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 30:30 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 308 | 481 | 789 | 39 | 1188 | 240 | 53 | 15 | 41 | 2615 | 11.8 | |||||||||||
MFS Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | John Garrett | 23 | 58 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 180 | 3.28 | 2 | 3294 | 87 | 27.1 | |||||||
| 2 | Mike Curran | 30 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 90 | 3.95 | 0 | 1367 | 98 | 1.9 | |||||||
| 3 | Jack McCartan | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.92 | 0 | 61 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 42 | 33 | 3 | 275 | 3.49 | 2 | 4722 | ||||||||||||
NEW Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Wayne Carleton | 28 | C | 73 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 8 | 50 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 323 | 10.8 | |||||||||
| 2 | Tom Webster | 26 | RW | 66 | 40 | 24 | 64 | 1 | 52 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 212 | 18.9 | |||||||||
| 3 | Larry Pleau | 28 | LW | 78 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 208 | 14.4 | |||||||||
| 4 | John French | 24 | LW | 75 | 12 | 41 | 53 | -5 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 140 | 8.6 | |||||||||
| 5 | Terry Caffery | 25 | C | 67 | 15 | 37 | 52 | -8 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 133 | 11.3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Don Blackburn | 36 | LW | 50 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 23.1 | |||||||||
| 7 | Mike Byers | 28 | RW | 72 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 14.0 | |||||||||
| 8 | Rick Ley | 26 | D | 62 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 4.8 | |||||||||
| 9 | Brad Selwood | 26 | D | 77 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 1 | 117 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 148 | 2.7 | |||||||||
| 10 | Fred O'Donnell | 25 | RW | 76 | 21 | 15 | 36 | -6 | 84 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 16.0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Tim Sheehy | 26 | RW | 52 | 21 | 13 | 34 | -10 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 16.0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Thommy Abrahamsson | 27 | D | 76 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 5.3 | |||||||||
| 13 | Paul Hurley | 28 | D | 75 | 3 | 26 | 29 | -10 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Garry Swain | 27 | C | 66 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 9.9 | |||||||||
| 15 | Jim Dorey | 27 | D | 31 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 5.9 | |||||||||
| 16 | Al Karlander | 28 | LW | 48 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 10.9 | |||||||||
| 17 | Ted Green | 34 | D | 57 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -13 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 8.0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Ron Climie | 24 | LW | 25 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 | |||||||||
| 19 | Tom Earl | 27 | RW | 72 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 5.8 | |||||||||
| 20 | Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 61 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -14 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Al Hangsleben | 21 | D | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 22 | Bob Charlebois | 30 | LW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |||||||||
| 23 | Gerry Methe | 23 | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 24 | Christer Abrahamsson | 27 | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 870 | 54:23 | ||||||||
| 25 | Bill Berglund | 26 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 18:00 | ||||||||
| 26 | Bruce Landon | 25 | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 339 | 48:26 | ||||||||
| 27 | Ted Ouimet | 27 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20:00 | ||||||||
| 28 | Al Smith | 29 | G | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3494 | 59:13 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 274 | 459 | 733 | -68 | 861 | 229 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 2549 | 10.7 | |||||||||||
NEW Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Al Smith | 29 | 59 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 202 | 3.47 | 2 | 3494 | 107 | -13.0 | |||||||
| 2 | Christer Abrahamsson | 27 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 3.24 | 1 | 870 | 85 | 8.2 | |||||||
| 3 | Bruce Landon | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3.36 | 0 | 339 | |||||||||
| 4 | Bill Berglund | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.00 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| 5 | Ted Ouimet | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 43 | 30 | 5 | 274 | 3.45 | 3 | 4759 | ||||||||||||
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