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1973-74 Los Angeles Sharks Roster and Statistics

Record: 25-53-0 (50 points), Finished 6th in WHA West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Terry Slater (5-14-0), Ted McCaskill (20-39-0)

Captain:

Goals For: 239 (12th of 12), Goals Against: 339 (11th of 12)
SRS: -1.15 (12th of 12), SOS: 0.13 (1st of 12)

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 13, LAS vs. HSA
2. Oct 16, LAS vs. TRT
3. Oct 18, LAS vs. CHC
4. Oct 21, LAS at VNB
5. Oct 23, LAS vs. CLC
6. Oct 24, LAS at HSA
7. Oct 26, LAS at CLC
8. Oct 27, LAS at NEW
9. Oct 28, LAS at NYJ
10. Oct 30, LAS vs. QBN

11. Nov 2, LAS vs. MFS
12. Nov 3, LAS at HSA
13. Nov 4, LAS at TRT
14. Nov 6, LAS at CHC
15. Nov 7, LAS at VNB
16. Nov 9, LAS vs. TRT
17. Nov 11, LAS at WNJ
18. Nov 13, LAS at EDO
19. Nov 16, LAS vs. CLC
20. Nov 18, LAS vs. NEW
21. Nov 20, LAS vs. MFS
22. Nov 22, LAS vs. CHC
23. Nov 23, LAS vs. EDO
24. Nov 27, LAS vs. WNJ
25. Nov 30, LAS at WNJ

26. Dec 1, LAS at CHC
27. Dec 4, LAS at MFS
28. Dec 6, LAS vs. HSA
29. Dec 12, LAS at EDO
30. Dec 14, LAS at WNJ
31. Dec 15, LAS at VNB
32. Dec 16, LAS vs. VNB
33. Dec 18, LAS vs. VNB
34. Dec 21, LAS at MFS
35. Dec 22, LAS at HSA
36. Dec 27, LAS vs. NEW
37. Dec 30, LAS vs. HSA

38. Jan 4, LAS vs. EDO
39. Jan 8, LAS vs. WNJ
40. Jan 10, LAS at QBN
41. Jan 12, LAS at CLC
42. Jan 13, LAS at NEW
43. Jan 15, LAS vs. QBN
44. Jan 18, LAS vs. TRT
45. Jan 19, LAS at HSA
46. Jan 20, LAS vs. VNB
47. Jan 22, LAS at HSA
48. Jan 25, LAS vs. QBN
49. Jan 27, LAS at NYJ
50. Jan 29, LAS at QBN
51. Jan 31, LAS at TRT

52. Feb 1, LAS at WNJ
53. Feb 3, LAS at EDO
54. Feb 7, LAS vs. NYJ
55. Feb 10, LAS vs. CHC
56. Feb 12, LAS vs. WNJ
57. Feb 15, LAS vs. HSA
58. Feb 17, LAS vs. VNB
59. Feb 20, LAS vs. NEW
60. Feb 24, LAS vs. EDO
61. Feb 26, LAS at CHC
62. Feb 27, LAS at MFS

63. Mar 2, LAS at NYJ
64. Mar 3, LAS at MFS
65. Mar 5, LAS vs. CLC
66. Mar 8, LAS vs. EDO
67. Mar 10, LAS vs. MFS
68. Mar 12, LAS at EDO
69. Mar 13, LAS at VNB
70. Mar 14, LAS vs. HSA
71. Mar 20, LAS vs. NYJ
72. Mar 22, LAS vs. MFS
73. Mar 24, LAS vs. WNJ
74. Mar 27, LAS at NEW
75. Mar 28, LAS at QBN
76. Mar 30, LAS at CLC
77. Mar 31, LAS at TRT

78. Apr 4, LAS vs. NYJ

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
Kirk Bowman	ca CA	LW	21	5-9	178	L/-	R	September 30, 1952	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
Bart Crashley	ca CA	D	27	6-0	180	R/-	1	June 15, 1946	4 G, 26 A, 30 P
Brian Derksen	ca CA	D	22	5-10	190	L/-	R	November 27, 1951	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
George Gardner	ca CA	G	31	5-8	165	-/L	1	October 8, 1942	0-2-0, 6.50 GAA
Ron Garwasiuk	ca CA	D	24	5-8	160	L/-	R	February 17, 1949	6 G, 13 A, 19 P
Russ Gillow	ca CA	G	33	5-10	165	-/L	1	September 2, 1940	4-13-0, 3.98 GAA
Don Gordon	ca CA	RW	25	5-11	180	R/-	R	April 17, 1948	8 G, 6 A, 14 P
Earl Heiskala	ca CA	LW	31	6-0	185	L/-	1	November 30, 1942	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
Ted Hodgson	ca CA	RW	28	5-11	185	R/-	1	June 30, 1945	3 G, 9 A, 12 P
Paul Hoganson	ca CA	G	24	5-11	175	-/R	R	November 12, 1949	6-16-0, 4.68 GAA
Bill Horton	ca CA	D	27	6-0	180	L/-	1	September 5, 1946	0 G, 9 A, 9 P
Mike Hyndman	ca CA	RW	28	6-1	205	R/-	1	December 8, 1945	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
J.P. LeBlanc	ca CA	C	27	5-10	170	L/-	1	October 20, 1946	20 G, 46 A, 66 P
Ralph MacSweyn	ca CA	D	31	5-11	190	R/-	1	September 8, 1942	0 G, 3 A, 3 P
Ted McCaskill	ca CA	C	37	6-1	195	L/-	1	October 29, 1936	2 G, 2 A, 4 P
Brian McDonald	ca CA	RW	28	5-11	190	R/-	1	March 23, 1945	22 G, 30 A, 52 P
Jim McLeod	ca CA	G	36	5-8	170	-/L	1	April 7, 1937	4-13-0, 4.27 GAA
Jim Niekamp	us US	D	27	6-1	185	R/-	1	March 11, 1946	2 G, 19 A, 21 P
Gerry Odrowski	ca CA	D	35	5-10	185	L/-	1	October 4, 1938	4 G, 32 A, 36 P
Tom Serviss	ca CA	C	25	5-10	185	R/-	1	May 25, 1948	6 G, 15 A, 21 P
Peter Slater	ca CA	C	26	5-9	170	R/-	1	January 31, 1948	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
Fred Speck	ca CA	C	26	5-9	160	L/-	1	July 22, 1947	2 G, 5 A, 7 P
Steve Sutherland	ca CA	LW	27	5-11	172	L/-	1	September 1, 1946	20 G, 12 A, 32 P
Marc Tardif	ca CA	LW	24	6-0	195	L/-	R	June 12, 1949	40 G, 30 A, 70 P
Reg Thomas	ca CA	C	20	5-10	185	L/-	R	April 21, 1953	14 G, 21 A, 35 P
Gary Veneruzzo	ca CA	LW	30	5-8	165	L/-	1	June 28, 1943	39 G, 29 A, 68 P
Ron Walters	ca CA	C	25	6-0	175	R/-	1	March 9, 1948	14 G, 14 A, 28 P
Ron Ward	ca CA	C	29	5-11	175	R/-	1	September 12, 1944	14 G, 19 A, 33 P
Jim Watson	ca CA	D	30	6-2	186	L/-	1	June 28, 1943	0 G, 6 A, 6 P
Alton White	ca CA	RW	28	5-9	175	R/-	1	May 31, 1945	8 G, 13 A, 21 P
Bob Whitlock	ca CA	C	24	5-10	175	R/-	1	July 16, 1949	4 G, 10 A, 14 P
Ian Wilkie	ca CA	G	24	5-9	175	-/R	1	July 20, 1949	11-9-0, 3.91 GAA
Hal Willis	ca CA	D	27	6-2	215	L/-	1	June 8, 1946	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
Bill Young	ca CA	LW	26	6-1	195	L/-	1	July 5, 1947	1 G, 3 A, 4 P
Jerry Zrymiak	ca CA	D	25	6-1	195	R/-	1	October 19, 1948	2 G, 8 A, 10 P

Standard Stats

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Standard Stats Table
					Scoring				Goals				Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Marc Tardif	24	LW	75	40	30	70	47	30	10	0	3
2	Gary Veneruzzo	30	LW	78	39	29	68	68	34	5	0	4
3	J.P. LeBlanc	27	C	78	20	46	66	58	13	7	0	0
4	Brian McDonald	28	RW	56	22	30	52	54	18	4	0	3
5	Gerry Odrowski	35	D	77	4	32	36	48	2	2	0	0
6	Reg Thomas	20	C	72	14	21	35	22	13	1	0	3
7	Ron Ward	29	C	40	14	19	33	16	11	3	0	2
8	Steve Sutherland	27	LW	72	20	12	32	182	16	4	0	4
9	Bart Crashley	27	D	78	4	26	30	16	2	2	0	1
10	Ron Walters	25	C	71	14	14	28	28	13	1	0	3
11	Jim Niekamp	27	D	76	2	19	21	95	2	0	0	0
12	Alton White	28	RW	48	8	13	21	13	8	0	0	0
13	Tom Serviss	25	C	74	6	15	21	37	4	0	2	1
14	Ron Garwasiuk	24	D	51	6	13	19	100	5	0	1	0
15	Bob Whitlock	24	C	14	4	10	14	4	3	1	0	0
16	Don Gordon	25	RW	29	8	6	14	24	7	1	0	0
17	Ted Hodgson	28	RW	23	3	9	12	22	1	2	0	0
18	Jerry Zrymiak	25	D	27	2	8	10	8	2	0	0	1
19	Bill Horton	27	D	60	0	9	9	46	0	0	0	0
20	Earl Heiskala	31	LW	24	2	6	8	45	2	0	0	0
21	Fred Speck	26	C	18	2	5	7	4	2	0	0	0
22	Jim Watson	30	D	48	0	6	6	28	0	0	0	0
23	Bill Young	26	LW	16	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0
24	Ted McCaskill	37	C	18	2	2	4	63	1	0	1	0
25	Ralph MacSweyn	31	D	13	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
26	Hal Willis	27	D	18	1	2	3	24	1	0	0	0
27	Peter Slater	26	C	19	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0
28	Kirk Bowman	21	LW	10	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
29	Mike Hyndman	28	RW	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	Brian Derksen	22	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
31	George Gardner	31	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	120:00
32	Ian Wilkie	24	G	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1257:00
33	Russ Gillow	33	G	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1041:00
34	Jim McLeod	36	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	969:00
35	Paul Hoganson	24	G	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1308:00
	Team Totals			78	239	392	631	1070	192	43	4	25	4695:00

Goalie Stats

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Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats									Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SV	GAA	SO	MIN	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Paul Hoganson	24	27	6	16	0	102	609	4.68	0	1308:00	0	0	0	0
2	Ian Wilkie	24	23	11	9	0	82	510	3.91	1	1257:00	0	0	0	2
3	Russ Gillow	33	18	4	13	0	69	414	3.98	1	1041:00	0	0	0	2
4	Jim McLeod	36	17	4	13	0	69	412	4.27	1	969:00	0	0	0	0
5	George Gardner	31	2	0	2	0	13	52	6.50	0	120:00	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		78	25	53	0	335	1997	4.28	3	4695:00	0	0	0	4

Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP
1	Marc Tardif	24	LW	75
2	Gary Veneruzzo	30	LW	78
3	J.P. LeBlanc	27	C	78
4	Brian McDonald	28	RW	56
5	Gerry Odrowski	35	D	77
6	Reg Thomas	20	C	72
7	Ron Ward	29	C	40
8	Steve Sutherland	27	LW	72
9	Bart Crashley	27	D	78
10	Ron Walters	25	C	71
11	Tom Serviss	25	C	74
12	Alton White	28	RW	48
13	Jim Niekamp	27	D	76
14	Ron Garwasiuk	24	D	51
15	Bob Whitlock	24	C	14
16	Don Gordon	25	RW	29
17	Ted Hodgson	28	RW	23
18	Jerry Zrymiak	25	D	27
19	Bill Horton	27	D	60
20	Earl Heiskala	31	LW	24
21	Fred Speck	26	C	18
22	Jim Watson	30	D	48
23	Ted McCaskill	37	C	18
24	Bill Young	26	LW	16
25	Hal Willis	27	D	18
26	Ralph MacSweyn	31	D	13
27	Peter Slater	26	C	19
28	Kirk Bowman	21	LW	10
29	Mike Hyndman	28	RW	8
30	Brian Derksen	22	D	1