1973–74 Detroit Red Wings season
National Hockey League team season
1973–74 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Division | 6th East |
1973–74 record | 29–39–10 |
Goals for | 255 |
Goals against | 319 |
Team information | |
General manager | Ned Harkness (Oct–Feb) Alex Delvecchio (Feb–Apr) |
Coach | Ted Garvin (Oct–Nov) Alex Delvecchio (Nov–Apr) |
Captain | Alex Delvecchio (Oct) Rotating Nick Libett Red Berenson Gary Bergman Ted Harris Mickey Redmond Larry Johnston |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mickey Redmond (51) |
Assists | Marcel Dionne (54) |
Points | Marcel Dionne (78) |
Penalty minutes | Larry Johnston (139) |
Wins | Doug Grant (15) |
Goals against average | Bill McKenzie (3.58) |
The 1973–74 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 48th season of competition, 42nd season as the Red Wings.
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Boston Bruins | 78 | 52 | 17 | 9 | 349 | 221 | +128 | 113 |
2 | Montreal Canadiens | 78 | 45 | 24 | 9 | 293 | 240 | +53 | 99 |
3 | New York Rangers | 78 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 300 | 251 | +49 | 94 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 78 | 35 | 27 | 16 | 274 | 230 | +44 | 86 |
5 | Buffalo Sabres | 78 | 32 | 34 | 12 | 242 | 250 | −8 | 76 |
6 | Detroit Red Wings | 78 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 255 | 319 | −64 | 68 |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | 78 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 224 | 296 | −72 | 59 |
8 | New York Islanders | 78 | 19 | 41 | 18 | 182 | 247 | −65 | 56 |
Record vs. opponents
Vs. East Division
| Vs. West Division
|
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | L | October 10, 1973 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1973–74) | 0–1–0 |
2 | L | October 13, 1973 | 4–9 | Boston Bruins (1973–74) | 0–2–0 |
3 | L | October 14, 1973 | 2–5 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) | 0–3–0 |
4 | L | October 16, 1973 | 2–3 | St. Louis Blues (1973–74) | 0–4–0 |
5 | T | October 18, 1973 | 4–4 | Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) | 0–4–1 |
6 | W | October 21, 1973 | 11–2 | California Golden Seals (1973–74) | 1–4–1 |
7 | L | October 24, 1973 | 3–7 | @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) | 1–5–1 |
8 | L | October 26, 1973 | 3–8 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) | 1–6–1 |
9 | W | October 27, 1973 | 3–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) | 2–6–1 |
10 | L | October 30, 1973 | 0–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) | 2–7–1 |
11 | L | November 4, 1973 | 0–2 | @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) | 2–8–1 |
12 | L | November 7, 1973 | 1–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) | 2–9–1 |
13 | W | November 10, 1973 | 4–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) | 3–9–1 |
14 | W | November 11, 1973 | 5–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) | 4–9–1 |
15 | W | November 14, 1973 | 4–3 | New York Islanders (1973–74) | 5–9–1 |
16 | L | November 17, 1973 | 0–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) | 5–10–1 |
17 | W | November 18, 1973 | 6–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) | 6–10–1 |
18 | W | November 20, 1973 | 6–5 | Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) | 7–10–1 |
19 | L | November 22, 1973 | 3–5 | @ New York Islanders (1973–74) | 7–11–1 |
20 | W | November 24, 1973 | 6–4 | New York Islanders (1973–74) | 8–11–1 |
21 | W | November 25, 1973 | 3–2 | California Golden Seals (1973–74) | 9–11–1 |
22 | L | November 29, 1973 | 3–4 | @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) | 9–12–1 |
23 | L | December 1, 1973 | 1–4 | Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) | 9–13–1 |
24 | L | December 2, 1973 | 1–6 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) | 9–14–1 |
25 | L | December 5, 1973 | 2–8 | Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) | 9–15–1 |
26 | T | December 7, 1973 | 1–1 | @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) | 9–15–2 |
27 | L | December 8, 1973 | 0–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) | 9–16–2 |
28 | W | December 13, 1973 | 7–3 | St. Louis Blues (1973–74) | 10–16–2 |
29 | W | December 15, 1973 | 2–0 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) | 11–16–2 |
30 | W | December 16, 1973 | 7–5 | Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) | 12–16–2 |
31 | T | December 18, 1973 | 4–4 | Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) | 12–16–3 |
32 | L | December 20, 1973 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1973–74) | 12–17–3 |
33 | W | December 22, 1973 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1973–74) | 13–17–3 |
34 | T | December 26, 1973 | 2–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) | 13–17–4 |
35 | L | December 27, 1973 | 1–3 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) | 13–18–4 |
36 | W | December 30, 1973 | 4–2 | Atlanta Flames (1973–74) | 14–18–4 |
37 | L | December 31, 1973 | 5–6 | Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) | 14–19–4 |
38 | L | January 2, 1974 | 3–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) | 14–20–4 |
39 | W | January 6, 1974 | 9–6 | Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) | 15–20–4 |
40 | T | January 9, 1974 | 2–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) | 15–20–5 |
41 | W | January 12, 1974 | 6–0 | Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) | 16–20–5 |
42 | L | January 13, 1974 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) | 16–21–5 |
43 | T | January 16, 1974 | 4–4 | New York Rangers (1973–74) | 16–21–6 |
44 | W | January 19, 1974 | 5–2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) | 17–21–6 |
45 | L | January 20, 1974 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) | 17–22–6 |
46 | W | January 23, 1974 | 6–2 | California Golden Seals (1973–74) | 18–22–6 |
47 | T | January 25, 1974 | 2–2 | @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) | 18–22–7 |
48 | W | January 27, 1974 | 6–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) | 19–22–7 |
49 | L | January 30, 1974 | 3–7 | Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) | 19–23–7 |
50 | L | February 2, 1974 | 2–12 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) | 19–24–7 |
51 | L | February 3, 1974 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) | 19–25–7 |
52 | T | February 6, 1974 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) | 19–25–8 |
53 | L | February 9, 1974 | 4–5 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) | 19–26–8 |
54 | L | February 13, 1974 | 3–5 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) | 19–27–8 |
55 | L | February 15, 1974 | 4–9 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) | 19–28–8 |
56 | L | February 17, 1974 | 1–2 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) | 19–29–8 |
57 | L | February 20, 1974 | 1–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) | 19–30–8 |
58 | W | February 23, 1974 | 5–3 | St. Louis Blues (1973–74) | 20–30–8 |
59 | W | February 24, 1974 | 5–3 | New York Islanders (1973–74) | 21–30–8 |
60 | W | February 26, 1974 | 7–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) | 22–30–8 |
61 | L | February 28, 1974 | 1–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) | 22–31–8 |
62 | T | March 2, 1974 | 4–4 | Boston Bruins (1973–74) | 22–31–9 |
63 | T | March 3, 1974 | 6–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) | 22–31–10 |
64 | L | March 7, 1974 | 1–6 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) | 22–32–10 |
65 | W | March 9, 1974 | 3–1 | @ New York Islanders (1973–74) | 23–32–10 |
66 | L | March 10, 1974 | 0–4 | Atlanta Flames (1973–74) | 23–33–10 |
67 | W | March 12, 1974 | 2–1 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) | 24–33–10 |
68 | W | March 13, 1974 | 5–2 | @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) | 25–33–10 |
69 | L | March 16, 1974 | 0–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) | 25–34–10 |
70 | W | March 20, 1974 | 7–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) | 26–34–10 |
71 | W | March 23, 1974 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1973–74) | 27–34–10 |
72 | L | March 24, 1974 | 0–8 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) | 27–35–10 |
73 | W | March 27, 1974 | 3–1 | Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) | 28–35–10 |
74 | L | March 30, 1974 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) | 28–36–10 |
75 | L | March 31, 1974 | 1–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) | 28–37–10 |
76 | L | April 3, 1974 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1973–74) | 28–38–10 |
77 | W | April 6, 1974 | 8–3 | New York Rangers (1973–74) | 29–38–10 |
78 | L | April 7, 1974 | 4–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) | 29–39–10 |
Playoffs
The Red Wings failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth straight year.
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcel Dionne | C | 74 | 24 | 54 | 78 | 10 | −31 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Mickey Redmond | RW | 76 | 51 | 26 | 77 | 14 | −21 | 21 | 0 | 9 |
Red Berenson | C | 76 | 24 | 42 | 66 | 28 | −22 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Guy Charron | C | 76 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 10 | −31 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Nick Libett | LW | 67 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 37 | −26 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Bill Hogaboam | C | 47 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 12 | −3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Pierre Jarry | LW | 52 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 17 | −11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Roberts | RW | 57 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 33 | −9 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Henry Boucha | C | 70 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 32 | −22 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Bill Collins | RW | 54 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 37 | −20 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Garnet Bailey | LW | 45 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 33 | −12 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Brent Hughes | D | 69 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 92 | −28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Stackhouse | D | 33 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Johnston | D | 65 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 139 | −26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Lynch | D | 35 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | −14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ted Harris | D | 41 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 66 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Robbie Ftorek | C/LW | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Mellor | D | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 | −9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Bergman | D | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | −6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nelson Debenedet | LW | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | −13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Ecclestone | LW | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | −6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al McLeod | D | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | −7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Gruen | LW | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blair Stewart | C | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bryan Watson | D | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 99 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thommie Bergman | D | 43 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | −15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jean Hamel | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | −12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Rutherford | G | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tord Lundstrom | LW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Evans | D | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Len Fontaine | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Richardson | G | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Murray Wing | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denis DeJordy | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Edwards | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Foley | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Grant | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Korney | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Lavender | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill McKenzie | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Newell | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nelson Pyatt | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Grant | 2018 | 37 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 140 | 4.16 | 1 |
Jim Rutherford | 1420 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 86 | 3.63 | 0 |
Bill McKenzie | 720 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 3.58 | 1 |
Terry Richardson | 315 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5.33 | 0 |
Denis DeJordy | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12.00 | 0 |
Roy Edwards | 187 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5.78 | 0 |
Team: | 4680 | 78 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 319 | 4.09 | 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
Transactions
Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 11 | Terry Richardson | ![]() | New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) |
3 | 39 | Nelson Pyatt | ![]() | Oshawa Generals (OHA) |
3 | 43 | Robbie Neale | ![]() | Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL) |
4 | 59 | Mike Korney | ![]() | Winnipeg Jets (WCHL) |
5 | 75 | Blair Stewart | ![]() | Winnipeg Jets (WCHL) |
6 | 91 | Glen Cickello | ![]() | Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) |
7 | 107 | Brian Middleton | ![]() | University of Alberta (CIAU) |
8 | 118 | Dennis Polonich | ![]() | Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL) |
8 | 123 | George Lyle | ![]() | Michigan Tech University (NCAA) |
9 | 135 | Dennis O'Brien | ![]() | Laurentian University (CIAU) |
9 | 138 | Tom Newman | ![]() | Kitchener Rangers (OHA) |
9 | 139 | Ray Bibeau | ![]() | Montreal Junior Canadiens (QMJHL) |
10 | 151 | Kevin Neville | ![]() | Toronto Marlboros (OHA) |
10 | 154 | Ken Gibb | ![]() | University of North Dakota (NCAA) |
10 | 155 | Mitch Brandt | ![]() | University of Denver (NCAA) |
Farm teams
See also
References
- ^ "1973–1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1973-74 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.424, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
External links
- "1973–74 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.