The Summit in 1974
WHA 72-79
WHA MVP
Gary L. Davidson Award
1975
Bobby Hull
LW, Winnipeg Jets

 

SEVEN SEASONS: WHA 1974-1975

SEASON THREE: Timeline by Paul Newberry

League expands to 14 teams and splits into three division with addition of Indianapolis Racers and Phoenix Roadrunners. Jersey moves to San Diego and becomes the Mariners. Los Angeles is transformed into the Michigan Stags, based in Detroit, but becomes the Baltimore Blades midway through the season and folds altogether after completing the schedule. Chicago Cougars also go out of business at season's end.

 WHA Regular Season

CANADIAN DIVISION GP W L T PTS GF GA PIM
Quebec Nordiques 78 46 32 0 92 331 299 1132
Toronto Toros 78 43 33 2 88 349 304 883
Winnipeg Jets 78 38 35 5 81 322 293 869
Vancouver Blazers 78 37 39 2 76 256 270 1075
Edmonton Oilers 78 36 38 4 76 279 279 896
EASTERN DIVISION GP W L T PTS GF GA PIM
New-England Whalers 78 43 30 5 91 274 279 867
Cleveland Crusaders 78 35 40 3 73 236 258 1273
Chicago Cougars 78 30 47 1 61 261 312 1086
Indianapolis Racers 78 18 57 3 39 216 338 970
WESTERN DIVISION GP W L T PTS GF GA PIM
Houston Aeros 78 53 25 0 106 369 247 1257
San-Diego Mariners 78 43 31 4 90 326 268 1058
Minnesota Fighting Saints 78 42 33 3 87 308 279 1233
Phoenix Roadrunners 78 39 31 8 86 300 265 1388
Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades 78 21 53 4 46 205 341 1104

AVCO World Trophy Playoffs

First Round:
Houston 4 Cleveland 1
Quebec 4 Phoenix 1
Minnesota 4 New England 2
San Diego 4 Toronto 2
Second Round:
Quebec 4 Minnesota 2
Houston 4 San Diego 0
AVCO Cup:
Houston over Quebec, 4 games to 0

Bill Hunter Trophy Scoring Leader

Year Player Gm G A Pts
1975 Andre Lacroix,
San Diego Mariners
78 41 106 147

Ben Hatskin Trophy Best Goaltender

Year Player Record GAA
1975 Ron Grahame, Houston Aeros 33-10-0 3.03

Dennis A. Murphy Trophy Best Defenseman

Year Player
1975 J.C. Tremblay,
Quebec Nordiques

Lou Kaplan Trophy Rookie of the Year

Year Player G A Pts
1975 Anders Hedberg, RW, Winnipeg Jets 53 47 100

Paul Deneau Trophy Most Gentlmenly Player

Year Player
1975 Mike Rogers, Edmonton Oilers

Howard Baldwin Trophy Coach of the Year

Year Coach    Improvement
1975 Sandy Hucul, Phoenix Roadrunners Expan. to 39-31-8

All WHA WHA All Star Teams

Pos 1st Team 2nd Team
G Ron Grahame
Houston

Gerry Cheevers
Cleveland

D JC Tremblay
Quebec
Barry Long
Edmonton
D Kevin Morrison
San Diego
Paul Popiel
Houston
C Andre Lacroix
New York/New Jersey
Serge Bernier
Quebec
LW Bobby Hull
Winnipeg
Marc Tardif
Michigan/Baltimore/
Quebec
RW Gordie Howe
Houston
Anders Hedberg
Winnipeg

WHA Annual All-Star Game 1/21/75 Edmonton, Alberta

West 6, East 4
Attendance: 15,326
MVP: Rejean Houle

EAST LINEUP WEST LINEUP
G Al Smith New England
G Gerry Cheevers Cleveland
G Andy Brown Indianapolis
D Pat Stapleton Chicago
D Brad Selwood New England
D Rick Ley New England
D Dale Hoganson Quebec
D Jim Dorey Toronto
D JC Tremblay Quebec
D Paul Shmyr Cleveland
(Injured-Did Not Play)
F Serge Bernier Quebec
F Rejean Houle Quebec
F Marc Tardif Quebec
F Wayne Dillon Toronto
F Tom Simpson Toronto
F Paul Henderson Toronto
F Frank Mahovlich Toronto
F Ralph Backstrom Chicago
F Larry Pleau New England
F Tom Webster New England
F Gary Veneruzzo Michigan
F Pierre Guite Michigan
(Injured-Did Not Play)
G Don McLeod Vancouver
G Wayne Rutledge Houston
G Joe Daley Winnipeg
D Doug Barrie Edmonton
D John Schella Houston
D Barry Long Edmonton
D Gerry Odrowski Phoenix
D Poul Popiel Houston
D Lars-Erik Sjoberg Winnipeg
D Al Hamilton Edmonton
F Bobby Hull Winnipeg
F Gordie Howe Houston
F Mark Howe Houston
F Andre Lacroix San Diego
F Ulf Nilsson Winnipeg
F Larry Lund Houston
F Andre Hinse Houston
F Frank Hughes Houston
F Danny Lawson Vancouver
F Ted Taylor Houston
F Fran Huck Minnesota
F Mike Walton Minnesota
(Injured-Did Not Play)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Summit in 1974