# 1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' third season of operation. The Oilers placed last and failed to make the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

| 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 |

## Schedule and results

1974–75 Game Log :

## Player statistics

Regular season :
Scoring :
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Mike Rogers | C | 78 | 35 | 48 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Long | D | 78 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 116 | -8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Baird | D | 77 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 151 | -19 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Sheehan | C | 77 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | C | 72 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 10 | -11 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie Joyal | C | 78 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 2 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Blair MacDonald | RW | 72 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Barrie | D | 78 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 122 | -11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Climie | LW | 49 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rusty Patenaude | RW | 56 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Gilmore | LW | 74 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 84 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray McKay | D | 69 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 47 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Sheehy | RW | 29 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 4 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Carlyle | D | 73 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 46 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Perkins | C | 76 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Murray Kennett | D | 50 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Buchanan | C | 22 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Hamilton | D | 25 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Morris | LW | 36 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Laing | LW | 42 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 32 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McCrimmon | D | 34 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Kerslake | RW | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Herriman | LW | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Brown | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Plante | G | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Worthy | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending :
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jacques Plante | 1592 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 88 | 3.32 | 1 |
| Chris Worthy | 1660 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 99 | 3.58 | 1 |
| Ken Brown | 1466 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 86 | 3.52 | 2 |
| Team: | 4718 | 78 | 36 | 38 | 4 | 273 | 3.47 | 4 |
Note: Pos = Position; 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

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Barry Long | 1st WHA Game | October 18, 1974 |
| Ray McKay | 1st WHA Game | October 18, 1974 |
| Mike Rogers | 1st WHA Game | October 18, 1974 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point | October 30, 1974 |
| Ray McKay | 1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point | October 30, 1974 |
| Mike Rogers | 1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point | October 30, 1974 |
| Rusty Patenaude | 100th WHA Point | October 30, 1974 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 1st WHA Goal | November 2, 1974 |
| Barry Long | 1st WHA Goal 1st WHA Point | November 10, 1974 |
| Jacques Plante | 1st WHA Game 1st WHA Win 1st WHA Assist | November 10, 1974 |
| Ken Baird | ??? WHA Hat-trick | November 13, 1974 |
| Ray McKay | 1st WHA Goal | November 15, 1974 |
| Doug Barrie | ??? WHA Gordie Howe hat trick | November 18, 1974 |
| Barry Long | 1st WHA Assist | November 18, 1974 |
| Mike Rogers | 1st WHA Goal | November 18, 1974 |
| Al Hamilton | 100th WHA Assist | December 4, 1974 |
| Jacques Plante | 1st WHA Shutout | December 8, 1974 |
| Ken Baird | 300th WHA PIM | January 9, 1975 |
| Bill Laing | 1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point | January 17, 1975 |
| Doug Barrie | 400th WHA PIM | January 18, 1975 |
| Blair MacDonald | ??? WHA Hat-trick | January 23, 1975 |
| Tom Gilmore | 400th WHA PIM | January 24, 1975 |
| Ken Baird | 100th WHA Point | February 9, 1975 |
| Bill Morris | 1st WHA Assist 1st WHA Point | February 14, 1975 |
| Ken Brown | 1st WHA Assist | February 16, 1975 |
| Bill Morris | 1st WHA Goal | February 16, 1975 |
| Tom Gilmore | 100th WHA Point | February 18, 1975 |
| Doug Kerslake | 1st WHA Goal 1st WHA Point | February 28, 1975 |
| Bill Laing | 1st WHA Goal | March 7, 1975 |
| Doug Barrie | 100th WHA Point | March 18, 1975 |
| Barry Long | 100th WHA PIM | March 18, 1975 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 100th WHA Assist | March 28, 1975 |
| Eddie Joyal | 100th WHA Point | April 1, 1975 |
| Timothy Sheehy | 100th WHA Assist | April 4, 1975 |
| Doug Barrie | 200th WHA Game | April 5, 1975 |
| Ken Baird | 200th WHA Game | TBD |
| Tom Gilmore | 200th WHA Game | TBD |
| Rusty Patenaude | 200th WHA Game | TBD |
| Ross Perkins | 200th WHA Game | TBD |
| Bobby Sheehan | 200th WHA Game | TBD |
| Doug Kerslake | 1st WHA Game | TBD |
| Bill Laing | 1st WHA Game | TBD |
| Bruce MacGregor | 1st WHA Game | TBD |
| Bill Morris | 1st WHA Game | TBD |
| Blair MacDonald | 100th WHA Game | TBD |
| Jim McCrimmon | 100th WHA Game | TBD |

## Transactions
### Trades

| Date | To Edmonton Oilers | Traded to | Traded for |
| February 25, 1974 (1974-02-25) | Ab DeMarco | Chicago Cougars | 1st round pick in 1974 Secret - Paul McIntosh |
| February 25, 1974 (1974-02-25) | 1st round pick in 1974 Secret - Clark Gillies | Winnipeg Jets | 1st round pick in 1977 - Ron Duguay |
| May 7, 1974 (1974-05-07) | Ray McKay | Cleveland Crusaders | Future considerations |
| May 31, 1974 (1974-05-31) | Future considerations | Indianapolis Racers | Gary Bredin 11th round pick in 1974 - Greg Steel 12th round pick in 1974 - Russ Hall 13th round pick in 1974 - Mike St. Cyr 14th round pick in 1974 - Mitch Babin 15th round pick in 1974 - Jim Chicoyne |
| June 1974 | Cash | Phoenix Roadrunners | Del Hall |
| July 1974 | Future considerations | Cincinnati Stingers | Steve Andrascik |
| August 23, 1974 (1974-08-23) | Don Herriman | San Diego Mariners | Bob Wall |
| August 30, 1974 (1974-08-30) | Mike Will | Indianapolis Racers | Paul Holmgren |
| October 9, 1974 (1974-10-09) | Ray Reeson | Phoenix Roadrunners | Jack Norris |
| October 27, 1974 (1974-10-27) | Ron Buchanan | Cleveland Crusaders | Jim Harrison |
| January 22, 1975 (1975-01-22) | Murray Kennett | Indianapolis Racers | Ron Buchanan |
| February 14, 1975 (1975-02-14) | Tim Sheehy | New England Whalers | Ron Climie |
| March 9, 1975 (1975-03-09) | Cash | St. Louis Blues (NHL) | Jim McCrimmon |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term |
| October 1974 | Bill Morris | Winston-Salem Polar Twins (SHL) | 1-year |
| February 23, 1975 (1975-02-23) | Doug Kerslake | Chicago Black Hawks (NHL) | |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Term |
| 1974 | Val Fonteyne | Retired | |
| 1974 | Dennis Kassian | Retired | |
| April 30, 1974 (1974-04-30) | Danny Gruen | Phoenix Roadrunners | |
| May 30, 1974 (1974-05-30) | Bernie Blanchette | Phoenix Roadrunners | |
| May 30, 1974 (1974-05-30) | Roger Côté | Indianapolis Racers | |
| May 30, 1974 (1974-05-30) | Bob Fitchner | Indianapolis Racers | |
| May 30, 1974 (1974-05-30) | Brian McKenzie | Indianapolis Racers | |
| July 28, 1974 (1974-07-28) | Bob McAneeley | California Golden Seals (NHL) | 3-year |
| September 1974 | Ian Wilkie | Retired | |
| October 1974 | Wendell Bennett | Phoenix Roadrunners | |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term |
| May 7, 1974 (1974-05-07) | Barry Long | |
| May 7, 1974 (1974-05-07) | Ray McKay | 4-year |
| May 7, 1974 (1974-05-07) | Jacques Plante | 2-year |
| June 18, 1974 (1974-06-18) | Bruce MacGregor | 4-year |
| August 15, 1974 (1974-08-15) | Mike Rogers | 3-year |

## Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| WHA Secret Amateur Draft |||||
| 1 | 7 | Clark Gillies (F) | Canada | Regina Pats (WCHL) |
| 2 | 19 | Mike Rogers (C) | Canada | Calgary Centennials (WCHL) |
| WHA Amateur Draft |||||
| 1 | 8 | Gary Soetaert (D) | Canada | Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) |
| 2 | 23 | Glen Burdon (D) | Canada | Regina Pats (WCHL) |
| 3 | 38 | Paul Holmgren (F) | United States | St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL) |
| 4 | 53 | Kevin Treacy (RW) | Canada | Cornwall Royals (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 67 | Dave Langevin (D) | United States | University of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA) |
| 6 | 82 | Bernard Noreau (F) | Canada | Laval National (QMJHL) |
| 7 | 97 | Tom Sundberg (F) | United States | St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL) |
| 8 | 112 | Cam Botting (RW) | Canada | Niagara Falls Flyers (SOJHL) |
| 9 | 127 | Marty Mathews (F) | Canada | Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL) |
| 10 | 140 | Willie Friesen (LW) | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WCHL) |