# 1973–74 Vancouver Blazers season

The 1973–74 Vancouver Blazers season was the second season of operation for the World Hockey Association (WHA) franchise. The team had operated in Philadelphia the previous season before moving to Vancouver. The Blazers did not qualify for the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Western Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts |
| Houston Aeros | 78 | 48 | 25 | 5 | 318 | 219 | 1038 | 101 |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 78 | 44 | 32 | 2 | 332 | 275 | 1243 | 90 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 78 | 38 | 37 | 3 | 268 | 269 | 1273 | 79 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 78 | 34 | 39 | 5 | 264 | 296 | 673 | 73 |
| Vancouver Blazers | 78 | 27 | 50 | 1 | 278 | 345 | 1047 | 55 |
| Los Angeles Sharks | 78 | 25 | 53 | 0 | 239 | 339 | 1086 | 50 |

### Game log

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 10, 1973 | 4–3 OT | Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | L | October 12, 1973 | 4–5 | @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | L | October 14, 1973 | 3–6 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) | 1–2–0 |
| 4 | L | October 17, 1973 | 2–7 | Houston Aeros (1973–74) | 1–3–0 |
| 5 | W | October 19, 1973 | 3–1 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | W | October 20, 1973 | 4–3 | Chicago Cougars (1973–74) | 3–3–0 |
| 7 | L | October 21, 1973 | 1–4 | Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) | 3–4–0 |
| 8 | L | October 24, 1973 | 4–7 | Toronto Toros (1973–74) | 3–5–0 |
| 9 | L | October 27, 1973 | 2–6 | Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) | 3–6–0 |
| 10 | L | October 28, 1973 | 5–7 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) | 3–7–0 |
| 11 | L | October 31, 1973 | 1–5 | Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) | 3–8–0 |
| 12 | L | November 3, 1973 | 0–4 | New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) | 3–9–0 |
| 13 | L | November 4, 1973 | 3–4 | New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) | 3–10–0 |
| 14 | L | November 7, 1973 | 1–3 | Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) | 3–11–0 |
| 15 | L | November 9, 1973 | 1–3 | @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) | 3–12–0 |
| 16 | L | November 10, 1973 | 3–8 | @ Houston Aeros (1973–74) | 3–13–0 |
| 17 | W | November 13, 1973 | 5–3 | Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) | 4–13–0 |
| 18 | W | November 15, 1973 | 7–5 | Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) | 5–13–0 |
| 19 | W | November 18, 1973 | 8–2 | Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) | 6–13–0 |
| 20 | W | November 22, 1973 | 7–1 | Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) | 7–13–0 |
| 21 | W | November 23, 1973 | 4–3 OT | @ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) | 8–13–0 |
| 22 | L | November 25, 1973 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Toros (1973–74) | 8–14–0 |
| 23 | W | November 28, 1973 | 5–3 | Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) | 9–14–0 |
| 24 | L | December 5, 1973 | 1–3 | Toronto Toros (1973–74) | 9–15–0 |
| 25 | L | December 7, 1973 | 1–3 | @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) | 9–16–0 |
| 26 | L | December 9, 1973 | 3–5 | Houston Aeros (1973–74) | 9–17–0 |
| 27 | W | December 12, 1973 | 2–1 OT | Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) | 10–17–0 |
| 28 | W | December 15, 1973 | 6–4 | Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) | 11–17–0 |
| 29 | L | December 16, 1973 | 3–5 | @ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) | 11–18–0 |
| 30 | W | December 18, 1973 | 5–2 | @ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) | 12–18–0 |
| 31 | L | December 19, 1973 | 2–4 | Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) | 12–19–0 |
| 32 | L | December 21, 1973 | 1–4 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) | 12–20–0 |
| 33 | W | December 22, 1973 | 6–3 | Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) | 13–20–0 |
| 34 | L | December 24, 1973 | 4–5 OT | @ New England Whalers (1973–74) | 13–21–0 |
| 35 | W | December 26, 1973 | 5–3 | @ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) | 14–21–0 |
| 36 | L | December 28, 1973 | 3–5 | @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) | 14–22–0 |
| 37 | W | December 30, 1973 | 6–5 OT | New England Whalers (1973–74) | 15–22–0 |
| 38 | L | January 1, 1974 | 4–5 | @ Chicago Cougars (1973–74) | 15–23–0 |
| 39 | L | January 5, 1974 | 2–5 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) | 15–24–0 |
| 40 | L | January 6, 1974 | 3–11 | @ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) | 15–25–0 |
| 41 | W | January 7, 1974 | 5–4 | @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) | 16–25–0 |
| 42 | L | January 9, 1974 | 4–6 | Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) | 16–26–0 |
| 43 | W | January 13, 1974 | 6–2 | Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) | 17–26–0 |
| 44 | L | January 17, 1974 | 4–7 | @ Houston Aeros (1973–74) | 17–27–0 |
| 45 | L | January 19, 1974 | 4–5 OT | New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) | 17–28–0 |
| 46 | W | January 20, 1974 | 3–0 | @ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) | 18–28–0 |
| 47 | W | January 23, 1974 | 6–3 | Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) | 19–28–0 |
| 48 | L | January 26, 1974 | 2–4 | Houston Aeros (1973–74) | 19–29–0 |
| 49 | L | January 27, 1974 | 7–9 | @ Toronto Toros (1973–74) | 19–30–0 |
| 50 | L | January 28, 1974 | 4–6 | @ New England Whalers (1973–74) | 19–31–0 |
| 51 | L | January 30, 1974 | 2–4 | Chicago Cougars (1973–74) | 19–32–0 |
| 52 | W | February 5, 1974 | 8–0 | Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) | 20–32–0 |
| 53 | W | February 8, 1974 | 7–3 | Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) | 21–32–0 |
| 54 | W | February 13, 1974 | 9–4 | New England Whalers (1973–74) | 22–32–0 |
| 55 | W | February 17, 1974 | 4–0 | @ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) | 23–32–0 |
| 56 | L | February 19, 1974 | 4–5 OT | Toronto Toros (1973–74) | 23–33–0 |
| 57 | L | February 21, 1974 | 4–5 | @ Chicago Cougars (1973–74) | 23–34–0 |
| 58 | L | February 23, 1974 | 3–7 | @ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) | 23–35–0 |
| 59 | L | February 24, 1974 | 1–7 | @ Houston Aeros (1973–74) | 23–36–0 |
| 60 | L | February 26, 1974 | 2–3 | @ Houston Aeros (1973–74) | 23–37–0 |
| 61 | L | February 28, 1974 | 4–9 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) | 23–38–0 |
| 62 | L | March 2, 1974 | 1–7 | @ New England Whalers (1973–74) | 23–39–0 |
| 63 | L | March 4, 1974 | 6–7 OT | @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) | 23–40–0 |
| 64 | L | March 7, 1974 | 2–4 | Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) | 23–41–0 |
| 65 | W | March 10, 1974 | 2–1 OT | @ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) | 24–41–0 |
| 66 | W | March 13, 1974 | 5–2 | Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) | 25–41–0 |
| 67 | L | March 14, 1974 | 3–6 | New England Whalers (1973–74) | 25–42–0 |
| 68 | L | March 15, 1974 | 5–7 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) | 25–43–0 |
| 69 | L | March 17, 1974 | 2–3 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) | 25–44–0 |
| 70 | W | March 19, 1974 | 5–4 | Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) | 26–44–0 |
| 71 | T | March 21, 1974 | 5–5 | @ Chicago Cougars (1973–74) | 26–44–1 |
| 72 | L | March 23, 1974 | 2–6 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) | 26–45–1 |
| 73 | L | March 24, 1974 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Toros (1973–74) | 26–46–1 |
| 74 | L | March 27, 1974 | 1–8 | Houston Aeros (1973–74) | 26–47–1 |
| 75 | L | March 29, 1974 | 2–5 | Chicago Cougars (1973–74) | 26–48–1 |
| 76 | L | March 31, 1974 | 3–4 OT | @ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) | 26–49–1 |
| 77 | L | April 3, 1974 | 0–9 | @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) | 26–50–1 |
| 78 | W | April 4, 1974 | 4–2 | Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) | 27–50–1 |

## Player stats

Regular season :
Scoring :
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Bryan Campbell | C | 76 | 27 | 62 | 89 | 50 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Danny Lawson | RW | 78 | 50 | 38 | 88 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Claude St. Sauveur | C | 70 | 38 | 30 | 68 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Don Burgess | LW | 78 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| John McKenzie | RW | 45 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Migneault | LW | 74 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Murray Myers | RW | 61 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Plumb | D | 75 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Adair | C | 70 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rob Walton | C | 28 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Campbell | D | 78 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cardiff | D | 78 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 188 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Chernoff | LW | 36 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ralph MacSweyn | D | 56 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Meloche | C | 41 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Hatoum | RW | 37 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don O'Donoghue | RW | 49 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Hutchison | D | 69 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Beaudoin | D | 26 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gellard | LW | 23 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | RW | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michel Plante | LW | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Camille Lapierre | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Tetreault | LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Ward | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michel Boudreau | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Donnelly | G | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Irv Spencer | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yves Archambault | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rychard Campeau | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Gardner | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter McNamee | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Sullivan | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending :
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Pete Donnelly | 2824 | 49 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 179 | 3.80 | 3 |
| George Gardner | 1590 | 28 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 125 | 4.72 | 0 |
| Yves Archambault | 263 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 6.16 | 0 |
| Danny Sullivan | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4737 | 78 | 27 | 50 | 1 | 338 | 4.28 | 3 |
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;

## Draft picks

Vancouver's draft picks at the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 5 | Colin Campbell (D) | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHA) |
| 2 | 19 | Brent Leavins (F) | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WCHL) |
| 3 | 31 | Ed Humphreys (G) | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WCHL) |
| 4 | 44 | Jean Tetreault (F) | Canada | Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 57 | Jimmy Jones (RW) | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHA) |
| 6 | 70 | Ian Turnbull (D) | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHA) |
| 7 | 83 | Mike Korney (D) | Canada | Winnipeg Jets (WCHL) |
| 8 | 96 | Andre St. Laurent (C) | Canada | Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL) |
| 9 | 107 | Pierre Laganiere (RW) | Canada | Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL) |
| 10 | 117 | Brian Molvik (D) | Canada | Calgary Centennials (WCHL) |