1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1974–75 Edmonton Oilers season was the 3rd season of the Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Oilers finished 5th in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
The Oilers jerseys underwent several changes for the 1974-75 season. More stripes were added to the body and sleeves, the font on the nameplates was modified to a block style and the away jersey's primary colour changed from orange to dark blue. Most significantly, the logo's orange oil drop changed to white on the white home jersey and blue on the away jersey while the blue "OILERS" (elongated to appear to be dripping) remained blue on the home jersey but changed to orange on the away jersey.
==Pre-season==
On October 6, 1974, the Oilers lost an exhibition game 4-3 against the Vancouver Canucks.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 18, 1974 	0–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 30, 1974 	6–8 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	November 2, 1974 	4–2 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	November 3, 1974 	3–1 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	November 10, 1974 	4–1 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	November 13, 1974 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	4–2–0
7 	W 	November 15, 1974 	5–4 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	5–2–0
8 	W 	November 17, 1974 	2–1 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	6–2–0
9 	W 	November 18, 1974 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	7–2–0
10 	L 	November 20, 1974 	2–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	7–3–0
11 	W 	November 22, 1974 	8–2 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	8–3–0
12 	L 	November 24, 1974 	3–4 OT 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	8–4–0
13 	L 	November 26, 1974 	1–5 	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	8–5–0
14 	L 	November 28, 1974 	0–2 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	8–6–0
15 	W 	December 1, 1974 	8–4 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	9–6–0
16 	W 	December 4, 1974 	6–3 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	10–6–0
17 	L 	December 6, 1974 	1–3 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	10–7–0
18 	W 	December 8, 1974 	7–0 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	11–7–0
19 	L 	December 11, 1974 	3–4 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	11–8–0
20 	W 	December 13, 1974 	5–4 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	12–8–0
21 	W 	December 15, 1974 	3–1 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	13–8–0
22 	L 	December 17, 1974 	2–7 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	13–9–0
23 	W 	December 19, 1974 	7–6 OT 	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	14–9–0
24 	W 	December 21, 1974 	3–0 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	15–9–0
25 	W 	December 22, 1974 	6–3 	San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	16–9–0
26 	L 	December 26, 1974 	1–5 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	16–10–0
27 	W 	December 29, 1974 	5–4 OT 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	17–10–0
28 	W 	January 1, 1975 	3–2 OT 	San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	18–10–0
29 	T 	January 3, 1975 	3–3 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	18–10–1
30 	L 	January 5, 1975 	2–3 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	18–11–1
31 	W 	January 9, 1975 	3–2 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	19–11–1
32 	T 	January 10, 1975 	3–3 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	19–11–2
33 	L 	January 12, 1975 	1–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	19–12–2
34 	L 	January 15, 1975 	2–9 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	19–13–2
35 	L 	January 16, 1975 	2–3 	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	19–14–2
36 	W 	January 17, 1975 	7–1 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	20–14–2
37 	L 	January 18, 1975 	1–3 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	20–15–2
38 	W 	January 23, 1975 	7–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	21–15–2
39 	W 	January 24, 1975 	7–5 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	22–15–2
40 	L 	January 26, 1975 	5–7 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	22–16–2
41 	W 	January 28, 1975 	7–5 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	23–16–2
42 	L 	January 31, 1975 	0–2 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	23–17–2
43 	W 	February 2, 1975 	4–3 OT 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	24–17–2
44 	W 	February 4, 1975 	1–0 OT 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	25–17–2
45 	L 	February 5, 1975 	2–4 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	25–18–2
46 	L 	February 9, 1975 	4–6 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	25–19–2
47 	L 	February 11, 1975 	3–4 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	25–20–2
48 	T 	February 12, 1975 	2–2 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	25–20–3
49 	W 	February 14, 1975 	8–4 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	26–20–3
50 	L 	February 16, 1975 	4–5 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	26–21–3
51 	W 	February 18, 1975 	6–3 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	27–21–3
52 	L 	February 19, 1975 	1–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	27–22–3
53 	L 	February 21, 1975 	2–4 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	27–23–3
54 	W 	February 23, 1975 	6–4 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	28–23–3
55 	L 	February 25, 1975 	3–4 OT 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	28–24–3
56 	W 	February 28, 1975 	6–2 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	29–24–3
57 	W 	March 2, 1975 	7–2 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	30–24–3
58 	L 	March 4, 1975 	1–3 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	30–25–3
59 	L 	March 5, 1975 	0–6 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	30–26–3
60 	W 	March 7, 1975 	4–0 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	31–26–3
61 	L 	March 10, 1975 	3–5 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	31–27–3
62 	W 	March 11, 1975 	5–1 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	32–27–3
63 	L 	March 14, 1975 	0–3 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	32–28–3
64 	L 	March 15, 1975 	2–6 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	32–29–3
65 	L 	March 16, 1975 	1–10 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	32–30–3
66 	W 	March 18, 1975 	8–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	33–30–3
67 	L 	March 20, 1975 	1–3 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	33–31–3
68 	L 	March 22, 1975 	1–5 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	33–32–3
69 	L 	March 23, 1975 	2–4 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	33–33–3
70 	L 	March 25, 1975 	4–5 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	33–34–3
71 	W 	March 26, 1975 	6–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	34–34–3
72 	T 	March 27, 1975 	2–2 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	34–34–4
73 	L 	March 28, 1975 	4–5 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	34–35–4
74 	L 	March 31, 1975 	2–5 	San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	34–36–4
75 	L 	April 1, 1975 	3–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	34–37–4
76 	W 	April 4, 1975 	5–3 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	35–37–4
77 	L 	April 5, 1975 	2–3 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	35–38–4
78 	W 	April 6, 1975 	6–3 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	36–38–4
==Playoffs==
*The Oilers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
18 	 	C 	78	35	48	83 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	78	20	40	60 	116	-8 	7 	1 	0
19 	 	D 	77	30	28	58 	151	-19	8 	0 	0
7 	 	C 	77	19	39	58 	8 	7 	2 	0 	0
12 	 	C 	72	24	28	52 	10 	-11	3 	3 	0
16 	 	C 	78	22	25	47 	2 	-10	0 	2 	0
14 	 	RW 	72	22	24	46 	14 	4 	1 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	78	12	33	45 	122	-11	1 	2 	0
11 	 	LW 	49	15	27	42 	15 	3 	3 	0 	0
17 	 	RW 	56	20	16	36 	38 	1 	3 	0 	0
10 	 	LW 	74	12	19	31 	84 	-22	0 	0 	0
15 	 	RW 	29	8 	20	28 	4 	-5 	2 	0 	0
4 	 	D 	69	8 	20	28 	47 	18 	1 	0 	0
20 	 	D 	73	2 	25	27 	46 	-13	0 	0 	0
9 	 	C 	76	7 	16	23 	33 	7 	0 	1 	0
6, 15 	 	D 	50	4 	14	18 	17 	16 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	C 	22	6 	9 	15 	4 	0 	1 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	25	1 	13	14 	42 	5 	1 	0 	0
6, 11 	 	LW 	36	4 	8 	12 	6 	5 	0 	0 	0
21 	 	LW 	42	2 	4 	6 	32 	-3 	0 	0 	0
22 	 	D 	34	1 	5 	6 	50 	9 	0 	0 	0
23, 25 	 	RW 	10	4 	0 	4 	10 	3 	0 	0 	0
8 	 	LW 	33	1 	2 	3 	21 	-6 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	31	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
27 	 	G 	32	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	29	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
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==
*Paul Deneau Trophy (Most Gentlemenly): Mike Rogers
*Barry Long, Defense, WHA Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
*Winston-Salem Polar Twins, SHL
*Flint Generals, IHL
==Game Ads==
74-75WHAEdmontonGameAd.jpg
==See Also==
*1974–75 WHA season
==References==
Edmonton Oilers season, 1974–75
Edmonton Oilers season, 1974–75
Category:Edmonton Oilers seasons