1974–75 San Diego Mariners season

The 1974–75 San Diego Mariners season was the 1st season of the San Diego Mariners in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The franchise was formerly named the New Jersey Knights. The Mariners finished 2nd in the Western Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Houston Aeros 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
After two seasons in the greater New York City area as the New York Raiders and New Jersey Knights, the franchise relocated to the city of San Diego, California.
The Mariners inaugural jersey colours were dark orange, white and dark blue with a primarily white home jersey and a primarily dark orange away jersey. They'd stay with these colours throughout the club's existence. The home jersey had five stripes on the arms and body while the away jersey had three. The numbers were outlined but the names were not and there was no nameplate. A secondary logo was placed on the right shoulder within an outlined shoulder yoke. The secondary logo was a roundel that contained a hockey-playing sailor against a ship's wheel and "SAN DIEGO MARINERS" ringed around. The main logo on the jersey front was the words "SAN DIEGO" spelled diagonally.
==Pre-season==
On October 5, 1974, the Mariners won an exhibition game 4-3 against the California Golden Seals.
==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 16, 1974 	2–8 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 19, 1974 	6–2 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 22, 1974 	5–2 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 24, 1974 	2–1 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	October 31, 1974 	4–3 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	4–1–0
6 	W 	November 3, 1974 	6–2 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	5–1–0
7 	L 	November 5, 1974 	3–9 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	5–2–0
8 	L 	November 7, 1974 	0–3 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	5–3–0
9 	L 	November 8, 1974 	0–3 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	5–4–0
10 	W 	November 10, 1974 	4–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	6–4–0
11 	W 	November 12, 1974 	4–2 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	7–4–0
12 	L 	November 14, 1974 	2–7 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	7–5–0
13 	L 	November 15, 1974 	3–5 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	7–6–0
14 	W 	November 17, 1974 	4–3 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	8–6–0
15 	W 	November 19, 1974 	3–2 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	9–6–0
16 	W 	November 23, 1974 	5–3 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	10–6–0
17 	W 	November 26, 1974 	5–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	11–6–0
18 	L 	November 28, 1974 	2–3 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	11–7–0
19 	L 	December 1, 1974 	1–3 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	11–8–0
20 	L 	December 3, 1974 	4–5 OT 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	11–9–0
21 	W 	December 4, 1974 	2–0 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	12–9–0
22 	L 	December 5, 1974 	3–5 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	12–10–0
23 	L 	December 7, 1974 	1–3 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	12–11–0
24 	L 	December 8, 1974 	3–5 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	12–12–0
25 	T 	December 10, 1974 	4–4 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	12–12–1
26 	W 	December 14, 1974 	2–0 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	13–12–1
27 	W 	December 15, 1974 	4–3 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	14–12–1
28 	W 	December 17, 1974 	8–3 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	15–12–1
29 	L 	December 19, 1974 	6–7 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	15–13–1
30 	L 	December 21, 1974 	1–2 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	15–14–1
31 	L 	December 22, 1974 	3–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	15–15–1
32 	L 	December 28, 1974 	4–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	15–16–1
33 	L 	January 1, 1975 	2–3 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	15–17–1
34 	W 	January 3, 1975 	2–1 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	16–17–1
35 	W 	January 4, 1975 	2–0 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	17–17–1
36 	W 	January 7, 1975 	5–3 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	18–17–1
37 	L 	January 10, 1975 	3–4 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	18–18–1
38 	L 	January 11, 1975 	3–4 OT 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	18–19–1
39 	W 	January 14, 1975 	6–4 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	19–19–1
40 	W 	January 16, 1975 	3–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	20–19–1
41 	W 	January 18, 1975 	5–4 OT 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	21–19–1
42 	W 	January 23, 1975 	6–1 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	22–19–1
43 	W 	January 25, 1975 	6–2 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	23–19–1
44 	L 	January 28, 1975 	7–9 	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	23–20–1
45 	W 	February 4, 1975 	8–4 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	24–20–1
46 	L 	February 5, 1975 	2–9 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	24–21–1
47 	T 	February 6, 1975 	2–2 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	24–21–2
48 	W 	February 8, 1975 	8–4 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	25–21–2
49 	W 	February 11, 1975 	9–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	26–21–2
50 	W 	February 13, 1975 	6–1 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	27–21–2
51 	L 	February 14, 1975 	2–3 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	27–22–2
52 	L 	February 16, 1975 	2–5 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	27–23–2
53 	W 	February 18, 1975 	7–0 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	28–23–2
54 	W 	February 20, 1975 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	29–23–2
55 	L 	February 23, 1975 	4–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	29–24–2
56 	L 	February 24, 1975 	3–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	29–25–2
57 	L 	February 25, 1975 	4–6 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	29–26–2
58 	L 	February 28, 1975 	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	29–27–2
59 	T 	March 2, 1975 	4–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	29–27–3
60 	W 	March 4, 1975 	8–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	30–27–3
61 	W 	March 6, 1975 	7–4 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	31–27–3
62 	W 	March 8, 1975 	6–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	32–27–3
63 	L 	March 11, 1975 	4–6 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	32–28–3
64 	W 	March 14, 1975 	6–4 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	33–28–3
65 	L 	March 16, 1975 	2–4 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	33–29–3
66 	W 	March 19, 1975 	6–1 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	34–29–3
67 	L 	March 20, 1975 	2–4 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	34–30–3
68 	W 	March 22, 1975 	6–3 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	35–30–3
69 	W 	March 23, 1975 	1–0 OT 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	36–30–3
70 	W 	March 25, 1975 	6–4 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	37–30–3
71 	W 	March 26, 1975 	5–2 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	38–30–3
72 	W 	March 27, 1975 	5–2 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	39–30–3
73 	W 	March 29, 1975 	7–3 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	40–30–3
74 	W 	March 31, 1975 	5–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	41–30–3
75 	L 	April 1, 1975 	3–4 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	41–31–3
76 	W 	April 3, 1975 	9–2 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	42–31–3
77 	W 	April 5, 1975 	8–3 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	43–31–3
78 	T 	April 6, 1975 	5–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	43–31–4
==Playoffs==
===San Diego Mariners 4, Toronto Toros 2===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	April 9 	Toronto Toros 	3–5 	San Diego Mariners	1-0
2	April 12	Toronto Toros 	6–7 	San Diego Mariners	2-0
3	April 14	San Diego Mariners	2–5 	Toronto Toros 	2-1
4	April 16	San Diego Mariners	5–6 	Toronto Toros 	2-2
5	April 18	Toronto Toros 	3–4 	San Diego Mariners	3-2
6	April 21	San Diego Mariners	6–4 	Toronto Toros 	4-2
===Houston Aeros 4, San Diego Mariners 0===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
1	April 25	Houston Aeros 	4–0 	San Diego Mariners	1–0
2	April 27	Houston Aeros 	2–1 	San Diego Mariners	2–0
3	April 29	San Diego Mariners	0–6 	Houston Aeros 	3–0
4	May 1 	San Diego Mariners	4–5 OT	Houston Aeros 	4–0
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
7 	 	C 	78	41	106	147	63 	40 	12 	0 	0
12 	 	RW 	78	54	53 	107	52 	29 	13 	0 	0
8 	 	LW 	74	44	41 	85 	52 	44 	6 	1 	0
4 	 	D 	78	20	61 	81 	143	29 	7 	1 	0
25 	 	LW 	78	43	36 	79 	22 	13 	12 	0 	0
10 	 	C 	78	15	59 	74 	23 	27 	1 	0 	0
9 	 	RW 	78	36	33 	69 	6 	22 	2 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	78	10	38 	48 	56 	18 	1 	1 	0
15 	 	C 	78	20	19 	39 	76 	-5 	0 	2 	0
6 	 	D 	78	2 	18 	20 	42 	4 	0 	0 	0
17 	 	D 	41	8 	10 	18 	45 	4 	0 	0 	0
18 	 	C 	65	8 	9 	17 	22 	-12	0 	3 	0
16 	 	LW 	46	4 	10 	14 	48 	-4 	1 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	74	4 	10 	14 	28 	28 	0 	1 	0
17 	 	D 	36	1 	11 	12 	12 	-4 	1 	0 	0
27 	 	C 	27	5 	6 	11 	42 	1 	0 	0 	0
11 	 	LW 	34	4 	5 	9 	6 	-7 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	33	0 	9 	9 	15 	13 	0 	0 	0
19 	 	C 	12	2 	3 	5 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0
20 	 	RW 	67	3 	1 	4 	94 	-6 	0 	0 	0
11 	 	LW 	28	2 	1 	3 	58 	0 	0 	0 	0
22 	 	LW 	24	0 	3 	3 	96 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	 	LW 	5 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
20 	 	C 	20	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
23 	 	RW 	10	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
36 	 	G 	16	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	30	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
31 	 	G 	35	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	10	5	9	14 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	7	5	12 	4 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	10	3	9	12 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	6	5	11 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	7	7 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	4	1	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	2	3	5 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	3	1	4 	8 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	6 	1	2	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	0	3	3 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	3	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	0	1 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	1	0	1 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	0	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0	0	0 	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==
*Bill Hunter Trophy (Scoring Leader): Andre Lacroix
*Andre Lacroix, Center, WHA First Team All-Star
*Kevin Morrison, Defense, WHA First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Gallery==
1974-Oct16-Lacroix-Ftorek.jpg|Ceremonial face-off at the Roadrunners first home game between Andre Lacroix and Robbie Ftorek, October 16, 1974.
1975-Jan10-Hargreaves-Henderson.jpg|Paul Henderson (wearing a cage to protect his broken nose) and Jim Hargreaves, January 10, 1975.
1975-Jan11-Green-Ferguson.jpg|Ceremonial puck drop between Ted Green and Norm Ferguson, January 11, 1975.
1975-Jan11-Blackburn-Wakely.jpg|Don Blackburn scores the 1st goal in the Hartford Civic Center on Ernie Wakely, January 11, 1975.
1975-Feb26-Mahovlich-Wakely-Dillon.jpg|Frank Mahovlich scores on Ernie Wakely as Wayne Dillon looks on, February 26, 1975.
==See Also==
*1974–75 WHA season
==References==
San Diego Mariners season, 1974–75
San Diego Mariners season, 1974–75
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