1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners season

The 1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners season was the Phoenix Roadrunners first season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Roadrunners finished 4th in the Western Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Quebec Nordiques 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
The Roadrunners inaugural jersey colours were dark blue, white and yellow with a primarily white home jersey and a primarily dark blue away jersey. They'd stay with these colours throughout the club's existence. A mono-coloured shoulder yoke that extended to the sleeve bottom and three stripes on the body completed the design. The numbers were outlined but the names were not. The logo was a hockey-playing roadrunner which utilized the three jersey colours plus black. The shoulders had a simplified version of the roadrunner logo. This was the only season the Roadrunners used this jersey design.
==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 	W 	October 16, 1974 	8–2 	San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 18, 1974 	6–4 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	2–0–0
3 	T 	October 20, 1974 	4–4 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	2–0–1
4 	L 	October 24, 1974 	1–2 	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 26, 1974 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	2–2–1
6 	L 	October 28, 1974 	3–7 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	2–3–1
7 	L 	October 30, 1974 	5–6 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	2–4–1
8 	L 	November 2, 1974 	2–8 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	2–5–1
9 	W 	November 5, 1974 	3–0 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	3–5–1
10 	W 	November 9, 1974 	4–2 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	4–5–1
11 	L 	November 10, 1974 	4–10 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	4–6–1
12 	L 	November 14, 1974 	1–2 OT 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	4–7–1
13 	W 	November 16, 1974 	6–3 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	5–7–1
14 	L 	November 21, 1974 	1–2 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	5–8–1
15 	W 	November 24, 1974 	3–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	6–8–1
16 	W 	November 26, 1974 	6–4 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	7–8–1
17 	L 	November 27, 1974 	2–4 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	7–9–1
18 	T 	November 29, 1974 	4–4 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	7–9–2
19 	L 	December 1, 1974 	3–4 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	7–10–2
20 	W 	December 3, 1974 	5–4 OT 	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	8–10–2
21 	L 	December 4, 1974 	0–2 	San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	8–11–2
22 	W 	December 6, 1974 	3–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	9–11–2
23 	L 	December 8, 1974 	2–5 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	9–12–2
24 	W 	December 10, 1974 	4–2 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	10–12–2
25 	W 	December 12, 1974 	4–2 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	11–12–2
26 	W 	December 14, 1974 	4–3 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	12–12–2
27 	W 	December 18, 1974 	5–3 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	13–12–2
28 	W 	December 20, 1974 	7–2 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	14–12–2
29 	W 	December 22, 1974 	4–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	15–12–2
30 	L 	December 26, 1974 	2–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	15–13–2
31 	W 	December 28, 1974 	3–2 OT 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	16–13–2
32 	W 	December 30, 1974 	6–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	17–13–2
33 	T 	December 31, 1974 	1–1 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	17–13–3
34 	L 	January 2, 1975 	2–3 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	17–14–3
35 	T 	January 3, 1975 	3–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	17–14–4
36 	W 	January 5, 1975 	2–1 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	18–14–4
37 	W 	January 7, 1975 	3–2 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	19–14–4
38 	T 	January 9, 1975 	1–1 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	19–14–5
39 	L 	January 11, 1975 	4–6 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	19–15–5
40 	L 	January 12, 1975 	2–4 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	19–16–5
41 	L 	January 14, 1975 	2–5 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	19–17–5
42 	T 	January 15, 1975 	5–5 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	19–17–6
43 	L 	January 17, 1975 	1–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	19–18–6
44 	W 	January 18, 1975 	3–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	20–18–6
45 	W 	January 22, 1975 	8–5 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	21–18–6
46 	W 	January 24, 1975 	4–1 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	22–18–6
47 	W 	January 26, 1975 	6–0 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	23–18–6
48 	W 	January 28, 1975 	3–1 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	24–18–6
49 	L 	January 29, 1975 	2–6 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	24–19–6
50 	L 	January 30, 1975 	3–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	24–20–6
51 	W 	February 1, 1975 	8–1 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	25–20–6
52 	W 	February 5, 1975 	9–2 	San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	26–20–6
53 	W 	February 7, 1975 	4–1 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	27–20–6
54 	L 	February 8, 1975 	3–4 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	27–21–6
55 	W 	February 9, 1975 	6–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	28–21–6
56 	L 	February 12, 1975 	4–5 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	28–22–6
57 	L 	February 13, 1975 	3–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	28–23–6
58 	W 	February 16, 1975 	5–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	29–23–6
59 	L 	February 18, 1975 	0–7 	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	29–24–6
60 	W 	February 22, 1975 	3–1 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	30–24–6
61 	L 	February 27, 1975 	2–7 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	30–25–6
62 	W 	March 1, 1975 	12–2 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	31–25–6
63 	W 	March 2, 1975 	5–0 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	32–25–6
64 	W 	March 5, 1975 	6–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	33–25–6
65 	W 	March 7, 1975 	7–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 	34–25–6
66 	L 	March 9, 1975 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	34–26–6
67 	L 	March 11, 1975 	4–7 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	34–27–6
68 	T 	March 13, 1975 	5–5 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	34–27–7
69 	W 	March 18, 1975 	7–3 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	35–27–7
70 	L 	March 19, 1975 	4–5 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	35–28–7
71 	W 	March 22, 1975 	4–2 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	36–28–7
72 	W 	March 23, 1975 	5–3 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	37–28–7
73 	W 	March 26, 1975 	2–1 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	38–28–7
74 	T 	March 28, 1975 	2–2 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	38–28–8
75 	L 	March 30, 1975 	5–6 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	38–29–8
76 	L 	April 1, 1975 	3–5 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	38–30–8
77 	W 	April 4, 1975 	2–1 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	39–30–8
78 	L 	April 5, 1975 	6–7 OT 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	39–31–8
==Playoffs==
===Quebec Nordiques 4, Phoenix Roadrunners 1===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	April 8 	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–5 	Quebec Nordiques 	0–1
2	April 10	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–6 	Quebec Nordiques 	0–2
3	April 12	Quebec Nordiques 	3–0 	Phoenix Roadrunners	0–3
4	April 15	Quebec Nordiques 	5–6 	Phoenix Roadrunners	1–3
5	April 17	Phoenix Roadrunners	2–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	1–4
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
9 	 	C 	78	32	45	77 	36 	35 	4 	0 	0
16 	 	LW 	78	36	38	74 	26 	18 	5 	1 	0
14 	 	C 	76	26	44	70 	18 	29 	7 	3 	0
15 	 	RW 	75	35	33	68 	107	28 	4 	0 	0
8 	 	C/LW	53	31	37	68 	29 	49 	4 	0 	0
11 	 	C 	78	35	29	64 	68 	-12	11 	0 	0
22 	 	LW 	74	29	28	57 	38 	20 	3 	2 	0
6 	 	D 	77	5 	38	43 	77 	23 	2 	0 	0
24 	 	D 	72	4 	25	29 	201	49 	2 	0 	0
17 	 	RW 	57	9 	19	28 	168	20 	0 	0 	0
7 	 	D 	55	9 	19	28 	77 	5 	1 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	71	2 	26	28 	66 	12 	1 	0 	0
12 	 	LW 	51	6 	20	26 	8 	-9 	0 	0 	0
7 	 	C 	22	10	10	20 	15 	2 	1 	0 	0
18 	 	RW 	53	9 	10	19 	34 	-4 	0 	1 	0
20 	 	LW 	47	6 	13	19 	16 	-4 	1 	0 	0
19 	 	D 	67	4 	15	19 	92 	5 	0 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	77	3 	16	19 	98 	12 	0 	0 	0
23 	 	D 	70	2 	16	18 	69 	15 	0 	0 	0
4 	 	D/RW	30	3 	12	15 	44 	-2 	1 	0 	0
10 	 	RW 	13	3 	5 	8 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	25	0 	4 	4 	39 	3 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	47	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
9 	 	LW/C	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
4 	 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	28 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	33	0 	1 	1 	2 	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/LW	5 	2	5	7 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	4	1	5 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	3	5 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	4	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	2	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	5 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	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==
*Howard Baldwin Trophy (Coach of the Year): Sandy Hucul
==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.
1974-75-Nilsson-Odrowski-Hedberg-Ftorek-Hull.jpg|Ulf Nilsson, Gerry Odrowski, Anders Hedberg, Robbie Ftorek, Bobby Hull in 1974-75 action.
==See Also==
*1974–75 WHA season
==References==
Phoenix Roadrunners season, 1974–75
Phoenix Roadrunners season, 1974–75
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