1974–75 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1974–75 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets' 3rd season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Jets finished 3rd in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
The Jets jerseys were the same design as in the 1973-74 season.
==Pre-season==
On September 29, 1974, the Jets lost an exhibition game 4-1 against the Atlanta Flames.
==Regular Season==
The Jets were transformed with the signing of Swedish players Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg and Lars-Erik Sjöberg. Nilsson and Hedberg formed the "HOT line" with Bobby Hull and dominated the league in scoring. Hull scored a WHA (and at the time, major league) record of 77 goals in the season and earned the Gary L. Davidson Award as the league's MVP. Nilsson racked up 94 assists (and 120 points), the second highest season total in WHA history (André Lacroix had 106 assists, also in the 1974-75 season) while Hedberg had 100 points.
===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 15, 1974 	6–2 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 18, 1974 	4–0 	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 25, 1974 	1–3 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 27, 1974 	5–2 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	October 30, 1974 	6–5 OT 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	4–1–0
6 	W 	November 1, 1974 	10–1 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	5–1–0
7 	W 	November 3, 1974 	11–3 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	6–1–0
8 	W 	November 5, 1974 	6–4 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	7–1–0
9 	T 	November 9, 1974 	3–3 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	7–1–1
10 	L 	November 13, 1974 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	7–2–1
11 	W 	November 15, 1974 	5–0 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	8–2–1
12 	L 	November 17, 1974 	1–3 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	8–3–1
13 	L 	November 18, 1974 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	8–4–1
14 	W 	November 20, 1974 	3–1 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	9–4–1
15 	L 	November 24, 1974 	1–3 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	9–5–1
16 	W 	November 26, 1974 	4–0 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	10–5–1
17 	L 	November 27, 1974 	4–5 OT 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	10–6–1
18 	W 	November 29, 1974 	7–6 	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 	11–6–1
19 	W 	December 1, 1974 	3–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	12–6–1
20 	L 	December 4, 1974 	2–3 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	12–7–1
21 	L 	December 6, 1974 	2–4 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	12–8–1
22 	W 	December 8, 1974 	5–2 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	13–8–1
23 	W 	December 10, 1974 	5–3 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	14–8–1
24 	L 	December 12, 1974 	3–5 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	14–9–1
25 	L 	December 14, 1974 	3–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	14–10–1
26 	L 	December 15, 1974 	3–4 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	14–11–1
27 	W 	December 17, 1974 	4–1 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	15–11–1
28 	L 	December 18, 1974 	1–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	15–12–1
29 	L 	December 22, 1974 	2–4 	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	15–13–1
30 	W 	December 26, 1974 	3–2 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	16–13–1
31 	W 	December 28, 1974 	6–4 	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	17–13–1
32 	L 	December 29, 1974 	3–6 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	17–14–1
33 	T 	January 7, 1975 	4–4 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	17–14–2
34 	L 	January 9, 1975 	4–5 OT 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	17–15–2
35 	L 	January 10, 1975 	1–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	17–16–2
36 	L 	January 15, 1975 	2–4 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	17–17–2
37 	W 	January 19, 1975 	9–4 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	18–17–2
38 	L 	January 22, 1975 	1–3 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	18–18–2
39 	L 	January 23, 1975 	3–7 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	18–19–2
40 	L 	January 24, 1975 	3–4 OT 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	18–20–2
41 	L 	January 26, 1975 	1–3 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	18–21–2
42 	W 	January 28, 1975 	9–7 	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	19–21–2
43 	W 	January 30, 1975 	5–3 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	20–21–2
44 	L 	February 2, 1975 	4–5 OT 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	20–22–2
45 	L 	February 5, 1975 	2–3 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	20–23–2
46 	L 	February 7, 1975 	4–5 OT 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	20–24–2
47 	L 	February 8, 1975 	3–6 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	20–25–2
48 	W 	February 9, 1975 	3–2 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	21–25–2
49 	L 	February 12, 1975 	4–7 	Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	21–26–2
50 	W 	February 14, 1975 	5–3 	Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	22–26–2
51 	W 	February 15, 1975 	5–1 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	23–26–2
52 	W 	February 16, 1975 	6–3 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	24–26–2
53 	W 	February 18, 1975 	5–3 	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	25–26–2
54 	W 	February 19, 1975 	4–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	26–26–2
55 	L 	February 23, 1975 	1–2 OT 	New England Whalers (1974–75) 	26–27–2
56 	T 	February 25, 1975 	6–6 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	26–27–3
57 	W 	February 28, 1975 	4–3 	San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	27–27–3
58 	T 	March 2, 1975 	4–4 	San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	27–27–4
59 	W 	March 5, 1975 	4–2 	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 	28–27–4
60 	L 	March 7, 1975 	4–7 	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 	28–28–4
61 	L 	March 8, 1975 	5–6 	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	28–29–4
62 	W 	March 9, 1975 	6–5 OT 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 	29–29–4
63 	L 	March 11, 1975 	2–6 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	29–30–4
64 	L 	March 12, 1975 	3–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	29–31–4
65 	W 	March 14, 1975 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	30–31–4
66 	W 	March 16, 1975 	10–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 	31–31–4
67 	W 	March 19, 1975 	8–3 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	32–31–4
68 	W 	March 21, 1975 	6–3 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	33–31–4
69 	W 	March 22, 1975 	4–2 	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	34–31–4
70 	W 	March 23, 1975 	4–3 	Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 	35–31–4
71 	W 	March 25, 1975 	4–3 OT 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	36–31–4
72 	L 	March 27, 1975 	0–8 	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 	36–32–4
73 	W 	March 29, 1975 	9–3 	@ New England Whalers (1974–75) 	37–32–4
74 	W 	March 31, 1975 	4–1 	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75) 	38–32–4
75 	L 	April 2, 1975 	4–6 	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 	38–33–4
76 	L 	April 4, 1975 	1–7 	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 	38–34–4
77 	L 	April 5, 1975 	5–9 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 	38–35–4
78 	T 	April 6, 1975 	5–5 	San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 	38–35–5
==Playoffs==
*The Jets did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
# 	Player 	GP	G 	A 	PTS	PIM
9 	Bobby Hull 	78	77	65	142	41
14	Ulf Nilsson 	78	26	94	120	79
15	Anders Hedberg 	65	53	47	100	45
12	Veli-Pekka Ketola	74	23	28	51 	25
11	Norm Beaudin 	77	16	31	47 	8
22	Dan Spring 	60	19	24	43 	22
17	Dan Johnson 	78	18	14	32 	25
 	Danny Gruen 	32	9 	12	21 	21
22	Freeman Asmundson	38	4 	15	19 	53
7 	Chris Bordeleau 	18	8 	8 	16 	0
16	Jean-Guy Gratton 	49	4 	8 	12 	2
19	Milt Black 	64	4 	6 	10 	10
10	Ron Ashton 	36	1 	3 	4 	66
 	Robbie Neale 	7 	0 	2 	2 	4
18	Randy Andreachuk 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
20	Ron Snell 	20	0 	0 	0 	8
===Defencemen===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
# 	Player 	GP	G 	A 	PTS	PIM
4 	Lars-Erik Sjoberg	75	7 	53	60 	30
3 	Mike Ford 	73	12	22	34 	68
5 	Larry Hornung 	69	7 	25	32 	21
8 	Perry Miller 	67	9 	19	28 	133
7 	Howie Young 	42	13	10	23 	42
6 	Heikki Riihiranta	64	8 	14	22 	30
25	Thommie Bergman 	49	4 	15	19 	70
28	Alain Beaule 	54	0 	14	14 	24
2 	Bob Woytowich 	24	0 	4 	4 	8
===Goaltending===
Note: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against
# 	Player 	GP	MIN 	W 	L 	T	SO	GAA
30	Ernie Wakely	6 	355 	3 	3 	0	1 	2.70
1 	Joe Daley 	51	2902	23	21	4	1 	3.62
24	Curt Larsson	26	1514	12	11	1	1 	3.96
==Awards and Records==
*Gary L. Davidson Award (MVP): Bobby Hull
*Lou Kaplan Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Anders Hedberg
*Bobby Hull, Left Wing, WHA First Team All-Star
*Anders Hedberg, Right Wing, WHA Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Gallery==
1975-Jan9-Miszuk-Nilsson-Hedberg-Hoganson.jpg|Stags John Miszuk and goalie Paul Hoganson, Jets Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg during the last victory in Stags history, January 9, 1975.
==See Also==
*1974–75 WHA season
==References==
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*Winnipeg Jets Memorial Site
Winnipeg Jets season, 1974–75
Winnipeg Jets season, 1974–75
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