1973–74 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1973–74 Edmonton Oilers season was the 2nd season of the Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Oilers finished 3rd in the Western Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Minnesota Fighting Saints 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
The Oilers jerseys remained unchanged from those late in the 1972-73 season, with nameplates on the back displaying the player's names instead of "ALBERTA."
==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 12, 1973 	6–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 14, 1973 	5–2 	Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 19, 1973 	1–3 	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 21, 1973 	4–1 	Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	October 23, 1973 	4–2 	Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	4–1–0
6 	W 	October 27, 1973 	6–2 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	5–1–0
7 	W 	October 28, 1973 	7–5 	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	6–1–0
8 	W 	November 2, 1973 	5–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	7–1–0
9 	W 	November 4, 1973 	4–3 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	8–1–0
10 	W 	November 6, 1973 	8–0 	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) 	9–1–0
11 	W 	November 8, 1973 	4–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	10–1–0
12 	W 	November 10, 1973 	6–3 	@ New England Whalers (1973–74) 	11–1–0
13 	W 	November 11, 1973 	4–2 	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	12–1–0
14 	W 	November 13, 1973 	4–0 	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	13–1–0
15 	L 	November 16, 1973 	1–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	13–2–0
16 	L 	November 18, 1973 	2–5 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	13–3–0
17 	W 	November 20, 1973 	5–3 	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) 	14–3–0
18 	L 	November 22, 1973 	1–7 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	14–4–0
19 	L 	November 23, 1973 	0–2 	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	14–5–0
20 	L 	November 25, 1973 	1–2 	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	14–6–0
21 	W 	November 29, 1973 	3–2 	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	15–6–0
22 	L 	December 1, 1973 	2–4 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) 	15–7–0
23 	L 	December 2, 1973 	0–3 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) 	15–8–0
24 	W 	December 4, 1973 	2–0 	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	16–8–0
25 	L 	December 5, 1973 	1–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	16–9–0
26 	W 	December 6, 1973 	4–3 	Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	17–9–0
27 	L 	December 12, 1973 	2–7 	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	17–10–0
28 	L 	December 14, 1973 	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	17–11–0
29 	W 	December 16, 1973 	7–6 	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	18–11–0
30 	L 	December 18, 1973 	2–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	18–12–0
31 	L 	December 19, 1973 	2–4 	@ New England Whalers (1973–74) 	18–13–0
32 	W 	December 21, 1973 	4–1 	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	19–13–0
33 	L 	December 22, 1973 	3–6 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	19–14–0
34 	L 	December 27, 1973 	4–5 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	19–15–0
35 	W 	December 29, 1973 	6–2 	New England Whalers (1973–74) 	20–15–0
36 	L 	January 1, 1974 	3–4 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	20–16–0
37 	L 	January 4, 1974 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	20–17–0
38 	W 	January 6, 1974 	6–4 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	21–17–0
39 	L 	January 8, 1974 	2–6 	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	21–18–0
40 	W 	January 9, 1974 	6–4 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	22–18–0
41 	L 	January 11, 1974 	4–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	22–19–0
42 	L 	January 13, 1974 	2–6 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	22–20–0
43 	W 	January 15, 1974 	4–1 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	23–20–0
44 	W 	January 18, 1974 	7–4 	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) 	24–20–0
45 	W 	January 20, 1974 	5–2 	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) 	25–20–0
46 	L 	January 22, 1974 	2–6 	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) 	25–21–0
47 	L 	January 25, 1974 	3–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	25–22–0
48 	L 	January 27, 1974 	1–4 	Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	25–23–0
49 	W 	February 1, 1974 	3–2 	Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	26–23–0
50 	W 	February 3, 1974 	5–2 	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	27–23–0
51 	L 	February 5, 1974 	0–8 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	27–24–0
52 	L 	February 8, 1974 	2–6 	Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	27–25–0
53 	L 	February 10, 1974 	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	27–26–0
54 	L 	February 12, 1974 	2–3 	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	27–27–0
55 	L 	February 13, 1974 	4–7 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	27–28–0
56 	L 	February 15, 1974 	3–7 	New England Whalers (1973–74) 	27–29–0
57 	W 	February 17, 1974 	3–2 OT 	Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	28–29–0
58 	W 	February 20, 1974 	4–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	29–29–0
59 	L 	February 23, 1974 	2–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	29–30–0
60 	W 	February 24, 1974 	5–3 	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	30–30–0
61 	W 	March 1, 1974 	5–2 	Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	31–30–0
62 	T 	March 3, 1974 	3–3 	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) 	31–30–1
63 	W 	March 6, 1974 	4–2 	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	32–30–1
64 	L 	March 8, 1974 	1–4 	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	32–31–1
65 	L 	March 10, 1974 	1–2 OT 	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	32–32–1
66 	W 	March 12, 1974 	8–1 	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	33–32–1
67 	L 	March 15, 1974 	2–6 	New England Whalers (1973–74) 	33–33–1
68 	W 	March 17, 1974 	3–2 	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	34–33–1
69 	T 	March 20, 1974 	2–2 	@ New England Whalers (1973–74) 	34–33–2
70 	T 	March 21, 1974 	5–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	34–33–3
71 	L 	March 23, 1974 	1–3 	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74) 	34–34–3
72 	W 	March 25, 1974 	4–1 	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	35–34–3
73 	L 	March 26, 1974 	2–4 	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	35–35–3
74 	L 	March 28, 1974 	5–6 OT 	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	35–36–3
75 	W 	March 29, 1974 	3–1 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	36–36–3
76 	W 	March 31, 1974 	4–1 	Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	37–36–3
77 	L 	April 2, 1974 	2–3 	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	37–37–3
78 	W 	April 3, 1974 	6–5 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	38–37–3
==Playoffs==
===Minnesota Fighting Saints 4, Edmonton Oilers 1===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	April 6 	Edmonton Oilers 	1–2 	Minnesota Fighting Saints	1–0
2	April 7 	Edmonton Oilers 	5–8 	Minnesota Fighting Saints	2–0
3	April 10	Minnesota Fighting Saints	6–2 	Edmonton Oilers 	3–0
4	April 12	Minnesota Fighting Saints	1–2 	Edmonton Oilers 	3–1
5	April 14	Edmonton Oilers 	4–5 	Minnesota Fighting Saints	4–1
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
11 	 	LW 	76	38	36	74 	22 	0 	9 	0 	7
7 	 	C 	47	24	45	69 	99 	0 	3 	2 	7
3 	 	D 	78	14	45	59 	104	0 	6 	0 	2
9 	 	C 	78	16	40	56 	43 	0 	0 	0 	3
27 	 	C 	72	26	22	48 	8 	0 	7 	2 	4
14 	 	RW 	78	21	24	45 	34 	0 	5 	0 	3
17 	 	RW 	71	20	23	43 	55 	0 	2 	0 	2
10 	 	LW 	57	19	23	42 	164	0 	2 	0 	2
12 	 	LW 	78	18	20	38 	66 	0 	0 	0 	1
4 	 	D 	74	6 	31	37 	46 	0 	2 	1 	0
19 	 	D 	68	17	19	36 	115	0 	2 	0 	1
5 	 	D 	69	4 	27	31 	214	0 	0 	0 	2
18 	 	LW 	52	12	11	23 	49 	0 	0 	0 	0
8 	 	LW 	72	9 	13	22 	2 	0 	0 	4 	0
16 	 	C 	45	8 	10	18 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1
6 	 	D 	78	3 	14	17 	32 	0 	0 	0 	0
20 	 	D 	50	2 	13	15 	18 	0 	0 	0 	1
21 	 	RW 	19	5 	2 	7 	6 	0 	0 	0 	1
22 	 	D 	75	2 	3 	5 	106	0 	0 	0 	1
15 	 	C 	10	1 	3 	4 	6 	0 	1 	0 	0
21 	 	C 	31	1 	2 	3 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	53	0 	3 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	59	0 	3 	3 	34 	0 	0 	0 	0
25 	 	C 	34	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	LW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
33 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
38 	 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	29	0 	0 	0 	13 	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
 	RW 	5 	4	2	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	4	5 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	3	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	3	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	3	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	2	0	2 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	5 	1	1	2 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	1	2 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	0	1 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	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==
*Al Hamilton, Defense, WHA Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
*Winston-Salem Polar Twins, SHL
==Gallery==
1974-Feb23-Gordie Howe-Climie.jpg|Gordie Howe and Ron Climie, February 23, 1974.
1974-Feb23-Worthy-Gordie-Hamilton.jpg|Chris Worthy, Gordie Howe, Al Hamilton, February 23, 1974.
73-74WHAEdmontonGameAd.jpg|Regular Season.
==See Also==
*1973–74 WHA season
==References==
Edmonton Oilers season, 1973–74
Edmonton Oilers season, 1973–74
Category:Edmonton Oilers seasons