HOUSTON AEROS 4, CLEVELAND CRUSADERS 3

AT THE RICHFIELD COLISEUM, RICHFIELD, OH

LINE SCORE:

HOU 2 - 0 - 2 = 4
CLE 1 - 1 - 1 = 3

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. CLE Skip Krake 18 (Larry Hillman, Gary Jarrett), 9:20.
2. HOU Andre Hinse 39 (Larry Lund), 16:29 (PP).
3. HOU Don Larway 22 (Terry Ruskowski, Jim Sherrit), 18:52.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

4. CLE Ron Ward 28 (Gary Jarrett), 6:52.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

5. HOU Gord Labossiere 16 (Murray Hall, Terry Ruskowski), 1:42.
6. CLE Al McDonough 50 (Gary Jarrett), 11:31 (PP).
7. HOU Marty Howe 11 (Gord Labossiere, Murray Hall), 19:24.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

HOU 12 - 9 - 11 = 32
CLE 8 - 13 - 10 = 31

POWER PLAYS:

HOU 1 for 2
CLE 1 for 5

GOALIES:

HOU Wayne Rutledge 23-7-0 (31 Shots - 28 Saves).
CLE Bob Whidden 13-11-0 (32 Shots - 28 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ron Fournier
Linesman: Jim Brunelle
Linesman: Mike Pritchard

TEAM RECORDS:

HOU 53-13-01
CLE 32-34-02

NEW ENGLAND WHALERS 4, TORONTO TOROS 3

AT THE BIG E COLISEUM, WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA

LINE SCORE:

TOR 0 - 0 - 3 = 3
NEW 0 - 3 - 1 = 4

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

None.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

1. NEW Fred O'Donnell 21 (Unassisted), 4:01.
2. NEW Mike Byers 24 (Brad Selwood, John French), 5:48.
3. NEW Thommy Abrahamsson 8 (Larry Pleau), 11:27 (PP).

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

4. TOR Frank Mahovlich 43 (Jim Dorey, Tony Featherstone), 1:51.
5. NEW Tom Webster 55 (Wayne Carleton, Thommy Abrahamsson), 8:28 (PP).
6. TOR Tony Featherstone 13 (Brian Gibbons, Tom Martin), 10:16.
7. TOR Tony Featherstone 14 (Paul Henderson), 18:22.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

TOR 11 - 11 - 13 = 35
NEW 9 - 15 - 10 = 34

POWER PLAYS:

TOR 0 for 2
NEW 2 for 5

GOALIES:

TOR Gilles Gratton 25-17-1 (34 Shots - 30 Saves).
NEW Al Smith 28-20-1 (35 Shots - 32 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Bob Sloan
Linesman: Dan Stone
Linesman: Gene Kusy

TEAM RECORDS:

TOR 42-26-02
NEW 35-30-02

QUEBEC NORDIQUES 7, VANCOUVER BLAZERS 3

AT THE PACIFIC COLISEUM, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

LINE SCORE:

QUE 3 - 2 - 2 = 7
VAN 0 - 1 - 2 = 3

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. QUE Serge Bernier 57 (J.C. Tremblay), 4:37.
2. QUE Serge Bernier 58 (Dale Hoganson), 11:38.
3. QUE Michel Parizeau 34 (J.C. Tremblay, Pierre Roy), 14:26.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

4. QUE Real Cloutier 32 (Michel Parizeau, J.C. Tremblay), 3:08 (PP).
5. VAN Danny Lawson 38 (Paul Terbenche), 15:49.
6. QUE Rejean Houle 45 (Serge Bernier, Dale Hoganson), 17:34.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

7. VAN Hugh Harris 28 (Pat Price, Duane Rupp), 4:44.
8. QUE Marc Tardif 32 (Serge Bernier, Jeannot Gilbert), 7:34.
9. VAN Hugh Harris 29 (John McKenzie, Pat Price), 12:03.
10. QUE Serge Bernier 59 (Rene Leclerc, Christian Bordeleau), 18:07.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

QUE 17 - 13 - 10 = 40
VAN 10 - 10 - 12 = 32

POWER PLAYS:

QUE 1 for 3
VAN 0 for 5

GOALIES:

QUE Richard Brodeur 27-16-0 (32 Shots - 29 Saves).
VAN Don McLeod 19-34-5 (40 Shots - 33 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Bob Kolari
Linesman: Ray Laing
Linesman: Kevin Weatherby

TEAM RECORDS:

QUE 45-24-00
VAN 23-37-05

WINNIPEG JETS 4, EDMONTON OILERS 4 (OT)

AT THE WINNIPEG ARENA, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA

LINE SCORE:

EDM 2 - 1 - 1 - 0 = 4
WIN 1 - 1 - 2 - 0 = 4

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. EDM Mike Rogers 29 (Tom Gilmore), 3:58.
2. EDM Tom Gilmore 14 (Unassisted), 8:38.
3. WIN Lars-Erik Sjoberg 7 (Howie Young, Robbie Neale), 12:45.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

4. EDM Rusty Patenaude 24 (Unassisted), 1:07.
5. WIN Anders Hedberg 43 (Larry Hornung), 14:25.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

6. WIN Ulf Nilsson 21 (Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Larry Hornung), 0:43.
7. EDM Bruce MacGregor 24 (Bobby Sheehan), 3:30 (PP).
8. WIN Danny Johnson 18 (Dan Spring, Norm Beaudin), 18:06.

OVERTIME SCORING:

None.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

EDM 13 - 12 - 9 - 6 = 40
WIN 7 - 8 - 17 - 5 = 37

POWER PLAYS:

EDM 1 for 5
WIN 0 for 6

GOALIES:

EDM Ken Brown 11-8-1 (37 Shots - 33 Saves).
WIN Joe Daley 16-23-1 (40 Shots - 36 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Brent Casselman
Linesman: Graham Hern
Linesman: Glen Sherwood

TEAM RECORDS:

EDM 37-25-03
WIN 27-37-02

3/17/1975 Schedule

Cleveland Crusaders at Chicago Cougars
Houston Aeros at Toronto Toros

CLEVELAND CRUSADERS 4, CHICAGO COUGARS 2

AT THE INTERNATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE, CHICAGO, IL

LINE SCORE:

CLE 2 - 1 - 1 = 4
CHI 1 - 0 - 1 = 2

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. CHI Don Gordon 2 (Jan Popiel, Peter Mara), 8:36.
2. CLE Wayne Muloin 6 (Jim Harrison), 11:42 (SH).
3. CLE Wayne Muloin 7 (Al McDonough, Rich LeDuc), 15:08.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

4. CLE Al McDonough 51 (Wayne Muloin, Tom Edur), 15:42 (PP).

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

5. CLE Wayne Hillman 1 (Al McDonough, Wayne Muloin), 8:39.
6. CHI Peter Mara 17 (Rosaire Paiement, Frank Rochon), 14:42.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

CLE 11 - 12 - 8 = 31
CHI 11 - 9 - 11 = 31

POWER PLAYS:

CLE 1 for 4
CHI 0 for 5

GOALIES:

CLE Gerry Cheevers 20-23-2 (31 Shots - 29 Saves).
CHI Cam Newton 9-19-0 (31 Shots - 27 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Bob Kolari
Linesman: Eric Manship
Linesman: Pierre Belanger

TEAM RECORDS:

CLE 33-34-02
CHI 22-45-01

TORONTO TOROS 4, HOUSTON AEROS 3

AT MAPLE LEAF GARDENS, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

LINE SCORE:

HOU 3 - 0 - 0 = 3
TOR 0 - 1 - 3 = 4

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. HOU Andre Hinse 40 (Poul Popiel), 9:01 (PP).
2. HOU Andre Hinse 41 (Larry Lund, Larry Hale), 14:38.
3. HOU Marty Howe 12 (Poul Popiel), 17:22.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

4. TOR Tom Simpson 45 (Larry Mavety), 4:57.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

5. TOR Paul Henderson 19 (Brian Gibbons), 8:48.
6. TOR Vaclav Nedomansky 51 (Pat Hickey, Wayne Dillon), 10:20.
7. TOR Peter Marrin 4 (Lou Nistico, Tom Martin), 16:17.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

HOU 15 - 14 - 10 = 39
TOR 12 - 14 - 15 = 41

POWER PLAYS:

HOU 1 for 3
TOR 0 for 6

GOALIES:

HOU Ron Grahame 30-7-1 (41 Shots - 37 Saves).
TOR Gilles Gratton 26-17-1 (39 Shots - 36 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ron Harris
Linesman: Ron Foyt
Linesman: Dennis Fonteyne

TEAM RECORDS:

HOU 53-14-01
TOR 43-26-02

3/18/1975 Schedule

Phoenix Roadrunners at Chicago Cougars
Quebec Nordiques at Edmonton Oilers
Minnesota Fighting Saints at Vancouver Blazers

PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS 3, CHICAGO COUGARS 2

AT THE INTERNATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE, CHICAGO, IL

LINE SCORE:

PHX 1 - 1 - 1 = 3
CHI 1 - 0 - 1 = 2

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. PHX Al McLeod 6 (John Migneault), 1:21.
2. CHI Rosaire Paiement 28 (Frank Rochon, Mark Lomenda), 15:34.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

3. PHX Dennis Sobchuk 32 (John Gray, Michel Cormier), 17:37.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

4. PHX Murray Keogan 40 (John Hughes, Don Borgeson), 14:26 (PP).
5. CHI Bob Liddington 19 (Rosaire Paiement), 19:43.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

PHX 6 - 11 - 9 = 26
CHI 15 - 11 - 12 = 38

POWER PLAYS:

PHX 1 for 5
CHI 0 for 4

GOALIES:

PHX Gary Kurt 20-20-1 (38 Shots - 36 Saves).
CHI Dave Dryden 13-26-1 (26 Shots - 23 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Bill Friday
Linesman: Ken Pierce
Linesman: Tom Marek

TEAM RECORDS:

PHX 39-28-02
CHI 22-46-01

QUEBEC NORDIQUES 5, EDMONTON OILERS 1

AT THE NORTHLANDS COLISEUM, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA

LINE SCORE:

QUE 0 - 3 - 2 = 5
EDM 1 - 0 - 0 = 1

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. EDM Bruce MacGregor 25 (Blair MacDonald), 16:33.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

2. QUE Serge Bernier 60 (Dale Hoganson, Rejean Houle), 0:24.
3. QUE Marc Tardif 33 (Rejean Houle, Serge Bernier), 2:04.
4. QUE Rene Leclerc 17 (Francois Lacombe), 14:27.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

5. QUE Rejean Houle 46 (Serge Bernier), 4:27.
6. QUE Christian Bordeleau 9 (Steve Sutherland, Rejean Houle), 9:32.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

QUE 7 - 16 - 11 = 34
EDM 14 - 11 - 12 = 37

POWER PLAYS:

QUE 0 for 7
EDM 0 for 3

GOALIES:

QUE Richard Brodeur 28-16-0 (37 Shots - 36 Saves).
EDM Chris Worthy 12-10-2 (34 Shots - 29 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Wayne Mundey
Linesman: Gene Kusy
Linesman: Mike Chee

TEAM RECORDS:

QUE 46-24-00
EDM 37-26-03

MINNESOTA FIGHTING SAINTS 3, VANCOUVER BLAZERS 2

AT THE PACIFIC COLISEUM, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

LINE SCORE:

MIN 3 - 0 - 0 = 3
VAN 1 - 0 - 1 = 2

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. MIN Don Tannahill 16 (George Morrison), 1:53.
2. MIN Terry Ball 9 (Don Tannahill, Mike Walton), 7:58 (PP).
3. VAN John McKenzie 19 (Ron Chipperfield, John Shmyr), 15:44.
4. MIN Mike Walton 46 (George Morrison, John Arbour), 17:03.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

None.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

5. VAN John McKenzie 20 (Danny Lawson), 17:17.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

MIN 15 - 12 - 11 = 38
VAN 9 - 7 - 9 = 25

POWER PLAYS:

MIN 1 for 4
VAN 0 for 4

GOALIES:

MIN John Garrett 28-16-3 (25 Shots - 23 Saves).
VAN Don McLeod 19-35-5 (38 Shots - 35 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ron Fournier
Linesman: Pierre Belanger
Linesman: Don Koharski

TEAM RECORDS:

MIN 35-29-03
VAN 23-38-05

3/19/1975 Schedule

Phoenix Roadrunners at Cleveland Crusaders
Indianapolis Racers at Houston Aeros
San Diego Mariners at New England Whalers
Vancouver Blazers at Winnipeg Jets

CLEVELAND CRUSADERS 5, PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS 2

AT THE RICHFIELD COLISEUM, RICHFIELD, OH

LINE SCORE:

PHX 1 - 0 - 1 = 2
CLE 2 - 2 - 1 = 5

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. CLE Grant Erickson 15 (Ron F. Anderson), 0:44.
2. CLE Grant Erickson 16 (Al McDonough), 2:00.
3. PHX Cam Connor 15 (Murray Keogan, Michel Cormier), 9:29.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

4. CLE Al McDonough 52 (Rich LeDuc, Gary Jarrett), 4:51 (PP).
5. CLE Grant Erickson 17 (Ron F. Anderson), 14:27.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

6. CLE Jim Harrison 32 (Gary Jarrett, Larry Hillman), 3:28.
7. PHX Murray Keogan 41 (Michel Cormier, Jim Boyd), 11:45.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

PHX 9 - 9 - 12 = 30
CLE 11 - 16 - 9 = 36

POWER PLAYS:

PHX 0 for 0
CLE 1 for 3

GOALIES:

PHX Gary Kurt 20-21-1 (36 Shots - 31 Saves).
CLE Gerry Cheevers 21-23-2 (30 Shots - 28 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ron Harris
Linesman: Graham Hern
Linesman: Michel Chartre

TEAM RECORDS:

PHX 39-29-02
CLE 34-34-02

HOUSTON AEROS 4, INDIANAPOLIS RACERS 1

AT THE SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM, HOUSTON, TX

LINE SCORE:

IND 0 - 0 - 1 = 1
HOU 1 - 1 - 2 = 4

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. HOU Marty Howe 13 (Murray Hall), 4:19.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

2. HOU Andre Hinse 42 (Marty Howe, Larry Lund), 11:53.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

3. IND Murray Heatley 14 (Bill Horton), 2:29 (PP).
4. HOU John Schella 10 (Larry Lund, Frank Hughes), 3:52.
5. HOU Frank Hughes 36 (Jim Sherrit), 19:25 (Empty Net).

SHOTS ON GOAL:

IND 11 - 10 - 10 = 31
HOU 10 - 11 - 14 = 35

POWER PLAYS:

IND 1 for 5
HOU 0 for 3

GOALIES:

IND Andy Brown 8-33-1 (34 Shots - 31 Saves).
HOU Wayne Rutledge 24-7-0 (31 Shots - 30 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Wayne Mundey
Linesman: Ken Pierce
Linesman: Mike Chee

TEAM RECORDS:

IND 13-53-01
HOU 54-14-01

SAN DIEGO MARINERS 5, NEW ENGLAND WHALERS 3

AT THE BIG E COLISEUM, WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA

LINE SCORE:

SAN 2 - 0 - 3 = 5
NEW 0 - 2 - 1 = 3

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. SAN Andre Lacroix 36 (Bob Falkenberg, Wayne Rivers), 2:41.
2. SAN Kevin Morrison 15 (Ray Adduono, Andre Lacroix), 19:51.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

3. NEW Mike Byers 25 (Ted Green, John French), 8:56.
4. NEW Larry Pleau 29 (Wayne Carleton, Tom Earl), 14:18.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

5. SAN Brian Morenz 15 (Ted Scharf, Ray Adduono), 6:14.
6. SAN Andre Lacroix 37 (Kevin Morrison), 7:53.
7. SAN Ron Plumb 13 (Andre Lacroix, Kevin Morrison), 10:21 (SH).
8. NEW Rick Ley 5 (Fred O'Donnell, Mike Byers), 13:46 (PP).

SHOTS ON GOAL:

SAN 13 - 10 - 11 = 34
NEW 9 - 12 - 11 = 32

POWER PLAYS:

SAN 0 for 5
NEW 1 for 2

GOALIES:

SAN Ernie Wakely 27-8-0 (32 Shots - 29 Saves).
NEW Al Smith 28-21-1 (34 Shots - 29 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ron Ego
Linesman: Ron Foyt
Linesman: Kevin Weatherby

TEAM RECORDS:

SAN 46-20-00
NEW 35-31-02

WINNIPEG JETS 3, VANCOUVER BLAZERS 3 (OT)

AT THE WINNIPEG ARENA, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA

LINE SCORE:

VAN 2 - 0 - 1 - 0 = 3
WIN 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 = 3

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. WIN Anders Hedberg 44 (Veli-Pekka Ketola, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 1:04.
2. VAN Bryan Campbell 34 (Danny Lawson), 7:15 (PP).
3. VAN Ron Chipperfield 15 (Claude St. Sauveur), 19:42.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

4. WIN Anders Hedberg 45 (Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 2:39 (PP).
5. WIN Mike Ford 16 (Danny Gruen, Larry Hornung), 7:00.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

6. VAN Duane Rupp 6 (Claude St. Sauveur, Danny Lawson), 5:43.

OVERTIME SCORING:

None.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

VAN 11 - 6 - 8 - 5 = 30
WIN 12 - 17 - 11 - 5 = 45

POWER PLAYS:

VAN 1 for 1
WIN 1 for 4

GOALIES:

VAN Don McLeod 19-35-6 (45 Shots - 42 Saves).
WIN Curt Larsson 6-13-2 (30 Shots - 27 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Alan Glaspell
Linesman: Max Hansen
Linesman: Steve Barry

TEAM RECORDS:

VAN 23-38-06
WIN 27-37-03

3/20/1975 Schedule

Quebec Nordiques at Houston Aeros
Edmonton Oilers at Indianapolis Racers
Chicago Cougars at San Diego Mariners

QUEBEC NORDIQUES 2, HOUSTON AEROS 1

AT THE SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM, HOUSTON, TX

LINE SCORE:

QUE 1 - 1 - 0 = 2
HOU 0 - 0 - 1 = 1

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. QUE Rejean Houle 47 (Michel Parizeau, Marc Tardif), 3:41.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

2. QUE Charles Constantin 4 (Unassisted), 12:15.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

3. HOU Frank Hughes 37 (Ted Taylor, Poul Popiel), 11:53.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

QUE 11 - 10 - 10 = 31
HOU 8 - 8 - 11 = 27

POWER PLAYS:

QUE 0 for 5
HOU 0 for 3

GOALIES:

QUE Serge Aubry 19-8-0 (27 Shots - 26 Saves).
HOU Ron Grahame 30-8-1 (31 Shots - 29 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Bob Kolari
Linesman: Gord Kerr
Linesman: Eric Manship

TEAM RECORDS:

QUE 47-24-00
HOU 54-15-01

EDMONTON OILERS 6, INDIANAPOLIS RACERS 4

AT THE MARKET SQUARE ARENA, INDIANAPOLIS, IN

LINE SCORE:

EDM 5 - 0 - 1 = 6
IND 2 - 1 - 1 = 4

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. EDM Bruce MacGregor 26 (Ken Baird, Blair MacDonald), 3:52 (PP).
2. EDM Rusty Patenaude 25 (Blair MacDonald, Jim McCrimmon), 5:08.
3. EDM Barry Long 17 (Steve Carlyle, Jacques Plante), 7:31.
4. IND Bob Sicinski 26 (Nick Harbaruk), 10:41 (PP).
5. EDM Barry Long 18 (Eddie Joyal, Tim Sheehy), 12:04.
6. EDM Ken Baird 27 (Blair MacDonald), 16:11.
7 .IND Jim Wiste 22 (John Sheridan), 19:56.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

8. IND Jim Johnson 6 (Joe Hardy, Ralph Hopiavouri), 4:09.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

9. EDM Blair MacDonald 21 (Rusty Patenaude, Steve Carlyle), 4:28.
10. IND Nick Harbaruk 23 (Ken Block, Bob Fitchner), 19:28.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

EDM 12 - 7 - 10 = 29
IND 9 - 11 - 7 = 27

POWER PLAYS:

EDM 1 for 4
IND 1 for 4

GOALIES:

EDM Jacques Plante 15-8-0 (27 Shots - 23 Saves).
IND Andy Brown 8-34-1 (29 Shots - 23 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ron Asselstine
Linesman: Ray Laing
Linesman: Ross Keenan

TEAM RECORDS:

EDM 38-26-03
IND 13-54-01