4/9/1975 Schedule

New England Whalers at San Diego Mariners
Phoenix Roadrunners at Quebec Nordiques

SAN DIEGO MARINERS 4, NEW ENGLAND WHALERS 3 (BEST OF 7)

AT THE SAN DIEGO SPORTS ARENA, SAN DIEGO, CA

LINE SCORE:

NEW 2 - 0 - 1 = 3
EDM 3 - 1 - 0 = 4

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. SAN Michel Rouleau 1 (Ron Plumb, Andre Lacroix), 0:40.
2. NEW Wayne Carleton 1 (Brad Selwood, Paul Hurley), 7:52.
3. SAN Kevin Devine 1 (Tom Trevelyan, Kevin Morrison), 11:25.
4. NEW Fred O'Donnell 1 (Rick Ley, John French), 14:44.
5. SAN Gene Peacosh 1 (Andre Lacroix, Wayne Rivers), 18:05.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

6. SAN Brian Morenz 1 (Ray Adduono), 15:22.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

7. NEW Fred O'Donnell 2 (Thommy Abrahamsson), 18:51.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

NEW 10 - 6 - 13 = 29
EDM 14 - 15 - 12 = 41

POWER PLAYS:

NEW 0 for 6
EDM 0 for 0

GOALIES:

NEW Al Smith 0-1 (41 Shots - 37 Saves).
EDM Ernie Wakely 1-0 (29 Shots - 26 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Wayne Mundey
Linesman: Joe Dame
Linesman: Dick Haigh

(SAN DIEGO LEADS SERIES 1-0)

PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS 6, QUEBEC NORDIQUES 4 (BEST OF 7)

AT "LE COLISEE" (COLISEE DE QUEBEC), QUEBEC, CANADA

LINE SCORE:

PHX 3 - 1 - 2 = 6
QUE 2 - 2 - 0 = 4

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. QUE Rene Leclerc 1 (Dale Hoganson, Serge Bernier), 1:05.
2. QUE Serge Bernier 1 (Marc Tardif, Rejean Houle), 3:09.
3. PHX Robbie Ftorek 1 (Gerry Odrowski), 6:12.
4. PHX John Migneault 1 (Murray Keogan, Wendell Bennett), 10:03.
5. PHX Murray Keogan 1 (John Gray, Gerry Odrowski), 14:24 (PP).

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

6. PHX Robbie Ftorek 2 (Murray Keogan), 12:17.
7. QUE Rene Leclerc 2 (Dale Hoganson), 13:29.
8. QUE Rene Leclerc 3 (Ric Jordan, Dale Hoganson), 18:45.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

9. PHX Dennis Sobchuk 1 (Michel Cormier, John Gray), 0:47.
10. PHX Don Borgeson 1 (Robbie Ftorek, Jim Niekamp), 19:50 (SH - Empty Net).

SHOTS ON GOAL:

PHX 9 - 7 - 12 = 28
QUE 12 - 13 - 9 = 34

POWER PLAYS:

PHX 1 for 5
QUE 0 for 2

GOALIES:

PHX Gary Kurt 1-0 (34 Shots - 30 Saves).
QUE Richard Brodeur 0-1 (27 Shots - 22 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Brent Casselman
Linesman: Dan Stone
Linesman: Frank Larochelle

(PHOENIX LEADS SERIES 1-0)

4/10/1975 Schedule

Cleveland Crusaders at Houston Aeros
Edmonton Oilers at Toronto Toros

HOUSTON AEROS 6, CLEVELAND CRUSADERS 0 (BEST OF 7)

AT THE SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM, HOUSTON, TX

LINE SCORE:

CLE 0 - 0 - 0 = 0
HOU 1 - 3 - 2 = 6

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. HOU Rich Preston 1 (Don Larway, Ron Grahame), 9:37.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

2. HOU Larry Lund 1 (Gordie Howe, Poul Popiel), 4:41 (PP).
3. HOU Murray Hall 1 (Unassisted), 5:48.
4. HOU Murray Hall 2 (Poul Popiel, John Schella), 7:06.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

5. HOU Mark Howe 1 (Larry Lund, Gordie Howe), 3:27.
6. HOU Larry Lund 2 (Gordie Howe, John Schella), 13:12.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

CLE 11 - 9 - 11 = 31
HOU 11 - 17 - 9 = 37

POWER PLAYS:

CLE 0 for 3
HOU 1 for 2

GOALIES:

CLE Gerry Cheevers 0-1 (37 Shots - 31 Saves).
HOU Ron Grahame 1-0 (31 Shots - 31 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Bob Kolari
Linesman: Glen Sherwood
Linesman: Dick Haigh

(HOUSTON LEADS SERIES 1-0)

EDMONTON OILERS 7, TORONTO TOROS 6 (BEST OF 7)

AT MAPLE LEAF GARDENS, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

LINE SCORE:

EDM 3 - 0 - 4 = 7
TOR 3 - 2 - 1 = 6

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. EDM Tim Sheehy 1 (Ken Baird, Ron Buchanan), 1:10.
2. TOR Bob Leduc 1 (Larry Mavety), 6:22.
3. EDM Bobby Sheehan 1 (Barry Long, Ken Baird), 8:24.
4. TOR Paul Henderson 1 (Tom Simpson, Frank Mahovlich), 12:42.
5. TOR Lou Nistico 1 (Tony Featherstone), 14:24.
6. EDM Mike Rogers 2 (Blair MacDonald, Bruce MacGregor), 17:50.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

7. TOR Tony Featherstone 2 (Jim Dorey, Richard Farda), 0:48.
8. TOR Vaclav Nedomansky 1 (Wayne Dillon), 13:09.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

9. EDM Ken Baird 1 (Tom Gilmore, Tim Sheehy), 1:24.
10. EDM Ken Baird 2 (Tim Sheehy, Ron Buchanan), 4:34.
11. TOR Tom Martin 3 (Peter Marrin), 9:05 (PP).
12. EDM Bruce MacGregor 1 (Mike Rogers), 13:16.
13. EDM Rusty Patenaude 2 (Eddie Joyal), 19:51.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

EDM 12 - 11 - 12 = 35
TOR 14 - 15 - 12 = 41

POWER PLAYS:

EDM 0 for 2
TOR 1 for 5

GOALIES:

EDM Jacques Plante 1-0 (41 Shots - 35 Saves).
TOR Gilles Gratton 1-1 (35 Shots - 28 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Brent Casselman
Linesman: Gord Kerr
Linesman: Mike Pritchard

(SERIES TIED 1-1)

4/11/1975 Schedule

Phoenix Roadrunners at Quebec Nordiques

QUEBEC NORDIQUES 5, PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS 2 (BEST OF 7)

AT "LE COLISEE" (COLISEE DE QUEBEC), QUEBEC, CANADA

LINE SCORE:

PHX 1 - 1 - 0 = 2
QUE 2 - 2 - 1 = 5

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. PHX Michel Cormier 1 (John Gray, Jim Niekamp), 1:43.
2. QUE Michel Parizeau 1 (Steve Sutherland, Francois Lacombe), 3:58.
3. QUE Real Cloutier 1 (Serge Bernier, Marc Tardif), 9:05.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

4. QUE Steve Sutherland 1 (Jeannot Gilbert, Andre Gaudette), 3:01.
5. QUE Michel Parizeau 2 (Rene Leclerc, Serge Bernier), 10:38.
6. PHX Murray Keogan 2 (Cam Connor, Peter McNamee), 14:32 (PP).

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

7. QUE Serge Bernier 2 (Marc Tardif, Real Cloutier), 19:18 (Empty Net).

SHOTS ON GOAL:

PHX 10 - 9 - 13 = 32
QUE 12 - 14 - 12 = 38

POWER PLAYS:

PHX 1 for 4
QUE 0 for 3

GOALIES:

PHX Gary Kurt 1-1 (37 Shots - 33 Saves).
QUE Richard Brodeur 1-1 (32 Shots - 30 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Bob Kolari
Linesman: Mike Pritchard
Linesman: Don Koharski

(SERIES TIED 1-1)

4/12/1975 Schedule

Cleveland Crusaders at Houston Aeros
New England Whalers at San Diego Mariners
Toronto Toros at Edmonton Oilers

HOUSTON AEROS 9, CLEVELAND CRUSADERS 1 (BEST OF 7)

AT THE SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM, HOUSTON, TX

LINE SCORE:

CLE 0 - 0 - 1 = 1
HOU 2 - 3 - 4 = 9

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. HOU Terry Ruskowski 1 (Poul Popiel, Don Larway), 15:23.
2. HOU Mark Howe 2 (Frank Hughes, Gord Labossiere), 18:52.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

3. HOU Andre Hinse 1 (Gordie Howe), 14:18 (PP).
4. HOU Frank Hughes 1 (Gord Labossiere, Mark Howe), 15:19.
5. HOU Murray Hall 3 (Jim Sherrit), 19:54 (SH).

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

6. CLE Jim Harrison 1 (Russ Walker, Gerry Pinder), 5:08.
7. HOU Mark Howe 3 (Gord Labossiere), 7:32.
8. HOU Marty Howe 1 (Murray Hall), 12:02 (SH).
9. HOU Gord Labossiere 1 (Marty Howe, Andre Hinse), 14:12.
10. HOU Poul Popiel 1 (Andre Hinse), 17:22.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

CLE 11 - 11 - 9 = 31
HOU 13 - 13 - 14 = 40

POWER PLAYS:

CLE 0 for 2
HOU 1 for 1

GOALIES:

CLE Gerry Cheevers 0-2 (40 Shots - 31 Saves).
HOU Ron Grahame 2-0 (31 Shots - 30 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ron Harris
Linesman: Mike Pritchard
Linesman: Tom Marek

(HOUSTON LEADS SERIES 2-0)

SAN DIEGO MARINERS 9, NEW ENGLAND WHALERS 3 (BEST OF 7)

AT THE SAN DIEGO SPORTS ARENA, SAN DIEGO, CA

LINE SCORE:

NEW 0 - 1 - 2 = 3
SAN 3 - 3 - 3 = 9

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. SAN Wayne Rivers 1 (Gene Peacosh, Ray Adduono), 1:14.
2. SAN Michel Rouleau 2 (Kevin Morrison, Harry Howell), 7:22.
3. SAN Andre Lacroix 1 (Bob Wall, Dick Sentes), 9:02.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

4. NEW Rick Ley 1 (Tom Webster, Brad Selwood), 3:27 (SH).
5. SAN Gene Peacosh 2 (Andre Lacroix, Wayne Rivers), 9:42 (PP).
6. SAN Dick Sentes 1 (Michel Rouleau), 14:10.
7. SAN Gene Peacosh 3 (Kevin Morrison), 18:59.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

8. SAN Andre Lacroix 2 (Dick Sentes, Kevin Morrison), 0:49.
9. NEW Fred O'Donnell 3 (Thommy Abrahamsson, Tom Webster), 2:04.
10. SAN Mike Laughton 1 (Brian Morenz), 11:38 (SH).
11. SAN Wayne Rivers 2 (Andre Lacroix, Bob Wall), 14:37.
12. NEW Tom Webster 1 (John French, Fred O'Donnell), 17:14.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

NEW 8 - 8 - 10 = 26
SAN 10 - 11 - 7 = 28

POWER PLAYS:

NEW 0 for 4
SAN 1 for 3

GOALIES:

NEW Al Smith 0-2 (28 Shots - 19 Saves).
SAN Ernie Wakely 2-0 (26 Shots - 23 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ron Asselstine
Linesman: Don Koharski
Linesman: Dick Haigh

(SAN DIEGO LEADS SERIES 2-0)

TORONTO TOROS 5, EDMONTON OILERS 3 (BEST OF 7)

AT THE NORTHLANDS COLISEUM, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA

LINE SCORE:

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

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. EDM Bruce MacGregor 2 (Murray Kennett, Blair MacDonald), 15:25.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

2. TOR Tony Featherstone 3 (Paul Henderson, Frank Mahovlich), 7:43.
3. TOR Jeff Jacques 2 (Jim Dorey, Richard Farda), 13:11.
4. EDM Barry Long 1 (Rusty Patenaude, Bill Morris), 15:27.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

5. TOR Wayne Dillon 1 (Pat Hickey, Tom Simpson), 10:49.
6. TOR Rick Cunningham 1 (Wayne Dillon), 14:51 (PP).
7. EDM Ray McKay 1 (Ken Baird), 17:04.
8. TOR Wayne Dillon 2 (George Kuzmicz, Jim Turkiewicz), 19:43 (Empty Net).

SHOTS ON GOAL:

TOR 9 - 16 - 14 = 39
EDM 12 - 8 - 15 = 35

POWER PLAYS:

TOR 1 for 5
EDM 0 for 4

GOALIES:

TOR Gilles Gratton 2-1 (35 Shots - 32 Saves).
EDM Chris Worthy 0-1 (38 Shots - 34 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Bob Sloan
Linesman: Mike Chee
Linesman: Tom Shamshak

(TORONTO LEADS SERIES 2-1)

4/13/1975 Schedule

Houston Aeros at Cleveland Crusaders
Quebec Nordiques at Phoenix Roadrunners

HOUSTON AEROS 6, CLEVELAND CRUSADERS 4 (BEST OF 7)

AT THE RICHFIELD COLISEUM, RICHFIELD, OH

LINE SCORE:

HOU 3 - 0 - 3 = 6
CLE 2 - 2 - 0 = 4

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. CLE Jim Harrison 2 (Skip Krake, Gary Jarrett), 4:04 (PP).
2. HOU Don Larway 1 (Terry Ruskowski, Glen Irwin), 6:40.
3. HOU Andre Hinse 2 (Larry Hale), 8:51.
4. HOU Andre Hinse 3 (Glen Irwin, Ron Grahame), 12:39.
5. CLE Ray Clearwater 1 (Jim Harrison, Terry Holbrook), 17:24.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

6. CLE Gary Jarrett 1 (Al McDonough), 9:00.
7. CLE Gerry Pinder 1 (Tom Edur, Al McDonough), 18:19 (PP).

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

8. HOU Mark Howe 4 (Murray Hall), 12:21.
9. HOU Andre Hinse 4 (Poul Popiel, Gordie Howe), 14:21.
10. HOU Ted Taylor 1 (Andre Hinse, John Schella), 18:12 (PP).

SHOTS ON GOAL:

HOU 11 - 9 - 15 = 35
CLE 13 - 13 - 11 = 37

POWER PLAYS:

HOU 1 for 2
CLE 2 for 5

GOALIES:

HOU Ron Grahame 3-0 (37 Shots - 33 Saves).
CLE Gerry Cheevers 0-3 (35 Shots - 29 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Bob Kolari
Linesman: Pierre Belanger
Linesman: Gene Kusy

(HOUSTON LEADS SERIES 3-0)

PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS 4, QUEBEC NORDIQUES 3 (BEST OF 7)

AT THE ARIZONA VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, PHOENIX, AZ

LINE SCORE:

QUE 0 - 1 - 2 = 3
PHX 0 - 2 - 2 = 4

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

None.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

1. QUE Rene Leclerc 4 (Jeannot Gilbert, Michel Parizeau), 7:38.
2. PHX Michel Cormier 2 (Dennis Sobchuk, Robbie Ftorek), 16:22 (PP).
3. PHX Murray Keogan 3 (Wendell Bennett, Garry Lariviere), 18:33.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

4. PHX Gerry Odrowski 1 (Jim Boyd, Michel Cormier), 5:36.
5. PHX Cam Connor 1 (Murray Keogan, Peter McNamee), 16:23.
6. QUE Serge Bernier 3 (Rejean Houle, J.C. Tremblay), 17:49.
7. QUE Michel Parizeau 3 (Serge Bernier), 18:52.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

QUE 7 - 13 - 17 = 37
PHX 7 - 9 - 9 = 25

POWER PLAYS:

QUE 0 for 5
PHX 1 for 6

GOALIES:

QUE Richard Brodeur 1-2 (25 Shots - 21 Saves).
PHX Gary Kurt 2-1 (37 Shots - 34 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ron Asselstine
Linesman: Tom Marek
Linesman: Darryl Havrelock

(PHOENIX LEADS SERIES 2-1)

4/14/1975 Schedule

San Diego Mariners at New England Whalers

NEW ENGLAND WHALERS 5, SAN DIEGO MARINERS 4 (OT) (BEST OF 7)

AT THE BIG E COLISEUM, WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA

LINE SCORE:

SAN 1 - 1 - 2 - 0 = 4
NEW 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 = 5

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. NEW Larry Pleau 1 (Rick Ley), 1:07.
2. SAN Norm Ferguson 1 (Dick Sentes), 4:25.
3. NEW Larry Pleau 2 (Paul Hurley), 14:55.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

4. NEW Mike Byers 1 (John French, Brad Selwood), 7:41.
5. SAN Wayne Rivers 3 (Ron Plumb ), 10:30.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

6. SAN Norm Ferguson 2 (Wayne Rivers, Andre Lacroix), 4:56.
7. SAN Dick Sentes 2 (Norm Ferguson, Ray Adduono), 11:00 (PP).
8. NEW Don Blackburn 1 (Paul Hurley, Al Karlander), 16:19.

OVERTIME SCORING:

9. NEW Mike Byers 2 (Terry Caffery, John French), 18:08.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

SAN 11 - 10 - 13 - 10 = 44
NEW 13 - 9 - 10 - 8 = 40

POWER PLAYS:

SAN 1 for 4
NEW 0 for 2

GOALIES:

SAN Ernie Wakely 2-1 (40 Shots - 35 Saves).
NEW Al Smith 1-2 (44 Shots - 40 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Wayne Mundey
Linesman: Dick Haigh
Linesman: Max Hansen

(SAN DIEGO LEADS SERIES 2-1)

4/15/1975 Schedule

Houston Aeros at Cleveland Crusaders
Quebec Nordiques at Phoenix Roadrunners
Toronto Toros at Edmonton Oilers

HOUSTON AEROS 2, CLEVELAND CRUSADERS 1 (BEST OF 7)

AT THE RICHFIELD COLISEUM, RICHFIELD, OH

LINE SCORE:

HOU 0 - 1 - 1 = 2
CLE 0 - 0 - 1 = 1

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

None.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

1. HOU Don Larway 2 (Larry Lund), 2:35.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

2. CLE Rich LeDuc 1 (Gerry Pinder, John Stewart), 6:44.
3. HOU Andre Hinse 5 (Larry Lund), 11:15 (PP).

SHOTS ON GOAL:

HOU 13 - 17 - 14 = 44
CLE 11 - 10 - 16 = 37

POWER PLAYS:

HOU 1 for 4
CLE 0 for 2

GOALIES:

HOU Ron Grahame 4-0 (37 Shots - 36 Saves).
CLE Gerry Cheevers 0-4 (44 Shots - 42 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ron Ego
Linesman: Mike Chee
Linesman: Paul Corcoran

(HOUSTON WINS SERIES 4-0)

PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS 8, QUEBEC NORDIQUES 6 (BEST OF 7)

AT THE ARIZONA VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, PHOENIX, AZ

LINE SCORE:

QUE 0 - 4 - 2 = 6
PHX 5 - 1 - 2 = 8

FIRST PERIOD SCORING:

1. PHX Robbie Ftorek 3 (Jim Niekamp), 1:35.
2. PHX John Gray 1 (John Hughes, Jim Boyd), 5:43.
3. PHX Dennis Sobchuk 2 (Unassisted), 8:24.
4. PHX John Gray 2 (Peter McNamee, Murray Keogan), 15:20.
5. PHX Robbie Ftorek 4 (Murray Keogan), 18:57 (PP).

SECOND PERIOD SCORING:

6. QUE Serge Bernier 4 (Pierre Roy, Jean Bernier), 1:16.
7. QUE Bobby Guindon 1 (Michel Parizeau, Dale Hoganson), 5:17.
8. QUE Rejean Houle 1 (Serge Bernier), 7:21.
9. QUE J.C. Tremblay 1 (Jeannot Gilbert, Christian Bordeleau), 10:05.
10. PHX Murray Keogan 4 (Gerry Odrowski), 13:20.

THIRD PERIOD SCORING:

11. QUE Rejean Houle 2 (Marc Tardif, Serge Bernier), 2:10.
12. PHX Don Borgeson 2 (Jim Boyd, Murray Keogan), 6:02 (PP).
13. PHX Jim Boyd 1 (Al McLeod, Peter McNamee), 15:52.
14. QUE Real Cloutier 2 (Serge Bernier, Michel Parizeau), 19:39.

SHOTS ON GOAL:

QUE 11 - 16 - 15 = 42
PHX 12 - 9 - 12 = 33

POWER PLAYS:

QUE 0 for 5
PHX 2 for 6

GOALIES:

QUE Richard Brodeur 1-3 (33 Shots - 25 Saves).
PHX Gary Kurt 3-1 (42 Shots - 36 Saves).

OFFICIALS:

Referee: Bob Sloan
Linesman: Bob McPherson
Linesman: Mike Entwistle

(PHOENIX LEADS SERIES 3-1)