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1973–74 California Golden Seals season

NHL season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1973–74
year	1973
Team	California Golden Seals
Division	West
DivisionRank	8th
Record	13–55–10
HomeRecord	11–18–10
RoadRecord	2–37–0
GoalsFor	195
GoalsAgainst	342
GeneralManager	Fred Glover
Garry Young
Coach	Fred Glover
Marshall Johnston
Captain	Joey Johnston
AltCaptain	Walt McKechnie
Gary Croteau
Ivan Boldirev
Arena	Oakland Coliseum Arena
GoalsLeader	Joey Johnston (27)
AssistsLeader	Joey Johnston (40)
PointsLeader	Joey Johnston (67)
PIMLeader	Bob Stewart (69)
WinsLeader	Gilles Meloche (9)
GAALeader	Ted Tucker (3.39)

Garry Young Marshall Johnston Gary Croteau Ivan Boldirev The 1973–74 California Golden Seals season was the Seals' seventh season in the NHL. With the continuing depletion of talent due to the World Hockey Association and a lack of interest from owner Charles O. Finley who put the team up for sale, the Seals had a miserable season and sank to a franchise low 36 points. In January 1974, the NHL bought the Seals from owner Charlie Finley for $6.585 million. With the league takeover, the players immediately returned to wearing black skates. The Seals would conclude the season with the worst record in the league.

Offseason

Amateur draft

Main article: 1973 NHL amateur draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
3	34.	Jeff Jacques	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
4	50.	Ron Serafini	United States	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
5	66.	Jim Moxey	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
6	82.	Willie Trognitz	Canada	Thunder Bay (Junior)
7	98.	Paul Tantardini	Canada	Downsview Beavers (OPJHL)
8	114.	Bruce Greig	Canada	Vancouver Nats (WCHL)
9	130.	Larry Patey	Canada	Braintree Hawks (NEJHL)
10	145.	Doug Mahood	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
11	160.	Angie Moretto	Canada	University of Michigan (NCAA)

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 10, 1973||2–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1973–74) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 12, 1973||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) ||2–0–0 |- |3||L||October 17, 1973||1–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||2–1–0 |- |4||L||October 20, 1973||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 21, 1973||2–11 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||October 24, 1973||7–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) ||3–3–0 |- |7||L||October 26, 1973||1–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1973–74) ||3–4–0 |- |8||L||October 28, 1973||1–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) ||3–5–0 |- |9||L||October 31, 1973||2–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) ||3–6–0

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Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

		Regular season		Playoffs	Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Joey Johnston	22	78	27	40	67	67	–	–	–	–	–
Ivan Boldirev	9	78	25	31	56	22	–	–	–	–	–
Walt McKechnie	8	63	23	29	52	14	–	–	–	–	–
Reggie Leach	7	78	22	24	46	34	–	–	–	–	–
Gary Croteau	18	76	14	21	35	16	–	–	–	–	–
Stan Gilbertson	15	76	18	12	30	39	–	–	–	–	–
Craig Patrick	14	59	10	20	30	17	–	–	–	–	–
Hilliard Graves	17	64	11	18	29	48	–	–	–	–	–
Morris Mott	20	77	9	17	26	33	–	–	–	–	–
Ted McAneeley	23	72	4	20	24	62	–	–	–	–	–
Marshall Johnston	2	50	2	16	18	24	–	–	–	–	–
Stan Weir	21	58	9	7	16	10	–	–	–	–	–
Pete Laframboise	24	65	7	7	14	14	–	–	–	–	–
Ray McKay	3	72	2	12	14	49	–	–	–	–	–
Ron Huston	11	23	3	10	13	0	–	–	–	–	–
Terry Murray	5	58	0	12	12	48	–	–	–	–	–
Brent Meeke	25	18	1	9	10	4	–	–	–	–	–
Rick Kessell	12	51	2	6	8	4	–	–	–	–	–
Bob Stewart	6	47	2	5	7	69	–	–	–	–	–
Paul Shakes	4	21	0	4	4	12	–	–	–	–	–
Barry Cummins	4	36	1	2	3	39	–	–	–	–	–
Del Hall	12	2	2	0	2	2	–	–	–	–	–
Lyle Bradley	15	4	1	0	1	2	–	–	–	–	–
Marv Edwards	1	14	0	1	1	4	–	–	–	–	–
Gilles Meloche	27	47	0	1	1	2	–	–	–	–	–
Hartland Monahan	17	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
Larry Patey	17	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
Bruce Greig	28	1	0	0	0	4	–	–	–	–	–
Gary Holt	17	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
Dave Hrechkosy	19	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
Wayne King	24	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
Ron Serafini	2	2	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–	–
Gary Coalter	15	4	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
Ted Tucker	30	5	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
Bob Champoux	28	17	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season		Playoffs	Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	TOI
Ted Tucker	30	5	177	1	1	1	10	0	3.39	–	–	–	–	–	–	-.--
Marv Edwards	1	14	780	1	10	1	51	0	3.92	–	–	–	–	–	–	-.--
Gilles Meloche	27	47	2800	9	33	5	198	1	4.24	–	–	–	–	–	–	-.--
Bob Champoux	28	17	923	2	11	3	80	0	5.20	–	–	–	–	–	–	-.--

Transactions

The Seals were involved in the following transactions during the 1973–74 season:

Trades

June 10, 1973	To California Golden Seals Ted Tucker	To Atlanta Flames cash

Additions and subtractions

Bob Champoux	San Diego Gulls (WHL)	free agency (1973–11)

Jim Jones	Chicago Cougars (WHA)	free agency (1973–09)

References

''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', p.201-2, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0
''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', p.169, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0
"1973-74 California Golden Seals Schedule".

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