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1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners season

Professional hockey season

Field	Value
League	WHA
Season	1974–75
year	1974
Team	Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA)Phoenix Roadrunners
Record	39–31–8
HomeRecord	23–11–5
RoadRecord	16–20–3
Division	West
DivisionRank	4th
GoalsFor	300
GoalsAgainst	265
Coach	Sandy Hucul
Captain	Bob Barlow
AltCaptain	Gerry Odrowski
Murray Keogan
Robbie Ftorek
Arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
GoalsLeader	Michel Cormier (36)
AssistsLeader	Dennis Sobchuk (45)
PointsLeader	Dennis Sobchuk (77)
PIMLeader	John Hughes (201)
WinsLeader	Gary Kurt (25)
GAALeader	Jack Norris (3.27)
next_season	[1975–76](1975-76-phoenix-roadrunners-season)

Murray Keogan Robbie Ftorek The 1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners season was the Phoenix Roadrunners first season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Roadrunners qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Quebec Nordiques.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 16, 1974||8–2 || align="left"| San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 18, 1974||6–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1974–75) ||2–0–0 |- |3||T||October 20, 1974||4–4 || align="left"| Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) ||2–0–1 |- |4||L||October 24, 1974||1–2 || align="left"| @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) ||2–1–1 |- |5||L||October 26, 1974||1–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) ||2–2–1 |- |6||L||October 28, 1974||3–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) ||2–3–1 |- |7||L||October 30, 1974||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) ||2–4–1

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| Legend:

Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 8 || Phoenix Roadrunners || 2–5 || Quebec Nordiques || 0–1 |- | 2 || April 10 || Phoenix Roadrunners || 2–6 || Quebec Nordiques || 0–2 |- | 3 || April 12 || Quebec Nordiques || 3–0 || Phoenix Roadrunners || 0–3 |- | 4 || April 15 || Quebec Nordiques || 5–6 || Phoenix Roadrunners || 1–3 |- | 5 || April 17 || Phoenix Roadrunners || 2–4 || Quebec Nordiques || 1–4

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| Legend:

Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
C	78	32	45	77	36	35	4	0
LW	78	36	38	74	26	18	5	1
C	76	26	44	70	18	29	7	3
RW	75	35	33	68	107	28	4	0
C/LW	53	31	37	68	29	49	4	0
C	78	35	29	64	68	-12	11	0
LW	74	29	28	57	38	20	3	2
D	77	5	38	43	77	23	2	0
D	72	4	25	29	201	49	2	0
RW	57	9	19	28	168	20	0	0
D	55	9	19	28	77	5	1	0
D	71	2	26	28	66	12	1	0
LW	51	6	20	26	8	-9	0	0
C	22	10	10	20	15	2	1	0
RW	53	9	10	19	34	-4	0	1
LW	47	6	13	19	16	-4	1	0
D	67	4	15	19	92	5	0	0
D	77	3	16	19	98	12	0	0
D	70	2	16	18	69	15	0	0
D/RW	30	3	12	15	44	-2	1	0
RW	13	3	5	8	10	0	0	0
D	25	0	4	4	39	3	0	0
G	47	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
LW/C	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
D	4	0	1	1	28	0	0	0
G	33	0	1	1	2	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2841	47	25	16	4	156	3.29	2
	1962	33	14	15	4	107	3.27	1
Team:	4803	78	39	31	8	263	3.29	3

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Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
C/LW	5	2	5	7	2	0
C	5	4	1	5	2	0
RW	5	2	3	5	12	0
D	5	0	4	4	4	0
D	5	1	2	3	6	0
C	5	1	1	2	2	0
D	5	0	2	2	0	0
LW	5	1	0	1	2	1
D	5	1	0	1	2	0
LW	5	0	1	1	2	0
C	5	0	1	1	0	0
D	5	0	1	1	2	0
D	5	0	1	1	0	0
RW	5	0	0	0	0	0
G	4	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
RW	4	0	0	0	0	0
D	5	0	0	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0
LW/C	5	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
	207	4	1	2	12	3.48
	100	2	0	2	10	6.00
Team:	307	5	1	4	22	4.30

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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;

Draft picks

Phoenix's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
WHA Secret Amateur Draft
1	1	Greg Joly (D)	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
2	16	Brian Kinsella (RW)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
2	23	Brad Winton (C)	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
WHA Amateur Draft
1	5	Dennis Olmstead (C)	Canada	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
2	16	Dave Gorman (RW)	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
3	31	Jim Clarke (D)	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
4	46	Bruce Aberhart (G)	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
5	61	Gordon Buynak (D)	United States	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
6	75	Robbie Watt (F)	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
7	90	Andy Spruce (LW)	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
8	105	Steve Short (D)	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)
9	120	John Taft (D)	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
10	135	Dan Mandryk (F)	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
11	148	Chuck Luksa (D)	Canada	University of Toronto (OUAA)
12	161	Marc Gaudreault (D)	Canada	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
13	174	Kim Gellert (C)	Canada	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
14	185	Ron Hawkshaw (F)	Canada	University of Waterloo (OUAA)

References

"1974-75 Phoenix Roadrunners Schedule".
"1974-75 Phoenix Roadrunners Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"1974 WHA Amateur Draft".
"1974 WHA Secret Amateur Draft".

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