1973-74 WHA season

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The 1973-74 WHA season was the second season of the now defunct World Hockey Association. Twelve teams each played 78 games.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Final standings 1.2 Scoring leaders 1.3 All-Star game 2 Avco World Trophy playoffs 2.1 Avco World Trophy finals 3 WHA awards 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

Eastern Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
New England Whalers	78	43	31	4	90	291	260	875
Toronto Toros	78	41	33	4	86	304	272	871
Cleveland Crusaders	78	37	32	9	83	266	264	1007
Chicago Cougars	78	38	35	5	81	271	273	1041
Quebec Nordiques	78	38	36	4	80	306	280	909
NY G. Blades/ NJ Knights	78	32	42	4	68	268	313	933

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Aeros	78	48	25	5	101	318	219	1038
Minnesota Fighting Saints	78	44	32	2	90	332	275	1243
Edmonton Oilers	78	38	37	3	79	268	269	1273
Winnipeg Jets	78	34	39	5	73	264	296	673
Vancouver Blazers	78	27	50	1	55	278	345	1047
Los Angeles Sharks	78	25	53	0	50	239	339	1086

[edit] Scoring leaders

[edit] All-Star game

[edit] Avco World Trophy playoffs

[edit] Avco World Trophy finals

[edit] WHA awards

Avco World Trophy:	Houston Aeros
Gary L. Davidson Award:	Gordie Howe, Houston Aeros
Bill Hunter Trophy:	Mike Walton, Minnesota Fighting Saints
Lou Kaplan Trophy:	Mark Howe, Houston Aeros
Ben Hatskin Trophy:	Don McLeod, Houston Aeros
Dennis A. Murphy Trophy:	Pat Stapleton, Chicago Cougars
Paul Deneau Trophy:	Ralph Backstrom, Chicago Cougars
Howard Baldwin Trophy:	Bill Harris, Toronto Toros

[edit] See also

• 1973 WHA Amateur Draft
• List of NHL seasons
• List of pre-NHL seasons
• 1973 in sports
• 1974 in sports

[edit] References

• [1]
• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1972-73 WHA season

WHA seasons

Succeeded by 1974-75 WHA season