1974-75 Houston Aeros Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 53-25 - 106 points
Finishing 1st in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 12-1
Won AVCO Cup
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Cleveland Crusaders 4-1
Semi-Finals - Defeated San Diego Mariners 4-0
Avco Cup Finals - Defeated Quebec Nordiques 4-0
Coach: Bill Dineen (53-25)
Location: Houston, Texas

1974-75 Houston Aeros Roster
1974-75 Houston Aeros Results

The Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association ended the 1974-75 season with a record of 53 wins and 25 losses for 106 points, finishing first in the WHA's WHA West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-1.

The Aeros netted 369 goals, tops in the circuit. Houston conceded 247 goals, the lowest total in the circuit. Frank Hughes scored 48 goals for the team, while Mark Howe, Larry Lund, Andre Hinse and Gordie Howe each tallied 30 or more, too. Larry Lund contributed 75 assists. Ron Grahame earned 33 wins for the squad, and Wayne Rutledge added 15 or more wins also. Ron Grahame recorded a 3.03 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.

Bill Dineen coached the team. The 1974-75 Houston Aeros won the AVCO Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	SOG	SG%
Larry Lund	C	78	33	75	108	68	28	13	0	188	17.6
Gordie Howe	R	75	34	65	99	84	40	8	3	255	13.3
Andre Hinse	L	75	39	47	86	12	34	13	0	190	20.5
Frank Hughes	R	76	48	35	83	35	32	15	0	206	23.3
Mark Howe	D	74	36	40	76	30	40	7	4	256	14.1
Poul Popiel	D	78	11	53	64	123	41	4	2	236	4.7
Gord Labossiere	C	76	23	34	57	40	5	4	0	171	13.5
Ted Taylor	L	73	26	27	53	130	7	2	3	201	12.9
John Schella	D	78	10	42	52	176	43	0	0	222	4.5
Jim Sherrit	C	77	22	25	47	25	36	1	0	135	16.3
Murray Hall	R	78	18	29	47	28	2	0	5	127	14.2
Terry Ruskowski	C	71	10	36	46	134	30	3	0	105	9.5
Rich Preston	R	78	20	21	41	10	25	1	0	137	14.6
Don Larway	R	76	22	14	36	59	26	0	0	140	15.7
Marty Howe	D	75	13	21	34	89	46	0	1	158	8.2
Larry Hale	D	76	2	18	20	40	35	0	0	51	3.9
Glen Irwin	D	70	2	11	13	153	38	0	0	61	3.3
Bill Prentice	D	17	0	3	3	19	3	0	0	13	0.0
Ron Grahame	G	43	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Wayne Rutledge	G	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1379	369	597	966	1261	511	71	18	2852	12.9

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ron Grahame	43	2590	33	10	3	4	131	3.03	1307	1176	.900
Wayne Rutledge	35	2092	20	15	0	2	113	3.24	1045	932	.892
Totals	78	4682	53	25	3	6	244	3.13	2596	2352	.906

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Larry Lund	C	13	5	13	18	13	1
Gordie Howe	R	13	8	12	20	20	1
Andre Hinse	L	11	5	4	9	8	0
Frank Hughes	R	13	6	6	12	2	1
Mark Howe	D	13	10	12	22	0	3
Poul Popiel	D	13	1	10	11	34	1
Gord Labossiere	C	13	6	7	13	4	0
Ted Taylor	L	11	2	5	7	22	0
John Schella	D	13	0	8	8	12	0
Jim Sherrit	C	13	3	3	6	6	2
Murray Hall	R	13	7	3	10	8	2
Terry Ruskowski	C	13	4	2	6	15	1
Rich Preston	R	13	1	6	7	6	0
Don Larway	R	13	3	1	4	8	0
Marty Howe	D	11	0	2	2	11	0
Larry Hale	D	13	0	4	4	0	0
Glen Irwin	D	13	0	2	2	8	0
Bill Prentice	D	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Grahame	G	13	0	1	1	0	0
Totals		232	61	101	162	177	12

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ron Grahame	13	780	12	1	0	0	3	26	2.00	439	413	.941
Totals	13	780	12	1	0	0	3	26	2.00	465	439	.944