1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 42-33-3 - 87 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA West Division
Postseason: 6-6
Lost AVCO Cup semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated New England Whalers 4-2
Semi-Finals - Lost to Quebec Nordiques 4-2
Coach: Harry Neale (42-32-3)
Coach: Jack McCartan (0-1)
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota

1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints Roster
1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints Results

The Minnesota Fighting Saints of the World Hockey Association ended the 1974-75 season with a record of 42 wins and 33 losses and 3 ties for 87 points, finishing third in the WHA's WHA West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-6.

The Fighting Saints netted 308 goals and gave up 279. Mike Walton scored 48 goals for Minnesota, while George Morrison and Wayne Connelly tallied 30 or more also. Mike Walton and Fran Huck each accounted for 45 assists. John Garrett earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.28 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.

Harry Neale and Jack McCartan coached the team. The 1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints lost in the AVCO Cup semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SG%
Mike Walton	C	75	48	45	93	33	-11	7	4	3	300	16.0
Wayne Connelly	R	76	38	33	71	16	14	13	1	6	260	14.6
Fran Huck	C	78	22	45	67	26	7	2	3	4	184	12.0
George Morrison	L	76	31	29	60	30	11	9	0	5	177	17.5
John Arbour	D	70	12	43	55	67	-1	4	0	1	220	5.5
Don Tannahill	D	72	23	30	53	20	13	2	4	4	141	16.3
Ted Hampson	C	78	17	36	53	6	-8	1	3	2	117	14.5
Mike Antonovich	C	67	24	26	50	20	9	4	0	2	147	16.3
Terry Ball	D	76	8	37	45	36	3	2	0	0	143	5.6
Danny O'Shea	C	76	16	25	41	47	-22	3	0	2	161	9.9
Rick Smith	D	78	9	29	38	112	12	1	0	2	158	5.7
Gary Gambucci	C	68	19	18	37	19	14	2	0	3	121	15.7
Gord Gallant	L	66	10	13	23	203	-3	1	0	3	91	11.0
Ron Busniuk	D	73	2	21	23	176	12	0	0	1	76	2.6
Kevin O'Shea	R	68	10	10	20	42	-9	0	0	3	106	9.4
Mike McMahon	D	64	5	15	20	42	6	1	0	0	78	6.4
Murray Heatley	R	22	5	9	14	31	0	1	0	0	27	18.5
Jack Carlson	L	32	5	5	10	85	-1	0	0	0	50	10.0
Joe Robertson	C	11	1	4	5	4	5	0	0	0	7	14.3
Bill Butters	D	24	2	2	4	58	-8	0	0	0	16	12.5
Jim Johnson	C	11	1	3	4	0	-4	0	0	0	16	6.3
Pat Westrum	D	23	0	3	3	48	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
John Garrett	G	58	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Boyd	D	13	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
Curt Brackenbury	R	7	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0
Jack McCartan	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Curran	G	26	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1390	308	481	789	1188	39	53	15	41	2615	11.8

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
John Garrett	58	3294	30	23	2	3	2	180	3.28	1890	1710	.905
Mike Curran	26	1367	11	10	1	1	0	90	3.95	839	749	.893
Jack McCartan	2	61	1	0	0	0	0	5	4.92	38	33	.868
Totals	86	4722	42	33	3	4	2	275	3.49	3042	2767	.910

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Mike Walton	C	12	10	7	17	10	2
Wayne Connelly	R	12	8	4	12	10	1
Fran Huck	C	12	3	13	16	6	2
George Morrison	L	12	5	9	14	0	0
John Arbour	D	12	0	6	6	23	0
Don Tannahill	D	10	2	4	6	0	0
Ted Hampson	C	12	1	7	8	0	0
Mike Antonovich	C	12	1	4	5	2	0
Terry Ball	D	12	3	4	7	4	0
Danny O'Shea	C	11	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Smith	D	12	2	7	9	6	0
Gary Gambucci	C	12	4	0	4	6	1
Gord Gallant	L	1	1	0	1	0	0
Ron Busniuk	D	12	2	1	3	63	0
Kevin O'Shea	R	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McMahon	D	7	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Carlson	L	10	1	2	3	41	0
Bill Butters	D	12	1	0	1	21	0
John Garrett	G	12	0	1	1	2	0
Curt Brackenbury	R	12	0	2	2	59	0
Totals		208	44	72	116	253	6

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
John Garrett	12	726	6	6	0	1	1	41	3.39	406	365	.899
Totals	12	726	6	6	0	1	1	41	3.39	447	406	.908