1974-75 New England Whalers Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 43-30-5 - 91 points
Finishing 1st in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Minnesota Fighting Saints 4-2
Coach: Ron Ryan (40-28-5)
Coach: Jack Kelley (3-2)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut

1974-75 New England Whalers Roster
1974-75 New England Whalers Results

The New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1974-75 season with a record of 43 wins and 30 losses and 5 ties for 91 points, finishing first in the WHA's WHA East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Whalers scored 274 goals and gave up 279. Tom Webster netted 40 goals for New England, while Wayne Carleton and Larry Pleau tallied 30 or more, too. John French contributed 41 assists. Al Smith earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.47 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.

Ron Ryan and Jack Kelley coached the team. The 1974-75 New England Whalers lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	SOG	SG%
Wayne Carleton	C	73	35	39	74	50	8	3	0	323	10.8
Tom Webster	R	66	40	24	64	52	1	7	0	212	18.9
Larry Pleau	C	78	30	34	64	50	3	6	0	208	14.4
John French	C/L	75	12	41	53	28	-5	2	1	140	8.6
Terry Caffery	C	67	15	37	52	12	-8	2	0	133	11.3
Don Blackburn	L	50	18	32	50	10	9	7	0	78	23.1
Mike Byers	R	72	22	26	48	10	6	1	0	157	14.0
Rick Ley	D	62	6	36	42	50	0	1	1	125	4.8
Brad Selwood	D	77	4	35	39	117	1	3	0	148	2.7
Fred O'Donnell	R	76	21	15	36	84	-6	0	0	131	16.0
Tim Sheehy	R	52	21	13	34	18	-10	3	0	131	16.0
Thommy Abrahamsson	D	76	8	22	30	46	8	2	0	151	5.3
Paul Hurley	D	75	3	26	29	36	-10	0	0	149	2.0
Garry Swain	C	66	7	15	22	18	-7	0	2	71	9.9
Jim Dorey	D	31	5	17	22	43	6	1	1	85	5.9
Al Karlander	C	48	7	14	21	2	-4	0	0	64	10.9
Ted Green	D	57	6	14	20	29	-13	1	0	75	8.0
Ron Climie	L	25	8	4	12	12	0	0	0	43	18.6
Tom Earl	R/C	72	3	8	11	20	-13	0	1	52	5.8
Nick Fotiu	L	61	2	2	4	144	-14	0	0	40	5.0
Al Hangsleben	D	26	0	4	4	8	-14	0	0	25	0.0
Bob Charlebois	L	8	1	0	1	0	-4	0	0	6	16.7
Gerry Methe	D	5	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	2	0.0
Christer Abrahamsson	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Ouimet	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Berglund	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Smith	G	59	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
Bruce Landon	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1383	274	459	733	861	-68	39	6	2549	10.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Al Smith	59	3494	33	21	4	5	2	202	3.47	1725	1523	.883
Christer Abrahamsson	16	870	8	6	1	0	1	47	3.24	504	457	.907
Bruce Landon	7	339	2	3	0	0	0	19	3.36	190	171	.900
Ted Ouimet	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	3	9.00	13	10	.769
Bill Berglund	2	36	0	0	0	0	0	3	5.00	16	13	.813
Totals	85	4759	43	30	5	5	3	274	3.45	2722	2448	.899

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Wayne Carleton	C	6	2	5	7	14	0
Tom Webster	R	3	0	2	2	0	0
Larry Pleau	C	6	2	3	5	19	0
John French	C/L	4	1	2	3	0	0
Don Blackburn	L	5	1	2	3	2	0
Mike Byers	R	6	2	2	4	2	0
Rick Ley	D	6	1	1	2	32	1
Brad Selwood	D	5	1	0	1	11	0
Fred O'Donnell	R	3	0	0	0	15	0
Thommy Abrahamsson	D	6	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Hurley	D	6	0	1	1	4	0
Garry Swain	C	6	0	3	3	41	0
Al Karlander	C	5	0	3	3	0	0
Ted Green	D	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Climie	L	6	3	0	3	0	0
Tom Earl	R/C	6	1	1	2	12	1
Nick Fotiu	L	4	2	0	2	27	0
Al Hangsleben	D	6	0	3	3	19	0
Bob Charlebois	L	4	1	0	1	0	0
Gerry Methe	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Danby	C	4	0	1	1	0	0
Al Smith	G	6	0	0	0	2	0
Totals		108	17	29	46	200	2

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Al Smith	6	366	2	4	0	0	0	28	4.59	192	164	.854
Totals	6	366	2	4	0	0	0	28	4.59	220	192	.873