1973-74 Columbus Owls Statistics
Team Record: 40-34-2 - 82 points
in the IHL's South Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Ed Bartoli (40-34-2)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
The Columbus Owls of the International Hockey League ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 40 wins and 34 losses and 2 ties for 82 points in the IHL's South Division.
The Owls netted 288 goals and allowed 270. Ed Kenty scored 38 goals for Columbus, while Norm Cherrey and Marty Reynolds tallied 30 or more, too. Steve Lyon contributed 60 assists, and Ray Martyniuk recorded a 2.76 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Ed Bartoli coached the team. The 1973-74 Columbus Owls lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Reynolds | C | 73 | 37 | 50 | 87 | 140 | 0.51 | 0.68 | 1.19 | |
| Ed Kenty | C | 74 | 38 | 43 | 81 | 56 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 1.09 | |
| Steve Lyon | R | 76 | 10 | 60 | 70 | 169 | 0.13 | 0.79 | 0.92 | |
| Norm Cherrey | RW | 69 | 31 | 36 | 67 | 14 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.97 | |
| Gerry DeMarco | G | 71 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 35 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.80 | |
| John Heffern | L | 72 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 35 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.69 | |
| Ross Smith | L | 70 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 183 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.70 | |
| Randy Smith | LW | 67 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 132 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.64 | |
| Bill McEwan | L | 73 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 238 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.48 | |
| Ken Richardson | C | 58 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 29 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.57 | |
| George Tower | D | 75 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 199 | 0.05 | 0.36 | 0.41 | |
| Wes Wiseman | F | 35 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 21 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.86 | |
| Elgin McCann | RW | 72 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 45 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.39 | |
| Mike Legge | D | 43 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 155 | 0.19 | 0.42 | 0.60 | |
| Bill Bond | 61 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 116 | 0.05 | 0.34 | 0.39 | ||
| Blake Ball | D | 50 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 209 | 0.04 | 0.42 | 0.46 | |
| Gary Davidson | F | 40 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 0.08 | 0.30 | 0.38 | |
| Mike Kelly | D | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0.31 | 0.50 | 0.81 | |
| Don Giesebrecht | L | 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 0.63 | |
| Dave Smith | D | 45 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 97 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.18 | |
| Ray Martyniuk | G | 57 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 0.07 | 0.07 | ||
| Gordy Peters | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |||
| Ross Knight | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Murray McNeil | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Sears | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Neil Higgins | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Keith Hall | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Cummings | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1252 | 289 | 496 | 785 | 1964 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Martyniuk | 57 | 3350 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 2.76 | |||||
| Jack Cummings | 9 | 428 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5.05 | |||||
| Keith Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pete Sears | 3 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 | |||||
| Neil Higgins | 12 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5.24 | |||||
| Totals | 83 | 4528 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 254 | 3.37 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Reynolds | C | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.67 | 0.83 |
| Ed Kenty | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
| Steve Lyon | R | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 1.00 |
| Norm Cherrey | RW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
| Gerry DeMarco | G | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.67 |
| John Heffern | L | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.67 | 1.67 |
| Ross Smith | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Randy Smith | LW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.50 |
| Bill McEwan | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Ken Richardson | C | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0.50 | 1.25 | 1.75 |
| George Tower | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Elgin McCann | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Bill Bond | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
| Blake Ball | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Don Giesebrecht | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
| Dave Smith | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Ray Martyniuk | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 100 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 125 | 0 |
