1974–75 Indianapolis Racers season

1974–75 Indianapolis Racers
Division	4th Eastern
1974–75 record	18–57–3
Goals for	216
Goals against	338
Team information
Coach	Gerry Moore

The 1974–75 Indianapolis Racers season was the first season of operation of the Indianapolis Racers in the World Hockey Association. The Racers finished fourth to miss the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
New England Whalers	78	43	30	5	91	274	279	867
Cleveland Crusaders	78	35	40	3	73	236	258	1273
Chicago Cougars	78	30	47	1	61	261	312	1086
Indianapolis Racers	78	18	57	3	39	216	338	970

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 17, 1974	2–4	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	0–1–0
2	L	October 18, 1974	1–3	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	0–2–0
3	L	October 20, 1974	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	0–3–0
4	L	October 24, 1974	2–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	0–4–0
5	L	October 26, 1974	1–6	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	0–5–0
6	W	October 27, 1974	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	1–5–0
7	L	October 31, 1974	1–6	New England Whalers (1974–75)	1–6–0
8	L	November 3, 1974	1–3	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	1–7–0
9	L	November 5, 1974	0–3	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	1–8–0
10	W	November 7, 1974	3–0	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	2–8–0
11	W	November 9, 1974	5–4 OT	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	3–8–0
12	W	November 10, 1974	6–1	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	4–8–0
13	L	November 13, 1974	3–10	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	4–9–0
14	L	November 15, 1974	0–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	4–10–0
15	L	November 17, 1974	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	4–11–0
16	L	November 19, 1974	0–10	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	4–12–0
17	L	November 20, 1974	4–6	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	4–13–0
18	L	November 21, 1974	0–4	New England Whalers (1974–75)	4–14–0
19	L	November 24, 1974	2–9	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	4–15–0
20	L	November 26, 1974	0–4	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	4–16–0
21	L	November 28, 1974	5–7	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	4–17–0
22	L	November 29, 1974	2–4	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	4–18–0
23	L	December 1, 1974	3–7	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	4–19–0
24	L	December 5, 1974	3–5	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	4–20–0
25	L	December 7, 1974	3–6	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	4–21–0
26	W	December 8, 1974	5–3	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	5–21–0
27	L	December 10, 1974	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	5–22–0
28	L	December 14, 1974	0–2	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	5–23–0
29	L	December 15, 1974	1–3	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	5–24–0
30	L	December 17, 1974	2–3	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	5–25–0
31	L	December 19, 1974	0–6	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	5–26–0
32	L	December 20, 1974	4–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	5–27–0
33	W	December 22, 1974	2–1	New England Whalers (1974–75)	6–27–0
34	T	December 27, 1974	1–1	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	6–27–1
35	L	December 29, 1974	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	6–28–1
36	L	January 1, 1975	3–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	6–29–1
37	L	January 2, 1975	1–4	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	6–30–1
38	T	January 4, 1975	4–4	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	6–30–2
39	L	January 5, 1975	1–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	6–31–2
40	W	January 7, 1975	4–2	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	7–31–2
41	T	January 10, 1975	3–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	7–31–3
42	W	January 16, 1975	4–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	8–31–3
43	L	January 19, 1975	1–5	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	8–32–3
44	W	January 22, 1975	3–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	9–32–3
45	W	January 23, 1975	4–2	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	10–32–3
46	L	January 26, 1975	0–6	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	10–33–3
47	L	January 28, 1975	1–3	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	10–34–3
48	L	January 30, 1975	2–3	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	10–35–3
49	L	February 1, 1975	1–2	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	10–36–3
50	L	February 4, 1975	3–4 OT	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	10–37–3
51	L	February 9, 1975	5–7	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	10–38–3
52	W	February 10, 1975	4–1	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	11–38–3
53	L	February 14, 1975	3–4 OT	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	11–39–3
54	L	February 17, 1975	5–6 OT	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	11–40–3
55	L	February 18, 1975	2–9	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	11–41–3
56	W	February 21, 1975	5–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	12–41–3
57	W	February 23, 1975	6–0	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	13–41–3
58	W	February 25, 1975	6–4	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	14–41–3
59	L	February 26, 1975	3–4 OT	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	14–42–3
60	L	March 1, 1975	2–12	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	14–43–3
61	L	March 2, 1975	3–4 OT	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	14–44–3
62	W	March 5, 1975	5–2	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	15–44–3
63	L	March 7, 1975	4–5 OT	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	15–45–3
64	L	March 8, 1975	5–6	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	15–46–3
65	W	March 13, 1975	5–4	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	16–46–3
66	W	March 15, 1975	7–3	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	17–46–3
67	L	March 19, 1975	5–6	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	17–47–3
68	W	March 20, 1975	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	18–47–3
69	L	March 22, 1975	3–6	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	18–48–3
70	L	March 23, 1975	3–5	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	18–49–3
71	L	March 25, 1975	3–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	18–50–3
72	L	March 27, 1975	2–5	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	18–51–3
73	L	March 29, 1975	5–7	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	18–52–3
74	L	March 30, 1975	3–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	18–53–3
75	L	March 31, 1975	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	18–54–3
76	L	April 1, 1975	1–7	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	18–55–3
77	L	April 5, 1975	3–8	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	18–56–3
78	L	April 6, 1975	3–4	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	18–57–3

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bob Whitlock C 73 31 26 57 56 -27 5 0 0 Bob Sicinski C 77 19 34 53 12 -32 4 2 0 Nick Harbaruk RW 78 20 23 43 52 -22 3 1 0 Jim Wiste C 75 13 28 41 30 -19 0 0 0 Kerry Bond LW 71 22 15 37 23 -30 5 0 0 Ron Buchanan C 32 16 15 31 16 -12 9 0 0 Bob Fitchner C 78 11 19 30 96 -26 2 0 0 Brian McDonald C 47 14 15 29 19 -10 2 0 0 Dick Proceviat D 52 1 28 29 51 -13 0 0 0 John Sheridan C 58 17 11 28 20 -15 3 0 0 Murray Heatley RW 29 15 8 23 25 -7 5 0 0 Jim Johnson C 42 7 15 22 12 -15 2 0 0 Joe Hardy C 32 2 17 19 36 0 0 0 0 Ken Block D 37 0 17 17 18 -10 0 0 0 Bob Ash D 64 1 14 15 19 -30 1 0 0 Rich Pumple LW 34 4 8 12 29 -12 0 0 0 Bill Horton D 59 2 9 11 30 -28 0 0 0 Ralph Hopiavuori D 28 2 8 10 21 -17 1 0 0 Joe Robertson C 18 4 4 8 23 -6 0 0 0 Ken Desjardine D 46 0 8 8 68 -24 0 0 0 Bob Woytowich D 42 0 8 8 28 -26 0 0 0 Jim Hargreaves D 37 2 5 7 30 -19 0 0 0 Ross Smith LW 15 1 6 7 19 0 0 0 0 Steve Andrascik RW 20 2 4 6 16 0 0 0 0 Roger Cote D 36 0 6 6 24 -9 0 0 0 Gary Bredin RW 10 3 2 5 8 -3 0 0 0 Gord Kannegiesser D 4 1 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 Steve Richardson LW 19 1 4 5 16 -2 0 0 0 Murray Kennett D 28 1 3 4 8 -11 1 0 0 Ron Walters C 17 2 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 Craig Hanmer D 27 1 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 Brian McKenzie LW 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 Andy Brown G 52 0 1 1 75 0 0 0 0 Jacques Locas C 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Michel Dion G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Dyck G 32 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Rick Fraser D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Andy Brown 2979 52 15 35 0 206 4.15 2 Ed Dyck 1692 32 3 21 3 123 4.36 0 Michel Dion 59 1 0 1 0 4 4.07 0 Team: 4730 78 18 57 3 333 4.22 2

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

• 1974–75 WHA season