1973–74 St. Louis Blues season

The 1973–74 St. Louis Blues season was the seventh for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the season with a record of 26 wins, 40 losses and 12 ties for 64 points, placing them in sixth place. The Blues missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Regular season

Final standings

West Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	78	50	16	12	273	164	+109	112
2	Chicago Black Hawks	78	41	14	23	272	164	+108	105
3	Los Angeles Kings	78	33	33	12	233	231	+2	78
4	Atlanta Flames	78	30	34	14	214	238	−24	74
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	28	41	9	242	273	−31	65
6	St. Louis Blues	78	26	40	12	206	248	−42	64
7	Minnesota North Stars	78	23	38	17	235	275	−40	63
8	California Golden Seals	78	13	55	10	195	342	−147	36

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1973	1–2	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	0–1–0
2	L	October 13, 1973	0–1	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	0–2–0
3	W	October 16, 1973	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1973	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	1–3–0
5	T	October 20, 1973	4–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	1–3–1
6	W	October 23, 1973	3–2	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	2–3–1
7	T	October 27, 1973	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	2–3–2
8	L	October 30, 1973	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	2–4–2
9	W	November 2, 1973	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	3–4–2
10	W	November 3, 1973	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	4–4–2
11	T	November 7, 1973	2–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	4–4–3
12	W	November 10, 1973	5–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	5–4–3
13	L	November 11, 1973	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	5–5–3
14	W	November 13, 1973	6–1	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	6–5–3
15	W	November 15, 1973	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	7–5–3
16	W	November 17, 1973	4–0	New York Islanders (1973–74)	8–5–3
17	L	November 21, 1973	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	8–6–3
18	W	November 22, 1973	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	9–6–3
19	L	November 24, 1973	0–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	9–7–3
20	T	November 27, 1973	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	9–7–4
21	L	November 29, 1973	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	9–8–4
22	T	December 1, 1973	4–4	New York Rangers (1973–74)	9–8–5
23	W	December 4, 1973	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	10–8–5
24	L	December 5, 1973	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	10–9–5
25	T	December 7, 1973	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	10–9–6
26	W	December 11, 1973	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	11–9–6
27	L	December 13, 1973	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	11–10–6
28	W	December 16, 1973	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	12–10–6
29	W	December 19, 1973	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	13–10–6
30	W	December 21, 1973	2–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	14–10–6
31	L	December 22, 1973	2–4	New York Islanders (1973–74)	14–11–6
32	W	December 28, 1973	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	15–11–6
33	L	December 29, 1973	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	15–12–6
34	W	January 2, 1974	8–4	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	16–12–6
35	W	January 5, 1974	4–1	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	17–12–6
36	W	January 8, 1974	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	18–12–6
37	L	January 9, 1974	6–8	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	18–13–6
38	L	January 12, 1974	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	18–14–6
39	L	January 13, 1974	0–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	18–15–6
40	L	January 15, 1974	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	18–16–6
41	W	January 17, 1974	3–2	New York Rangers (1973–74)	19–16–6
42	L	January 19, 1974	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	19–17–6
43	W	January 20, 1974	3–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	20–17–6
44	L	January 22, 1974	0–1	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	20–18–6
45	L	January 23, 1974	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	20–19–6
46	T	January 26, 1974	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	20–19–7
47	W	January 30, 1974	6–4	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	21–19–7
48	W	February 2, 1974	6–1	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	22–19–7
49	L	February 3, 1974	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	22–20–7
50	L	February 5, 1974	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	22–21–7
51	L	February 7, 1974	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	22–22–7
52	L	February 9, 1974	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	22–23–7
53	L	February 10, 1974	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	22–24–7
54	L	February 12, 1974	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	22–25–7
55	T	February 14, 1974	2–2	New York Islanders (1973–74)	22–25–8
56	L	February 16, 1974	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	22–26–8
57	W	February 19, 1974	7–1	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	23–26–8
58	T	February 20, 1974	1–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	23–26–9
59	L	February 23, 1974	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	23–27–9
60	L	February 24, 1974	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	23–28–9
61	T	February 27, 1974	2–2	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	23–28–10
62	L	March 2, 1974	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	23–29–10
63	L	March 6, 1974	0–8	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	23–30–10
64	L	March 9, 1974	5–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	23–31–10
65	L	March 10, 1974	1–8	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	23–32–10
66	W	March 12, 1974	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	24–32–10
67	L	March 14, 1974	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	24–33–10
68	T	March 16, 1974	2–2	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	24–33–11
69	L	March 19, 1974	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	24–34–11
70	L	March 21, 1974	0–7	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	24–35–11
71	L	March 23, 1974	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	24–36–11
72	L	March 24, 1974	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	24–37–11
73	L	March 27, 1974	2–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	24–38–11
74	W	March 30, 1974	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	25–38–11
75	T	March 31, 1974	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	25–38–12
76	W	April 2, 1974	5–3	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	26–38–12
77	L	April 6, 1974	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	26–39–12
78	L	April 7, 1974	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	26–40–12

Playoffs

The Blues failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	78	33	35	68	96	-17	9	1	4
Plante, PierrePierre Plante	RW	78	26	28	54	85	-14	8	0	3
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	LW	69	15	29	44	82	-9	4	0	5
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	64	20	23	43	32	-11	2	0	4
Angotti, LouLou Angotti	C/RW	51	12	23	35	9	-3	1	0	5
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	77	11	22	33	58	-19	0	0	1
Sabourin, GaryGary Sabourin	RW	54	7	23	30	27	-9	1	0	0
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	72	6	20	26	99	-11	1	0	0
Giroux, LarryLarry Giroux	D	74	5	17	22	59	-14	2	0	1
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	75	5	16	21	51	-7	1	0	0
Polis, GregGreg Polis	LW	37	8	12	20	24	-7	3	0	0
Harbaruk, NickNick Harbaruk	RW	56	5	14	19	16	4	0	1	1
Kelly, BobBob Kelly	LW	37	9	8	17	45	1	2	0	0
Brooks, GordGord Brooks	RW	30	6	8	14	12	0	0	0	1
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	61	3	10	13	48	9	0	1	1
Williams, ButchButch Williams	RW	31	3	10	13	6	2	0	0	0
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	D	23	3	9	12	11	6	1	0	0
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	D	54	4	7	11	8	5	0	1	0
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	22	7	3	10	20	-1	0	0	0
Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano	D	36	4	5	9	146	-1	2	0	0
Wright, JohnJohn Wright	C	32	3	6	9	22	-1	0	0	0
Gardner, DaveDave Gardner	C	15	5	2	7	6	-6	1	0	0
Collins, BillBill Collins	RW	12	2	2	4	14	-10	0	0	0
Collyard, BobBob Collyard	C	10	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	24	0	4	4	16	-2	0	0	0
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff	D	28	0	3	3	84	-16	0	0	0
Hamel, JeanJean Hamel	D	23	1	1	2	6	-3	0	0	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	15	1	1	2	10	-4	0	0	0
Lampman, MikeMike Lampman	LW	15	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
Egers, JackJack Egers	RW	6	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	G	40	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Watson, BryanBryan Watson	D	11	0	1	1	19	0	0	0	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	G	39	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Forey, ConnieConnie Forey	LW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MacNeil, BernieBernie MacNeil	LW	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Patrick, GlennGlenn Patrick	D	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Spring, FrankFrank Spring	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Watt, JimJim Watt	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wensink, JohnJohn Wensink	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	2300	39	13	19	7	118	3.08	0
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	2360	40	13	21	5	123	3.13	2
Watt, JimJim Watt	20	1	0	0	0	2	6.00	0
Team:	4680	78	26	40	12	243	3.12	2

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

↑ "1973-1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1973-74 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

"1973–74 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

St. Louis Blues

Founded in 1967 Based in St. Louis, Missouri

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History	1967 expansion Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner(s) SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC (Tom Stillman, chairman) General manager Doug Armstrong Head coach Ken Hitchcock Team captain David Backes Current roster

Arenas	St. Louis Arena Scottrade Center

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

Affiliates	AHL Chicago Wolves

General managers	Patrick Bowman Abel Catto Ehman Ball Francis Caron Keenan Caron Pleau Armstrong

Head coaches	Patrick Bowman Arbour Bowman Abel McCreary, Sr. Arbour Talbot Angotti Patrick Young Patrick Boivin Francis Boivin Plager Berenson Francis Plager Demers Martin Sutter Plager Berry Keenan Roberts Quenneville Kitchen Murray Payne Hitchcock

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St. Louis Blues seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

1973–74 NHL season

East	Boston Buffalo Detroit Montreal NY Islanders NY Rangers Toronto Vancouver

West	Atlanta California Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1973–74 St. Louis Blues season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

See also

References

External links