1974–75 St. Louis Blues season

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team
26	Bob Hess	Defence	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
43	Gordon Buynak	Defence	United States	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
79	Mike Zuke	Centre	Canada	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
87	Don Wheldon	Defence	United States	London Knights (OMJHL)
97	Mike Thompson	Defence	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
115	Terry Casey	Right Wing	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
132	Rod Tordoff	Defence	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
149	Paul Touzin	Goaltender	Canada	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
165	John Ahern	Defence	United States	Brown University (ECAC)
180	Mitch Babin	Centre	Canada	North Bay Trappers (OPJHL)
194	Doug Allan	Goaltender	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1974 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved February 20, 2014.}

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Vancouver Canucks	80	38	32	10	271	254	+17	86
2	St. Louis Blues	80	35	31	14	269	267	+2	84
3	Chicago Blackhawks	80	37	35	8	268	241	+27	82
4	Minnesota North Stars	80	23	50	7	221	341	−120	53
5	Kansas City Scouts	80	15	54	11	184	328	−144	41

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 9, 1974	4–4	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	0–0–1
2	W	October 12, 1974	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	1–0–1
3	L	October 15, 1974	4–6	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	1–1–1
4	W	October 17, 1974	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	2–1–1
5	L	October 19, 1974	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	2–2–1
6	L	October 23, 1974	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	2–3–1
7	T	October 24, 1974	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	2–3–2
8	L	October 26, 1974	0–2	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	2–4–2
9	L	October 27, 1974	3–10	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	2–5–2
10	T	October 31, 1974	1–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	2–5–3
11	W	November 2, 1974	9–0	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	3–5–3
12	L	November 5, 1974	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	3–6–3
13	W	November 9, 1974	4–2	New York Islanders (1974–75)	4–6–3
14	W	November 12, 1974	4–3	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	5–6–3
15	L	November 13, 1974	3–5	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	5–7–3
16	W	November 16, 1974	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	6–7–3
17	L	November 19, 1974	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	6–8–3
18	L	November 21, 1974	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	6–9–3
19	W	November 23, 1974	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	7–9–3
20	T	November 25, 1974	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	7–9–4
21	L	November 27, 1974	1–6	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	7–10–4
22	L	November 30, 1974	1–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	7–11–4
23	T	December 1, 1974	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	7–11–5
24	W	December 3, 1974	5–1	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	8–11–5
25	W	December 7, 1974	8–2	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	9–11–5
26	W	December 8, 1974	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	10–11–5
27	L	December 10, 1974	2–3	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	10–12–5
28	W	December 12, 1974	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	11–12–5
29	W	December 14, 1974	6–2	New York Rangers (1974–75)	12–12–5
30	L	December 15, 1974	2–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	12–13–5
31	W	December 17, 1974	8–4	New York Islanders (1974–75)	13–13–5
32	L	December 20, 1974	2–6	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	13–14–5
33	W	December 21, 1974	6–4	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	14–14–5
34	T	December 26, 1974	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	14–14–6
35	W	December 28, 1974	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	15–14–6
36	L	December 29, 1974	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	15–15–6
37	W	January 2, 1975	2–1	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	16–15–6
38	L	January 4, 1975	1–4	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	16–16–6
39	L	January 5, 1975	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	16–17–6
40	L	January 7, 1975	2–3	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	16–18–6
41	L	January 11, 1975	3–5	New York Rangers (1974–75)	16–19–6
42	W	January 12, 1975	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	17–19–6
43	T	January 14, 1975	3–3	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	17–19–7
44	L	January 15, 1975	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	17–20–7
45	W	January 18, 1975	5–4	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	18–20–7
46	L	January 23, 1975	2–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	18–21–7
47	L	January 25, 1975	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	18–22–7
48	T	January 28, 1975	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	18–22–8
49	W	January 31, 1975	4–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	19–22–8
50	T	February 1, 1975	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	19–22–9
51	L	February 4, 1975	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	19–23–9
52	W	February 7, 1975	5–0	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	20–23–9
53	T	February 8, 1975	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	20–23–10
54	W	February 11, 1975	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	21–23–10
55	W	February 15, 1975	7–1	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	22–23–10
56	T	February 16, 1975	4–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	22–23–11
57	T	February 18, 1975	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	22–23–12
58	L	February 22, 1975	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	22–24–12
59	W	February 23, 1975	7–2	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	23–24–12
60	L	February 25, 1975	0–3	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	23–25–12
61	L	February 26, 1975	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1974–75)	23–26–12
62	W	March 1, 1975	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	24–26–12
63	L	March 2, 1975	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	24–27–12
64	W	March 5, 1975	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	25–27–12
65	T	March 8, 1975	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	25–27–13
66	W	March 9, 1975	5–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	26–27–13
67	W	March 11, 1975	3–0	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	27–27–13
68	W	March 12, 1975	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	28–27–13
69	W	March 14, 1975	6–1	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	29–27–13
70	L	March 16, 1975	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	29–28–13
71	W	March 18, 1975	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	30–28–13
72	L	March 20, 1975	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	30–29–13
73	L	March 21, 1975	4–7	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	30–30–13
74	T	March 23, 1975	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	30–30–14
75	W	March 26, 1975	3–1	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	31–30–14
76	W	March 29, 1975	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	32–30–14
77	W	April 1, 1975	7–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	33–30–14
78	L	April 2, 1975	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	33–31–14
79	W	April 5, 1975	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	34–31–14
80	W	April 6, 1975	3–2	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	35–31–14

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	80	36	44	80	123	-1	10	0	8
Plante, PierrePierre Plante	RW	80	34	32	66	125	16	4	0	4
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	76	28	37	65	57	29	2	0	3
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	57	23	26	49	24	6	5	2	3
Sacharuk, LarryLarry Sacharuk	D	76	20	22	42	24	-9	11	0	1
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	49	15	26	41	113	-4	4	0	1
Hess, BobBob Hess	D	76	9	30	39	58	7	4	0	1
Collins, BillBill Collins	RW	70	22	15	37	34	4	2	2	2
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	77	9	27	36	106	13	0	0	0
Palazzari, DougDoug Palazzari	C	73	14	17	31	19	8	0	1	1
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	44	12	19	31	12	-7	4	1	1
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	76	4	24	28	96	20	0	0	1
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	56	10	17	27	38	7	0	0	1
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff	D	60	4	14	18	222	11	1	0	1
Patrick, CraigCraig Patrick	RW	43	6	9	15	6	6	0	0	2
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	73	1	14	15	53	10	0	0	0
Richardson, KenKen Richardson	C	21	5	7	12	12	4	1	0	1
Ogilvie, BrianBrian Ogilvie	C	20	5	5	10	4	-4	0	0	2
Lukowich, BernieBernie Lukowich	RW	26	4	5	9	2	4	2	0	2
Dupere, DenisDenis Dupere	LW	22	3	6	9	8	4	1	0	0
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	20	0	8	8	4	-8	0	0	0
Wilson, RickRick Wilson	D	76	2	5	7	83	12	0	0	0
Gilbertson, StanStan Gilbertson	LW	22	1	4	5	4	-5	0	0	0
Kuntz, MurrayMurray Kuntz	LW	7	1	2	3	0	6	0	0	0
Stumpf, BobBob Stumpf	RW/D	7	1	1	2	16	2	0	0	0
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck	D	13	0	2	2	4	7	0	0	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	G	40	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
Gardner, DaveDave Gardner	C	8	0	2	2	0	-3	0	0	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	7	0	2	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger	G	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	D	20	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Borotsik, JackJack Borotsik	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buynak, GordGord Buynak	D	4	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McCrimmon, JimJim McCrimmon	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spring, FrankFrank Spring	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Wheldon, DonDon Wheldon	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	2360	40	17	15	7	144	3.66	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	1800	30	12	13	5	93	3.10	2
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger	640	11	6	3	2	29	2.72	1
Team:	4800	80	35	31	14	266	3.32	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	2	1	3	4	6	0
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	2	1	1	2	0	0
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	2	1	1	2	0	1
Sacharuk, LarryLarry Sacharuk	D	2	1	1	2	2	0
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	2	1	0	1	0	1
Collins, BillBill Collins	RW	2	1	0	1	0	0
Patrick, CraigCraig Patrick	RW	2	0	1	1	0	0
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	2	0	1	1	14	0
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	2	0	1	1	0	0
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	G	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hess, BobBob Hess	D	1	0	0	0	2	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0
Lukowich, BernieBernie Lukowich	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
Palazzari, DougDoug Palazzari	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	2	0	0	0	20	0
Plante, PierrePierre Plante	RW	2	0	0	0	8	0
Wilson, RickRick Wilson	D	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	60	1	1	4	4.00
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	60	1	1	5	5.00
Team:	120	2	2	9	4.50

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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

Blues on Hockey Database

↑ "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1974-75 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

1974–75 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo California Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Kansas City Minnesota St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Amateur Draft Expansion Draft Taro Tsujimoto All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

St. Louis Blues

Founded in 1967 Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

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

Media	TV FS Midwest Radio KMOX Newsradio (1120 AM)

Culture and lore	The Monday Night Miracle Louie the Bear Saint Louis Blues (song) "When the Blues Go Marching In" Dan Kelly

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

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