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1974-75 Results After showing little improvement in their first four seasons, the Vancouver Canucks had a breakthrough year in 1974-75. With the NHL expanding to eighteen teams, the league was divided into four divisions. The Canucks joined the new Smythe Division along with Chicago, Minnesota, St. Louis, and Kansas City. Most experts picked the Canucks to finish fourth although there was some doubt if they'd even be able to finish ahead of the expansion Scouts. Even the Canucks didn't expect to finish higher than second place in a division with the powerful Black Hawks. Very early in the season, the Canucks made trades to obtain Garry Monahan, Gerry Meehan, Mike Robitaille and John Grisdale. The newcomers, along with veterans like Andre Boudrias, Don Lever, John Gould, Dennis Ververgaert and Gary Smith, led the team to the best start in their history. By the end of December, Phil Maloney's squad had built up a commanding lead on the Hawks for first place in the Smythe Division. Injuries and a lengthy road trip led to a record nine game losing streak that saw Chicago close to within a couple of points of the Canucks. The race for first in the Smythe Division went down to the wire, with Vancouver, Chicago and St. Louis finishing within four points of each other. By virtue of the fact that the Canucks finished first in the division, they received a bye through the first round of the playoffs. In the quarter finals, they met with Montreal, a team that they had never beaten in their five year history. Gary Smith's heroics in the second game of the playoffs led to the first win over Montreal and the first playoff win in team history. Unfortunately, there was to be no major upset here as the Canucks finally fell in five games. Despite the disappointment of losing in the playoffs, the Canucks could feel proud that they had finally proved that they belonged in this league. |
Regular Season DATE H/A OPPOSITION SCORE OT GP W L T GF GA PTS AVG HISTORICAL NOTES
OCT 9 H ATLANTA 3-3 T 1 0 0 1 3 3 1 0.500 Ververgaert gets tying goal
OCT 12 H ST. LOUIS 3-5 L 2 0 1 1 6 8 1 0.250 Goalie Ken Lockett makes debut
OCT 15 A ST. LOUIS 6-4 W 3 1 1 1 12 12 3 0.500 Boudrias gets three assists
OCT 16 A MINNESOTA 1-1 T 4 1 1 2 13 13 4 0.500 Lever opens the scoring
OCT 19 A TORONTO 5-4 W 5 2 1 2 18 17 6 0.600 Canucks trail 4-1 in third
OCT 20 A NY RANGERS 1-0 W 6 3 1 2 19 17 8 0.667 Smith stops 33 shots
OCT 22 H MINNESOTA 2-3 L 7 3 2 2 21 20 8 0.571 All scoring in third period
OCT 25 H KANSAS CITY 5-3 W 8 4 2 2 26 23 10 0.625 First game agaist the Scouts
OCT 26 H PHILADELPHIA 2-3 L 9 4 3 2 28 26 10 0.556 Canucks lead 2-0 after first
OCT 29 H DETROIT 7-0 W 10 5 3 2 35 26 12 0.600 Oddleifson scores at 0:11
NOV 1 H PITTSBURGH 7-4 W 11 6 3 2 42 30 14 0.636 Lever, Lalonde two goals each
NOV 5 H NY RANGERS 2-1 W 12 7 3 2 44 31 16 0.667 Boudrias gets 100th goal
NOV 7 A KANSAS CITY 6-4 W 13 8 3 2 50 35 18 0.692 Oddleifson has four point night
NOV 9 A MONTREAL 3-4 L 14 8 4 2 53 39 18 0.643 Canadien Shutt gets hat trick
NOV 10 A DETROIT 4-2 W 15 9 4 2 57 41 20 0.667 Canucks lead 4-0 after first
NOV 12 H CHICAGO 1-0 W 16 10 4 2 58 41 22 0.688 Gould scores only goal of game
NOV 15 H LOS ANGELES 2-2 T 17 10 4 3 60 43 23 0.676 Lever, Lalonde score
NOV 16 H TORONTO 5-2 W 18 11 4 3 65 45 25 0.694 Ververgaert 1 goal, 2 assists
NOV 19 H ST. LOUIS 6-3 W 19 12 4 3 71 48 27 0.711 Gerry Meehan gets game winner
NOV 21 A PHILADELPHIA 4-3 W 20 13 4 3 75 51 29 0.725 Oddleifson scores late in third
NOV 23 A NY ISLANDERS 3-3 T 21 13 4 4 78 54 30 0.714 Oddleifson has two point night
NOV 24 A BOSTON 4-7 L 22 13 5 4 82 61 30 0.682 Canucks down 3-1 after two
NOV 26 A KANSAS CITY 3-4 L 23 13 6 4 85 65 30 0.652 Gregg Boddy two point night
NOV 27 A ST. LOUIS 6-1 W 24 14 6 4 91 66 32 0.667 John Gould two goals in first
NOV 30 H NY ISLANDERS 3-0 W 25 15 6 4 94 66 34 0.680 Lalonde has three point night
DEC 3 H MINNESOTA 6-5 W 26 16 6 4 100 71 36 0.692 Boddy wins it late in third
DEC 6 H ATLANTA 7-5 W 27 17 6 4 107 76 38 0.704 Oddleifson records hat trick
DEC 8 A DETROIT 2-4 L 28 17 7 4 109 80 38 0.679 Lever records two points
DEC 10 H CALIFORNIA 3-0 W 29 18 7 4 112 80 40 0.690 Bordeleau scores twice
DEC 12 A BUFFALO 5-3 W 30 19 7 4 117 83 42 0.700 O'Flaherty records four points
DEC 14 A KANSAS CITY 2-2 T 31 19 7 5 119 85 43 0.694 O'Flaherty, Oddleifson score
DEC 15 A CHICAGO 2-4 L 32 19 8 5 121 89 43 0.672 Boddy, Meehan score
DEC 17 H WASHINGTON 4-2 W 33 20 8 5 125 91 45 0.682 Tracy Pratt scores twice
DEC 20 H MONTREAL 1-6 L 34 20 9 5 126 97 45 0.662 Boudrias opens scoring
DEC 22 A CALIFORNIA 6-4 W 35 21 9 5 132 101 47 0.671 Lalonde records three points
DEC 26 A LOS ANGELES 1-5 L 36 21 10 5 133 106 47 0.653 O'Flaherty scores lone goal
DEC 28 H BOSTON 6-4 W 37 22 10 5 139 110 49 0.662 Bruins up 4-3 in second
JAN 1 H PHILADELPHIA 0-2 L 38 22 11 5 139 112 49 0.645 Flyer Parent gets shutout
JAN 4 A PITTSBURGH 3-4 L 39 22 12 5 142 116 49 0.628 Canucks down 4-1 in second
JAN 5 A NY RANGERS 2-6 L 40 22 13 5 144 122 49 0.613 First NHL point for Sedlbauer
JAN 8 A TORONTO 4-6 L 41 22 14 5 148 128 49 0.598 First NHL goal for Snepsts
JAN 9 A BOSTON 1-5 L 42 22 15 5 149 133 49 0.583 Bruin Esposito gets hat trick
JAN 12 A BUFFALO 1-5 L 43 22 16 5 150 138 49 0.570 Dailey scores lone goal
JAN 15 A CHICAGO 1-2 L 44 22 17 5 151 140 49 0.557 Dailey only scorer again
JAN 17 H BUFFALO 2-4 L 45 22 18 5 153 144 49 0.544 Monahan, De Marco score
JAN 18 H NY RANGERS 2-3 L 46 22 19 5 155 147 49 0.533 Team record ninth loss in a row
JAN 23 A WASHINGTON 3-2 W 47 23 19 5 158 149 51 0.543 Lever's winner snaps streak
JAN 24 A ATLANTA 4-1 W 48 24 19 5 162 150 53 0.552 Lever scores a pair
JAN 26 H TORONTO 6-4 W 49 25 19 5 168 154 55 0.561 First NHL goal for Sedlbauer
JAN 28 H MONTREAL 1-3 L 50 25 20 5 169 157 55 0.550 Monahan scores lone goal
FEB 1 H WASHINGTON 5-2 W 51 26 20 5 174 159 57 0.559 Don Lever records hat trick
FEB 4 H PITTSBURGH 2-3 L 52 26 21 5 176 162 57 0.548 De Marco, Meehan score
FEB 7 H CHICAGO 3-1 W 53 27 21 5 179 163 59 0.557 Gould has a three point night
FEB 11 H KANSAS CITY 4-0 W 54 28 21 5 183 163 61 0.565 Gary Smith makes 30 saves
FEB 14 H DETROIT 5-4 W 55 29 21 5 188 167 63 0.573 Boudrias records four points
FEB 15 H ATLANTA 3-3 T 56 29 21 6 191 170 64 0.571 Lever scores twice, one assist
FEB 18 H BOSTON 1-3 L 57 29 22 6 192 173 64 0.561 Lever gets lone goal
FEB 21 A NY ISLANDERS 4-1 W 58 30 22 6 196 174 66 0.569 Gould gets natural hat trick
FEB 22 A MINNESOTA 1-4 L 59 30 23 6 197 178 66 0.559 Ververgaert scores lone goal
FEB 26 A MONTREAL 3-4 L 60 30 24 6 200 182 66 0.550 Gould records two points
FEB 27 A PHILADELPHIA 1-3 L 61 30 25 6 201 185 66 0.541 Ab De Marco scores lone goal
MAR 1 A PITTSBURGH 3-7 L 62 30 26 6 204 192 66 0.532 Canucks down 4-0 after first
MAR 2 A WASHINGTON 7-3 W 63 31 26 6 211 195 68 0.540 Bordeleau, Ververgaert two each
MAR 4 A MINNESOTA 4-6 L 64 31 27 6 215 201 68 0.531 Boudrias scores a pair
MAR 5 A ST. LOUIS 2-5 L 65 31 28 6 217 206 68 0.523 Blues lead 4-0 in first
MAR 7 H CHICAGO 2-1 W 66 32 28 6 219 207 70 0.530 Rochefort scores game winner
MAR 8 H NY ISLANDERS 5-7 L 67 32 29 6 224 214 70 0.522 Lalonde has a three piont game
MAR 11 H KANSAS CITY 3-3 T 68 32 29 7 227 217 71 0.522 Lever scores two in third
MAR 14 H BUFFALO 5-1 W 69 33 29 7 232 218 73 0.529 Smith shutout ends late in game
MAR 16 A CHICAGO 4-3 W 70 34 29 7 236 221 75 0.536 O'Flaherty scores two goals
MAR 18 A NY ISLANDERS 4-4 T 71 34 29 8 240 225 76 0.535 Lever ties game in third
MAR 19 A NY RANGERS 0-3 L 72 34 30 8 240 228 76 0.528 Ranger Giacomin records shutout
MAR 21 A ATLANTA 4-12L 73 34 31 8 244 240 76 0.521 O'Flaherty manages hat trick
MAR 23 H ST. LOUIS 3-3 T 74 34 31 9 247 243 77 0.520 Dailey has a three point game
MAR 25 H PHILADELPHIA 3-5 L 75 34 32 9 250 248 77 0.513 Canucks up 3-2 in second
MAR 28 H LOS ANGELES 4-2 W 76 35 32 9 254 250 79 0.520 Lever records three points
MAR 29 A LOS ANGELES 3-3 T 77 35 32 10 257 253 80 0.519 Lockett begins shutout sequence
APR 1 H CALIFORNIA 7-0 W 78 36 32 10 264 253 82 0.526 Lever scores 38th goal
APR 2 A CALIFORNIA 3-0 W 79 37 32 10 267 253 84 0.532 Lockett second straight shutout
APR 4 H MINNESOTA 4-1 W 80 38 32 10 271 254 86 0.538 Lever on ice for final 5:00
Canucks finish first in Smythe Division
DATE H/A OPPOSITION SCORE OT GP W L T GF GA PTS AVG HISTORICAL NOTES
APR 13 A MONTREAL 2-6 L 1 0 1 0 2 6 0 0.000 First ever playoff game
APR 15 A MONTREAL 2-1 W 2 1 1 0 4 7 2 0.500 First ever playoff win
APR 17 H MONTREAL 1-4 L 3 1 2 0 5 11 2 0.333 First playoff game at Coliseum
APR 19 H MONTREAL 0-4 L 4 1 3 0 5 15 2 0.250 Canadien Dryden gets shutout
APR 22 A MONTREAL 4-5 L OT 5 1 4 0 9 20 2 0.200 First ever overtime game
Montreal wins best of seven series 4 games to 1
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