1974–75 Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades season

The 1974–75 Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades season was the third season of the former Los Angeles Sharks franchise. Prior to the season, the team relocated to Detroit, and then relocated to Baltimore partway through the season. The team finished fifth in the Western Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

1974–75 Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades
Division	5th West
1974–75 record	21–53–4
Goals for	205
Goals against	341
Team information
Coach	Johnny Wilson
Captain	Larry Johnston (until mid-February) John Miszuk
Alternate captains	Gary Veneruzzo Paul Curtis J.P. LeBlanc

Regular season

Final standings

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Houston Aeros	78	53	25	0	106	369	247	1257
San Diego Mariners	78	43	31	4	90	326	268	1058
Minnesota Fighting Saints	78	42	33	3	87	308	279	1233
Phoenix Roadrunners	78	39	31	8	86	300	265	1388
Michigan Stags / Baltimore Blades	78	21	53	4	46	205	341	1104

Michigan Stags Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 17, 1974	4–2	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	1–0–0
2	L	October 19, 1974	1–2 OT	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	1–1–0
3	L	October 20, 1974	3–4	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	1–2–0
4	L	October 23, 1974	2–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	1–3–0
5	L	October 27, 1974	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	1–4–0
6	W	October 29, 1974	4–3 OT	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	2–4–0
7	L	October 31, 1974	2–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	2–5–0
8	L	November 2, 1974	3–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	2–6–0
9	L	November 3, 1974	3–11	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	2–7–0
10	L	November 5, 1974	2–5	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	2–8–0
11	L	November 10, 1974	1–6	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	2–9–0
12	L	November 12, 1974	4–5	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	2–10–0
13	W	November 14, 1974	4–2	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	3–10–0
14	L	November 16, 1974	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	3–11–0
15	L	November 17, 1974	1–6	New England Whalers (1974–75)	3–12–0
16	W	November 21, 1974	2–1	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	4–12–0
17	L	November 22, 1974	3–5	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	4–13–0
18	W	November 24, 1974	3–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	5–13–0
19	L	November 26, 1974	1–5	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	5–14–0
20	L	November 29, 1974	6–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	5–15–0
21	W	December 3, 1974	2–1	New England Whalers (1974–75)	6–15–0
22	W	December 5, 1974	5–3	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	7–15–0
23	L	December 7, 1974	2–4	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	7–16–0
24	L	December 8, 1974	0–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	7–17–0
25	T	December 10, 1974	4–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	7–17–1
26	W	December 12, 1974	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	8–17–1
27	L	December 14, 1974	0–6	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	8–18–1
28	L	December 15, 1974	2–7	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	8–19–1
29	T	December 17, 1974	2–2	New England Whalers (1974–75)	8–19–2
30	W	December 19, 1974	1–0	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	9–19–2
31	L	December 20, 1974	2–7	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	9–20–2
32	W	December 22, 1974	3–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	10–20–2
33	L	December 26, 1974	1–8	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	10–21–2
34	L	December 28, 1974	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	10–22–2
35	W	December 29, 1974	4–3	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	11–22–2
36	T	December 31, 1974	1–1	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	11–22–3
37	L	January 2, 1975	3–6	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	11–23–3
38	L	January 4, 1975	2–5	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	11–24–3
39	W	January 5, 1975	3–1	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	12–24–3
40	L	January 7, 1975	2–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	12–25–3
41	W	January 9, 1975	5–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	13–25–3
42	L	January 10, 1975	2–5	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	13–26–3
43	L	January 18, 1975	1–2	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	13–27–3

Baltimore Blades Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Gary Veneruzzo W 77 33 27 60 57 -45 9 0 0 J.P. LeBlanc C 78 16 33 49 100 -52 3 3 0 Gary Bredin RW 67 15 21 36 29 -37 1 0 0 Steve West C 50 15 18 33 4 -5 5 0 0 Tom Serviss C 60 12 17 29 18 -35 2 0 0 Danny Gruen LW 34 10 16 26 73 -12 3 0 0 Steve Richardson LW 47 8 18 26 58 -16 0 0 0 Bill Evo RW 49 13 9 22 32 -25 0 0 0 Alton White RW 27 9 12 21 8 -15 4 0 0 Reg Thomas LW 50 8 13 21 42 -23 2 0 0 Barry Legge D 36 3 18 21 20 -19 3 0 0 John Miszuk D 66 2 19 21 56 -29 0 0 0 Paul Curtis D 76 4 15 19 32 -63 1 0 0 Marc Tardif LW 23 12 5 17 9 -1 2 0 0 Randy Legge D 78 1 14 15 69 -40 0 0 0 Alain Caron RW 47 8 5 13 4 -15 5 0 0 Fred Speck C 30 4 8 12 18 0 0 0 0 Jerry Zrymiak D 48 3 9 12 53 -23 0 0 0 Steve Andrascik RW 57 4 7 11 42 -18 0 0 0 Pierre Guite LW 13 5 4 9 11 0 0 0 0 Guy Trottier RW 17 5 4 9 2 0 0 0 0 Len Fontaine RW 21 1 8 9 6 0 0 0 0 Larry Johnston D 49 0 9 9 93 0 0 0 0 Eddie Johnstone RW 23 4 4 8 43 0 0 0 0 Brian McDonald C 18 3 5 8 15 -11 2 0 0 Arnie Brown D 50 3 4 7 27 -32 1 0 0 Steve Sutherland LW 22 1 5 6 37 -10 0 0 0 Jacques Locas C 12 1 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 Michel Rouleau C 7 0 3 3 25 0 0 0 0 Paul Larose RW 5 1 1 2 2 -2 0 0 0 Gary Sittler D 5 1 1 2 14 0 0 0 0 Craig Reichmuth LW 16 0 2 2 23 0 0 0 0 Gerry Desjardins G 41 0 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 Bob Jones LW 5 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 Claude Chartre C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Goldthorpe LW 7 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 Paul Hoganson G 32 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 Jim McLeod G 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Reed D 11 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Gerry Desjardins 2282 41 9 28 1 162 4.26 0 Paul Hoganson 1776 32 9 19 2 121 4.09 2 Jim McLeod 694 16 3 6 1 53 4.58 0 Team: 4752 78 21 53 4 336 4.24 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;

Draft picks

Michigan's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Bill Reed (D)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
2	19	Rick Blight (RW)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
3	34	Barry Legge (D)	Canada	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
3	40	Paul Nicholson (LW)	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
5	63	Larry Finck (D)	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
6	78	Ed Johnstone (RW)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7	93	Ron Pronchuk (D)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
8	108	Paul Touzin (G)	Canada	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
9	123	Terry Casey (RW)	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
11	151	Dave Groulx (F)	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)
12	164	John Riley (D)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (SOJHL)

See also

• 1974–75 WHA season