The 1973–74 NHL season was the 57th season of the National Hockey League. Sixteen teams each played 78 games. A new award, the Jack Adams for the best coach, was introduced for this season. The first winner was Fred Shero of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Final standings 1.2 Scoring leaders 1.3 Leading goaltenders 2 Playoffs 2.1 Playoff bracket 2.2 Finals 3 NHL awards 3.1 All-Star teams 4 Debuts 5 Last games 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Regular season

The Philadelphia Flyers, who developed the nickname "Broad Street Bullies" because of their physical style of play, dethroned the Chicago Black Hawks as the West Division champions behind the dominant play of Bobby Clarke and Bernie Parent.

In the East Division, the Boston Bruins regained the top spot in the East and the league, behind an ongoing offensive juggernaut that saw Bruins' players finish 1-2-3-4 in NHL scoring (Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Ken Hodge and Wayne Cashman) for the second and most recent time in league history.

[edit] Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Boston Bruins	78	52	17	9	113	349	221	968
Montreal Canadiens	78	45	24	9	99	293	240	761
New York Rangers	78	40	24	14	94	300	251	782
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	35	27	16	86	274	230	903
Buffalo Sabres	78	32	34	12	76	242	250	787
Detroit Red Wings	78	29	39	10	68	255	319	917
Vancouver Canucks	78	24	43	11	59	224	296	952
New York Islanders	78	19	41	18	56	182	247	1075

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Philadelphia Flyers	78	50	16	12	112	273	164	1750
Chicago Black Hawks	78	41	14	23	105	272	164	877
Los Angeles Kings	78	33	33	12	78	233	231	1055
Atlanta Flames	78	30	34	14	74	214	238	841
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	28	41	9	65	242	273	950
St. Louis Blues	78	26	40	12	64	206	248	1147
Minnesota North Stars	78	23	38	17	63	235	275	821
California Golden Seals	78	13	55	10	36	195	342	651

[edit] Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Phil Esposito	Boston Bruins	78	68	77	145	58
Bobby Orr	Boston Bruins	74	32	90	122	82
Ken Hodge	Boston Bruins	76	50	55	105	43
Wayne Cashman	Boston Bruins	78	30	59	89	111
Bobby Clarke	Philadelphia Flyers	77	35	52	87	113
Rick Martin	Buffalo Sabres	78	52	34	86	38
Syl Apps Jr.	Pittsburgh Penguins	77	24	61	85	37
Darryl Sittler	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	38	46	84	55
Lowell MacDonald	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	43	39	82	14
Brad Park	New York Rangers	78	25	57	82	148

[edit] Leading goaltenders

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Playoff bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Stanley Cup Final

E1

Boston Bruins

4

E4

Toronto Maple Leafs

0

E1

Boston Bruins

4

W2

Chicago Black Hawks

2

W2

Chicago Black Hawks

4

W3

Los Angeles Kings

1

E1

Boston Bruins

2

W1

Philadelphia Flyers

4

W1

Philadelphia Flyers

4

W4

Atlanta Flames

0

W1

Philadelphia Flyers

4

E3

New York Rangers

3

E2

Montreal Canadiens

2

E3

New York Rangers

4

[edit] Finals

Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2, winning the cup with a Game 6 1–0 victory. In doing so, the Flyers became the first expansion team to win the Cup in the post-Original Six era.

[edit] NHL awards

Prince of Wales Trophy:	Boston Bruins
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	Philadelphia Flyers
Art Ross Trophy:	Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Henri Richard, Montreal Canadiens
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Denis Potvin, New York Islanders
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Bernie Parent, Philadelphia Flyers
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins
Jack Adams Award:	Fred Shero, Philadelphia Flyers
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Johnny Bucyk, Boston Bruins
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Bobby Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
Vezina Trophy:	Tony Esposito, Chicago Black Hawks tied Bernie Parent, Philadelphia Flyers
Lester Patrick Trophy:	Alex Delvecchio, Murray Murdoch, Weston W. Adams, Sr., Charles L. Crovat

[edit] All-Star teams

First team	Position	Second team
Bernie Parent, Philadelphia Flyers	G	Tony Esposito, Chicago Black Hawks
Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins	D	Bill White, Chicago Black Hawks
Brad Park, New York Rangers	D	Barry Ashbee, Philadelphia Flyers
Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins	C	Bobby Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers
Ken Hodge, Boston Bruins	RW	Mickey Redmond, Detroit Red Wings
Chris Martin, Buffalo Sabres	LW	Wayne Cashman, Boston Bruins

[edit] Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1973–74 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

• Eric Vail, Atlanta Flames
• Tom Lysiak, Atlanta Flames
• Peter McNab, Buffalo Sabres
• Darcy Rota, Chicago Black Hawks
• Blake Dunlop, Minnesota North Stars
• Bob Gainey, Montreal Canadiens
• Michel Larocque, Montreal Canadiens
• Denis Potvin, New York Islanders
• Chico Resch, New York Islanders
• Dave Lewis, New York Islanders
• Al MacAdam, Philadelphia Flyers
• Blaine Stoughton, Pittsburgh Penguins
• John Davidson, St. Louis Blues
• Inge Hammarstrom, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Borje Salming, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Lanny McDonald, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Bob Dailey, Vancouver Canucks
• Dennis Ververgaert, Vancouver Canucks

[edit] Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1973–74 (listed with their last team):

• Tim Horton, Buffalo Sabres
• Alex Delvecchio, Detroit Red Wings
• Dean Prentice, Minnesota North Stars
• Gump Worsley, Minnesota North Stars
• Frank Mahovlich, Montreal Canadiens
• Jacques Laperriere, Montreal Canadiens
• Barry Ashbee, Philadelphia Flyers
• Orland Kurtenbach, Vancouver Canucks

NOTE: Prentice and Mahovlich would finish their major professional careers in the World Hockey Association.

[edit] See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 1973 NHL Amateur Draft
• 27th National Hockey League All-Star Game
• National Hockey League All-Star Game
• List of WHA seasons
• 1973 in sports
• 1974 in sports

[edit] References

• Hockey Database
• NHL.com

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