1974–75 Indianapolis Racers season

1974–75 Indianapolis Racers
Division	4th Eastern
1974–75 record	18–57–3
Home record	13–26–0
Road record	5–31–3
Goals for	216
Goals against	338
Team information
Coach	Gerry Moore
Captain	Nick Harbaruk
Alternate captains	Bob Woytowich Bob Sicinski Ken Block
Arena	Market Square Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Bob Whitlock (31)
Assists	Bob Sicinski (34)
Points	Bob Whitlock (57)
Penalty minutes	Bob Fitchner (96)
Wins	Andy Brown (15)
Goals against average	Andy Brown (4.15)

The 1974–75 Indianapolis Racers season was the first season of operation of the Indianapolis Racers in the World Hockey Association. The Racers finished fourth to miss the playoffs.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
New England Whalers	78	43	30	5	91	274	279	867
Cleveland Crusaders	78	35	40	3	73	236	258	1273
Chicago Cougars	78	30	47	1	61	261	312	1086
Indianapolis Racers	78	18	57	3	39	216	338	970

Schedule and results

1974–75 regular season[1]
October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 L October 17, 1974 2–4 Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 0–1–0 2 L October 18, 1974 1–3 @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 0–2–0 3 L October 20, 1974 1–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 0–3–0 4 L October 24, 1974 2–3 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 0–4–0 5 L October 26, 1974 1–6 @ New England Whalers (1974–75) 0–5–0 6 W October 27, 1974 5–3 Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 1–5–0 7 L October 31, 1974 1–6 New England Whalers (1974–75) 1–6–0
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 8 L November 3, 1974 1–3 Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 1–7–0 9 L November 5, 1974 0–3 Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 1–8–0 10 W November 7, 1974 3–0 San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 2–8–0 11 W November 9, 1974 5–4 OT @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 3–8–0 12 W November 10, 1974 6–1 @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 4–8–0 13 L November 13, 1974 3–10 @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 4–9–0 14 L November 15, 1974 0–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 4–10–0 15 L November 17, 1974 1–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 4–11–0 16 L November 19, 1974 0–10 Houston Aeros (1974–75) 4–12–0 17 L November 20, 1974 4–6 @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 4–13–0 18 L November 21, 1974 0–4 New England Whalers (1974–75) 4–14–0 19 L November 24, 1974 2–9 Toronto Toros (1974–75) 4–15–0 20 L November 26, 1974 0–4 Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 4–16–0 21 L November 28, 1974 5–7 Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 4–17–0 22 L November 29, 1974 2–4 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 4–18–0
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 23 L December 1, 1974 3–7 Houston Aeros (1974–75) 4–19–0 24 L December 5, 1974 3–5 Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 4–20–0 25 L December 7, 1974 3–6 @ New England Whalers (1974–75) 4–21–0 26 W December 8, 1974 5–3 San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 5–21–0 27 L December 10, 1974 3–5 Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 5–22–0 28 L December 14, 1974 0–2 @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 5–23–0 29 L December 15, 1974 1–3 Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 5–24–0 30 L December 17, 1974 2–3 Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 5–25–0 31 L December 19, 1974 0–6 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 5–26–0 32 L December 20, 1974 4–6 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 5–27–0 33 W December 22, 1974 2–1 New England Whalers (1974–75) 6–27–0 34 T December 27, 1974 1–1 @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 6–27–1 35 L December 29, 1974 4–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 6–28–1
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 36 L January 1, 1975 3–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 6–29–1 37 L January 2, 1975 1–4 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 6–30–1 38 T January 4, 1975 4–4 @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 6–30–2 39 L January 5, 1975 1–2 Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 6–31–2 40 W January 7, 1975 4–2 Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 7–31–2 41 T January 10, 1975 3–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 7–31–3 42 W January 16, 1975 4–2 Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 8–31–3 43 L January 19, 1975 1–5 @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 8–32–3 44 W January 22, 1975 3–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 9–32–3 45 W January 23, 1975 4–2 Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 10–32–3 46 L January 26, 1975 0–6 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 10–33–3 47 L January 28, 1975 1–3 Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 10–34–3 48 L January 30, 1975 2–3 Toronto Toros (1974–75) 10–35–3
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 49 L February 1, 1975 1–2 Quebec Nordiques (1974–75) 10–36–3 50 L February 4, 1975 3–4 OT Houston Aeros (1974–75) 10–37–3 51 L February 9, 1975 5–7 @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 10–38–3 52 W February 10, 1975 4–1 Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 11–38–3 53 L February 14, 1975 3–4 OT @ New England Whalers (1974–75) 11–39–3 54 L February 17, 1975 5–6 OT @ Chicago Cougars (1974–75) 11–40–3 55 L February 18, 1975 2–9 Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 11–41–3 56 W February 21, 1975 5–2 Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 12–41–3 57 W February 23, 1975 6–0 Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 13–41–3 58 W February 25, 1975 6–4 @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 14–41–3 59 L February 26, 1975 3–4 OT @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 14–42–3
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 60 L March 1, 1975 2–12 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 14–43–3 61 L March 2, 1975 3–4 OT @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 14–44–3 62 W March 5, 1975 5–2 @ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 15–44–3 63 L March 7, 1975 4–5 OT Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 15–45–3 64 L March 8, 1975 5–6 Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 15–46–3 65 W March 13, 1975 5–4 Toronto Toros (1974–75) 16–46–3 66 W March 15, 1975 7–3 Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75) 17–46–3 67 L March 19, 1975 5–6 @ Houston Aeros (1974–75) 17–47–3 68 W March 20, 1975 3–1 Edmonton Oilers (1974–75) 18–47–3 69 L March 22, 1975 3–6 @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 18–48–3 70 L March 23, 1975 3–5 @ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75) 18–49–3 71 L March 25, 1975 3–4 OT Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 18–50–3 72 L March 27, 1975 2–5 San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 18–51–3 73 L March 29, 1975 5–7 @ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75) 18–52–3 74 L March 30, 1975 3–5 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75) 18–53–3 75 L March 31, 1975 1–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75) 18–54–3
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 76 L April 1, 1975 1–7 @ Toronto Toros (1974–75) 18–55–3 77 L April 5, 1975 3–8 @ San Diego Mariners (1974–75) 18–56–3 78 L April 6, 1975 3–4 @ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75) 18–57–3
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bob Whitlock C 73 31 26 57 56 -27 5 0 0 Bob Sicinski C 77 19 34 53 12 -32 4 2 0 Nick Harbaruk RW 78 20 23 43 52 -22 3 1 0 Jim Wiste C 75 13 28 41 30 -19 0 0 0 Kerry Bond LW 71 22 15 37 23 -30 5 0 0 Ron Buchanan C 32 16 15 31 16 -12 9 0 0 Bob Fitchner C 78 11 19 30 96 -26 2 0 0 Brian McDonald C 47 14 15 29 19 -10 2 0 0 Dick Proceviat D 52 1 28 29 51 -13 0 0 0 John Sheridan C 58 17 11 28 20 -15 3 0 0 Murray Heatley RW 29 15 8 23 25 -7 5 0 0 Jim Johnson C 42 7 15 22 12 -15 2 0 0 Joe Hardy C 32 2 17 19 36 0 0 0 0 Ken Block D 37 0 17 17 18 -10 0 0 0 Bob Ash D 64 1 14 15 19 -30 1 0 0 Rich Pumple LW 34 4 8 12 29 -12 0 0 0 Bill Horton D 59 2 9 11 30 -28 0 0 0 Ralph Hopiavuori D 28 2 8 10 21 -17 1 0 0 Joe Robertson C 18 4 4 8 23 -6 0 0 0 Ken Desjardine D 46 0 8 8 68 -24 0 0 0 Bob Woytowich D 42 0 8 8 28 -26 0 0 0 Jim Hargreaves D 37 2 5 7 30 -19 0 0 0 Ross Smith LW 15 1 6 7 19 0 0 0 0 Steve Andrascik RW 20 2 4 6 16 0 0 0 0 Roger Cote D 36 0 6 6 24 -9 0 0 0 Gary Bredin RW 10 3 2 5 8 -3 0 0 0 Gord Kannegiesser D 4 1 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 Steve Richardson LW 19 1 4 5 16 -2 0 0 0 Murray Kennett D 28 1 3 4 8 -11 1 0 0 Ron Walters C 17 2 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 Craig Hanmer D 27 1 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 Brian McKenzie LW 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 Andy Brown G 52 0 1 1 75 0 0 0 0 Jacques Locas C 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Michel Dion G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Dyck G 32 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Rick Fraser D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Andy Brown 2979 52 15 35 0 206 4.15 2 Ed Dyck 1692 32 3 21 3 123 4.36 0 Michel Dion 59 1 0 1 0 4 4.07 0 Team: 4730 78 18 57 3 333 4.22 2

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Indianapolis's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.^[3][4]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
WHA Secret Amateur Draft
1	2	Bill Lochead (F)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
2	17	Bob Bourne (C)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
WHA Amateur Draft
1	2	Mike Will (C)	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
2	17	Craig Hanmer (D)	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)
3	32	Mike Wong (C)	United States	Minnesota Junior Stars (MidJHL)
4	47	Mike Zuke (C)	Canada	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
5	62	Pat Ribble (D)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
6	76	Harold Snepsts (D)	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
7	91	Peter Roberts (C)	United States	St. Cloud Junior Blues (MidJHL)
7	92	John Sheridan (C)	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
8	106	Tom Price (D)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
8	107	Mark Toulet	Canada	University of Moncton (CIAU)
9	121	Michel Dion (G)	Canada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
10	136	Kevin Erickson (G)	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
10	137	Jack Patterson (F)	Canada	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
11	149	Don Wheldon (D)	United States	London Knights (OHA)
11	150	Gary Sargent (D)	United States	Fargo-Moorhead Sugar Kings (MidJHL)
11	155	Greg Steel (D)	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
12	162	Pierre David (D)	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
12	163	Scott Mabley (D)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
12	168	Russ Hall (D)	Canada	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
13	175	Graham Hall (F)	Canada	Wexford Raiders (OPJHL)
13	176	Bill Best (LW)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
13	179	Mike St. Cyr (D)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
14	186	Rod Tordoff (D)	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
14	187	Doug Counter (D)	Canada	Aurora Tigers (OPJHL)
14	189	Mitch Babin (F)	Canada	North Bay Trappers (OPJHL)
15	193	Yves Plouffe (D)	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
15	194	Jim Chicoyne (D)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
16	198	Brian Barker (RW)	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
17	202	Rick Fraser (D)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
18	205	Larry Jacques (RW)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
19	206	Bob Volpe (G)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)

See also

• 1974–75 WHA season

References

1. "1974-75 Indianapolis Racers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
2. "1974-75 Indianapolis Racers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
3. "1974 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
4. "1974 WHA Secret Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.