1974-75 Pro Hockey Season PDF

Get ready for another round of classic '70s pro hockey, with the 1974-75 Pro Season for HOCKEY BLAST Pro Hockey Game! The ’74-75 season features a number of interesting twists which make it a great candidate for any hockey fan’s tabletop…

For the first time ever, at the end of the ’74-75 season there was a three-way tie for the season points lead: Divisional leaders Philadelphia, Buffalo and Montreal each finished with 113 points. A fourth team finished with over 100 points, yet finished second in its division. Surprising Los Angeles—picked by many to be an also-ran—instead battled Montreal for the divisional title the entire season with hard-nosed defense and superb goaltending. The fourth divisional title was earned by Vancouver, an expansion club added to the league just a few seasons before. Vancouver posted a modest 38-32-10 mark that was two points better than St. Louis and four points better than Chicago.

After a spirited best-of-three preliminary playoff round highlighted by Toronto’s 2-games-to-1 upset of Los Angeles, the post-season began in earnest. The trio of top-points teams each breezed through their quarter-final series, joined by the expansion New York club which had come all the way back from a 3-0 deficit against Pittsburgh to win the series four games to three. The Long Islanders almost repeated the feat In the semi-finals, dropping the first three games to Philadelphia and then storming back to win the next three. But Philadelphia dominated game seven, winning 4-1 to clinch the series. Buffalo, meanwhile, turned back Montreal in six games, setting up an All-American title series between Philadelphia’s “Broad Street Bullies” and Buffalo’s quick-strike scoring machine. For the first five games, each team won on its home ice. A decisive 5-1 win at the Spectrum gave Philadelphia a 3-2 edge and sent the series back to Buffalo. There, Philadelphia’s dramatic 2-0 win had the club hoisting the championship cup for the second year in a row.

The ’74-75 season also marked the debut of two brand-new new franchises, in Kansas City and Washington DC. Each team was stocked with cast-offs, journeymen and unheralded youngsters and then hurried to the ice, with predictably limp results. Washington won just eight games all season, the worst record ever for a big-league hockey team. Kansas City won fifteen games, but played in front of many empty seats.

There were numerous remarkable individual accomplishments which you’ll enjoy re-creating on your tabletop with the ’74-75 Pro Season card set. Boston’s star defenseman won his second league scoring title—he’s the only defenseman ever to do it twice—and his first-line team-mate finished right behind with 127 points, forming a lethal 1-2 punch. Detroit’s star center finished third in league scoring on a club that won only 23 games, and was fittingly awarded the league trophy for excellence and sportsmanship. The 1974-75 season also featured the final appearances of legendary players like Montreal’s “Rocket,” Toronto’s “Nose” and long-time star defense man “The Diesel,” who wrapped up his decorated 22-year career wearing the sweater of Washington’s expansion club.

You get individual cards for the top players on each of the league’s 18 teams, almost 400 cards in all, printed in team colors—including California’s new turquoise and gold color scheme!—on micro-perfed card stock, for just $24. Or get the PDF version for just $16, and print and play right away! It's classic old-school hockey, whenever you want with the 1974-75 Pro Season for HOCKEY BLAST Pro Hockey Game! Order YOUR copy now!