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1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins Season
The 1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's seventh season in the National Hockey League. The 'Century Line' of Syl Apps Jr., Lowell MacDonald and Jean Pronovost was established this season. The trio took their name as a result of combining for more than 100 goals over the course of the year. The Penguins failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive year. Offseason Regular season Final standings Record vs. opponents Schedule and results , - , 1 , , Oct 12 , , Pittsburgh Penguins , , 4–3 , , Atlanta Flames , , Omni Coliseum , , 1–0–0 , , 2 , - , 2 , , Oct 13 , , New York Rangers , , 8–2 , , Pittsburgh Penguins , , Civic Arena , , 1–1–0 , , 2 , - , 3 , , Oct 17 , , Pittsburgh Penguins , , 4–2 , , Minnesota North Stars , , Met Center , , 2–1–0 , , 4 , - , 4 , , Oct 20 , , California Golden Seals , , 3–5 , , Pittsburgh Penguins , , Civic Arena , , 3–1–0 , , 6 , - , 5 , , Oct 21 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Division (NHL)
The West Division of the National Hockey League existed from 1967–68 NHL season, 1967 until 1973–74 NHL season, 1974 when the league realigned into two conferences of two divisions each. The division was reformed for the 2020–21 NHL season (and branded as the Honda West Division for sponsorship reasons) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 1967 the NHL doubled in size, going from six teams to twelve. The Original Six, as the pre-1967 teams became retroactively known, were grouped into the East Division (NHL), East Division, while the expansion teams were placed into the West Division. This was done in order to keep teams of similar competitive strength in the same division, regardless of geographic distance, and to ensure playoff revenue for the new franchises. When the NHL expanded again in 1970, the two new teams, the Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres, were placed into the stronger East Division. In an effort to create more balanced competition, the Chicago Blackhawks, Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Penguins Seasons
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. The franchise was established as one of six new teams in the 1967 NHL expansion and is a member of the Eastern Conference's Metropolitan Division. The Penguins played their home games at Mellon Arena from the team's inception until 2010, when they moved into the PPG Paints Arena. Pittsburgh has qualified for the playoffs 36 times, winning the Stanley Cup five times: 1991, 1992, 2009, 2016, and 2017. From 2007 to 2022, the Penguins qualified for the playoffs for sixteen consecutive seasons. Table key Year by year All-time records ''Statistics above are correct as of the end of the 2023–24 regular season.'' Footnotes *The NHL realigned before the 1974–75 season. The Penguins were placed in the Prince of Wales Conference's Norris Division. *Before the 1981–82 season, the NHL moved the Patrick Division to the Prince of Wales Conference. *The NHL realigned into Eastern and Western conferen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–74 Philadelphia Flyers Season
The 1973–74 NHL season, 1973–74 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' Philadelphia Flyers seasons, seventh Season (sports), season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers became the first 1967 NHL Expansion, expansion team to win the Stanley Cup. Prior to this season, no post-1967 expansion team had either beaten an Original Six team in a playoff round or won a Stanley Cup Finals game. Goaltender Bernie Parent, an "Original Flyer", returned to the franchise in the off-season, and the Flyers proved that the expansion teams could challenge the Original Six in 1973–74 NHL season, 1973–74. The Bullies continued their rough-and-tumble ways, led by Dave Schultz (ice hockey), Dave Schultz's 348 penalty minutes, and reached the top of the West Division with a record of 50–16–12. The return of Parent proved to be of great benefit as he established himself as one of if not the best goaltender in the league by winning 47 games, a record which stood for 33 years. Sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–74 Montreal Canadiens Season
The 1973–74 Montreal Canadiens season was the 65th season in team history. The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the New York Rangers. Off-season Ken Dryden shocked the hockey world as he sat out the entire 1973–74 season. He had won a Vezina Trophy and helped lead Canada past Russia in the dramatic Hockey Summit of 1972. Despite his bargaining power, most players in Dryden's position would have simply accepted what the Canadiens were giving him. Dryden bolted training camp, while general manager Sam Pollock fumed. Regular season Wayne Thomas replaced Dryden as the starting goaltender and appeared in 42 games. Frank Mahovlich led the team in scoring with 80 points, while Yvan Cournoyer led the team in goals with 40. Final standings Record vs. opponents Playoffs The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs in second place, setting up a match-up with the third-place New York Rangers. The Rangers defeated the Canadiens twice at the Forum to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Garden
The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928, as "Boston Madison Square Garden" (later shortened to just "Boston Garden") and outlived its original namesake by 30 years. It was above North Station, a train station which was originally a hub for the Boston and Maine Railroad and is now a hub for MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak trains. The Garden hosted home games for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as rock concerts, amateur sports, boxing and professional wrestling matches, circuses, and ice shows. It was also used as an exposition hall for political rallies such as the speech by John F. Kennedy in November 1960. Boston Garden was demolished in 1998, three years after the completion of its successor arena, TD Garden. Design Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–74 Boston Bruins Season
The 1973–74 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' Boston Bruins seasons, 50th Season (sports), season in the National Hockey League, NHL. They made it back to the Stanley Cup Finals, but lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in six games. Offseason NHL draft Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Schedule and results , - , 1, , W, , October 10, 1973, , 6–4 , , align="left", Vancouver Canucks (1973–74 Vancouver Canucks season, 1973–74) , , 1–0–0 , - , 2, , W, , October 13, 1973, , 9–4 , , align="left", @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74 Detroit Red Wings season, 1973–74) , , 2–0–0 , - , 3, , W, , October 14, 1973, , 3–2 , , align="left", New York Islanders (1973–74 New York Islanders season, 1973–74) , , 3–0–0 , - , 4, , L, , October 17, 1973, , 3–4 , , align="left", @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74 Atlanta Flames season, 1973–74) , , 3–1–0 , - , 5, , W, , October 21, 1973, , 8–2 , , align="left", Pittsburgh Penguins ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–74 California Golden Seals Season
The 1973–74 California Golden Seals season was the Seals' seventh season in the NHL. With the continuing depletion of talent due to the World Hockey Association and a lack of interest from owner Charles O. Finley who put the team up for sale, the Seals had a miserable season and sank to a franchise low 36 points. In January 1974, the NHL bought the Seals from owner Charlie Finley for $6.585 million. With the league takeover, the players immediately returned to wearing black skates. The Seals would conclude the season with the worst record in the league.''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', p.169, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, Offseason Amateur draft Regular season Final standings Record vs. opponents Schedule and results , - , 1, , W, , October 10, 1973, , 2–1 , , align="left", St. Louis Blues ( 1973–74) , , 1–0–0 , - , 2, , W, , October 12, 1973, , 3–2 , , align=" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Met Center
The Met Center was an indoor arena that stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States, a suburb of Minneapolis. The arena, which was completed in 1967 by Minnesota Ice, just to the north of Metropolitan Stadium, seated 15,784. It was the home of the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1993. For its first 15 years, its official name was the Metropolitan Sports Center; the more familiar shorter name was adopted in 1982. The Met's other tenants included the ABA's Minnesota Muskies, which played just one season before moving to Miami for the 1968–69 season. The league responded by moving the defending champion Pittsburgh Pipers to Bloomington, but the Pipers left to return to Pittsburgh after the season. The NASL's Minnesota Kicks played two indoor seasons at the Met from 1979 to 1981. The Minnesota Strikers of the Major Soccer League (MSL) played indoor soccer at the Met Center from 1984 to 1988. The Boys' High School Hockey Tournament w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–74 Minnesota North Stars Season
The 1973–74 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' seventh season. Coached by Jack Gordon (3–8–6) and Parker MacDonald (20–30–11), the team compiled a record of 23–38–17 for 63 points, to finish the regular season 7th in the West Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs. Offseason Regular season Final standings Record vs. opponents Schedule and results , - , 1, , L, , October 10, 1973, , 2–5 , , align="left", Montreal Canadiens ( 1973–74) , , 0–1–0 , - , 2, , L, , October 13, 1973, , 3–4 , , align="left", Buffalo Sabres ( 1973–74) , , 0–2–0 , - , 3, , T, , October 14, 1973, , 1–1 , , align="left", @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1973–74) , , 0–2–1 , - , 4, , L, , October 17, 1973, , 2–4 , , align="left", Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1973–74) , , 0–3–1 , - , 5, , T, , October 18, 1973, , 4–4 , , align="left", @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1973–74) , , 0–3–2 , - , 6, , T, , October 20, 1973, , 4–4 , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
The Civic Arena, formerly the Civic Auditorium and later Mellon Arena, was an arena located in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Civic Arena primarily served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, from 1967 to 2010. Constructed in 1961 for use by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (CLO), it was the brainchild of department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann. It was the first retractable roof major-sports venue in the world, covering , constructed with nearly 3,000 tons of Pittsburgh steel and supported solely by a massive cantilevered arm on the exterior. Even though it was designed and engineered as a retractable-roof dome, the operating cost and repairs to the hydraulic jacks halted all full retractions after 1995, and the roof stayed permanently closed after 2001. The first roof opening was during a July 4, 1962, Carol Burnett show to which she exclaimed "Ladies and Gentlemen ... I present the sky!" The Civic Arena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–74 New York Rangers Season
The 1973–74 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 48th season. The Rangers compiled 94 points during the regular season and finished third in the East Division. The team made the Stanley Cup playoffs, where New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 in the quarter-finals. The Rangers then lost in a seven-game semi-finals series to the Philadelphia Flyers, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that season. Offseason *On July 27, 1973, E. Michael Burke handed in his resignation to the New York Yankees, so that he could become president of Madison Square Garden. This would make Burke the president of the New York Rangers hockey club and the New York Knicks basketball club. Regular season Final standings Record vs. opponents Schedule and results , - , 1 , , 10 , , Detroit Red Wings , , 4–1 , , 1–0–0 , - , 2 , , 13 , , @ Pittsburgh Penguins , , 8–2 , , 2–0–0 , - , 3 , , 14 , , Los Angeles Kings , , 1–1 , , 2–0–1 , - , 4 , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omni Coliseum
Omni Coliseum (often called The Omni) was an indoor arena in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Completed in 1972, the arena seated 16,378 for basketball and 15,278 for ice hockey, hockey. It was part of the Omni Complex, now known as the CNN Center. It was the home arena for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1972 until the arena's closure in 1997, and the Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL) from their inception in 1972 until 1980, when the franchise was Calgary Flames, sold and relocated to Calgary, Alberta. It hosted the 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament, 1977 Final Four, the 1988 Democratic National Convention, and the 1996 Summer Olympics indoor volleyball competition. The Omni was closed and demolished in 1997. Its successor, Philips Arena (now State Farm Arena), was constructed on the Omni's site and opened in 1999. Construction In 1968, real estate developer Tom Cousins, and former Governor of Georgia, Carl Sanders b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
