In 1974, the NHL ended its first expansion period by adding teams in Kansas City, Missouri and Washington, D. C.

Part of the 1967 NHL Expansion, the Flyers were the first expansion team in the post-Original Six era to win the Stanley Cup, victorious in 1973 – 74 and again in 1974 – 75.

In 1974 – 75, Schultz topped his mark from the previous season by setting an NHL record for penalty minutes ( 472 in all ).

The following season, 2002 – 03, saw the Avalanche claim the NHL record for most consecutive division titles, nine, breaking the Montreal Canadiens streak of eight, won between 1974 – 82.

Rexall Place, home of the Oilers since 1974, is the third oldest arena in the NHL.

While the original series was restricted to players from the NHL, the 1974 Summit Series featured a Canadian team made up of WHA players.

* NHL Plus / Minus leader in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1975, the most in history

* Held record for most goals in one NHL season by a defenceman from 1968 to 1986 ( 21, in 1967 – 68, 37 in 1970 – 71, broke own record in 1974 – 75 with 46 ; broken in 1985 – 86 by Paul Coffey with 48 )

Only one defenseman has won the NHL scoring title: Bobby Orr did it in 1969 – 70 and 1974 – 75.

They were the last non-Original Six team to win the Stanley Cup until the expansion Philadelphia Flyers won in 1974, and the last NHL franchise to fold after having previously won a Stanley Cup championship.

Paul Tetsuhiko Kariya (; ( Kariya Tetsuhiko ; born October 16, 1974 ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

They moved to Hartford in 1974, and joined the NHL in the NHL – WHA merger of 1979.

The NHL eventually took control of the team in February 1974, purchasing it from Finley for $ 6. 585 million.

With the realignment of the NHL into four divisions for the 1974 – 1975 season, the 1975 All-Star Game was the first to pit the Wales Conference against the Campbell Conference.

Saku Antero Koivu ( born November 23, 1974 ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player and an alternate captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

In 1974, he left the NHL for the World Hockey Association, and represented Canada again at the 1974 Summit Series.

* Played in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1974 NHL All-Star Games.

Following the 1972 and 1974 Summit Series, in which Canadian players from the NHL and World Hockey Association ( WHA ) competed against the top players from the Soviet Union, there was interest in a world hockey championship where each country could send its best players.

After O ' Ree's stint in the NHL, there was no other black player in the NHL until another Canadian player, Mike Marson, was drafted by the Washington Capitals in 1974.

* Kārlis Skrastiņš or " Ironman " ( 1974 – 2011 ), NHL player

Despite this, Grant was traded in 1974 in a surprising deal for defensive forward Henry Boucha ( whose attraction to the franchise may have been that he was a Minnesota native ), and the trade backfired badly: Grant had his best season that season, scoring 50 goals for the Detroit Red Wings while on a line with superstar centre Marcel Dionne, and becoming only the 12th player in NHL history to accomplish that feat.

Negotiations continued in the years after 1974 with varying degrees of regularity and success, but none resulted in a full reunification.

The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created / paralleled a dedicated market for " independent " or " alternative comics " in the U. S. The first such comics included the anthology series Star Reach, published by comic book writer Mike Friedrich from 1974 to 1979, and Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, which continued sporadic publication into the 21st century and which Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini adapted into a 2003 film.

From 1974 through 1977, disco music continued to increase in popularity as many disco songs topped the charts.

The war continued after Haile Sellassie was ousted in a coup in 1974.

After officially retiring in 1974 he continued to lecture overseas, especially at Santa Clara University in California.

The Navy Research Laboratory continued advancements with their Timation ( Time Navigation ) satellites, first launched in 1967, and with the third one in 1974 carrying the first atomic clock into orbit.

Also, development of the Torana continued in with the larger mid-sized LH series released in 1974, offered only as a four-door sedan.

In the SPD-FDP coalition, he helped shape Brandt's policy of deescalation with the communist East, commonly known as Ostpolitik, which was continued under Helmut Schmidt after Brandt's resignation in 1974.

" He continued playing with Sniper until early 1974, when he was replaced by Alan Turner.

He continued his work at the University of Oxford until 1974.

Cosby became the company's pudding spokesperson in 1974, and continued to serve as the voice of Jell-O for almost thirty years.

The strikes continued, and Heath responded by calling a snap election in February 1974.

President Diori signed legislation to end the employment of expatriate military officers in 1965, some continued to serve until the 1974 coup, when all French military presence was evacuated.

Students and activists for democracy continued their demonstrations and protests for the abolition of the Yushin system and in the face of continuing popular unrest, Park's administration promulgated emergency decrees in 1974 and 1975, which led to the jailing of hundreds of dissidents.

Sonny continued to work with Cher through the early and mid-1970s starring in a popular television variety show, The Sonny and Cher Show, which ran on CBS from 1971 to 1974.

Although the Padres continued to struggle after Colbert's departure via trade to the Detroit Tigers in 1974, they did feature star outfielder Dave Winfield, who came to the Padres in 1973 from the University of Minnesota without having played a single game in the minor leagues.

The use of slide rules continued to grow through the 1950s and 1960s even as digital computing devices were being gradually introduced ; but around 1974 the electronic scientific calculator made it largely obsolete and most suppliers left the business.

Since Turkey's invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus in 1974, following ethnic clashes and turmoil on the island, an administration recognized by Turkey only was declared in 1983 – the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

After Peter Gabriel left the group following the tour for the concept album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway ( 1974 ), they continued in the Symphonic Prog vein until 1976's Wind & Wuthering with Phil Collins as the lead singer.

They continued to perform live for a few months with new drummer Bob Turner, but Richman was increasingly unwilling to perform his old ( although still unreleased ) songs such as “ Roadrunner ”, and after a final disagreement between him and Harrison over musical style the band split up in February 1974.

Dylan continued to collaborate with The Band over the course of their career, including a joint 1974 tour.

By the end of the colonial administration in 1974, 30 percent of Timorese were practicing Roman Catholics while the majority continued to worship spirits of the land and sky.

She continued proving herself in the dramatic league with the 1974 satirical dramas The Girl from Petrovka and The Sugarland Express, and Shampoo in 1975.

In 1974 Ray Kurzweil started the company Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc. and continued development of omni-font OCR, which could recognize text printed in virtually any font.