John French Whalers Career Highlights
Whalers cards
| DATE |
HIGHLIGHT |
|---|
| 10/12/1972 | John French plays his 1st WHA game vs Philadelphia. |
| 10/16/1972 | John French scores his 1st WHA goal vs Chicago. |
| 10/24/1972 | John French scores the 1st Whalers overtime goal vs Cleveland. |
| 3/7/1973 | John French scores the overtime winner with 2:03 left to play (the only goal of the game) vs Cleveland. |
| 4/29/1973 | John French scores his 1st WHA playoff goal vs Winnipeg. |
| 11/29/1973 | John French ties a team record with three assists vs Houston. |
| 12/12/1973 | John French sets the Whalers franchise record for goals in a game with 4 (recording his 1st WHA hat trick) vs Toronto. |
| 3/27/1974 | John French sets the Whalers (WHA) record for assists in a game with 5 (tying the team WHA record for points in a game) vs Los Angeles. |
| 4/7/1974 | John French has the puck deflect off of his skate for the game winner at 2:41 of overtime vs Chicago. |
| 11/26/1974 | John French scores 4 seconds into overtime setting the WHA record for quickest overtime win vs Quebec. |
| 2/3/1980 | Jordy Douglas ties the Whalers franchise record for goals in a game with 4 (his 2nd NHL hat trick, tying John French 73/74) in the final Whalers game in Springfield vs the Islanders. |
| 2/12/1984 | Ron Francis scores a career high 4 goals tying the team record for goals in a game (John French 73/74 and Jordy Douglass 79/80) while scoring his 2nd NHL hat trick vs Edmonton. |
