1972-1973 Boston Bruins: 51-22-5
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Home record: 27-10-2 (185 goals scored, 111 allowed)
Road record: 24-12-3 (145 goals scored, 124 allowed)
Head Coaches: Tom Johnson (31-16-5), Bep Guidolin (20-6-0)
Power Play: 67/241 (27.8%)
Penalty Killing: 232/275 (84.4%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 15-5
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 248-187
330 goals scored (1st of 16 teams), 235 goals allowed (6th), 1097 PIM (3rd)
NHL Averages: 3.28 goals/game (255.5 goals/team), 947.5 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 7 Phil Esposito 6'1 205 30 78 55 75 130 87 19 5 174 67 117 26 411 13.4 +16
D 4 Bobby Orr 6'0 197 24 63 29 72 101 99 7 1 173 57 90 30 282 10.3 +56
LW 9 Johnny Bucyk 6'0 190 37 78 40 53 93 12 10 0 133 53 62 0 168 23.8 +18
RW 8 Ken Hodge 6'2 210 28 73 37 44 81 58 16 0 136 55 77 6 197 18.8 +10
LW 17 Fred Stanfield 5'10 185 28 78 20 58 78 10 7 0 142 63 68 1 214 9.3 +12
RW 12 Wayne Cashman 6'1 208 27 76 29 39 68 100 6 0 98 16 77 0 169 17.2 +5
LW 21 Don Marcotte 5'11 183 25 78 24 31 55 49 1 2 82 1 68 19 175 13.7 +32
C 19 Gregg Sheppard 5'8 170 23 64 24 26 50 18 0 2 62 0 30 5 151 15.9 +37
C 11 Mike Walton 5'10 175 27 56 25 22 47 37 0 0 60 8 42 0 128 19.5 +10
D 10 Carol Vadnais 6'1 185 27 78 7 24 31 127 1 0 117 8 98 10 150 4.7 +21
D 20 Dallas Smith 5'11 180 31 78 4 27 31 72 0 0 118 3 101 24 130 3.1 +38
RW 24 Terry O'Reilly 6'1 200 21 72 5 22 27 109 0 0 54 0 27 0 80 6.2 +27
LW 14 Garnet "Ace" Bailey 5'11 192 24 57 8 13 21 89 0 3 31 1 35 12 76 10.5 +7
D 26 Don Awrey 6'0 175 29 78 2 17 19 90 0 0 120 0 104 13 110 1.8 +29
C 27 Derek Sanderson 6'0 185 26 25 5 10 15 38 0 2 18 0 20 13 41 12.2 +11
RW 16 Fred O'Donnell 5'10 175 23 72 10 4 14 55 0 0 19 0 17 1 56 17.9 +3
RW 28 Doug Roberts 6'2 212 30 45 4 7 11 7 0 0 26 2 11 0 67 6.0 +13
D 6 Nick Beverley 6'2 185 25 75 1 10 11 26 0 0 55 0 58 10 57 1.8 +7
C 18 Rich Leduc 5'11 170 21 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 12 8.3 -1
G 31 Jacques Plante 6'0 175 43 8 0 2 2 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 23 Matt Ravlich 5'10 185 34 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 1 0.0 -5
G 30 Ross Brooks 5'8 173 35 16 0 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Eddie Johnston 6'0 190 37 45 0 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 25 Gary Doak 5'11 175 26 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 -1
C 22 Chris Oddleifson 6'2 185 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 -1
D 29 Ron Jones 6'1 195 21 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 --- +1
G 31 John Adams 6'0 200 26 14 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 31 Jacques Plante 43 8 480 16 2.00 7 1 0 221 .928 0 2
G 30 Ross Brooks 35 16 910 40 2.64 11 1 3 414 .903 0 1
G 31 John Adams 26 14 780 39 3.00 9 3 1 436 .911 0 1
G 1 Eddie Johnston 37 45 2510 137 3.27 24 17 1 1192 .885 3 5
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1972 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 16 LW Mike Bloom 201 St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
2 32 D Wayne Elder London Knights (OHA)
3 48 C Michel Boudreau 36 Laval National (QMJHL)
4 64 LW Les Jackson New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
5 80 LW Brian Coates 202 Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
6 96 RW Peter Gaw Ottawa 67's (OHA)
7 112 RW Gordie Clark 8 21 University of New Hampshire (NCAA)
8 128 D Roy Carmichael New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
Traded draft picks:
#9 to TOR (Gary Schofield)
Transactions
06-1972 | signed Ron Anderson as a free agent |
06-05-1972 | Canucks claimed Don Tannahill in intra-league draft |
06-06-1972 | Flames selected Dan Bouchard in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Ed Westfall in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Garry Peters in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | claimed Bob Gryp from Tulsa (CHL) in inter-league draft |
06-12-1972 | Rochester (AHL) claimed Don O'Donoghue in reverse draft |
11-24-1972 | signed Dave Reece as a free agent |
02-1973 | signed Derek Sanderson as a free agent |
03-01-1973 | traded Ace Bailey and future considerations (Murray Wing, acq. 6/4/73) to Red Wings for Gary Doak |
03-03-1973 | traded Boston's #1 round pick in the 1973 draft and future considerations (Eddie Johnston, acq. 5/22/73) to Maple Leafs for Jacques Plante and Toronto's #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
03-10-1973 | purchased Ken Broderick from San Diego (WHL) |
05-22-1973 | traded Fred Stanfield to North Stars for Gilles Gilbert |
06-12-1973 | sent John Adams to San Diego (WHL) to complete a previous trade |
06-12-1973 | Penguins claimed Ron Jones in intra-league draft |
06-13-1973 | Rangers claimed Curt Ridley in reverse draft |
09-1973 | signed Dave Forbes as a free agent |
10-05-1973 | traded Don Awrey to Blues for Jake Rathwell and St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1974 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/04/1973 vs New York Rangers L 2-6
04/05/1973 vs New York Rangers L 2-4
04/07/1973 at New York Rangers W 4-2
04/08/1973 at New York Rangers L 0-4
04/10/1973 vs New York Rangers L 3-6
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
LW 9 Johnny Bucyk 6'0 190 37 5 0 3 3 0 0 0
C 27 Derek Sanderson 6'0 185 26 5 1 2 3 13 0 0
C 19 Gregg Sheppard 5'8 170 23 5 2 1 3 0 0 1
RW 12 Wayne Cashman 6'1 208 27 5 1 1 2 4 0 0
LW 21 Don Marcotte 5'11 183 25 5 1 1 2 0 0 0
D 4 Bobby Orr 6'0 197 24 5 1 1 2 7 0 0
RW 28 Doug Roberts 6'2 212 30 5 2 0 2 6 0 0
D 20 Dallas Smith 5'11 180 31 5 0 2 2 2 0 0
LW 17 Fred Stanfield 5'10 185 28 5 1 1 2 0 0 0
C 11 Mike Walton 5'10 175 27 5 1 1 2 2 0 0
C 7 Phil Esposito 6'1 205 30 2 0 1 1 2 0 0
RW 8 Ken Hodge 6'2 210 28 5 1 0 1 7 1 0
RW 16 Fred O'Donnell 5'10 175 23 5 0 1 1 5 0 0
G 30 Ross Brooks 5'8 173 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 25 Gary Doak 5'11 175 26 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
G 31 Jacques Plante 6'0 175 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 1 Eddie Johnston 6'0 190 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 26 Don Awrey 6'0 175 29 4 0 0 0 6 0 0
D 6 Nick Beverley 6'2 185 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 24 Terry O'Reilly 6'1 200 21 5 0 0 0 2 0 0
D 10 Carol Vadnais 6'1 185 27 5 0 0 0 8 0 0
G 31 John Adams 6'0 200 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 14 Garnet "Ace" Bailey 5'11 192 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 29 Ron Jones 6'1 195 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 18 Rich Leduc 5'11 170 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 22 Chris Oddleifson 6'2 185 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 23 Matt Ravlich 5'10 185 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Eddie Johnston 37 3 160 9 3.38 1 2 87 .897 0 0
G 31 Jacques Plante 43 2 120 10 5.00 0 2 63 .841 0 0
G 30 Ross Brooks 35 1 20 3 9.00 0 0 11 .727 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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