1971-1972 Buffalo Sabres: 16-43-19
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Home record: 11-19-9 (110 goals scored, 127 allowed)
Road record: 5-24-10 (93 goals scored, 162 allowed)
Head Coaches: Punch Imlach (8-23-10), Joe Crozier (8-19-9), Floyd Smith (0-1-0)
Power Play: 57/308 (18.5%)
Penalty Killing: 225/281 (80.1%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 1-7
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 145-226
203 goals scored (12th of 14 teams), 289 goals allowed (12th), 831 PIM (12th)
NHL Averages: 3.07 goals/game (239.1 goals/team), 953.5 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
LW 7 Rick Martin 5'11 179 20 73 44 30 74 36 19 0 109 49 98 0 266 16.5 -38
C 11 Gilbert Perreault 6'1 180 21 76 26 48 74 24 11 0 105 50 100 5 218 11.9 -40
C 15 Gerry Meehan 6'2 200 25 77 19 27 46 12 4 0 56 12 72 0 164 11.6 -28
D 6 Al Hamilton 6'1 195 25 76 4 30 34 105 1 0 93 13 119 27 91 4.4 -12
LW 23 Eddie Shack 6'1 200 34 50 11 14 25 34 4 0 42 19 34 0 92 12.0 -11
RW 19 Steve Atkinson 5'11 170 23 67 14 10 24 26 3 0 41 9 54 0 122 11.5 -22
C/RW 8 Jim Lorentz 6'0 190 24 33 10 14 24 12 2 0 36 11 38 2 85 11.8 -11
D 24 Chris Evans 5'9 180 25 61 6 18 24 98 2 0 82 26 91 15 99 6.1 -20
C 10 Phil Goyette 5'11 170 38 37 3 21 24 14 3 0 32 19 24 1 33 9.1 -10
C 20 Don Luce 6'2 185 23 78 11 8 19 38 0 0 26 0 84 40 126 8.7 -18
RW 9 Danny Lawson 5'11 180 24 78 10 6 16 15 0 1 29 2 90 40 176 5.7 -23
RW 12 Mike Byers 5'10 185 25 46 9 7 16 12 3 0 43 13 51 1 69 13.0 -20
LW 25 Craig Ramsay 5'10 175 20 57 6 10 16 0 0 0 32 3 28 4 43 14.0 +5
RW 18 Kevin O'Shea 6'2 205 24 52 6 9 15 44 0 0 21 1 43 4 56 10.7 -19
D 3 Mike Robitaille 5'11 195 23 31 2 10 12 22 1 0 23 13 29 5 62 3.2 -14
D 5 Larry Hillman 6'0 185 34 43 1 11 12 58 0 0 65 19 82 15 78 1.3 -21
D 4 Tracy Pratt 6'2 195 28 27 0 10 10 52 0 0 32 1 40 9 31 0.0 0
RW 23 Rene Robert 5'10 184 22 12 6 3 9 2 3 0 15 8 12 0 42 14.3 -5
D 2 Jim Watson 6'2 186 28 66 2 6 8 101 1 0 39 1 91 20 78 2.6 -33
C 26 Randy Wyrozub 5'11 180 21 34 3 4 7 0 0 0 12 1 13 0 36 8.3 -2
D 5 Doug Barrie 5'9 175 25 27 2 5 7 45 0 0 17 1 44 7 24 8.3 -21
LW 8 Dick Duff 5'9 166 35 8 2 2 4 0 0 0 6 1 7 0 5 40.0 -2
RW 16 Ron Anderson 6'0 170 26 37 0 4 4 19 0 0 10 0 22 2 35 0.0 -10
C 14 Rod Zaine 5'10 180 25 24 2 1 3 4 0 0 8 0 23 1 23 8.7 -14
D 22 Ray McKay 6'4 183 25 39 0 3 3 18 0 0 9 0 32 11 18 0.0 -12
LW 21 Larry Keenan 5'11 175 31 14 2 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 1 15 13.3 -3
LW 16 Butch Deadmarsh 5'11 186 21 12 1 1 2 4 0 0 3 0 13 0 10 10.0 -10
RW 21 John Gould 5'11 197 22 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 33.3 -1
RW 21 Larry Mickey 5'11 175 28 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 4 3 1 5 0.0 -1
RW 17 Floyd Smith 5'10 180 36 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0.0 -4
D 21 Terry Ball 5'9 160 27 10 0 1 1 6 0 0 10 4 13 0 8 0.0 -7
D 3 Paul Terbenche 5'10 170 26 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16 3 7 0.0 -13
G 30 Dave Dryden 6'1 186 30 20 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Roger Crozier 5'8 165 29 63 0 0 0 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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 1 Roger Crozier 29 63 3654 214 3.51 13 35 14 2185 .902 7 2
G 30 Dave Dryden 30 20 1026 68 3.98 3 8 5 600 .887 0 0
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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1971 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 5 LW Rick Martin 685 Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
2 19 LW Craig Ramsay 1070 Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3 33 D Bill Hajt 854 Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
4 47 C Bob Richer 3 Trois Rivieres Ducs (QMJHL)
5 61 D Steve Warr 71 Clarkson University (NCAA)
6 75 C Pierre Duguay Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
Traded draft picks:
#7 to LA (Peter Harasym)
#8 to LA (Lorne Stamler)
Transactions
06-07-1971 | Providence (AHL) claimed Brian Perry in reverse draft |
06-08-1971 | Kings claimed Gary Edwards in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | claimed Hugh Harris from Canadiens in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | claimed Tom Miller from Red Wings in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | claimed Ken Murray from Maple Leafs in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | claimed Rod Zaine from Penguins in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | claimed Ray McKay from Black Hawks in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | claimed Danny Lawson from North Stars in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | Maple Leafs claimed Donnie Marshall in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | claimed Rene Robert from Maple Leafs in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | Penguins claimed Rene Robert in intra-league draft |
07-1971 | Jean-Guy Talbot retired |
08-1971 | signed John Gould as a free agent |
09-1971 | signed Rick Dudley as a free agent |
09-29-1971 | signed Gary Bromley as a free agent |
11-16-1971 | traded Larry Keenan to Flyers for Larry Mickey |
12-16-1971 | traded Mike Keeler and Doug Barrie to Kings for Larry Hillman and Mike Byers |
01-14-1972 | traded Buffalo's #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Rangers for Jim Lorentz |
03-03-1972 | Blues claimed Kevin O'Shea on waivers |
03-04-1972 | traded Eddie Shack to Penguins for Rene Robert |
03-05-1972 | sold Phil Goyette to Rangers |
03-05-1972 | traded Chris Evans to Blues for George Morrison and St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1972 draft |
03-08-1972 | suspended George Morrison for refusing to report to the minors |
06-05-1972 | claimed Tim Horton from Penguins in intra-league draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Tom Miller in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Ken Murray in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Flames selected Rod Zaine in expansion draft |
06-08-1972 | purchased Ron Busniuk from Canadiens |
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