1972-1973 Buffalo Sabres: 37-27-14
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Home record: 30-6-3 (162 goals scored, 80 allowed)
Road record: 7-21-11 (95 goals scored, 139 allowed)
Head Coach: Joe Crozier
Power Play: 52/270 (19.3%)
Penalty Killing: 206/241 (85.5%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 5-5
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 200-179
257 goals scored (7th of 16 teams), 219 goals allowed (3rd), 940 PIM (5th)
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 11 Gilbert Perreault 6'1 180 22 78 28 60 88 10 8 0 126 43 74 2 234 12.0 +11
RW 14 Rene Robert 5'10 184 24 75 40 43 83 83 9 0 119 43 60 0 265 15.1 +16
LW 7 Rick Martin 5'11 179 21 75 37 36 73 79 11 0 120 45 72 1 299 12.4 +4
C/RW 8 Jim Lorentz 6'0 190 25 78 27 35 62 30 11 0 105 35 68 4 175 15.4 +6
C 15 Gerry Meehan 6'2 200 26 77 31 29 60 21 3 1 70 8 61 3 208 14.9 +4
C 20 Don Luce 6'2 185 24 78 18 25 43 32 0 3 51 0 69 25 198 9.1 +7
C 21 Hugh Harris 6'1 195 24 60 12 26 38 17 0 0 54 4 41 0 121 9.9 +9
D 5 Larry Hillman 6'0 185 35 78 5 24 29 56 2 0 93 36 71 11 102 4.9 -3
LW 10 Craig Ramsay 5'10 175 21 76 11 17 28 15 0 1 46 0 46 13 89 12.4 +13
RW 12 Larry Mickey 5'11 175 29 77 15 9 24 47 1 0 40 1 47 2 160 9.4 -6
D 3 Mike Robitaille 5'11 195 24 65 4 17 21 40 0 0 74 8 60 3 182 2.2 +9
D 6 Jim Schoenfeld 6'2 200 20 66 4 15 19 178 1 0 84 6 78 12 91 4.4 +12
RW 19 Steve Atkinson 5'11 170 24 61 9 9 18 36 2 0 34 6 33 0 96 9.4 -5
D 2 Tim Horton 5'10 180 42 69 1 16 17 56 0 0 81 3 91 25 73 1.4 +12
D 4 Tracy Pratt 6'2 195 29 74 1 15 16 116 0 0 79 2 92 24 63 1.6 +9
LW 9 Norm Gratton 5'11 165 22 21 6 5 11 12 2 0 22 11 11 0 26 23.1 0
D 23 Larry Carriere 6'1 190 20 40 2 8 10 52 1 0 26 5 25 3 34 5.9 -1
D 18 Paul Terbenche 5'10 170 27 42 0 7 7 8 0 0 32 0 32 7 20 0.0 +7
C 16 Randy Wyrozub 5'11 180 22 45 3 3 6 4 0 0 8 0 9 0 23 13.0 -1
C 22 Doug Rombough 6'3 215 22 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 66.7 +2
LW 9 Butch Deadmarsh 5'11 186 22 34 1 1 2 26 1 0 6 2 7 0 15 6.7 -3
LW 17 Rick Dudley 6'0 190 23 6 0 1 1 7 0 0 1 0 3 0 6 0.0 -2
RW 23 John Gould 5'11 197 23 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0.0 0
RW 24 Ron Busniuk 5'11 180 24 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0.0 0
G 28 Rocky Farr 5'10 175 25 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 24 Ray McKay 6'4 183 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0
C 17 Bob Richer 5'10 175 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0
G 30 Dave Dryden 6'1 186 31 37 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Roger Crozier 5'8 165 30 49 0 0 0 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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 30 Dave Dryden 31 37 2018 89 2.65 14 13 7 972 .908 3 3
G 1 Roger Crozier 30 49 2633 121 2.76 23 13 7 1274 .905 3 3
G 28 Rocky Farr 25 1 29 3 6.21 0 1 0 22 .864 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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1972 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 5 D Jim Schoenfeld 719 Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
2 25 D Larry Carriere 367 Loyola University (CIAU) [pick acquired from STL]
3 37 D Jim McMasters 83 Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4 53 D Rychard Campeau 82 Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
5 69 G Gilles Gratton 47 162 Oshawa Generals (OHA)
6 85 C Peter McNab 954 University of Denver (NCAA)
Traded draft picks:
#2 to NYR (Larry Sacharuk)
#7 to NYI (Don McLaughlin)
#8 to NYI (Rene Levasseur)
#9 to NYI (Bill Ennos)
#10 to NYI (Rene Lambert)
Transactions
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 |
02-14-1973 | traded Butch Deadmarsh to Flames for Norm Gratton |
06-12-1973 | Golden Seals claimed Ray McKay in intra-league draft |
06-12-1973 | claimed Joe Noris from Blues in intra-league draft |
06-12-1973 | Rochester (AHL) claimed Murray Kuntz in reverse draft |
06-14-1973 | traded Jake Rathwell to Blues for Paul Curtis |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/04/1973 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-2
04/05/1973 at Montreal Canadiens L 3-7
04/07/1973 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-5
04/08/1973 vs Montreal Canadiens W 5-1
04/10/1973 at Montreal Canadiens W 3-2 (OT)
04/12/1973 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-4
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 11 Gilbert Perreault 6'1 180 22 6 3 7 10 2 1 0
RW 14 Rene Robert 5'10 184 24 6 5 3 8 2 1 0
LW 7 Rick Martin 5'11 179 21 6 3 2 5 12 2 0
C/RW 8 Jim Lorentz 6'0 190 25 6 0 3 3 2 0 0
D 6 Jim Schoenfeld 6'2 200 20 6 2 1 3 4 0 0
C 20 Don Luce 6'2 185 24 6 1 1 2 2 0 0
LW 10 Craig Ramsay 5'10 175 21 6 1 1 2 0 0 0
G 1 Roger Crozier 5'8 165 30 4 0 1 1 2 0 0
D 23 Larry Carriere 6'1 190 20 6 0 1 1 8 0 0
LW 9 Norm Gratton 5'11 165 22 6 0 1 1 2 0 0
D 2 Tim Horton 5'10 180 42 6 0 1 1 4 0 0
C 15 Gerry Meehan 6'2 200 26 6 0 1 1 0 0 0
RW 12 Larry Mickey 5'11 175 29 6 1 0 1 5 0 0
RW 19 Steve Atkinson 5'11 170 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 30 Dave Dryden 6'1 186 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 21 Hugh Harris 6'1 195 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 5 Larry Hillman 6'0 185 35 6 0 0 0 8 0 0
D 4 Tracy Pratt 6'2 195 29 6 0 0 0 6 0 0
D 3 Mike Robitaille 5'11 195 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 18 Paul Terbenche 5'10 170 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 24 Ron Busniuk 5'11 180 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 9 Butch Deadmarsh 5'11 186 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 17 Rick Dudley 6'0 190 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 28 Rocky Farr 5'10 175 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 23 John Gould 5'11 197 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 24 Ray McKay 6'4 183 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 17 Bob Richer 5'10 175 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 22 Doug Rombough 6'3 215 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 16 Randy Wyrozub 5'11 180 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Roger Crozier 30 4 249 11 2.65 2 2 114 .904 1 0
G 30 Dave Dryden 31 2 120 9 4.50 0 2 71 .873 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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