1972-1973 Detroit Red Wings team stats

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1972-1973 Detroit Red Wings: 37-29-12
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-12-5 (151 goals scored, 111 allowed) Road record: 15-17-7 (114 goals scored, 132 allowed) Head Coach: Johnny Wilson Power Play: 53/268 (19.8%) Penalty Killing: 221/261 (84.7%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 4-8 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 208-195 265 goals scored (6th of 16 teams), 243 goals allowed (8th), 893 PIM (6th) 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%   +/-
RW    20  Mickey Redmond       5'11  185   25   76   52   41   93   24  15   0  124   47   73    2  363  14.3   +6
C      5  Marcel Dionne        5'9   190   21   77   40   50   90   21  10   0  116   46   77    3  282  14.2   -4
C     10  Alex Delvecchio      6'0   195   40   77   18   53   71   13   8   0  109   39   64    0  130  13.8   +6
LW    14  Nick Libett          6'1   195   27   78   19   34   53   56   4   1   84   22   72   11  202   9.4   +1
LW    17  Tim Ecclestone       5'10  195   25   78   18   30   48   28   3   1   73   17   57    7  175  10.3   +6
C      7  Red Berenson         6'0   185   33   78   13   30   43    8   5   0   68   19   68    5  180   7.2  -14
RW    22  Bill Collins         6'1   178   29   78   21   21   42   44   1   1   61    2   83   23  186  11.3   -1
C     15  Al Karlander         5'8   170   26   77   15   22   37   25   4   0   51    5   51    7   99  15.2   +2
C      8  Guy Charron          5'10  170   23   75   18   18   36   23   0   0   56    5   43    1  117  15.4   +9
D     21  Ron Stackhouse       6'3   210   23   78    5   29   34   82   0   0  109    8  102   23  129   3.9  +22
D      2  Gary Bergman         5'11  188   34   68    3   28   31   71   0   0  127   30  105   18  174   1.7  +10
C     16  Henry Boucha         6'0   185   21   73   14   14   28   82   0   1   44    1   63   18  136  10.3   -2
D      4  Thommie Bergman      6'2   200   25   75    9   12   21   70   1   0  102   17   92   13  165   5.5   +6
RW    18  Len Fontaine         5'7   165   24   39    8   10   18    6   1   0   22    3   21    0   37  21.6   -2
LW    12  Garnet "Ace" Bailey  5'11  192   24   13    2   11   13   16   0   0   16    0   14    0   19  10.5   +2
D      3  Larry Johnston       5'11  195   29   73    1   12   13  169   0   0   79    0   87   14   53   1.9   +6
RW    11  Leon Rochefort       6'0   185   33   20    2    4    6    2   0   0    9    1    9    1   23   8.7    0
D     19  Gary Doak            5'11  175   26   44    0    5    5   51   0   0   31    0   30    4   28   0.0   +5
RW    12  Bob Cook             6'0   190   26   13    3    1    4    4   1   0    4    1   14    0   23  13.0  -11
LW    11  Brian Lavender       6'0   174   25   26    2    2    4   14   0   0    5    0    3    0   13  15.4   +2
D     24  Ken Murray           6'0   180   24   31    1    1    2   36   0   0   14    0   18    3   18   5.6   -1
C     23  Bill Hogaboam        5'11  170   23    4    1    0    1    2   0   0    1    0    2    0    1 100.0   -1
D/RW  25  Serge Lajeunesse     5'10  185   22   28    0    1    1   26   0   0    7    1   24    3   10   0.0  -15
LW    23  Danny Gruen          5'11  190   20    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    1   0.0    0
D     23  Rick Newell          5'11  180   24    3    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    3    1    0   ---   -1
C/LW  23  Robbie Ftorek        5'10  155   20    3    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
G     31  Andy Brown           6'0   185   28    7    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     30  Denis DeJordy        5'9   185   34   24    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G      1  Roy Edwards          5'8   165   35   52    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


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G    1  Roy Edwards          35   52  3012  132  2.63  27  17   7 1373   .904   4   6
G   31  Andy Brown           28    7   337   20  3.56   2   1   2  163   .877   0   0
G   30  Denis DeJordy        34   24  1331   83  3.74   8  11   3  601   .862   4   1

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

1972 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  2   26  LW   Pierre Guite                    376   University of Pennsylvania (NCAA)  
  3   42  C    Bob Krieger                           University of Denver (NCAA)        
  4   58  LW   Danny Gruen               49    181   Thunder Bay Vulcans (TBJHL)        
  5   74  LW   Dennis Johnson                        University of North Dakota (NCAA)  
  6   90  D    Bill Miller                           Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)         
  7  106  G    Glen Seperich                         Kitchener Rangers (OHA)            
  8  122  D    Mike Ford                       233   Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)         
  9  138  D    George Kuzmicz                   35   Cornell University (NCAA)          
 10  150  D    Dave Arundel                          University of Wisconsin (NCAA)     

Traded draft picks:

#1 to NYR (Al Blanchard)


Transactions

06-1972	Cleveland (AHL) claimed Joe Daley in reverse draft
06-05-1972	Kings claimed Doug Volmar in intra-league draft
06-06-1972	Flames selected Ron Harris in expansion draft
06-06-1972	Flames selected Randy Manery in expansion draft
06-06-1972	Islanders selected Gerry Hart in expansion draft
08-31-1972	signed Thommie Bergman as a free agent
10-01-1972	signed Robbie Ftorek as a free agent
10-04-1972	signed Bill McKenzie as a free agent
10-04-1972	traded Arnie Brown and Gerry Gray to Islanders for Denis DeJordy and Don McLaughlin
10-06-1972	purchased Roy Edwards from Penguins
11-28-1972	traded Leon Rochefort to Flames for Bill Hogaboam
01-17-1973	traded Ralph Stewart and Bob Cook to Islanders for Brian Lavender and Ken Murray
02-25-1973	traded Andy Brown to Penguins for Pittsburgh's #3 pick in the 1973 draft
03-01-1973	traded Gary Doak to Bruins for Ace Bailey and future considerations (Murray Wing, acq. 6/4/73)
05-15-1973	traded Serge Lajeunesse to Flyers for Rick Foley
06-1973	Rochester (AHL) claimed Art Stratton in reverse draft
06-1973	signed Tord Lundstrom as a free agent

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/07/1972 vs New York Rangers W 5-3 1-0-0 10/11/1972 vs Boston Bruins W 4-3 2-0-0 10/14/1972 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 5-0 3-0-0 10/15/1972 vs Los Angeles Kings W 8-2 4-0-0 10/21/1972 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 3-1 5-0-0 10/22/1972 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 6-2 6-0-0 10/26/1972 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-2 6-1-0 10/28/1972 at St. Louis Blues L 3-8 6-2-0 10/29/1972 vs Montreal Canadiens L 1-2 6-3-0 11/01/1972 vs Atlanta Flames L 2-4 6-4-0 11/04/1972 at Montreal Canadiens W 4-2 7-4-0 11/05/1972 vs Pittsburgh Penguins T 1-1 7-4-1 11/09/1972 at Boston Bruins L 3-8 7-5-1 11/12/1972 at Chicago Black Hawks L 1-5 7-6-1 11/14/1972 at Vancouver Canucks T 3-3 7-6-2 11/15/1972 at California Golden Seals W 4-0 8-6-2 11/18/1972 at Los Angeles Kings L 3-8 8-7-2 11/22/1972 vs Buffalo Sabres W 6-2 9-7-2 11/25/1972 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 6-4 10-7-2 11/26/1972 vs California Golden Seals L 4-6 10-8-2 11/29/1972 at Chicago Black Hawks L 3-8 10-9-2 12/02/1972 at New York Islanders W 4-1 11-9-2 12/03/1972 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 0-3 11-10-2 12/05/1972 at St. Louis Blues L 1-2 11-11-2 12/07/1972 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-6 11-12-2 12/09/1972 at Minnesota North Stars L 0-7 11-13-2 12/10/1972 vs Vancouver Canucks T 3-3 11-13-3 12/13/1972 vs Atlanta Flames L 0-2 11-14-3 12/16/1972 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-1 12-14-3 12/17/1972 vs Minnesota North Stars W 6-4 13-14-3 12/20/1972 vs Los Angeles Kings W 4-1 14-14-3 12/21/1972 at Boston Bruins L 1-8 14-15-3 12/23/1972 vs Vancouver Canucks W 5-1 15-15-3 12/24/1972 at New York Rangers L 0-5 15-16-3 12/26/1972 vs Pittsburgh Penguins T 1-1 15-16-4 12/30/1972 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 2-2 15-16-5 12/31/1972 vs Minnesota North Stars T 4-4 15-16-6 01/04/1973 vs Buffalo Sabres W 4-2 16-16-6 01/06/1973 at New York Islanders W 4-0 17-16-6 01/07/1973 vs New York Islanders W 4-0 18-16-6

Date Opponent Result Record 01/10/1973 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 2-1 19-16-6 01/12/1973 at Vancouver Canucks W 7-1 20-16-6 01/14/1973 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 3-2 21-16-6 01/17/1973 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 4-6 21-17-6 01/20/1973 vs Buffalo Sabres W 4-2 22-17-6 01/21/1973 vs Minnesota North Stars L 3-5 22-18-6 01/23/1973 at Philadelphia Flyers T 4-4 22-18-7 01/25/1973 at Boston Bruins W 4-2 23-18-7 01/27/1973 vs New York Rangers L 3-6 23-19-7 01/28/1973 at Montreal Canadiens W 4-2 24-19-7 02/01/1973 vs California Golden Seals W 6-4 25-19-7 02/03/1973 vs Atlanta Flames W 1-0 26-19-7 02/04/1973 vs Vancouver Canucks W 8-2 27-19-7 02/07/1973 at Atlanta Flames W 5-3 28-19-7 02/10/1973 at Minnesota North Stars L 1-3 28-20-7 02/11/1973 at Buffalo Sabres W 5-2 29-20-7 02/14/1973 at Los Angeles Kings T 2-2 29-20-8 02/16/1973 at California Golden Seals T 2-2 29-20-9 02/17/1973 at Vancouver Canucks T 2-2 29-20-10 02/22/1973 vs Montreal Canadiens T 3-3 29-20-11 02/24/1973 at New York Islanders L 2-4 29-21-11 02/25/1973 vs St. Louis Blues W 5-0 30-21-11 02/28/1973 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 6-5 31-21-11 03/03/1973 vs New York Rangers L 3-6 31-22-11 03/04/1973 vs New York Islanders W 5-1 32-22-11 03/07/1973 at Atlanta Flames W 5-2 33-22-11 03/10/1973 at Montreal Canadiens L 0-2 33-23-11 03/11/1973 vs St. Louis Blues W 3-1 34-23-11 03/14/1973 vs Montreal Canadiens L 3-5 34-24-11 03/16/1973 vs Boston Bruins L 4-5 34-25-11 03/18/1973 at Chicago Black Hawks W 2-0 35-25-11 03/21/1973 at St. Louis Blues L 3-6 35-26-11 03/24/1973 at Los Angeles Kings L 3-5 35-27-11 03/25/1973 at California Golden Seals L 5-8 35-28-11 03/27/1973 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 8-1 36-28-11 03/29/1973 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 4-6 36-29-11 03/31/1973 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 4-2 37-29-11 04/01/1973 at New York Rangers T 3-3 37-29-12

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