1972-1973 Detroit Red Wings team stats

1972-1973 Detroit Red Wings: 37-29-12
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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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