1972-1973 Minnesota North Stars: 37-30-11
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Home record: 26-8-5 (154 goals scored, 95 allowed)
Road record: 11-22-6 (100 goals scored, 135 allowed)
Head Coach: Jack Gordon
Power Play: 37/237 (15.6%)
Penalty Killing: 206/265 (77.7%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 1-7
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 216-164
254 goals scored (9th of 16 teams), 230 goals allowed (5th), 881 PIM (8th)
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% +/-
LW 22 Dennis Hextall 5'11 175 29 78 30 52 82 140 3 0 109 19 64 3 140 21.4 +29
LW 11 J.P. Parise 5'9 175 31 78 27 48 75 96 6 0 100 20 64 2 188 14.4 +18
C 16 Jude Drouin 5'10 160 24 78 27 46 73 61 3 0 95 21 63 1 279 9.7 +12
RW 21 Danny Grant 5'10 188 26 78 32 35 67 12 3 0 100 23 55 1 251 12.7 +23
RW 8 Bill Goldsworthy 6'0 190 28 75 27 33 60 97 8 0 96 17 55 0 260 10.4 +24
RW 18 Fred "Buster" Harvey 6'0 185 22 68 21 34 55 16 3 0 76 11 44 2 184 11.4 +23
LW 29 Dean Prentice 5'11 180 40 73 26 16 42 22 5 0 56 9 44 0 168 15.5 +3
C 10 Murray Oliver 5'10 170 35 75 11 31 42 10 2 0 55 7 68 24 174 6.3 +4
D/RW 23 Lou Nanne 6'1 185 31 74 15 20 35 39 2 0 68 12 38 1 142 10.6 +19
D 2 Barry Gibbs 5'11 195 24 63 10 24 34 54 2 0 91 15 87 25 163 6.1 +14
D 4 Ted Harris 6'2 183 36 78 7 23 30 83 0 0 103 2 109 33 94 7.4 +25
RW 17 Bob Nevin 6'0 185 34 66 5 13 18 0 0 0 30 7 71 36 55 9.1 -12
D 6 Doug Mohns 6'0 185 39 67 4 13 17 52 0 0 67 16 55 15 104 3.8 +11
D 5 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 23 74 3 11 14 75 0 0 65 3 63 12 58 5.2 +11
D 20 Tom Reid 6'1 200 26 60 1 13 14 50 0 0 78 3 77 17 79 1.3 +15
C 9 Charlie Burns 5'11 170 36 65 4 7 11 13 0 1 16 2 59 42 41 9.8 -3
D 3 Fred Barrett 5'11 195 22 46 2 4 6 21 0 0 49 0 51 16 51 3.9 +14
RW 26 Terry Holbrook 6'0 185 22 21 2 3 5 0 0 0 6 0 10 0 18 11.1 -4
LW 12 Jerry Byers 5'11 170 20 14 0 2 2 6 0 0 3 1 4 0 17 0.0 -2
D 7 Jim McElmury 6'1 190 23 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 --- +1
G 1 Gump Worsley 5'7 180 43 12 0 1 1 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 25 Bruce McIntosh 6'0 178 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0
LW 14 Don Blackburn 6'0 190 34 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0
G 35 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 23 21 0 0 0 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 20 Cesare Maniago 6'3 195 33 47 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D Chris Ahrens 6'0 185 20 0 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 1 Gump Worsley 43 12 623 30 2.89 6 2 3 318 .906 0 0
G 20 Cesare Maniago 33 47 2737 132 2.89 21 18 6 1463 .910 1 5
G 35 Gilles Gilbert 23 22 1320 67 3.05 10 10 2 695 .904 0 2
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 12 LW Jerry Byers 43 Kitchener Rangers (OHA) [pick acquired from MIN via MTL]
3 44 C Terry Ryan 76 Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
4 60 D Tom Thomson Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
5 76 D Chris Ahrens 52 4 Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
6 92 C Steve West 142 Oshawa Generals (OHA)
7 108 D Chris Meloff 28 Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
8 116 RW Scott MacPhail Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA) [pick acquired from LA]
8 124 D Bob Lundeen University of Wisconsin (NCAA)
9 140 RW Glen Mikkelson Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
10 145 D Steve Lyon 3 Peterborough Petes (OHA) [pick acquired from LA]
10 147 C Juri Kudrasovs Kitchener Rangers (OHA) [pick acquired from CAL]
10 148 C Marcel Comeau Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) [pick acquired from PHI]
Traded draft picks:
#2 to CAL via MTL (Stan Weir)
Transactions
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Ted Hampson in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Craig Cameron in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Flames selected Bill Heindl in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | sold Bob Paradise to Flames |
09-30-1972 | signed Bruce McIntosh as a free agent |
03-01-1973 | purchased Don Blackburn from Islanders |
05-22-1973 | traded Gilles Gilbert to Bruins for Fred Stanfield |
05-29-1973 | traded future considerations (deal settled with cash) to Canadiens for Murray Anderson and Tony Featherstone |
06-10-1973 | claimed Lyle Carter from Golden Seals in intra-league draft |
06-12-1973 | claimed Bill Plager from Flames in intra-league draft |
06-12-1973 | Flames claimed Doug Mohns in intra-league draft |
06-13-1973 | Kings claimed Bob Nevin in intra-league draft |
09-1973 | signed Alain Langlais as a free agent |
09-1973 | sold Gary Geldart to Canadiens |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/04/1973 at Philadelphia Flyers W 3-0
04/05/1973 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-4
04/07/1973 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 5-0
04/08/1973 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 0-3
04/10/1973 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-3 (OT)
04/12/1973 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 1-4
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 16 Jude Drouin 5'10 160 24 6 1 3 4 0 0 0
RW 8 Bill Goldsworthy 6'0 190 28 6 2 2 4 0 1 0
RW 21 Danny Grant 5'10 188 26 6 3 1 4 0 0 0
C 10 Murray Oliver 5'10 170 35 6 0 4 4 2 0 0
D/RW 23 Lou Nanne 6'1 185 31 6 1 2 3 0 0 0
RW 18 Fred "Buster" Harvey 6'0 185 22 6 0 2 2 4 0 0
LW 22 Dennis Hextall 5'11 175 29 6 2 0 2 16 0 0
D 20 Tom Reid 6'1 200 26 6 0 2 2 4 0 0
D 2 Barry Gibbs 5'11 195 24 5 1 0 1 0 1 0
D 4 Ted Harris 6'2 183 36 5 0 1 1 15 0 0
D 6 Doug Mohns 6'0 185 39 6 0 1 1 2 0 0
D 5 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 23 6 1 0 1 38 0 0
LW 29 Dean Prentice 5'11 180 40 6 1 0 1 16 1 0
D Chris Ahrens 6'0 185 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 35 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 20 Cesare Maniago 6'3 195 33 5 0 0 0 2 0 0
D 3 Fred Barrett 5'11 195 22 6 0 0 0 4 0 0
C 9 Charlie Burns 5'11 170 36 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 26 Terry Holbrook 6'0 185 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
LW 11 J.P. Parise 5'9 175 31 6 0 0 0 9 0 0
LW 14 Don Blackburn 6'0 190 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 12 Jerry Byers 5'11 170 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 7 Jim McElmury 6'1 190 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 25 Bruce McIntosh 6'0 178 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 17 Bob Nevin 6'0 185 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 1 Gump Worsley 5'7 180 43 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 20 Cesare Maniago 33 5 309 9 1.75 2 3 147 .939 1 2
G 35 Gilles Gilbert 23 1 60 4 4.00 0 1 40 .900 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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