1972-1973 New York Islanders: 12-60-6
Next Season Home record: 10-25-4 (100 goals scored, 143 allowed) Road record: 2-35-2 (70 goals scored, 204 allowed) Head Coaches: Phil Goyette (6-38-4), Earl Ingarfield (6-22-2) Power Play: 28/258 (10.9%) Penalty Killing: 198/261 (75.9%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 2-13 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 140-271 170 goals scored (16th of 16 teams), 347 goals allowed (16th), 881 PIM (9th) 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 15 Billy Harris 6'2 195 20 78 28 22 50 35 6 0 67 19 104 12 196 14.3 -44 D/RW 18 Ed Westfall 6'1 197 32 67 15 31 46 25 4 0 76 25 121 28 160 9.4 -42 LW 7 Germain Gagnon 6'0 175 30 63 12 29 41 31 3 1 62 14 86 14 126 9.5 -24 LW 9 Brian Spencer 5'11 185 23 78 14 24 38 90 0 0 52 6 94 1 163 8.6 -47 RW 19 Craig Cameron 6'0 200 27 72 19 14 33 27 2 0 43 4 97 20 144 13.2 -38 C 11 Dave Hudson 6'0 185 23 69 12 19 31 17 4 0 40 13 66 0 111 10.8 -39 C 17 Tom Miller 6'0 187 25 69 13 17 30 21 2 0 43 10 86 24 92 14.1 -29 C 10 Lorne Henning 5'11 185 20 63 7 19 26 14 0 0 36 5 60 1 101 6.9 -28 C 12 Terry Crisp 5'10 180 29 54 4 16 20 6 0 1 31 2 70 19 72 5.6 -22 LW 8 Don Blackburn 6'0 190 34 56 7 10 17 20 1 0 29 4 58 0 65 10.8 -33 RW 22 Bob Cook 6'0 190 26 33 8 6 14 14 1 0 22 2 29 0 83 9.6 -9 C 16 Ralph Stewart 6'1 190 24 31 4 10 14 4 0 0 21 2 30 0 68 5.9 -11 D 4 Jim Mair 5'9 170 26 49 2 11 13 41 0 0 43 9 88 16 134 1.5 -38 LW 16 Brian Lavender 6'0 174 25 43 6 6 12 47 2 0 18 4 57 1 74 8.1 -42 D 21 Arnie Brown 6'1 185 30 48 4 8 12 27 1 0 40 6 101 20 50 8.0 -47 D 2 Gerry Hart 5'9 190 24 47 1 11 12 158 0 0 50 4 79 15 72 1.4 -18 D 6 Bill Mikkelson 6'0 185 24 72 1 10 11 45 0 0 55 0 137 28 39 2.6 -54 D 3 Bryan Lefley 6'0 195 24 63 3 7 10 56 0 0 31 3 78 11 39 7.7 -39 C 14 Brian Marchinko 6'0 180 24 36 2 6 8 0 0 0 10 0 25 5 19 10.5 -10 D 25 Neil Nicholson 5'11 180 23 30 3 1 4 23 0 0 18 0 47 7 51 5.9 -22 C 24 Ron Stewart 5'11 171 40 22 2 2 4 4 2 0 10 4 34 11 11 18.2 -17 D 5 Ken Murray 6'0 180 24 39 0 4 4 59 0 0 22 0 53 10 20 0.0 -21 D 4 Jean Potvin 5'11 188 23 10 0 3 3 12 0 0 15 2 22 6 18 0.0 -3 C 20 Richard Grenier 5'11 170 20 10 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 18 5.6 -2 RW 20 Bob Nystrom 6'1 200 20 11 1 1 2 10 0 0 3 0 14 0 12 8.3 -11 D 5 Ron Smith 6'0 185 20 11 1 1 2 14 0 0 4 0 12 0 10 10.0 -8 LW 23 Garry Howatt 5'9 175 20 8 0 1 1 18 0 0 2 0 7 0 2 0.0 -5 G 1 Gerry Gray 6'0 165 24 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- LW 12 Ernie Hicke 5'11 185 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 0 LW/D 20 David Pulkkinen 6'0 195 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 --- -1 G 31 Billy Smith 5'10 185 22 37 0 0 0 42 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- G 30 Gerry Desjardins 5'11 190 28 44 0 0 0 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
| 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 31 Billy Smith 22 37 2122 147 4.16 7 24 3 1205 .878 0 0 G 30 Gerry Desjardins 28 44 2498 195 4.68 5 35 3 1458 .866 0 0 G 1 Gerry Gray 24 1 60 5 5.00 0 1 0 35 .857 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 |
1972 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 1 RW Billy Harris 897 Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
2 17 C Lorne Henning 543 New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3 33 R Bob Nystrom 900 Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4 49 D Ron Smith 11 Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
5 65 C Richard Grenier 10 34 Verdun Maple Leafs (QMJHL)
6 81 LW Derek Black Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
7 97 G Richard Brodeur 385 305 Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
7 101 LW Don McLaughlin Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL) [pick acquired from BUF]
8 113 LW Derek Kuntz Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
8 117 D Rene Levasseur Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL) [pick acquired from BUF]
9 129 RW Yvon Rolando Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
9 133 RW Bill Ennos Vancouver Nats (WCHL) [pick acquired from BUF]
10 144 LW Garry Howatt 720 Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
10 146 RW Rene Lambert St. Jerome Alouettes (QMJHL) [pick acquired from BUF]
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
| 06-1972 | claimed Bill Speer from Providence (AHL) in inter-league draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Craig Cameron from North Stars in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Tom Miller from Sabres in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Brian Marchinko from Maple Leafs in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Ted Taylor from Canucks in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Norm Ferguson from Golden Seals in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Jim Mair from Flyers in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Ken Murray from Sabres in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | claimed Neil Nicholson from Golden Seals in intra-league draft |
| 06-06-1972 | claimed Don Blackburm from Rangers in intra-league draft |
| 06-06-1972 | claimed Connie Forey from Hershey (AHL) in inter-league draft |
| 06-06-1972 | traded cash and Islanders' #2 pick in the 1973 draft to Canadiens for Tony Featherstone, Denis DeJordy, Glenn Resch, Murray Anderson, Alex Campbell and Germain Gagnon (acq. 6/26/72) |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Bill Mikkelson from Kings in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected John Schella from Canucks in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Gerry Hart from Red Wings in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Billy Smith from Kings in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Bart Crashley from Canadiens in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Dave Hudson from Black Hawks in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Ed Westfall from Bruins in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Garry Peters from Bruins in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Larry Hornung from Blues in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Bryan Lefley from Rangers in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Brian Spencer from Maple Leafs in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Terry Crisp from Blues in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Ted Hampson from North Stars in expansion draft |
| 06-06-1972 | selected Gerry Desjardins from Black Hawks in expansion draft |
| 08-1972 | purchased Dave Pulkkinen from Blues |
| 09-01-1972 | purchased Brian Lavender from Blues |
| 10-04-1972 | traded Denis DeJordy and Don McLaughlin to Red Wings for Arnie Brown and Gerry Gray |
| 11-14-1972 | purchased Ron Stewart from Rangers |
| 01-17-1973 | traded Brian Lavender and Ken Murray to Red Wings for Ralph Stewart and Bob Cook |
| 02-13-1973 | traded Arnie Brown to Flames for Ernie Hicke and Billy MacMillan |
| 02-19-1973 | Canucks claimed Jim Mair on waivers |
| 03-01-1973 | sold Don Blackburn to North Stars |
| 03-05-1973 | traded Terry Crisp to Flyers for Jean Potvin and Glen Irwin |
| 06-12-1973 | claimed Bert Marshall from Rangers in intra-league draft |
| 08-1973 | sold Connie Forey to Blues |
| 09-29-1973 | signed Vic Teal as a free agent |
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result Record 10/07/1972 vs Atlanta Flames L 2-3 0-1-0 10/12/1972 vs Los Angeles Kings W 3-2 1-1-0 10/14/1972 vs Boston Bruins L 4-7 1-2-0 10/17/1972 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 0-5 1-3-0 10/21/1972 vs New York Rangers L 1-2 1-4-0 10/24/1972 vs Montreal Canadiens L 3-4 1-5-0 10/28/1972 vs Chicago Black Hawks T 4-4 1-5-1 10/29/1972 at Boston Bruins L 1-9 1-6-1 11/01/1972 at California Golden Seals W 6-2 2-6-1 11/03/1972 at Vancouver Canucks L 2-7 2-7-1 11/04/1972 at Los Angeles Kings L 2-9 2-8-1 11/08/1972 at Chicago Black Hawks L 1-6 2-9-1 11/11/1972 at Minnesota North Stars L 0-3 2-10-1 11/14/1972 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-7 2-11-1 11/16/1972 at Atlanta Flames L 0-4 2-12-1 11/18/1972 vs Boston Bruins L 3-7 2-13-1 11/21/1972 vs California Golden Seals W 4-2 3-13-1 11/22/1972 at Philadelphia Flyers L 3-5 3-14-1 11/25/1972 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 2-2 3-14-2 11/26/1972 at Buffalo Sabres L 2-9 3-15-2 11/28/1972 vs Buffalo Sabres L 2-7 3-16-2 12/02/1972 vs Detroit Red Wings L 1-4 3-17-2 12/03/1972 at Boston Bruins L 1-5 3-18-2 12/05/1972 vs Los Angeles Kings L 1-6 3-19-2 12/09/1972 vs New York Rangers L 1-4 3-20-2 12/10/1972 at New York Rangers L 1-4 3-21-2 12/12/1972 vs St. Louis Blues T 4-4 3-21-3 12/13/1972 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 1-9 3-22-3 12/16/1972 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 1-2 3-23-3 12/17/1972 at Atlanta Flames L 0-4 3-24-3 12/20/1972 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 3-25-3 12/21/1972 vs Vancouver Canucks T 4-4 3-25-4 12/23/1972 vs Minnesota North Stars W 4-2 4-25-4 12/27/1972 at Los Angeles Kings L 1-4 4-26-4 12/29/1972 at California Golden Seals L 2-5 4-27-4 12/30/1972 at Vancouver Canucks L 2-5 4-28-4 01/02/1973 vs Atlanta Flames L 1-6 4-29-4 01/03/1973 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-4 4-30-4 01/06/1973 vs Detroit Red Wings L 0-4 4-31-4 01/07/1973 at Detroit Red Wings L 0-4 4-32-4 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1973 vs Los Angeles Kings L 2-3 4-33-4 01/10/1973 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-4 4-34-4 01/13/1973 at Minnesota North Stars L 1-8 4-35-4 01/14/1973 vs St. Louis Blues L 1-2 4-36-4 01/16/1973 vs Minnesota North Stars L 0-1 4-37-4 01/18/1973 at Boston Bruins W 9-7 5-37-4 01/20/1973 at St. Louis Blues L 1-5 5-38-4 01/23/1973 vs California Golden Seals W 8-1 6-38-4 01/24/1973 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-6 6-39-4 01/26/1973 at Vancouver Canucks L 1-5 6-40-4 01/31/1973 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-5 6-41-4 02/01/1973 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 3-5 6-42-4 02/03/1973 vs Buffalo Sabres T 1-1 6-42-5 02/04/1973 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-5 6-43-5 02/06/1973 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-2 7-43-5 02/07/1973 at New York Rangers L 0-6 7-44-5 02/10/1973 vs New York Rangers L 0-6 7-45-5 02/13/1973 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-8 7-46-5 02/14/1973 at Chicago Black Hawks L 2-4 7-47-5 02/17/1973 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-6 7-48-5 02/18/1973 at New York Rangers L 2-3 7-49-5 02/20/1973 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 0-4 7-50-5 02/22/1973 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 1-2 7-51-5 02/24/1973 vs Detroit Red Wings W 4-2 8-51-5 02/27/1973 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 3-5 8-52-5 03/03/1973 vs Vancouver Canucks W 9-3 9-52-5 03/04/1973 at Detroit Red Wings L 1-5 9-53-5 03/06/1973 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-3 9-54-5 03/08/1973 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-4 9-55-5 03/10/1973 at St. Louis Blues L 4-5 9-56-5 03/11/1973 at Minnesota North Stars L 1-2 9-57-5 03/13/1973 vs Boston Bruins L 0-3 9-58-5 03/17/1973 vs St. Louis Blues W 6-4 10-58-5 03/20/1973 vs California Golden Seals W 6-3 11-58-5 03/24/1973 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 3-2 12-58-5 03/27/1973 vs Buffalo Sabres L 2-3 12-59-5 03/31/1973 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-10 12-60-5 04/01/1973 at Atlanta Flames T 4-4 12-60-6 |