1972-1973 New York Rangers: 47-23-8
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Home record: 26-8-5 (162 goals scored, 84 allowed)
Road record: 21-15-3 (135 goals scored, 124 allowed)
Head Coach: Emile Francis
Power Play: 54/238 (22.7%)
Penalty Killing: 211/250 (84.4%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 5-5
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 238-164
297 goals scored (3rd of 16 teams), 208 goals allowed (2nd), 765 PIM (15th)
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 19 Jean Ratelle 6'1 180 32 78 41 53 94 12 11 0 123 35 67 3 241 17.0 +24
RW 7 Rod Gilbert 5'9 180 31 76 25 59 84 25 6 0 106 32 62 0 183 13.7 +12
C 18 Walt Tkaczuk 6'0 185 25 76 27 39 66 59 6 1 106 25 67 21 264 10.2 +35
RW 10 Bill Fairbairn 5'10 170 25 78 30 33 63 23 5 2 102 15 73 22 174 17.2 +36
LW 11 Vic Hadfield 6'0 190 32 63 28 34 62 60 9 0 93 26 54 0 214 13.1 +13
C 21 Pete Stemkowski 6'1 196 29 78 22 37 59 71 2 0 78 10 47 7 200 11.0 +28
LW 8 Steve Vickers 6'0 180 21 61 30 23 53 37 2 0 74 10 29 0 131 22.9 +35
D 2 Brad Park 6'0 200 24 52 10 43 53 51 4 0 99 24 56 12 142 7.0 +31
RW 22 Bobby Rousseau 5'10 178 32 78 8 37 45 14 2 0 72 37 37 3 150 5.3 +1
D 16 Rod Seiling 6'0 195 28 72 9 33 42 36 1 1 125 12 90 20 155 5.8 +43
D 5 Dale Rolfe 6'4 210 32 72 7 25 32 74 1 0 124 13 89 19 159 4.4 +41
C 12 Bruce MacGregor 5'10 180 31 52 14 12 26 12 0 0 44 3 34 7 85 16.5 +14
LW 6 Glen Sather 5'11 180 29 77 11 15 26 64 1 1 47 1 37 7 69 15.9 +16
LW 27 Ted Irvine 6'2 195 28 53 8 12 20 54 1 0 33 5 24 0 91 8.8 +4
D 15 Jim Neilson 6'2 205 32 52 4 16 20 35 0 0 76 7 60 13 99 4.0 +22
C 9 Gene Carr 5'11 185 21 50 9 10 19 50 1 0 32 5 31 0 65 13.8 -4
D 24 Ab DeMarco 6'0 170 23 51 4 13 17 15 1 0 68 5 51 4 104 3.8 +16
D 3 Ron Harris 5'10 190 30 46 3 10 13 17 1 0 35 1 41 9 73 4.1 +2
RW 14 Mike Murphy 6'0 190 22 15 4 4 8 5 0 0 9 0 15 1 35 11.4 -5
D 4 Randy Legge 5'11 184 27 12 0 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 6 1 10 0.0 0
G 1 Ed Giacomin 5'11 180 33 43 0 2 2 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 23 Bill Heindl 5'10 175 26 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 16.7 +1
D 4 Larry Sacharuk 6'0 200 20 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 9 11.1 -1
RW 17 Jerry Butler 6'0 180 21 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 11 9.1 +1
D 26 Sheldon Kannegiesser 6'0 198 25 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0.0 +3
LW 17 Tom Williams 5'11 187 21 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0.0 +1
C 12 Ron Stewart 5'11 171 40 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 8 0.0 0
LW 20 Curt Bennett 6'3 195 24 16 0 1 1 11 0 0 6 0 8 0 13 0.0 -2
G 31 Peter McDuffe 5'9 180 24 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 4 Bert Marshall 6'3 205 29 8 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0.0 -3
G 30 Gilles Villemure 5'8 185 32 34 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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 31 Peter McDuffe 24 1 60 1 1.00 1 0 0 26 .962 0 0
G 30 Gilles Villemure 32 34 2040 78 2.29 20 12 2 864 .910 2 3
G 1 Ed Giacomin 33 43 2580 125 2.91 26 11 6 1243 .899 2 4
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 10 LW Al Blanchard Kitchener Rangers (OHA) [pick acquired from DET]
1 15 C Bob MacMillan 753 153 St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
2 21 D Larry Sacharuk 151 15 Saskatoon Blades (WCHL) [pick acquired from BUF]
2 31 LW Rene Villemure Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
3 47 C Gerry Teeple Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
4 63 LW Doug Horbul 4 Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
5 79 D Marty Gateman 12 Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
6 95 C Ken Ireland New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
7 111 LW Jeff Hunt Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
8 127 D Yvon Blais Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
9 137 D Pierre Archambault St. Jerome Alouettes (QMJHL) [pick acquired from STL]
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
06-06-1972 | Flames selected Norm Gratton in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Bryan Lefley in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Flames selected Morris Stefaniw in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders claimed Don Blackburm in intra-league draft |
06-16-1972 | traded Bill Hogaboam to Flames for Bill Heindl |
09-1972 | signed John Bednarski as a free agent |
10-1972 | sold Bob Kelly to Rochester (AHL) |
11-14-1972 | sold Ron Stewart to Islanders |
11-29-1972 | traded Curt Bennett to Flames for Ron Harris |
03-02-1973 | traded Ab DeMarco to Blues for Mike Murphy |
03-02-1973 | traded Steve Andrascik (acq. 5/16/1973) to Penguins for Sheldon Kannegiesser |
03-04-1973 | traded Dave Hrechkosy and Gary Coalter (both acq. 5/17/73) to Golden Seals for Bert Marshall |
06-1973 | traded Bill Knibbs and $20,000 to Rochester (AHL) for Bob Kelly |
06-12-1973 | Islanders claimed Bert Marshall in intra-league draft |
06-13-1973 | claimed Curt Ridley from Bruins in reverse draft |
09-08-1973 | traded Bob Kelly to Blues for Norm Dennis and Don Borgeson |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/04/1973 at Boston Bruins W 6-2
04/05/1973 at Boston Bruins W 4-2
04/07/1973 vs Boston Bruins L 2-4
04/08/1973 vs Boston Bruins W 4-0
04/10/1973 at Boston Bruins W 6-3
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Semifinals
04/12/1973 at Chicago Black Hawks W 4-1
04/15/1973 at Chicago Black Hawks L 4-5
04/17/1973 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 1-2
04/19/1973 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 1-3
04/24/1973 at Chicago Black Hawks L 1-4
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
RW 10 Bill Fairbairn 5'10 170 25 10 1 8 9 2 0 0
C 19 Jean Ratelle 6'1 180 32 10 2 7 9 0 1 0
C 18 Walt Tkaczuk 6'0 185 25 10 7 2 9 8 1 0
LW 8 Steve Vickers 6'0 180 21 10 5 4 9 4 0 0
D 2 Brad Park 6'0 200 24 10 2 5 7 8 1 0
RW 7 Rod Gilbert 5'9 180 31 10 5 1 6 2 0 0
C 21 Pete Stemkowski 6'1 196 29 10 4 2 6 6 1 0
D 5 Dale Rolfe 6'4 210 32 8 0 5 5 6 0 0
RW 22 Bobby Rousseau 5'10 178 32 10 2 3 5 4 0 0
LW 11 Vic Hadfield 6'0 190 32 9 2 2 4 11 0 0
LW 27 Ted Irvine 6'2 195 28 10 1 3 4 20 1 0
C 12 Bruce MacGregor 5'10 180 31 10 2 2 4 2 0 0
D 15 Jim Neilson 6'2 205 32 10 0 4 4 2 0 0
D 3 Ron Harris 5'10 190 30 10 0 3 3 2 0 0
C 9 Gene Carr 5'11 185 21 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
D 4 Bert Marshall 6'3 205 29 6 0 1 1 8 0 0
D 26 Sheldon Kannegiesser 6'0 198 25 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
G 30 Gilles Villemure 5'8 185 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
LW 6 Glen Sather 5'11 180 29 9 0 0 0 7 0 0
G 1 Ed Giacomin 5'11 180 33 10 0 0 0 4 0 0
RW 14 Mike Murphy 6'0 190 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
LW 20 Curt Bennett 6'3 195 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 17 Jerry Butler 6'0 180 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 24 Ab DeMarco 6'0 170 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 23 Bill Heindl 5'10 175 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 4 Randy Legge 5'11 184 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 31 Peter McDuffe 5'9 180 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 4 Larry Sacharuk 6'0 200 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 16 Rod Seiling 6'0 195 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 12 Ron Stewart 5'11 171 40 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 17 Tom Williams 5'11 187 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Ed Giacomin 33 10 539 23 2.56 5 4 238 .903 1 1
G 30 Gilles Villemure 32 2 61 2 1.97 0 1 31 .935 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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