1972-1973 Pittsburgh Penguins team stats

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1972-1973 Pittsburgh Penguins: 32-37-9
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-11-4 (150 goals scored, 104 allowed) Road record: 8-26-5 (107 goals scored, 161 allowed) Head Coaches: Red Kelly (17-19-6), Ken Schinkel (15-18-3) Power Play: 52/301 (17.3%) Penalty Killing: 215/264 (81.4%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 10-7 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 195-209 257 goals scored (8th of 16 teams), 265 goals allowed (12th), 866 PIM (10th) 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     26  Syl Apps             6'0   185   25   77   29   56   85   18   6   2  106   23   77   19  186  15.6  +25
RW     9  Al McDonough         6'1   175   22   78   35   41   76   26   7   0  118   38   60    0  285  12.3  +20
LW    18  Lowell MacDonald     5'11  185   31   78   34   41   75    8   6   0  115   22   68   12  244  13.9  +37
C      7  Bryan Hextall        5'11  185   31   78   21   33   54  113   6   0   78   22   79    0  169  12.4  -23
LW    22  Greg Polis           6'0   195   22   78   26   23   49   36   8   0   73   23   82    0  221  11.8  -32
C     17  Ron Schock           5'11  180   29   78   13   36   49   23   2   3   63    7   94   26  143   9.1  -12
LW    23  Eddie Shack          6'1   200   35   74   25   20   45   84   8   0   76   30   57    1  192  13.0  -10
RW    19  Jean Pronovost       6'0   185   27   66   21   22   43   16   2   1   68   16   78   11  192  10.9  -15
D     25  Darryl Edestrand     5'11  180   27   78   15   24   39   88   4   1  112   16  110   17  155   9.7   +3
D      4  Dave Burrows         6'1   190   23   78    3   24   27   42   0   0   99    5  118   20  132   2.3   -4
RW    11  Nick Harbaruk        6'0   195   29   78   10   15   25   47   0   2   35    2   63   19   96  10.4  -11
RW    12  Ken Schinkel         5'10  172   40   42   11   10   21   16   1   0   29    6   36    3   79  13.9  -10
D      2  Duane Rupp           6'1   195   34   78    7   13   20   62   2   1  102   22  106   23  132   5.3   -3
D      3  Jack Lynch           6'2   180   20   47    1   18   19   40   0   0   53   21   63   10   78   1.3  -21
D      5  Bryan Watson         5'9   175   30   69    1   17   18  179   0   0   88    2   92   24   47   2.1  +18
C     15  Rick Kessell         5'10  175   23   66    1   13   14    0   0   0   16    2   26    3   35   2.9   -9
D     24  Jean-Guy Lagace      5'10  185   27   31    1    5    6   32   0   0   23    1   32    2   33   3.0   -8
LW    20  Steve Cardwell       5'11  190   22   20    2    2    4    2   0   0    4    0    6    0   21   9.5   -2
LW    27  Jim Shires           6'0   180   27   18    1    2    3    2   0   0    6    0   14    0   22   4.5   -8
LW    10  Robin Burns          6'0   195   26   26    0    2    2   20   0   0    3    0    9    0   26   0.0   -6
C      8  Jim Wiley            6'2   200   22    4    0    1    1    0   0   0    1    0    0    0    7   0.0   +1
G      1  Cam Newton           5'11  170   22   11    0    1    1    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G      1  Denis Herron         5'11  165   20   18    0    1    1    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D      6  Sheldon Kannegiesser 6'0   198   25    3    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    1    0    4   0.0   -1
G     30  Andy Brown           6'0   185   28    9    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C     16  Ron Lalonde          5'10  170   20    9    0    0    0    2   0   0    0    0    1    1    2   0.0    0
G     29  Jim Rutherford       5'8   168   23   49    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


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   29  Jim Rutherford       23   49  2660  129  2.91  20  22   5 1460   .912   3   3
G    1  Denis Herron         20   18   967   55  3.41   6   7   2  453   .879   0   2
G    1  Cam Newton           22   11   533   35  3.94   3   4   0  296   .882   2   0
G   30  Andy Brown           28    9   520   41  4.73   3   4   2  311   .868   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
  2   24  D    Jack Lynch               382          Oshawa Generals (OHA)              
  2   30  RW   Bernie Lukowich           79     21   New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)        [pick acquired from MTL via STL]
  3   40  G    Denis Herron             462          Trois Rivieres Ducs (QMJHL)        
  4   56  C    Ron Lalonde              397          Peterborough Petes (OHA)           
  5   72  C    Brian Walker                          Calgary Centennials (WCHL)         
  6   88  LW   Jeff Ablett                           Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)         
  7  104  D    D'Arcy Keating                        Notre Dame (NCAA)                  
  8  120  RW   Yves Bergeron              3     65   Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)          
  9  136  LW   Jay Babcock                           London Knights (OHA)               
 10  149  G    Don Atchison                          Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)            

Traded draft picks:

#1 to MTL via MIN  (Dave Gardner)


Transactions

06-05-1972	Sabres claimed Tim Horton in intra-league draft
06-06-1972	Flames selected Keith McCreary in expansion draft
06-06-1972	Flames selected John Stewart in expansion draft
06-06-1972	Flames selected Bob Leiter in expansion draft
06-25-1972	signed Jim Wiley as a free agent
10-1972	sold Brian McKenzie to Flames
10-06-1972	sold Roy Edwards to Red Wings
01-08-1973	traded Joe Noris to Blues for Jim Shires
02-25-1973	traded Pittsburgh's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Red Wings for Andy Brown
03-02-1973	traded Sheldon Kannegiesser to Rangers for Steve Andrascik (acq. 5/16/1973)
05-22-1973	purchased Hank Nowak from Hershey (AHL)
06-1973	signed Gary Inness as a free agent
06-1973	sold Ron Snell to Hershey (AHL)
06-12-1973	claimed Ron Jones from Bruins in intra-league draft
06-13-1973	Golden Seals claimed Rick Kessel in intra-league draft
07-03-1973	sold Eddie Shack to Maple Leafs
08-1973	signed Bob McManama as a free agent
10-1973	signed Ted Snell as a free agent
10-04-1973	traded Nick Harbaruk to Blues for Bob Johnson

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

Date Opponent Result Record 10/07/1972 vs Los Angeles Kings W 4-2 1-0-0 10/11/1972 at St. Louis Blues W 5-2 2-0-0 10/14/1972 vs California Golden Seals W 5-2 3-0-0 10/15/1972 at Boston Bruins L 4-8 3-1-0 10/17/1972 at New York Islanders W 5-0 4-1-0 10/18/1972 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-4 4-2-0 10/21/1972 vs Boston Bruins L 2-4 4-3-0 10/24/1972 at Vancouver Canucks W 4-0 5-3-0 10/27/1972 at California Golden Seals L 3-6 5-4-0 10/28/1972 at Los Angeles Kings L 2-5 5-5-0 11/01/1972 vs Montreal Canadiens L 1-7 5-6-0 11/02/1972 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-4 5-7-0 11/04/1972 vs New York Rangers W 6-4 6-7-0 11/05/1972 at Detroit Red Wings T 1-1 6-7-1 11/08/1972 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 5-2 7-7-1 11/11/1972 vs Vancouver Canucks L 3-4 7-8-1 11/12/1972 at Buffalo Sabres L 0-1 7-9-1 11/15/1972 vs Minnesota North Stars W 7-1 8-9-1 11/18/1972 vs Atlanta Flames W 6-1 9-9-1 11/19/1972 at New York Rangers W 5-3 10-9-1 11/22/1972 vs St. Louis Blues W 10-4 11-9-1 11/25/1972 vs New York Islanders T 2-2 11-9-2 11/26/1972 at Atlanta Flames L 2-6 11-10-2 11/29/1972 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 7-4 12-10-2 12/02/1972 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 3-2 13-10-2 12/03/1972 at Chicago Black Hawks L 2-4 13-11-2 12/06/1972 at California Golden Seals T 4-4 13-11-3 12/09/1972 at Los Angeles Kings L 1-3 13-12-3 12/13/1972 vs New York Islanders W 9-1 14-12-3 12/16/1972 vs Atlanta Flames W 5-3 15-12-3 12/17/1972 at New York Rangers L 1-9 15-13-3 12/19/1972 vs Boston Bruins L 2-3 15-14-3 12/23/1972 at Montreal Canadiens L 3-6 15-15-3 12/26/1972 at Detroit Red Wings T 1-1 15-15-4 12/27/1972 at Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 15-15-5 12/29/1972 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 0-4 15-16-5 12/30/1972 vs Detroit Red Wings T 2-2 15-16-6 01/02/1973 at St. Louis Blues L 4-5 15-17-6 01/03/1973 at Chicago Black Hawks W 5-3 16-17-6 01/06/1973 vs Vancouver Canucks W 4-2 17-17-6

Date Opponent Result Record 01/07/1973 at New York Rangers L 0-3 17-18-6 01/10/1973 vs Detroit Red Wings L 1-2 17-19-6 01/13/1973 vs Los Angeles Kings W 3-1 18-19-6 01/14/1973 at Detroit Red Wings L 2-3 18-20-6 01/17/1973 at Montreal Canadiens L 4-6 18-21-6 01/18/1973 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-5 18-22-6 01/20/1973 vs Boston Bruins W 3-0 19-22-6 01/21/1973 at Chicago Black Hawks L 3-9 19-23-6 01/24/1973 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 5-2 20-23-6 01/25/1973 at Philadelphia Flyers L 3-6 20-24-6 01/27/1973 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 3-5 20-25-6 01/31/1973 vs Los Angeles Kings W 4-1 21-25-6 02/03/1973 vs Minnesota North Stars W 2-1 22-25-6 02/04/1973 at Minnesota North Stars L 3-4 22-26-6 02/07/1973 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-5 22-27-6 02/10/1973 at Boston Bruins L 3-6 22-28-6 02/14/1973 vs Vancouver Canucks W 6-2 23-28-6 02/17/1973 vs Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 23-28-7 02/18/1973 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-4 23-29-7 02/20/1973 at New York Islanders W 4-0 24-29-7 02/22/1973 vs New York Islanders W 2-1 25-29-7 02/24/1973 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 2-0 26-29-7 02/25/1973 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-2 26-30-7 02/28/1973 vs St. Louis Blues W 4-2 27-30-7 03/03/1973 vs California Golden Seals L 1-2 27-31-7 03/04/1973 vs Minnesota North Stars L 2-5 27-32-7 03/07/1973 at Minnesota North Stars L 4-10 27-33-7 03/10/1973 vs New York Rangers L 4-5 27-34-7 03/11/1973 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-3 27-35-7 03/14/1973 at Los Angeles Kings W 3-2 28-35-7 03/16/1973 at California Golden Seals T 5-5 28-35-8 03/17/1973 at Vancouver Canucks L 1-6 28-36-8 03/21/1973 vs California Golden Seals W 5-2 29-36-8 03/24/1973 vs Buffalo Sabres T 4-4 29-36-9 03/25/1973 at Atlanta Flames W 4-2 30-36-9 03/28/1973 vs Atlanta Flames W 6-3 31-36-9 03/31/1973 at St. Louis Blues L 2-7 31-37-9 04/01/1973 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 5-4 32-37-9

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