1971-1972 St. Louis Blues team stats

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1971-1972 St. Louis Blues: 28-39-11
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 17-17-5 (124 goals scored, 109 allowed) Road record: 11-22-6 (84 goals scored, 138 allowed) Head Coaches: Sid Abel (3-6-1), Bill McCreary (6-14-4), Al Arbour (19-19-6) Power Play: 38/270 (14.1%) Penalty Killing: 215/280 (76.8%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 13-11 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 157-171 208 goals scored (10th of 14 teams), 247 goals allowed (8th), 1150 PIM (2nd) NHL Averages: 3.07 goals/game (239.1 goals/team), 953.5 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
C      7  Garry Unger          5'11  170   24   78   36   34   70  104  14   1   96   28   83    7  321  11.2   -8
RW     9  Frank St. Marseille  5'11  180   32   78   16   36   52   32   1   0   67   15   48    1  228   7.0   +5
RW    15  Jack Egers           6'1   175   22   63   21   25   46   34   5   0   70   21   45    1  210  10.0   +5
RW    11  Gary Sabourin        5'11  180   28   77   28   17   45   52   4   0   63   13   48    1  236  11.9   +3
RW    14  Mike Murphy          6'0   190   21   63   20   23   43   19   5   0   74   20   59    1  176  11.4   -4
C     12  Terry Crisp          5'10  180   28   75   13   18   31   12   1   6   45    4   75   41   94  13.8   +7
D      8  Barclay Plager       5'11  175   30   78    7   22   29  176   1   2  105   21  118   40  128   5.5   +6
RW    17  Phil Roberto         6'1   190   22   49   12   13   25   76   0   0   40    3   44    6  170   7.1   -1
D      2  Carl Brewer          5'9   180   33   42    2   16   18   40   0   0   54   12   62   14   58   3.4   -6
C     21  Christian Bordeleau  5'8   172   24   41    8    9   17    6   1   0   27    7   47   14  123   6.5  -13
LW    16  Brian Lavender       6'0   174   24   46    5   11   16   54   0   0   24    1   28    3   68   7.4   -2
D      3  Andre Dupont         6'0   200   22   60    3   10   13  147   0   0   24    2   30    6  133   2.3   -2
LW    10  George Morrison      6'1   170   23   42    2   11   13    7   2   0   21    9   23    0   34   5.9  -11
D/RW   6  Jimmy Roberts        5'10  185   31   26    5    7   12    8   1   2   28    5   28    9   46  10.9   +4
F     23  Bill Plager          5'9   175   26   65    1   11   12   64   0   0   40    3   66   14   63   1.6  -15
D      5  Bob Plager           5'11  195   28   50    4    7   11   81   0   0   49    2   72   24   59   6.8   -1
D     17  Larry Hornung        6'0   190   26   47    2    9   11   10   0   0   37    5   50   17   60   3.3   -1
C     14  Wayne Connelly       5'10  170   32   15    5    5   10    2   2   0   15    7   14    0   48  10.4   -6
LW    18  Floyd Thomson        6'0   190   22   49    4    6   10   48   0   0   22    1   30    0   69   5.8   -9
LW    19  Curt Bennett         6'3   195   23   31    3    5    8   30   0   0   12    0   16    0   32   9.4   -4
C     22  Danny O'Shea         6'1   190   26   20    3    3    6   11   0   0    8    0   18    6   25  12.0   -4
D      4  Noel Picard          6'1   185   33   15    1    5    6   50   0   0   15    0   15    1   34   2.9   +1
C     15  Gene Carr            5'11  185   20   14    3    2    5    9   0   0    8    2    6    0   29  10.3    0
C     22  Bill Sutherland      5'10  160   37    9    2    3    5    2   0   1    9    3    8    6    7  28.6   +4
C     24  Michel Parizeau      5'10  165   23   21    1    2    3    8   1   0    4    1    5    1   14   7.1   -1
D     20  Gerry Odrowski       5'10  185   33   55    1    2    3    8   0   1    7    0   33   25   30   3.3   -1
LW    20  Jim Shires           6'0   180   26   18    0    3    3    8   0   0    3    1   16    1   14   0.0  -13
C/RW  19  Jim Lorentz          6'0   190   24   12    0    1    1   12   0   0    2    0   10    0   16   0.0   -8
G      1  Jimmy McLeod         5'8   170   34   16    0    1    1    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     30  Jacques Caron        6'2   185   31   28    0    1    1    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     31  Ernie Wakely         5'11  160   31   30    0    1    1    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C     14  Norm Dennis          5'10  175   29    1    0    0    0    4   0   0    0    0    1    0    1   0.0   -1
D      6  Chris Evans          5'9   180   25    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    1    0    0   ---    0
RW/LW 16  Gary Veneruzzo       5'8   165   28    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    2    0    1   0.0   -1
G     25  Wayne Stephenson     5'9   175   26    2    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW    24  Gord Brooks          5'8   168   21    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    2    0    2    0    2   0.0    0
RW    21  Kevin O'Shea         6'2   205   24    4    0    0    0    2   0   0    1    0    2    0    3   0.0   -1
D     17  Gord Kannegiesser    6'0   190   26    4    0    0    0    2   0   0    1    0    2    0    4   0.0   -1
LW    18  Brit Selby           5'10  175   26    6    0    0    0    8   0   0    3    0    5    0    7   0.0   -2
G     30  Peter McDuffe        5'9   180   23   10    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D     24  John Arbour          5'11  195   26   17    0    0    0   10   0   0    6    1   10    1   14   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   30  Jacques Caron        31   28  1619   68  2.52  14   8   5  787   .914   2   1
G    1  Jimmy McLeod         34   16   880   44  3.00   6   6   4  398   .889   1   0
G   31  Ernie Wakely         31   30  1614   92  3.42   8  18   1  847   .891   2   1
G   30  Peter McDuffe        23   10   467   29  3.73   0   6   1  270   .893   0   0
G   25  Wayne Stephenson     26    2   100    9  5.40   0   1   0   46   .804   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

1971 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    4  C    Gene Carr                465          Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)             [pick acquired from PIT]
  3   38  G    John Garrett             207    323   Peterborough Petes (OHA)           
  4   52  D    Derek Harker                     29   Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)          
  5   66  D    Wayne Gibbs                           Calgary Centennials (WCHL)         
  6   80  D    Bernie Doan                           Calgary Centennials (WCHL)         
  7   94  D    Dave Smith                            Regina Pats (WCHL)                 
  8  108  LW   Jim Collins                           Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)           

Traded draft picks:

#1 to NYR (Steve Vickers)
#2 to MTL (Michel DeGuise)


Transactions

06-07-1971	claimed Jim McLeod from Portland (WHL) in inter-league draft
06-08-1971	claimed Michel Parizeau from Rangers in intra-league draft
07-1971	Glenn Hall retired
08-23-1971	sold Michel Plasse to Canadiens
09-1971	purchased Chuck Hamilton from Hershey (AHL)
10-01-1971	North Stars claimed Craig Cameron on waivers
11-09-1971	sold Bill Sutherland to Red Wings
11-15-1971	traded Jim Lorentz, Wayne Connelly and Gene Carr to Rangers for Mike Murphy, Andre Dupont and Jack Egers
11-28-1971	purchased Gerry Odrowski from Phoenix (WHL)
12-08-1971	Flyers claimed Michel Parizeau on waivers
12-13-1971	traded Jim Roberts to Canadiens for Phil Roberto
01-02-1972	signed Wayne Stephenson as a free agent
02-08-1972	traded Christian Bordeleau and John Garrett to Black Hawks for Danny O'Shea
03-03-1972	claimed Kevin O'Shea on waivers from Sabres
03-05-1972	traded George Morrison and St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Sabres for Chris Evans
05-24-1972	traded Curt Bennett and Peter McDuffe (both acq. 6/7/72) to Rangers for Steve Durbano
06-06-1972	Islanders selected Larry Hornung in expansion draft
06-06-1972	Flames selected Bill Plager in expansion draft
06-06-1972	Islanders selected Terry Crisp in expansion draft
08-1972	sold Dave Pulkkinen to Islanders
08-1972	signed Butch Williams as a free agent
09-01-1972	sold Brian Lavender to Islanders
09-15-1972	purchased Christian Bordeleau from Black Hawks
09-19-1972	traded Christian Bordeleau to Black Hawks for the rights to John Garrett
10-1972	signed Larry Giroux as a free agent
10-01-1972	signed Jim Watt as a free agent

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/05/1972   at Minnesota North Stars     L   0-3 
04/06/1972   at Minnesota North Stars     L   5-6 (OT)
04/08/1972   vs Minnesota North Stars     W   2-1 
04/09/1972   vs Minnesota North Stars     W   3-2 
04/11/1972   at Minnesota North Stars     L   3-4 
04/13/1972   vs Minnesota North Stars     W   4-2 
04/16/1972   at Minnesota North Stars     W   2-1 (OT)
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Semifinals
04/18/1972   at Boston Bruins             L   1-6 
04/20/1972   at Boston Bruins             L  2-10 
04/23/1972   vs Boston Bruins             L   2-7 
04/25/1972   vs Boston Bruins             L   3-5

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- RW 17 Phil Roberto 6'1 190 22 11 7 6 13 29 3 0 C 7 Garry Unger 5'11 170 24 11 4 5 9 35 2 0 RW 9 Frank St. Marseille 5'11 180 32 11 3 5 8 6 1 0 RW 11 Gary Sabourin 5'11 180 28 11 3 3 6 6 0 0 RW 15 Jack Egers 6'1 175 22 11 1 4 5 14 0 0 RW 14 Mike Murphy 6'0 190 21 11 2 3 5 6 1 0 D 8 Barclay Plager 5'11 175 30 11 1 4 5 21 1 0 D 5 Bob Plager 5'11 195 28 11 1 4 5 5 0 0 C 12 Terry Crisp 5'10 180 28 11 1 3 4 2 0 0 RW 21 Kevin O'Shea 6'2 205 24 11 2 1 3 10 0 0 C 22 Danny O'Shea 6'1 190 26 10 0 2 2 36 0 0 D 17 Larry Hornung 6'0 190 26 11 0 2 2 2 0 0 D 6 Chris Evans 5'9 180 25 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 D 3 Andre Dupont 6'0 200 22 11 1 0 1 20 0 0 G 30 Peter McDuffe 5'9 180 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 16 Brian Lavender 6'0 174 24 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 G 31 Ernie Wakely 5'11 160 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 30 Jacques Caron 6'2 185 31 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 19 Curt Bennett 6'3 195 23 10 0 0 0 12 0 0 D 20 Gerry Odrowski 5'10 185 33 11 0 0 0 8 0 0 F 23 Bill Plager 5'9 175 26 11 0 0 0 12 0 0 D 24 John Arbour 5'11 195 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 21 Christian Bordeleau 5'8 172 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 2 Carl Brewer 5'9 180 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 24 Gord Brooks 5'8 168 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 15 Gene Carr 5'11 185 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 14 Wayne Connelly 5'10 170 32 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 14 Norm Dennis 5'10 175 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 17 Gord Kannegiesser 6'0 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C/RW 19 Jim Lorentz 6'0 190 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Jimmy McLeod 5'8 170 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 10 George Morrison 6'1 170 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 24 Michel Parizeau 5'10 165 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 Noel Picard 6'1 185 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D/RW 6 Jimmy Roberts 5'10 185 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 18 Brit Selby 5'10 175 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 20 Jim Shires 6'0 180 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 25 Wayne Stephenson 5'9 175 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 22 Bill Sutherland 5'10 160 37 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 18 Floyd Thomson 6'0 190 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW/LW 16 Gary Veneruzzo 5'8 165 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 30 Jacques Caron 31 9 500 27 3.24 4 5 256 .895 1 0 G 31 Ernie Wakely 31 3 112 12 6.43 0 1 64 .812 0 0 G 30 Peter McDuffe 23 1 60 7 7.00 0 1 38 .816 0 0

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

Date Opponent Result Record 10/09/1971 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 2-4 0-1-0 10/12/1971 vs Buffalo Sabres W 4-1 1-1-0 10/13/1971 at Chicago Black Hawks L 0-1 1-2-0 10/16/1971 vs Detroit Red Wings W 9-2 2-2-0 10/17/1971 at Detroit Red Wings L 3-5 2-3-0 10/19/1971 vs Vancouver Canucks L 1-3 2-4-0 10/23/1971 vs New York Rangers L 3-4 2-5-0 10/24/1971 at Buffalo Sabres W 3-2 3-5-0 10/27/1971 vs Minnesota North Stars L 1-2 3-6-0 10/30/1971 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 4-4 3-6-1 11/03/1971 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-5 3-7-1 11/04/1971 at Boston Bruins L 1-6 3-8-1 11/06/1971 at Minnesota North Stars L 1-5 3-9-1 11/09/1971 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 1-4 3-10-1 11/13/1971 vs California Golden Seals W 5-1 4-10-1 11/16/1971 vs Detroit Red Wings T 2-2 4-10-2 11/18/1971 at Montreal Canadiens T 2-2 4-10-3 11/20/1971 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-2 5-10-3 11/21/1971 at Boston Bruins L 2-6 5-11-3 11/23/1971 vs Los Angeles Kings W 3-1 6-11-3 11/24/1971 at New York Rangers L 3-8 6-12-3 11/27/1971 vs Boston Bruins T 6-6 6-12-4 11/30/1971 vs California Golden Seals W 5-2 7-12-4 12/01/1971 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-4 7-13-4 12/04/1971 vs Buffalo Sabres W 5-1 8-13-4 12/05/1971 at Detroit Red Wings W 2-1 9-13-4 12/07/1971 at Vancouver Canucks L 1-2 9-14-4 12/10/1971 at California Golden Seals T 4-4 9-14-5 12/11/1971 at Los Angeles Kings L 1-4 9-15-5 12/14/1971 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-4 9-16-5 12/15/1971 at Minnesota North Stars L 1-4 9-17-5 12/18/1971 vs New York Rangers L 2-5 9-18-5 12/19/1971 at Chicago Black Hawks L 0-2 9-19-5 12/22/1971 vs Los Angeles Kings L 1-2 9-20-5 12/25/1971 vs Buffalo Sabres T 4-4 9-20-6 12/26/1971 at Buffalo Sabres L 3-6 9-21-6 12/29/1971 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 6-3 10-21-6 01/01/1972 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 4-4 10-21-7 01/05/1972 at New York Rangers L 1-9 10-22-7 01/06/1972 at Philadelphia Flyers W 3-2 11-22-7

Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1972 vs Boston Bruins W 5-3 12-22-7 01/11/1972 vs Montreal Canadiens W 7-3 13-22-7 01/15/1972 vs Minnesota North Stars W 7-2 14-22-7 01/16/1972 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-3 15-22-7 01/18/1972 vs Boston Bruins L 0-2 15-23-7 01/22/1972 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 1-0 16-23-7 01/23/1972 at Detroit Red Wings L 1-3 16-24-7 01/26/1972 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 2-1 17-24-7 01/29/1972 at Montreal Canadiens L 0-4 17-25-7 01/30/1972 at Boston Bruins L 2-5 17-26-7 02/01/1972 vs Montreal Canadiens L 1-3 17-27-7 02/03/1972 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-4 17-28-7 02/05/1972 vs New York Rangers W 6-5 18-28-7 02/06/1972 at Philadelphia Flyers T 2-2 18-28-8 02/08/1972 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-2 18-29-8 02/10/1972 vs Minnesota North Stars L 1-3 18-30-8 02/12/1972 vs Vancouver Canucks W 5-4 19-30-8 02/15/1972 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 2-3 19-31-8 02/16/1972 at Los Angeles Kings W 3-1 20-31-8 02/18/1972 at Vancouver Canucks L 2-5 20-32-8 02/20/1972 at California Golden Seals T 4-4 20-32-9 02/23/1972 at Los Angeles Kings W 2-0 21-32-9 02/26/1972 at Minnesota North Stars W 3-2 22-32-9 02/27/1972 at New York Rangers L 0-2 22-33-9 03/01/1972 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-3 22-34-9 03/04/1972 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-6 22-35-9 03/05/1972 at Buffalo Sabres W 6-2 23-35-9 03/07/1972 vs Los Angeles Kings W 4-2 24-35-9 03/09/1972 vs Montreal Canadiens L 1-5 24-36-9 03/11/1972 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 4-2 25-36-9 03/17/1972 at California Golden Seals T 2-2 25-36-10 03/19/1972 at Vancouver Canucks T 3-3 25-36-11 03/22/1972 vs California Golden Seals W 4-1 26-36-11 03/25/1972 vs Detroit Red Wings W 5-3 27-36-11 03/26/1972 at Chicago Black Hawks L 0-4 27-37-11 03/28/1972 vs Vancouver Canucks W 2-1 28-37-11 04/01/1972 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 0-2 28-38-11 04/02/1972 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 2-6 28-39-11

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