1973 WHA Preliminary Round
Minnesota Fighting Saints defeat Alberta Oilers 1-0
W-L: 38-37-3, .506
SRS: 0.16 (5th of 12)
Goals: 269 (9th of 12)
Goals Against: 256 (4th of 12)
W-L: 38-37-3, .506
SRS: -0.23 (8th of 12)
Goals: 250 (11th of 12)
Goals Against: 269 (6th of 12)
| Game 1, April 4 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 4 | Final |
| Alberta Oilers | 2 | |
1972-73 Regular Season Stats
| Tuesday, Nov 21, 1972 | ||
| Alberta Oilers | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 4 | OT |
| Friday, Dec 1, 1972 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 6 | Final |
| Alberta Oilers | 4 | |
| Friday, Feb 9, 1973 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 0 | Final |
| Alberta Oilers | 6 | |
| Sunday, Feb 11, 1973 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 5 | Final |
| Alberta Oilers | 7 | |
| Tuesday, Mar 6, 1973 | ||
| Alberta Oilers | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 4 | OT |
| Sunday, Mar 11, 1973 | ||
| Alberta Oilers | 1 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 2 | |
| Tuesday, Mar 20, 1973 | ||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 3 | Final |
| Alberta Oilers | 5 | |
| Friday, Mar 30, 1973 | ||
| Alberta Oilers | 5 | Final |
| Minnesota Fighting Saints | 3 | |
ALO Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Jim Harrison | 25 | C | 66 | 39 | 47 | 86 | 93 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Al Hamilton | 26 | D | 78 | 11 | 50 | 61 | 124 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Ross Perkins | 26 | C | 71 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Rusty Patenaude | 23 | RW | 78 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 59 | 25 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Ron Walters | 24 | C | 78 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Bob Wall | 30 | D | 78 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Val Fonteyne | 39 | LW | 77 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Eddie Joyal | 32 | C | 71 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Bill Hicke | 34 | RW | 73 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Brian Carlin | 22 | LW | 65 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Doug Barrie | 26 | D | 54 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 111 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Ron Anderson | 27 | RW | 73 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Ken Baird | 21 | D | 75 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 112 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Bob Falkenberg | 27 | D | 77 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Steve Carlyle | 22 | D | 67 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Dennis Kassian | 31 | LW | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Bob McAneeley | 22 | LW | 51 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Bernie Blanchette | 25 | RW | 23 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Roger Cote | 33 | D | 60 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | John Fisher | 25 | C | 40 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Jack Norris | 30 | G | 64 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3705 | 57:53 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Jim Benzelock | 25 | RW | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Ken Brown | 24 | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1034 | 51:42 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Derek Harker | 22 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 269 | 427 | 696 | 841 | 208 | 48 | 13 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
ALO Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Jack Norris | 30 | 64 | 28 | 29 | 3 | 189 | 3.06 | 1 | 3705 | 88 | 24.6 | |||||||
| 2 | Ken Brown | 24 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 63 | 3.66 | 1 | 1034 | 106 | -3.8 | |||||||
| Team Total | 38 | 37 | 3 | 252 | 3.19 | 2 | 4739 | ||||||||||||
MFS Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Wayne Connelly | 33 | RW | 78 | 40 | 30 | 70 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Ted Hampson | 36 | C | 77 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Bill Klatt | 25 | RW | 78 | 36 | 22 | 58 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Mike McMahon | 31 | D | 75 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 87 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Keith Christiansen | 28 | C | 64 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | George Morrison | 24 | LW | 70 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bob MacMillan | 20 | C | 75 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Terry Ball | 28 | D | 78 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Mike Antonovich | 21 | C | 75 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 46 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | John Arbour | 27 | D | 76 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 186 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Fred Speck | 25 | C | 47 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Jim Johnson | 30 | LW | 33 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Len Lilyholm | 31 | LW | 77 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Mel Pearson | 34 | LW | 70 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Terry Ryan | 20 | C | 76 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Dick Paradise | 27 | D | 77 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 189 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Frank Sanders | 23 | D | 76 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 94 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | George Konik | 35 | D | 54 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Bill Young | 25 | LW | 23 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Craig Falkman | 29 | RW | 45 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Mike Curran | 28 | G | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2540 | 59:04 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Blaine Rydman | 23 | D | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Jack McCartan | 37 | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2160 | 56:51 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Carl Wetzel | 34 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60:00 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 250 | 406 | 656 | 1120 | 190 | 54 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
MFS Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Mike Curran | 28 | 43 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 131 | 3.09 | 4 | 2540 | 83 | 26.7 | |||||||
| 2 | Jack McCartan | 37 | 38 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 129 | 3.58 | 1 | 2160 | 100 | 0.6 | |||||||
| 3 | Carl Wetzel | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 38 | 37 | 3 | 263 | 3.32 | 5 | 4760 | ||||||||||||
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