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1972-73 Buffalo Sabres Roster and Statistics

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Record: 37-27-14 (88 points), Finished 4th in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Joe Crozier (37-27-14)

Goals For: 257 (7th of 16), Goals Against: 219 (3rd of 16)
SRS: 0.46 (6th of 16), SOS: -0.03 (11th of 16)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-2) versus Montreal Canadiens

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Buffalo Sabres 78 37 27 14 88 .564 257 219 0.46 -0.03 6.10 52 270 19.26 35 241 85.48 5 5
League Average 78 34 34 11 78 .500 256 256 0.00 0.00 6.55 49 261 18.71 49 261 81.29 6 6

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
19 Steve Atkinson RW 24 5-11 170 R/- 3 October 16, 1948 9 G, 9 A, 18 P
24 Ron Busniuk D 24 5-11 180 R/- R August 13, 1948 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
23 Larry Carriere D 21 6-1 190 L/- R January 30, 1952 2 G, 8 A, 10 P
1 Roger Crozier G 30 5-8 165 -/R 9 March 16, 1942 23-13-7, 2.76 GAA
9 Butch Deadmarsh LW 22 5-11 186 L/- 2 April 5, 1950 1 G, 1 A, 2 P
30 Dave Dryden G 31 6-1 186 -/L 6 September 5, 1941 14-13-7, 2.65 GAA
17 Rick Dudley LW 24 6-0 190 L/- R January 31, 1949 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
28 Rocky Farr G 25 5-10 175 -/R R April 7, 1947 0-1-0, 6.21 GAA
23-24 John Gould LW 23 5-11 197 L/- 1 April 11, 1949 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
9-14 Norm Gratton LW 22 5-11 165 L/- 1 December 22, 1950 6 G, 5 A, 11 P
21 Hugh Harris LW 24 6-1 195 L/- R June 7, 1948 12 G, 26 A, 38 P
5 Larry Hillman D 35 6-0 185 L/- 18 February 5, 1937 5 G, 24 A, 29 P
2 Tim Horton D 43 5-10 180 R/- 22 January 12, 1930 1 G, 16 A, 17 P
8 Jim Lorentz RW 25 6-0 190 L/- 4 May 1, 1947 27 G, 35 A, 62 P
20 Don Luce C 24 6-2 185 L/- 3 October 2, 1948 18 G, 25 A, 43 P
7-9 Rick Martin LW 21 5-11 179 L/- 1 July 26, 1951 37 G, 36 A, 73 P
24 Ray McKay D 26 6-4 183 L/- 4 August 22, 1946 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
15 Gerry Meehan C 26 6-2 200 L/- 3 September 3, 1946 31 G, 29 A, 60 P
12 Larry Mickey RW 29 5-11 175 R/- 8 October 21, 1943 15 G, 9 A, 24 P
11 Gilbert Perreault C 22 6-1 180 L/- 2 November 13, 1950 28 G, 60 A, 88 P
4 Tracy Pratt D 29 6-2 195 L/- 5 March 8, 1943 1 G, 15 A, 16 P
10 Craig Ramsay LW 21 5-10 175 L/- 1 March 17, 1951 11 G, 17 A, 28 P
17 Bob Richer C 21 5-10 175 L/- R March 5, 1951 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
14-23 Rene Robert RW 24 5-10 184 R/- 2 December 31, 1948 40 G, 43 A, 83 P
3 Mike Robitaille D 24 5-11 195 R/- 3 February 12, 1948 4 G, 17 A, 21 P
22 Doug Rombough C 22 6-3 215 L/- R July 8, 1950 2 G, 0 A, 2 P
6 Jim Schoenfeld D 20 6-2 200 L/- R September 4, 1952 4 G, 15 A, 19 P
18 Paul Terbenche D 27 5-10 170 L/- 3 September 16, 1945 0 G, 7 A, 7 P
16 Randy Wyrozub C 22 5-11 180 L/- 2 April 8, 1950 3 G, 3 A, 6 P

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Gilbert Perreault C 22 78 28 60 88 33 11 10 20 8 0 7 43 0 17 234 12.0 6.5 1.5 8.0
2 Rene Robert RW 24 75 40 43 83 35 16 83 31 9 0 6 23 0 20 265 15.1 7.2 1.6 8.8
3 Rick Martin LW 21 75 37 36 73 31 4 79 26 11 0 4 23 0 13 299 12.4 6.1 1.2 7.3
4 Jim Lorentz RW 25 78 27 35 62 25 6 30 16 11 0 5 28 1 6 175 15.4 4.2 1.3 5.5
5 Gerry Meehan C 26 77 31 29 60 26 4 21 27 3 1 6 25 0 4 208 14.9 4.4 1.3 5.7
6 Don Luce C 24 78 18 25 43 17 7 32 15 0 3 2 24 1 0 198 9.1 1.8 1.4 3.2
7 Hugh Harris LW 24 60 12 26 38 14 9 17 12 0 0 0 24 0 2 121 9.9 1.6 1.2 2.8
8 Larry Hillman D 35 78 5 24 29 10 -3 56 3 2 0 0 9 0 15 102 4.9 1.4 4.5 5.9
9 Craig Ramsay LW 21 76 11 17 28 11 13 15 10 0 1 1 17 0 0 89 12.4 0.0 1.5 1.5
10 Larry Mickey RW 29 77 15 9 24 11 -6 47 14 1 0 2 9 0 0 160 9.4 -0.1 0.9 0.9
11 Mike Robitaille D 24 65 4 17 21 7 9 40 4 0 0 0 13 1 3 182 2.2 0.9 4.5 5.4
12 Jim Schoenfeld D 20 66 4 15 19 6 12 178 3 1 0 0 14 0 1 91 4.4 0.7 4.7 5.4
13 Steve Atkinson RW 24 61 9 9 18 8 -5 36 7 2 0 1 6 0 3 96 9.4 -0.4 0.7 0.4
14 Tim Horton D 43 69 1 16 17 5 12 56 1 0 0 0 13 1 2 73 1.4 0.2 4.9 5.1
15 Tracy Pratt D 29 74 1 15 16 5 9 116 1 0 0 0 13 1 1 63 1.6 0.0 5.0 5.1
16 Norm Gratton LW 22 21 6 5 11 5 0 12 4 2 0 1 2 0 3 26 23.1 0.5 0.3 0.8
17 Larry Carriere D 21 40 2 8 10 3 -1 52 1 1 0 0 5 0 3 34 5.9 0.3 2.4 2.6
18 Paul Terbenche D 27 42 0 7 7 2 7 8 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 20 0.0 -0.2 3.0 2.8
19 Randy Wyrozub C 22 45 3 3 6 3 -1 4 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 23 13.0 -1.2 0.6 -0.6
20 Doug Rombough C 22 5 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 66.7 0.1 0.1 0.3
21 Butch Deadmarsh LW 22 34 1 1 2 1 -3 26 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 6.7 -1.2 0.4 -0.8
22 Rick Dudley LW 24 6 0 1 1 0 -2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
23 John Gould LW 23 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.1
24 Ron Busniuk D 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
25 Roger Crozier G 30 49 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9.0
26 Dave Dryden G 31 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7.2
27 Rocky Farr G 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
28 Ray McKay D 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.0
29 Bob Richer C 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Team Total 78 257 402 659 100 938 200 52 5 37 2488 10.3 32.3 43.5 92.1

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Roger Crozier G 30 49 23 13 7 121 2.76 3 2633 9.0
2 Dave Dryden G 31 37 14 13 7 89 2.65 3 2018 7.2
3 Rocky Farr G 25 1 0 1 0 3 6.21 0 29 0.0
Team Total 78 37 27 14 213 2.73 6 4680 16.2

Scoring Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI
1 Gilbert Perreault C 22 6 3 7 10 4 2 2 1 0 1
2 Rene Robert RW 24 6 5 3 8 4 2 4 1 0 1
3 Rick Martin LW 21 6 3 2 5 2 12 1 2 0 0
4 Jim Schoenfeld D 20 6 2 1 3 1 4 2 0 0 0
5 Jim Lorentz RW 25 6 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
6 Don Luce C 24 6 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0
7 Craig Ramsay LW 21 6 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Larry Mickey RW 29 6 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 0
9 Larry Carriere D 21 6 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0
10 Roger Crozier G 30 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
11 Norm Gratton LW 22 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
12 Tim Horton D 43 6 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0
13 Gerry Meehan C 26 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Steve Atkinson RW 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Dave Dryden G 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hugh Harris LW 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Larry Hillman D 35 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
18 Tracy Pratt D 29 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
19 Mike Robitaille D 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Paul Terbenche D 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 6 16 23 39 59 12 4 0 2

Goalies Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN
1 Roger Crozier G 30 4 2 2 11 2.65 0 249
2 Dave Dryden G 31 2 0 2 9 4.50 0 120
Team Total 6 2 4 20 3.25 0 369