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1972-73 Houston Aeros Roster and Statistics

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39-35-4 (82 points), Finished 2nd in WHA West Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Dineen (39-35-4)

Goals For: 284 (6th of 12), Goals Against: 269 (6th of 12)
SRS: 0.18 (4th of 12), SOS: -0.01 (9th of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-0) versus Winnipeg Jets
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Sharks

Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Houston Aeros 78 39 35 4 82 .526 284 269 0.18 -0.01 7.09 50 188 26.60 63 330 80.91 10 2
League Average 78 37 37 3 78 .500 279 279 0.00 0.00 7.14 55 276 20.00 55 279 80.24 9 9

Roster

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
Don Grierson RW 25 5-10 185 R/- R June 18, 1947 22 G, 22 A, 44 P
Larry Hale D 31 6-1 180 L/- R October 9, 1941 4 G, 26 A, 30 P
Murray Hall RW 32 6-0 175 R/- R November 24, 1940 28 G, 42 A, 70 P
Duke Harris RW 30 5-10 180 R/- R February 25, 1942 30 G, 12 A, 42 P
Ed Hoekstra RW 35 5-11 170 R/- R November 4, 1937 11 G, 28 A, 39 P
Bill Hughes G 25 6-1 185 -/L R November 7, 1947 0-1-1, 3.88 GAA
Frank Hughes RW 23 5-10 180 L/- R October 1, 1949 22 G, 19 A, 41 P
Gord Kannegiesser D 27 6-0 190 L/- R December 21, 1945 0 G, 10 A, 10 P
Gord Labossiere C 33 6-1 190 R/- R January 2, 1940 36 G, 60 A, 96 P
Ray Larose D 31 6-0 184 L/- R November 20, 1941 1 G, 10 A, 11 P
Larry Lund C 32 6-0 190 R/- R September 9, 1940 21 G, 45 A, 66 P
Dunc McCallum D 32 6-1 193 R/- R March 29, 1940 9 G, 20 A, 29 P
Brian McDonald RW 27 5-11 190 R/- R March 23, 1945 20 G, 20 A, 40 P
Don McLeod G 26 6-0 190 -/L R August 24, 1946 19-20-1, 3.56 GAA
Cleland Mortson C 38 5-10 165 R/- R March 29, 1934 13 G, 16 A, 29 P
Poul Popiel D 29 5-10 175 L/- R February 28, 1943 16 G, 48 A, 64 P
Bill Prentice D 22 6-1 195 L/- R August 3, 1950 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Wayne Rutledge G 31 6-2 200 -/L R January 5, 1942 20-14-2, 3.05 GAA
John Schella D 25 6-0 180 R/- R May 9, 1947 2 G, 24 A, 26 P
Brian Smith LW 32 5-11 170 R/- R September 6, 1940 7 G, 6 A, 13 P
Jack Stanfield LW 30 5-11 176 L/- R May 30, 1942 8 G, 12 A, 20 P
Ted Taylor RW 30 6-0 175 L/- R February 25, 1942 34 G, 42 A, 76 P

Scoring Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Gord Labossiere C 33 78 36 60 96 36 56 26 10 0 1
2 Ted Taylor RW 30 73 34 42 76 30 103 28 5 1 4
3 Murray Hall RW 32 76 28 42 70 27 84 19 7 2 7
4 Larry Lund C 32 77 21 45 66 24 120 17 4 0 2
5 Poul Popiel D 29 73 16 48 64 22 158 11 5 0 2
6 Don Grierson RW 25 78 22 22 44 18 83 17 5 0
7 Duke Harris RW 30 75 30 12 42 20 14 21 4 5
8 Frank Hughes RW 23 77 22 19 41 17 41 18 4 0
9 Brian McDonald RW 27 71 20 20 40 17 78 20 0 0
10 Ed Hoekstra RW 35 78 11 28 39 14 12 10 0 1
11 Larry Hale D 31 68 4 26 30 9 65 4 0 0
12 Cleland Mortson C 38 67 13 16 29 12 95 11 2 0
13 Dunc McCallum D 32 69 9 20 29 10 112 7 2 0
14 John Schella D 25 77 2 24 26 8 239 1 0 1
15 Jack Stanfield LW 30 71 8 12 20 8 8 8 0 0
16 Brian Smith LW 32 48 7 6 13 6 19 5 2 0
17 Ray Larose D 31 68 1 10 11 3 25 1 0 0
18 Gord Kannegiesser D 27 45 0 10 10 3 32 0 0 0
19 Bill Prentice D 22 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bill Hughes G 25 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
21 Don McLeod G 26 41 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
22 Wayne Rutledge G 31 36 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
Team Total 78 284 463 747 1363 224 50 10 16

Goalies Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN GPS
1 Wayne Rutledge G 31 36 20 14 2 110 1192 1082 .908 3.05 0 11 2163
2 Don McLeod G 26 41 19 20 1 143 1230 1087 .884 3.56 1 6 2410
3 Bill Hughes G 25 3 0 1 1 11 88 77 .875 3.88 0 2 170
Team Total 78 39 35 4 264 2510 2246 .895 3.34 1 4743

Scoring Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1 Poul Popiel D 29 10 2 9 11 23 1 1 0 0
2 Larry Lund C 32 10 3 7 10 24 3 0 0 1
3 Murray Hall RW 32 10 4 4 8 18 2 2 0 2
4 Frank Hughes RW 23 10 4 4 8 2 1 3 0 0
5 Dunc McCallum D 32 10 2 3 5 6 1 1 0 0
6 Gord Labossiere C 33 6 1 4 5 8 0 1 0 0
7 Ted Taylor RW 30 10 3 1 4 10 2 1 0 1
8 Brian McDonald RW 27 10 3 0 3 16 3 0 0 0
9 Larry Hale D 31 10 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0
10 Ed Hoekstra RW 35 9 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
11 Cleland Mortson C 38 10 0 3 3 16 0 0 0 0
12 Duke Harris RW 30 10 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 0
13 John Schella D 25 10 0 2 2 12 0 0 0 0
14 Brian Smith LW 32 10 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 Jack Stanfield LW 30 9 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
16 Gord Kannegiesser D 27 9 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0
17 Don Grierson RW 25 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
18 Don McLeod G 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Wayne Rutledge G 31 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 10 26 45 71 158 16 9 1 4

Goalies Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN
1 Wayne Rutledge G 31 7 4 3 20 228 208 .912 2.84 0 0 423
2 Don McLeod G 26 3 0 3 8 76 68 .895 2.70 0 0 178
Team Total 10 4 6 28 304 276 .908 2.80 0 601